Talk:Brougham (carriage)
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[edit] "Bro-ham"
The pronunciation of Brougham as "bro-ham" goes back much further than any rap by Twista. I recall Will Smith, on his old TV show Fresh Prince of Bel Air, saying it when demonstrating "hood talk" to someone, and that was in the 1990s. Misterdoe 15:50, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Disambiguation
I'm working on replacing links to "coach" (which goes to a disambiguation page) with direct links to the appropriate articles. I'm stumped on what the appropriate article is in this case, so I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I thought perhaps carriage would be appropriate, but since a Brougham is a carriage, I'm not sure. Stagecoach seemed another possibility. There's also coach (vehicle) and coach (rail), but neither of those seems right. Help, please! - Skinny McGee 03:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
- In the interest of pointing it at least closer to the right direction, I'm going to change it to carriage. If something else is more appropriate, please correct it. - Skinny McGee 16:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
I posted the photo of my red brougham coach in the brougham article. While the brougham may well be a carriage, it is perfectly normal to refer to it as a coach. The distinction being the permanent hard top and sides around the passenger compartment. Coach vehicles, including the stage coach, have these hard enclosures as typical features. All coaches are carriages but all carriages are not coaches. All of these would have at least 4 wheels on at least 2 axles. An addition to this wheel / axle layout would be the wagon. The wagon would also satisfy the wheel / axle criteria but be neither a carriage or coach. The buggy would be a light weight carriage but not a coach. 2 wheeled, single axle vehicles are known as carts or chariots. The distinction here would be the attitude of the driver, either sitting or standing. I hope this is helpfull and apropriate here. --Epavels (talk) 18:06, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
