Britney Spears troubles continued last week as she was taken in to a mental hospital for sanity tests after allegedly kidnapping her two boys.
What’s this got to do with British music you may be asking yourself? Well, nothing much except for the fact that Britney is currently seeing a British guy, and bizarrely decided to use his accent when talking to her doctors.
For those of you who have never visited these shores, then you may not know about the Midlands town of Birmingham, or the strange creatures who inhabit the place, which we call Brummies.
They are a weird breed of humans, and although British, their accent really sets them apart from the rest of the UK. It displays none of the delightful tone that the Geordies treat us too, and none of the wild, rough overtone which the Scottish let rip on our ears. Instead it’s a strange concoction of farmer, mixed with American redneck.
I was already surprised to see Britney having a boyfriend from Birmingham, but to then find out she tried to imitate his accent to prove to doctors she is perfectly sane, is well, beyond my understanding of anything.
Her Brummie boyfriend Adnan Ghalic has, by all accounts, a pretty strong Birmingham accent, and I’d love to hear Britney taking it off. Maybe she could use it in her next song… if her career isn’t already over.
The reports that she used the accent while being assessed at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center first appeared in a British tabloid, so the accuracy of those reports are open to interpretation.
A hospital source explained to The Daily Star:
“It was bizarre, Britney thought she was British and kept the voice up for much of her stay.”
It’s an image that I never want to leave my head again: Britney spouting bizarre British rants while being strapped down and wheeled in to see various experts, and onlookers. Man, her life gets more bizarre by the day.
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