[lbo-talk] name games

Matthias Wasser matthias.wasser at gmail.com
Tue Mar 30 07:44:53 PDT 2010


There was an indispensable article in the NYT a few months back about embarrassing place names, mostly medieval holdovers in England - Butt Hole Road, Gropecunt Lane, &c.

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:


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> <http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,686305,00.html>
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>
> Ah German English jokes. Like fart jokes, evergreen.
>
> I just want to point out that:
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> Tittelconsulting, a marketing agency
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> is almost as funny as Fucking Hell, and that the last paragraphs are the
> best. The Onion could not do better:
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>
> It is likely to heighten Fucking's fame, which is something Meindl, the
>> town's mayor, isn't happy about, given the trouble the name has caused it
>> over the years. "Twelve or 13 town signs have been stolen. We've taken to
>> fixing them with concrete, welding and rivets."
>>
>> The Bavarian towns of Kissing and Petting have the same problem, as does
>> the eastern German town of Pissing. But so far, there are no plans to name a
>> beer after them.
>>
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