KMHK: The Classic Rock Station » Understand http://kmhk.com Classic Rock That Really Rocks Fri, 24 May 2013 06:26:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Ozzy Osbourne's Speech Is Finally Intelligible, Thanks to a New iPhone App http://kmhk.com/ozzy-osbourne-ibrummie-translator-app/ http://kmhk.com/ozzy-osbourne-ibrummie-translator-app/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:00:28 +0000 Jeff Giles http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=36825 As anyone who’s ever watched an episode of ‘The Osbournes’ is no doubt aware, Black Sabbath singer and solo star Ozzy Osbourne can be somewhat difficult to understand when he isn’t singing — but it isn’t just the sloppy diction of a legendary rock star that’s to blame: Ozzy hails from Birmingham, where the thick “Brummie accent” was recently voted the “least cool” in all of England.

But help is on the way, thanks to an intrepid software developer who’s bringing a little gadget called the iBrummie app to your iPhone.

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