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	Brummagem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brummagem (and historically also Bromichan, Bremicham and many similar variants, all essentially Bromwich·ham) is a local dialect name for the city of Birmingham, UK.
		Brummagem and Brummagem Ware are also terms for cheap and shoddy imitations, in particular when referring to mass-produced goods.
		The Birmingham politican Joseph Chamberlain was nicknamed 'Brummagem Joe' (affectionately or satirically depending on the speaker).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brummagem (1494 words)

	Brum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is short for Brummagem, a name for the city in the Brummie dialect.
		Elsewhere, in earlier periods of history, Brummagem has had negative connotations, referring to cheap or inferior manufactured goods, but in the UK, it is invariably understood to refer to the city.
		The term Brummie refers to Birmingham's inhabitants, and their accent and dialect, as well as being a general adjective used to denote a connection with Birmingham.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brum (153 words)

	Birmingham & Brummagem
		"'Brummagem' is a slang version of 'Birmingham', which is a version of 'Bromwicham', itself a version of 'Brimidgeham', the old name for Birmingham.
		Brummagem is not a 'slang' word for Birmingham, it is an alternative version of the name - as are the other variants mentioned.
		However, the unfortunate association between the name 'Brummagem' and some counterfeit goods produced by a few unscrupulous Brummies, resulted in the word 'brummagem' actually being given the dictionary meaning: 'counterfeit'.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/19/messages/338.html (293 words)

	Semantic Compositions: A brummagem post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By the 19th century, Birmingham had become a chief manufacturer of cheap trinkets and gilt jewelry, and again the word "brummagem" followed suit -- it came to describe that which is showy on the outside but essentially of low quality.
		Today Brummagem or Brum are nearly as common as Birmingham, and the people are known as Brummies.
		What actually urges him on is not some brummagem idea of Service, but a boundless, almost pathological thirst to penetrate the unknown, to uncover the secret, to find out what has not been found out before.
	semanticcompositions.typepad.com /index/2005/02/a_brummagem_pos.html (768 words)

	Weird Words: Brummagem
		The British Midlands city of Birmingham was at one time also called Brummagem, a local variant on its name that has also given us the nickname for one of its inhabitants, Brummie.
		Although it has been a major industrial city ever since the Industrial Revolution—in 1862 George Borrow described it as “the great workshop of England”—its reputation was often for poor-quality goods.
		The city’s workmen were thought to be clumsy and unskilled, hence a Brummagem screwdriver was a hammer (an insult that has been applied to several other places and nationalities as well).
	www.worldwidewords.org /weirdwords/ww-bru2.htm (311 words)

	Cool Word: brummagem
		Example: "Those glittery earrings of glass and tinfoil are nothing but worthless brummagem." This slang word is an alteration of the name of Birmingham, England, and is also pronounced the same way that some locals pronounce the city's name.
		In the sixteenth century, Great Britain took part in a thriving slave trade, in which cheap, poorly made trinkets were traded for slaves in Africa.
		Birmingham was a center for the production of this gaudy garbage or "Brummagem ware," which included shiny jewelry, mirrors, beads and knives.
	www.mail-archive.com /word@tlk-lists.com/msg00126.html (182 words)

	Rufus E. Brummagem
		By 1875 Rufus E. Brummagem was building a nasty and lengthy crime sheet as he began to kill, steal, rape and pillage every town he set foot in.
		July 4, 1875 - In Kansas City, Kansas, Rufus Elixir Brummagem kills a "snake oil" salesman after tasting the brew and yelling, "This tastes like panther piss!" A woman in the crowd tells him to watch his mouth and he punches her in hers.
		He was taken up the thirteen steps of the public hanging platform and when someone asked him if he had any last words he spat at the preacher and yelled a profanity to the gathering crowd that caused the women present to swoon and the men to turn bright red.
	www.sptddog.com /sotp/rufus.html (2181 words)


		But demanding that publishers replace their brummagem wares with books which embody Kunin's "high standards of excellence" would be a promising -- and cost-free -- way to begin.-- Betty McCollister, "A Conspiracy of Good Intentions: America's Textbook Fiasco", Humanist, November-December, 1993.
		The distortions they bring on damage society and fuel defiant behavior, encouraging everything from immigrations to the Cayman Islands, to active distortions of reality through brummagem corporate filings.-- William F. Buckley, Jr., "Reforming the Rich", National Review, January 20, 2006.
		Brummagem is an alteration of Birmingham, England, from the counterfeit groats (an English silver coin worth four pence, used from the 14th to the 17th century)produced there in the 17th century.
	itscertainlytime.blogspot.com (642 words)

	BRUMMAGEM - LoveToKnow Article on BRUMMAGEM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The name was particularly used of the supporters of the Exclusion Bill in 168o, with the meaning of sham Protestant.
		Similarly the Tory opponents of the Bill were nicknamed Anti-Birminghams or Brummagems.
		To properly cite this BRUMMAGEM article in your work, copy the complete reference below:
	50.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BR/BRUMMAGEM.htm (86 words)

	Brummagem: An APIC Project: A Handbook on Fakes, Fantasies & Repins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1985, the APIC published an edition of our publication The Keynoter, that was dedicated to identifying fake and fantasy political items.
		This issue, vol 85, no 3 & 4, was entitled Brummagem: An APIC Project: A Handbook on Fakes, Fantasies & Repins.
		We are now making this issue available to the general public as a primer on what to look for when considering the purchase of political items.
	apic.us /The_Keynoter (278 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Brummagem Publications Ltd., 6a Bard Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham B11 4SA
		Subscribe to "BRUMMAGEM" and have it delivered to your door - SIX Issues for £10.50 or TWELVE for £21 (UK) if you live abroad SIX for £17.50 and TWELVE for £35, the prices include postage
		The magazine for every Brummie who wants to relive the old days and look back at life in Birmingham.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /macjoseph/chinn.htm (174 words)

	Learn more about Birmingham in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Along with the city of Wolverhampton, the Black Country and a number of surrounding towns, this conurbation consists of around 2.25 million people.
		The city is commonly known to its inhabitants as Brum (from the old name "brummagem") and its inhabitants known as Brummies.
		Birmingham residents also speak with a distinctive Brummie accent.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /b/bi/birmingham.html (2242 words)

	uExpress.com: On the Right by William F. Buckley Jr. -- (05/20/2005) PHONY APOCALYPSE
		Really, you would think the Republicans had proposed to topple the Statue of Liberty.
		The brummagem moral fanfare imposed on the controversy reminds one of the desperation with which losers will attempt to cope with disappointment at the polls.
		It is worth pondering what it is that is being fought over.
	www.uexpress.com /ontheright?uc_full_date=20050520 (785 words)

	Brummagem Brass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		To misquote Macaulay, Brummagem is, as every schoolboy knows, a corruption of Bermingham, a word of Saxon origin, whose literal meaning is “the homestead of the sons of Berm”.
		Spelt in the Domesday Book as BERMINGEHAM, the ‘e’ following the ‘g’ signifies the latter as soft, so that the pronunciation becomes Berminjam which, spoken quickly, easily becomes Bremijam or Brummagem.
		But, whatever its derivation, and that given above seems the most plausible, the word itself, associated as it was with poor, worthless imitations of good quality goods, became one of reproach.
	www.oldcopper.org /brummagem_brass.htm (3359 words)

	RootsWeb: WARWICK-L Re: Brummagem Ware
		definition of 'Brummagem ware', calumnious as it is! I should, perhaps,
		Re: Brummagem Ware by "Michael Bruff" < >
		Re: Brummagem Ware by John Lerwill < >
	archiver.rootsweb.com /th/read/WARWICK/1999-06/0930261989 (294 words)

	Carl Chinn's Brummagem Magazine
		But some of you have suggested useful changes that we have followed up.
		So the Brummagem will now be slightly bigger at a full A4 size, it will be printed on better quality paper to improve the photographic reproduction, and longer pieces will be broken up into columns to make them easier on the eye.
		We are grateful for these suggestions and hope that you approve of them.
	www.virtualbrum.co.uk /brummagem.htm (337 words)

	Tsui Design & Research Inc. \| In The Media
		It is normalcy that we seal ourselves off from fresh air only to breath the contaminated machine air of our buildings only to succumb to the "sick building syndrome" of our own making.
		It is normalcy that we open our doors and windows only to look out onto the banal and brummagem (tawdry) city and suburban landscape which numbs and alienates our soul leading to the angry, despairing and estranged attitudes of people and to the loneliness of a meaningless and removed landscape.
		It is normalcy that our architecture demeans us by its very repetition and uniformity leaving us perishing on a lonely island of obscurity amidst the striking beauty and diversity of nature's beauty.
	www.tdrinc.com /media.html (7924 words)

	GMInsideNews Forums - Pontiac: Slouching Towards Brummagem, or headed for the Promised Land?
		Is Pontiac slipping into becoming nothing more than the car equivalent of GMC, a brand full of Chevrolet Truck clones but with the catchy marketing phrases like "Professional Grade" to set it apart?
		10-30-2004 09:39 AM Funny thing, I don't necessarily think that Pontiac's doing rebadges means that they're slouching toward Brummagem.
		As one example, the Vibe may be a clone of the Voltz (or is it vice versa?), but the car is quite competent, and that has translated into strong sales.
	www.gminsidenews.com /forums/printthread.php?t=8331&page=1&pp=40 (6154 words)

	Trip Report : A WEEK ON THE BCN, EASTER 1986 : Part 1
		So Ian and Wendy told Peter and me to go off for a week and "get the BCN out of our system".
		So we decided to go at Easter, and booked a week on Brummagem Beaver, one of Brummagem Boats' Brumtugs which we'd decided would be the ideal vessel for the purpose.
		We arrived at the Sherborne Street boatyard in central Birmingham and collected the provisions we'd ordered through the boatyard.
	www.mike-stevens.co.uk /reports/cruise1986a/page1.htm (783 words)

	Brummagem Brew - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		Brummagem Brew - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		The home of such greats as Black Sabbath, Moody Blues, Spencer Davis, Wizard, The Move, Robert Plant and The Stranglers.
		Brummagem Brew artists all share a common heritage with each other over many years.
	music.download.com /brummagembrew/3600-8573_32-100753904.html (270 words)

	Ink 19 :: Jump, Jive, an' Wail
		Along the way you get takes from the J-Street Jumpers, the Crescent City Maulers, and Daddy Warbucks and the Little Orphan Annies, along with never-released versions from the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Hipster Daddy-O and the Hand Grenades, and a few other daddies.
		New versions of this old classic are being recorded at the rate of one a week, according to the latest estimates; as such, Brummagem has already scheduled volumes 2-4 in this projected 24-volume set.
		Brummagem Records, PO Box 1412, New York, NY 10102
	ink19.com /issues_F/99_04/wet_ink/music_jm/086_jump_jive_an_wail.shtml (180 words)

	Birmingham at Efari United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The city is at the centre of a large metropolitan area, defined by the governemnt as the West Midlands (with a population of nearly 2.6 million), but in practice including parts of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
		The city is commonly known by its nickname '''Brum''' (from the local name Brummagem), and its people as '''Brummies'''.
		Birmingham is home to the distinctive Brummie accent and dialect.
	www.efari.co.uk /games-and-amusements/amusements/birmingham.html (3357 words)

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		BRUMMAGEM GENUINE RISK, Brindle & White, RA675816, IC= 0.00000
		BRUMMAGEM CHAIN MAIL, BRINDLE & WHITE, RA916808 9-86, IC= 0.00000
		CHAMPION DAJANS SANTA MARIA OF BRUMMAGEM, BRDL & WH (UKG), RA746751
	members.aol.com /bullbreedbit/jack.htm (158 words)

	Birmingham: It's Not Shit.What's Goin' On? - ChatArea.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is just one of the questions discussed in this in-depth look at one of the most fascinating but neglected dialects of British English.*
		10.00-11.15am Introduction to Brummagem English: what is the difference between the Brummie accent and the Brummie dialect?
		3.00-4.00pm Attitudes towards Brummagem English: what’s wrong with the way we speak?
	www.chatarea.com /BirminghamItsNotShit.m1856637 (458 words)

	Re: The words 'Brummie' and 'Brummagem'
		In Reply to: Re: The words 'Brummie' and 'Brummagem' posted by Gary on December 05, 2002
		Available from all good book stores in our celestial city.
		: : Has anyone ever come across the words 'Brummie' or 'Brummagem' used to describe anything of poor quality?
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/17/messages/847.html (134 words)

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