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| Mea culpa. In the same way that I speak "Black Country" but write "received English"?
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Exactly. The former is unintelligible to most, the latter accepted by all.
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| While I don't know what the "Black Country" is, I suppose that it is correct  | |
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The Black Country is just north-west of Birmingham.
And this is why it's called the "Black Country":
And this might help, next time you chat to Dougal's Breakfast:
So now you can translate this road sign:
