|
Brummie
Brummie is the associated adjective and demonym of Birmingham, a city of West Midlands in England. It may refer to: * Anything from or related to the city of Birmingham, in particular: ** The people of Birmingham (see also List of people from Birmingham) ** The Brummie dialect The Brummie dialect, or more formally the Birmingham dialect, is spoken by many people in Birmingham, England, and some of its surrounding area. "Brummie" is also a demonym for people from Birmingham. It is often erroneously used in referring ... of English * Birmingham Brummies, English motorcycle speedway team * John Stokes (mountaineer) (1945–2016), also known as John 'Brummie' Stokes, British Army soldier and mountaineer See also * Birmingham (other) * '' When Brummies Met Sindhis'', documentary film * Brummy Hewson, fictional character {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brummie Dialect
The Brummie dialect, or more formally the Birmingham dialect, is spoken by many people in Birmingham, England, and some of its surrounding area. "Brummie" is also a demonym for people from Birmingham. It is often erroneously used in referring to all accents of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, as it is markedly distinct from the Black Country dialect, traditional accent of the adjacent Black Country, but modern-day population mobility has tended to blur the distinction. Population mobility has meant that to a degree, the Brummie accent extends into some parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, but much of the accent within the borough might be considered to be closer to contemporary Received Pronunciation (RP). Name The term ''Brummie'' derives from ''Brummagem'' or ''Bromwichham'', which are historical variants of the name Birmingham. Accent The strength of a person's accent can vary greatly all across Birmingham. As with most cities, the local accent changes r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham Brummies
Birmingham Brummies are a British Motorcycle speedway, speedway team founded in 1928. They were inaugural members of the Southern League (1929–31), Southern League in 1929. The team have twice finished runner-up in the highest tier of British speedway, during the 1952 Speedway National League and 2013 Elite League speedway season. After four years in the National League, in 2019 they moved up to the second tier of British speedway in the SGB Championship. In 2024 the Brummies moved up again to the highest tier, the SGB Premiership. The club will close at the end of the 2025 due to redevelopment of their Perry Barr Stadium. History 1928–1930 The city of Birmingham had two teams in the Southern League of the inaugural season of British speedway in 1929 Speedway Southern League, 1929. One was based at the Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium, (old Perry Barr stadium) and the other was based at Hall Green Stadium. The Perry Barr based team withdrew from the 1930 league season and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the List of English districts by population, largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of million people in the city proper in . Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The royal town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the northeast. The urban area has a population of 2.65million. Located in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stokes (mountaineer)
John Henry Stokes MBE BEM (28 August 1945 – 10 January 2016), known as Brummie' Stokes, was a British Army soldier and mountaineer, known for his successful summit of Everest in 1976. Personal life Stokes was born in 1945 in Hamstead, then a mining village straddling the border of South Staffordshire and Birmingham, England, hence his nickname of 'Brummie'. His autobiography, ''Soldiers & Sherpas, A Taste For Adventure'', was published in 1988. He died in January 2016, and was survived by his wife, Lynn, and their two sons. Military service At the age of seventeen, Stokes joined the Royal Green Jackets, an infantry regiment of the British Army. Three years later, he joined the SAS Regiment. With the SAS he saw action in the Falklands War. He left the army in 1985. He was awarded a British Empire Medal for his nineteen years' work in the Special Air Service. He was well liked by all his fellow Soldiers. Mountaineering Stokes took part in an expedition to Nuptse i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Brummies Met Sindhis
''When Brummies Met Sindhis'' is a documentary film made by Pakistani documentary filmmaker, Azfar Rizvi. Synopsis The film follows five British schoolteachers from Birmingham, England, in their journey to Pakistan as part of a British Council Pakistan project, commonly known as Connecting Classrooms. The plethora of inter-cultural dialogue that ensues as the two cultures disclose both tradition and practice under the umbrella of education transforms a simple visit to Bhit Shah, Sindh, into a mutually beneficent exchange. The Film Rebecca Bailey is a schoolteacher at the Hill West Primary School. Kamal Hanif and Ian Healey are the Head and Assistant Head teachers respectively at the Waverley School, West Midlands. Heather Hepworth and Sheila Holden are Assistant Head and Deputy Head teachers respectively at the Calthorpe Special School. The film records the experiences and the change in perception of these five schoolteachers who have come to Pakistan as part of Connecting C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demonym
A demonym (; ) or 'gentilic' () is a word that identifies a group of people ( inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place ( hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, state, country, and continent). Demonyms are used to designate all people (the general population) of a particular place, regardless of ethnic, linguistic, religious or other cultural differences that may exist within the population of that place. Examples of demonyms include ''Cochabambino'', for someone from the city of Cochabamba; Tunisian for a person from Tunisia; and '' Swahili'', for a person of the Swahili coast. Many demonyms function both endonymically and exonymically (used by the referents themselves or by outsiders); others function only in one of those ways. As a sub-field of anthroponymy, the study of demonyms is called ''demonymy'' or ''demonymics''. Since they are referring to territorially defined grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People From Birmingham
This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Birmingham in England, who have a Wikipedia page. Famous people born in Birmingham A–F *Scott Adkins (born 1987) – actor, gymnast * Gabriel Agbonlahor (born 1986) – footballer * Moeen Ali (born 1987) – England cricketer * Dennis Amiss (born 1943) – cricketer and Warwickshire administrator * Tomás Ángel (born 2003) – footballer * Keith Arkell (born 1961) – English chess champion, 2008 * Stephen Arlen (1913–1972) – opera manager * Ian Ashbee (born 1976) – footballer * Francis William Aston (1877–1945) – Nobel Prize winner, physicist * Ian Atkins (born 1957) – footballer *Albert Austin (1882–1953) – silent film star * Jack Badham (1919–1992) – footballer *Annette Badland (born 1951) – actress * Kenny Baker (1934–2016) – actor * Pato Banton (born 1961) – reggae artist * Dave Barnett (born 1967) – footballer * Simon Bates (born 1946) – radio DJ * Blaze Bayley (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham (other)
Birmingham is the second-most populous city in England and the United Kingdom. Birmingham may also refer to: Places Canada * Birmingham, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated community United States * Birmingham, Alabama, a large city in Alabama * Birmingham, Connecticut, now Derby, a city * Birmingham, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Birmingham, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Birmingham, Iowa, a city * Birmingham, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Birmingham, Kentucky, a sunken town * Birmingham, Michigan, a city * Birmingham, Missouri, a village * Birmingham, New Jersey, an unincorporated community * Birmingham, Coshocton County, Ohio, a ghost town * Birmingham, Erie County, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Birmingham, Guernsey County, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, a township * Birmingham, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, a borough * Birmingham, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the former na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brummy Hewson
Brummy Hewson also known as Brummy Hughson or Brummy Usen is a recurring fictional character in the works of writer and bush poet, Australia's Henry Lawson. Brummy is described as a swagman or bush traveller. In the story ''Bush Undertaker'' he is described as a good worker, yet had ''wasted his money on alcohol'', although much about his identity is wrapped by Lawson in myth and subterfuge. Elsewhere he is called a bushranger. Indeed, in the book '' While the Billy Boils'' a tale of Brummy is recounted by a nameless swagman A swagman (also called a swaggie, sundowner or tussocker) was a transient labourer who traveled by foot from farm to farm carrying his belongings in a swag. The term originated in Australia in the 19th century and was later used in New Zealan ..., when the reader is left with the feeling that the nameless swagman telling his tale may actually be the supposedly deceased Hewson. Brummy Hewson may have been based on John "Brummy" Hewson, a claims minder an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
