When did Chilly become Chillay ? ..

About the same time Kiev became 'Keev'!

When it's very very hot.

Turkey now Turkiye

Try Turkeeyah

Tommy Robinson concerned that Great Britain could become Greater Albania.

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So far we don't say Roma, Napoli, Paree or Munchen. I wonder why that is? Or even Glasgee

I've got a couple of brummie friends who pronounce it Bromwich-ham

I think it may have been the old way of saying it?

Could be Reg. Where is East Bromwich I wonder.

Hello sage, hope you are well
Just had a Google, it is actually Brummagem that they say, but, as I said, originally comes from Bromwich-ham
West Bromwich is obvious, East Bromwich would be somewhere like Solihull if my geography is correct, haven't been up that way for a while

Any advance on Castle Bromwich?

To us foreigners why not just leave it as the Midlands   

Sparrow, that's connected obviously
Hayden, good idea

The name Bromwich means "settlement in the broom", broom being a yellow flowering bush that grew in abundance in the area.

Castle is a Middle English addition to the name to distinguish the settlement from the other bromwiches in the area.

PS

Broom is a large, deciduous shrub, similar in appearance to gorse, but without the spines.



This member of the pea family is common on heaths, in open woodlands and along hedgerows, and can also be found at the coast. Its bright yellow flowers appear in spring, from April to June, and smell of vanilla.

I knew a road sweeper once who had a new broom , had 17 new handles and 26 new brushes but it was still a new broom.

harrumph

I live in West Bromwich.

Now Glasgow, this doesn't seem very horsey related stuff so it's about time you fcked off with your nonsense.