Austrian town name (WARNING, dorty werdz)

Residents of an Austrian village called F*cking, have voted
against changing the name.

The 150 or so people who live in the village debated the issue
after roadsigns kept being stolen - many by British tourists.

Spokesman Siegfried Hoeppl, said, "Everyone here knows what it
means in English, but for us F*cking is F*cking - and it`s going
to stay F*cking - even though the signs keep getting stolen."

He said the name came from Mr F*ck and his family who settled in
the area 100 years ago, and added "ing", meaning village or
settlement.

The villagers didn`t find out about the English meaning of the
word until Allied soldiers stationed in the region in 1945
pointed out the alternative meaning.

Local newspaper editor Menhardt Buzasa said there had been an
increase in the number of signs being stolen, and said British
tourists were usually blamed.

"I do not agree it is just the British. F*cking is universal.
Germans use it as much now as the British, and it also means the
same to the Americans, Australians and anyone in the English
speaking world," he said.

Similar votes on a name change have taken place recently in
neighbouring Austrian towns Wank am see and Petting, as well as
in Vomitville and Windpassing.
--
Gary G. Taylor * Rialto, CA
gary at donavan dot org / http:// geetee dot donavan dot org
"The two most abundant things in the universe
are hydrogen and stupidity." --Harlan Ellison

Gary G. Taylor

"Gary G. Taylor" <> wrote:

> Residents of an Austrian village called F*cking, have voted
> against changing the name.
>
> The 150 or so people who live in the village debated the issue
> after roadsigns kept being stolen - many by British tourists.
>
> Spokesman Siegfried Hoeppl, said, "Everyone here knows what it
> means in English, but for us F*cking is F*cking - and it`s going
> to stay F*cking - even though the signs keep getting stolen."
>
> He said the name came from Mr F*ck and his family who settled in
> the area 100 years ago, and added "ing", meaning village or
> settlement.
>
> The villagers didn`t find out about the English meaning of the
> word until Allied soldiers stationed in the region in 1945
> pointed out the alternative meaning.
>
> Local newspaper editor Menhardt Buzasa said there had been an
> increase in the number of signs being stolen, and said British
> tourists were usually blamed.
>
> "I do not agree it is just the British. F*cking is universal.
> Germans use it as much now as the British, and it also means the
> same to the Americans, Australians and anyone in the English
> speaking world," he said.
>
> Similar votes on a name change have taken place recently in
> neighbouring Austrian towns Wank am see and Petting, as well as
> in Vomitville and Windpassing.

Heh. Good story!

Speaking of names...

Assinippi (Massachusetts, USA)
Ballville (Ohio, USA)
Bangor (Wales)
Beaver (Oklahoma, USA)
Beaver Bottom (Kentucky, USA)
Big Cockup and Little Cockup (England)
Black Butte (Oregon, USA)
Black Charlie's Opening (Australia)
Bloody Dick (Montana, USA)
Blowhard (Australia)
Bone's Knob (Queensland, Australia)
Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK)
Butt's Corner (New York, USA)
Chinaman's Knob (Australia)
Climax Springs (Missouri, USA)
Cockburn (Australia)
Cockland (Ohio, USA)
Cocksgag (Ohio, USA)
Cocktown (Wexford, Ireland)
Dick Johnson (Indiana, USA)
Dikshit (India)
Dildo (Newfoundland, Canada)
Dong Rack (Thailand-Cambodia border)
Dongo (Congo, Democratic Republic)
Dyckesville (Wisconsin, USA)
Elephant Butte (New Mexico, USA)
Euren (Wisconsin, USA)
Fingeringhoe (Essex, UK)
Fruitport (Michigan, USA)
Fugit (Kentucky, USA)
Fukum (Yemen)
Gobblers Knob (Kentucky, USA)
Handcock Town (North Carolina, USA)
Hookersville (West Virginia, USA)
Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA)
Kinmount (Ontario, Canada)
Lickdale (Pennsylvania, USA)
Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)
Licking Valley (Ohio, USA)
Likwang (China)
Long Dong (Guangxi, China)
Lord Berkeley's Knob (Sutherland, Scotland)
Maggie's Nipples (Wyoming, USA)
Mount Holly (New Jersey, USA)
Mount Mee (Australia)
Mount Titlis (Switzerland)
Mt. Buggery (Australia)
Muff (County Donegal, Ireland)
Needmore (Texas, USA)
Nether Wallop (England)
Nobber (Donegal, Ireland)
Pecker's Point (Newfoundland, Canada)
Penistone (South Yorkshire, UK)
Petting (Germany)
Pickles Gap (Arkansas)
Pis Pis River (Nicaragua)
Prickwillow (England)
Reamstown (Pennsylvania, USA)
Sackville (Canada)
Sally's Gap (Ireland)
Sandy Balls (England)
Sexbierum (Netherlands)
Sexmoan (Luzon, Philippines)
Seymen (Turkey)
Shafter (California, USA)
Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)
Slackbottom (Yorkshire, UK)
Spuzzum (Canada)
Tilicum (Washington, USA)
Titting (Germany)
Titty Ho (England)
Tittybong (Australia)
Titz (Germany)
Turdo (Romania)
Twatt (Orkney, UK)
Wankener (India)
Wankie (Zimbabwe)
Wankie Colliery (Zimbabwe)
Wanks River (Nicaragua)
Wet Beaver Creek (Australia)
Yocumtown (Pennsylvania, USA)
Zip Down (Pennsylvania, USA)

On 16 Jun 2004 21:06:48 GMT, in
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Boomer scrawled:

>"Gary G. Taylor" <> wrote:
>
>> Residents of an Austrian village called F*cking, have voted
>> against changing the name.
<snip>

>Speaking of names...

>Bangor (Wales)
>Big Cockup and Little Cockup (England)
>Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK)
>Fingeringhoe (Essex, UK)
>Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)
>Nether Wallop (England)
>Penistone (South Yorkshire, UK)
>Prickwillow (England)
>Sandy Balls (England)
>Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)
>Slackbottom (Yorkshire, UK)
>Titty Ho (England)
>Twatt (Orkney, UK)

Little Piddle
http://www.zzippster.btinternet.co.u...epiddletxt.htm

Wyre Piddle
http://www.wyrepiddle.ndo.co.uk/

In case the meaning is lost:
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/p.htm
piddle Verb. To urinate. Cf. 'riddle' and 'widdle'. {Informal}
Noun. 1. Urine.
2. An act of urination.

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<HCFTH>

°Mike° <> wrote:

> On 16 Jun 2004 21:06:48 GMT, in
> <40d0b666$0$8473$ .net>
> Boomer scrawled:
>
>>"Gary G. Taylor" <> wrote:
>>
>>> Residents of an Austrian village called F*cking, have voted
>>> against changing the name.
> <snip>
>
>>Speaking of names...
>
>>Bangor (Wales)
>>Big Cockup and Little Cockup (England)
>>Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK)
>>Fingeringhoe (Essex, UK)
>>Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)
>>Nether Wallop (England)
>>Penistone (South Yorkshire, UK)
>>Prickwillow (England)
>>Sandy Balls (England)
>>Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)
>>Slackbottom (Yorkshire, UK)
>>Titty Ho (England)
>>Twatt (Orkney, UK)
>
> Little Piddle
> http://www.zzippster.btinternet.co.u...epiddletxt.htm
>
> Wyre Piddle
> http://www.wyrepiddle.ndo.co.uk/
>
> In case the meaning is lost:
> http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/p.htm
> piddle Verb. To urinate. Cf. 'riddle' and 'widdle'. {Informal}
> Noun. 1. Urine.
> 2. An act of urination.

My mom used to use that word. Odd sounding, I always thought.

Thanks for the addition of the two 'weeny' (meaning tiny or small)
towns.

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<HCFTH>

On 16 Jun 2004 21:35:43 GMT, in
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Boomer scrawled:

>°Mike° <> wrote:
>
>> On 16 Jun 2004 21:06:48 GMT, in
>> <40d0b666$0$8473$ .net>
>> Boomer scrawled:
>>
>>>"Gary G. Taylor" <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Residents of an Austrian village called F*cking, have voted
>>>> against changing the name.
>> <snip>
>>
>>>Speaking of names...
>>
>>>Bangor (Wales)
>>>Big Cockup and Little Cockup (England)
>>>Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK)
>>>Fingeringhoe (Essex, UK)
>>>Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)
>>>Nether Wallop (England)
>>>Penistone (South Yorkshire, UK)
>>>Prickwillow (England)
>>>Sandy Balls (England)
>>>Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)
>>>Slackbottom (Yorkshire, UK)
>>>Titty Ho (England)
>>>Twatt (Orkney, UK)
>>
>> Little Piddle
>> http://www.zzippster.btinternet.co.u...epiddletxt.htm
>>
>> Wyre Piddle
>> http://www.wyrepiddle.ndo.co.uk/
>>
>> In case the meaning is lost:
>> http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/p.htm
>> piddle Verb. To urinate. Cf. 'riddle' and 'widdle'. {Informal}
>> Noun. 1. Urine.
>> 2. An act of urination.
>
>My mom used to use that word. Odd sounding, I always thought.
>
>Thanks for the addition of the two 'weeny' (meaning tiny or small)
>towns.

YW.

I just came across a few more:

Arsoli (Lazio, Italy)
Bastard (Norway)
Climax (Colorado, USA)
Dog Dyke (Midlands,UK)
Fuku (Shensi, China)
Fukui (Honshu, Japan)
Jacks Bush (Salisbury, UK)
Middle Intercourse Island (Australia)
Pratt's Bottom (Kent, UK)
Shag Island (Indian Ocean)
Wankendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


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<HCFTH>

°Mike° <> wrote:

[snip]
> I just came across a few more:
>
> Arsoli (Lazio, Italy)
> Bastard (Norway)
> Climax (Colorado, USA)
> Dog Dyke (Midlands,UK)
> Fuku (Shensi, China)
> Fukui (Honshu, Japan)
> Jacks Bush (Salisbury, UK)
> Middle Intercourse Island (Australia)
> Pratt's Bottom (Kent, UK)
> Shag Island (Indian Ocean)
> Wankendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Cool! Thanks again!

There's one I 'should' have listed. But didn't even think about it..
<eg> ..for a variety of reasons.

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<HCFTH>

Boomer spilled my beer when they jumped on the table and proclaimed in
<40d0c54d$0$192$. net>
> Cool! Thanks again!
>
> There's one I 'should' have listed. But didn't even think about it..
> <eg> ..for a variety of reasons.

There's also a state park north of Lexington somewhere KY called "Big Bone
Lick State Park".

http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/parks/bigbone.htm

NOI

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:34:33 -0400, in
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Thund3rstruck_n0i scrawled:

>Boomer spilled my beer when they jumped on the table and proclaimed in
><40d0c54d$0$192$ .net>
>> Cool! Thanks again!
>>
>> There's one I 'should' have listed. But didn't even think about it..
>> <eg> ..for a variety of reasons.
>
> There's also a state park north of Lexington somewhere KY called "Big Bone
>Lick State Park".
>
>http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/parks/bigbone.htm
>
> NOI

That's odd, I don't see Boomer's reply to me, and can't retrieve
it from the Message-ID, either. It's not on individual.net, nor
on readfree.news -- I wonder if she cancelled it? I was going
to ask you to repost it, but better not, in case she cancelled
it for a reason.

--
Basic computer maintenance
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

°Mike° <> wrote:

[snip]
> I just came across a few more:
>
> Arsoli (Lazio, Italy)
> Bastard (Norway)
> Climax (Colorado, USA)
> Dog Dyke (Midlands,UK)
> Fuku (Shensi, China)
> Fukui (Honshu, Japan)
> Jacks Bush (Salisbury, UK)
> Middle Intercourse Island (Australia)
> Pratt's Bottom (Kent, UK)
> Shag Island (Indian Ocean)
> Wankendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Cool! Thanks again!

--

<HCFTH>

Thund3rstruck_n0i <> wrote:

> Boomer spilled my beer when they jumped on the table and
> proclaimed in
> <40d0c54d$0$192$. net>
>> Cool! Thanks again!
[snip]

> There's also a state park north of Lexington somewhere KY
> called "Big Bone
> Lick State Park".
>
> http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/parks/bigbone.htm
>
> NOI

Wow. I bet there are tons of park names, mountian names and who know
what other type *odd* names there are through out the world.

Fascinating!

Thanks, Thund3rstruck.