The local pronunciation "goo" (elsewhere "go") or "gewin'" is similar to that elsewhere in the Midlands. It is quite common for broad Black Country speakers to say "agooin'" where others say "going". This is found in the greeting "Ow b'ist gooin?" (“How are you, How’s it going?”), to which a typical response would be "Bostin ah kid" ("Very well our kid"). Although the term yam yam may come from ya'm (you am), ya/ye is an archaic form of you and in many areas ye (pronounced like yea or ya) is used: "Owamya aer kid? — Ar ah'm owkay ta." It is possible that Black Country simply retains more country speech, unlike Birmingham, which has been settled for a much longer period of time and has developed a town speech and therefore been influenced more by standard English much longer. A road sign containing local dialect was placed at the A461/A459/A4037 junction in 1997 before the construction of a traffic island on the site. The sign read, "If yowm saft enuff ter cum dahn 'ere agooin wum, yowr tay ull be spile't!!", which means, "If you're saft (stupid) enough to come down here on your way home, your tea will be spoilt". The dialect's perception was boosted in 2008 when an internet video, The Black Country Alphabet, described the whole alphabet in Black Country speak. Common words "Orroight" = "Alright" Used as a questioning greeting, short for "Am yow orroight?" "Yow" = "You" "Yam" = "You are" From "Yow am" or "Yowm". This is the origin of "Yam Yams", a term designated by "Brummies" for the people from Wolverhampton who use this expression. "Am" = "Are" "Ar" = "Yes" "Arm" = "I'm" "Bin" = "Been", "Are" or "Am" "Bay" = "Not" "Dow" = "Doesn't" "Day" = "Didn't" "Her/'Er" = "She" "Cowin" = "Extremely" "Gewin/Gooin" = "Going" "Thay" = "They" "Oss" = "Horse" "Tekkin" = "Taking" "Cut" = "Canal" "Ay/Ayn" = "Ain't" "Ova" = "Over" "Cud" = "Could" "Cor/Car" = "Cannot" "Wammal" or "Scrammel" = "Dog" "Warra" = "What a" "Worrow" = Hello" "Wossant" or "War/Wor" = "Wasn't" E.g. "It wor me" "Blartin" = "Crying" "Babbie/Babby" = "Baby" "Me/Mar" = "My" "Kaylied" = "Drunk" "Arl" = "I'll" "Doe" = "Don't" "Tat" = "Junk" "Tattin" = "Collecting scrap metal" "Tatter" = "Scrap collector" "Werk" = "Work" "Loff/Laff" = "Laugh" "Yed" = "Head" "Jed" = "Dead" "Tar" = "Thanks "Ah'm" = "I'm" "Aer Kid"