I remember reading somewhere that when the yankee pioneers went way out west they named places as and when they felt like.
So apparently there are/were places called "Whore's Nipple" and "Son of a Bitch Creek"
Word that mean something funny in English
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- KVRAF
- 2321 posts since 23 Mar, 2004 from Two lower than LS6
Phil
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- Skunk Mod
- 21249 posts since 10 Jun, 2004 from Pony Pasture
[Apologies in advance -- the following isn't funny at all.]
There are a few place names around here that had to be changed when Virginia was dragged, kicking and screaming, into something resembling the modern era. An intersection near Patrick Henry's home, Scotchtown, used to be called (again, I'm sorry; this is how things used to be) Nigger Foot. :-(
Thank goodness, the highway department changed the name! It's now officially called Negro Foot. >:-P Oh, that makes it all SO much better. (Need I mention that I never heard any of the old-timers around there use the new name? Sad, very sad. Must've been hard containing as much hatred and spite as those guys had in them.)
There are a few place names around here that had to be changed when Virginia was dragged, kicking and screaming, into something resembling the modern era. An intersection near Patrick Henry's home, Scotchtown, used to be called (again, I'm sorry; this is how things used to be) Nigger Foot. :-(
Thank goodness, the highway department changed the name! It's now officially called Negro Foot. >:-P Oh, that makes it all SO much better. (Need I mention that I never heard any of the old-timers around there use the new name? Sad, very sad. Must've been hard containing as much hatred and spite as those guys had in them.)
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- KVRAF
- 2321 posts since 23 Mar, 2004 from Two lower than LS6
and you cant forget Gropecunte Lane in London. Now Threadneedle Street and is where the Bank Of England resides. Funny that...
Phil
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- KVRian
- 772 posts since 6 Oct, 2003 from ezeeworld
Which is mentioned in this interesting article on the BBC Website...Bunnyboy wrote:and you cant forget Gropecunte Lane in London. Now Threadneedle Street and is where the Bank Of England resides. Funny that...
The Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words
I like the way they avoid even mild swearing:
But they have no problems writing Gropecunte in all it's glory!The Beeb wrote:A stronger British term for testicles, which rhymes with 'frollocks'
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- KVRist
- 401 posts since 4 May, 2004
In the old (first post-communist) system of company names in Bosnia, privately owned service companies had a prefix PUP (acronym for "pivately owned...") to their names. Especially amusing when it's a family name used for company name.
Some of these were taking goods to and from Holland, which must have made some Dutch folks' day since, as I've been told, "pup" means "turd" in Dutch.
Some of these were taking goods to and from Holland, which must have made some Dutch folks' day since, as I've been told, "pup" means "turd" in Dutch.
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- KVRAF
- 4738 posts since 20 Feb, 2004 from Gothenburg, Sweden
Aaahahha, in english, peejunk would equal urine trash!!!!
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
and one in yorkshire called blubberhouses ...
... innocent enough but always makes me giggle
slainte rob
... innocent enough but always makes me giggle
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- KVRAF
- 2321 posts since 23 Mar, 2004 from Two lower than LS6
there is a village in the uk called lower drakes bottom
which means that there should be an upper drakes bottom
which means that there should be an upper drakes bottom
Phil
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- KVRAF
- 8471 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
depends on how you pronounce it...just like in engrish pŭp ("pup") is a young dog, pōōp ("poep") is the brown stuff coming from your lowest sphincter...peejunk wrote:I've been told, "pup" means "turd" in Dutch.
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- KVRist
- 401 posts since 4 May, 2004
You don't saystefancrs wrote:Aaahahha, in english, peejunk would equal urine trash!!!!
But it was really amusing when I found out there actually IS a name "peejunk" in India or somewhere
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- KVRist
- 238 posts since 23 Jul, 2001
In Germany we eat "butt" ("flounder" in English).
Over here you can live in "quickborn" (city in Northern Germany).
When you play cards in Germany you'll often here the word "ass" ("ace" in English).
Btw, as a young boy I often mistook "diary" for "diarrhea"...
Over here you can live in "quickborn" (city in Northern Germany).
When you play cards in Germany you'll often here the word "ass" ("ace" in English).
Btw, as a young boy I often mistook "diary" for "diarrhea"...
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- KVRist
- 331 posts since 24 Mar, 2002 from Denmark
Furthermore gift is danish for poison as well, but also for (to be) married; something that can easily poison a well-functioning relationship. Sounds fishy? Hey, I'm detoxica*cough*divorced now...Meffy wrote:In English it's a fish. In French, that fish is called poisson. In English, that poisson looks a lot like poison. In German, poison is gift.
So: if someone gives me a gift fish, is it a poison poisson?
... Think I'll have beef for dinner.
