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"A campaign has been launched to have the name of a landmark on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall officially changed to its original Cornish title."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20203832
There are places with much higher "giggle factor" that they should look at first.
Ed: See more on this story on UKH here: http://www.ukhillwalking.com/news/item.php?id=67588
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20203832
There are places with much higher "giggle factor" that they should look at first.
Ed: See more on this story on UKH here: http://www.ukhillwalking.com/news/item.php?id=67588
In reply to Billy the fish:
Ventongimps
Broadwoodwidger
Numphra
They all spring to mind.
Perhaps they should do what they did to Greensplat and blow the shit out of it.
Cornwall's great for place names
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> There are places with much higher "giggle factor" that they should look at first.
> There are places with much higher "giggle factor" that they should look at first.
Ventongimps
Broadwoodwidger
Numphra
They all spring to mind.
Perhaps they should do what they did to Greensplat and blow the shit out of it.
Cornwall's great for place names
In reply to Billy the fish:
Cocklick End, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
> There are places with much higher "giggle factor" that they should look at first.
Cocklick End, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
In reply to Billy the fish: From teh Western Morning News;
Brown Willy vs Hill of Swallows? ROTFLMFAO!!
> Campaigner Chris Hines said: "Restoring the original name Bronn Wennili to the highest point in Cornwall is a complete no brainer. "It has a lovely meaning – 'Hill of Swallows', a name that the county and its people can be proud of and something that will be slightly more attractive to residents and tourists than Brown Willy!"
Brown Willy vs Hill of Swallows? ROTFLMFAO!!
In reply to stroppygob:
"something that will be slightly more attractive to residents and tourists than Brown Willy!"
That bloke's all mixed up.
Locals go up it, cos it's a nice little walk.
The only reason tourists go up it is because the name is so attractive - and ridiculous
"something that will be slightly more attractive to residents and tourists than Brown Willy!"
That bloke's all mixed up.
Locals go up it, cos it's a nice little walk.
The only reason tourists go up it is because the name is so attractive - and ridiculous
In reply to Billy the fish: Or there's that place on Yell that's so offensive, UKC won't let me post it
In reply to Billy the fish:
Pity it isn't in the Lake District, a walk from Cockshott Point to Breasty Hawes is fnarr-tastic enough. If you went via Brown Willy it would be gawhoop-licious...
Pity it isn't in the Lake District, a walk from Cockshott Point to Breasty Hawes is fnarr-tastic enough. If you went via Brown Willy it would be gawhoop-licious...
In reply to mountainmadness:
Central London has a pretty strong contender for the most fnarrr-tastic route ever:
http://www.londonsackrace.com/route/4561805774
Central London has a pretty strong contender for the most fnarrr-tastic route ever:
http://www.londonsackrace.com/route/4561805774
In reply to Billy the fish:
En route to Brown Willy as you drive through Dorset you will pass Puddletown which until the Victorians got prudish had always been known as Piddletown. (It stands on the River Piddle)
En route to Brown Willy as you drive through Dorset you will pass Puddletown which until the Victorians got prudish had always been known as Piddletown. (It stands on the River Piddle)
In reply to toad:
That's an interesting one.
There are a few of them in Orkney as well as Shetland. The name is Norse in origin (the form was 'þveit') and it means 'parcel of land'. The same place-name element exists in Yorkshire and elsewhere as '-thwaite'. They're a bit more direct in the Northern Isles.
> Or there's that place on Yell that's so offensive, UKC won't let me post it
That's an interesting one.
There are a few of them in Orkney as well as Shetland. The name is Norse in origin (the form was 'þveit') and it means 'parcel of land'. The same place-name element exists in Yorkshire and elsewhere as '-thwaite'. They're a bit more direct in the Northern Isles.
In reply to toad:
Incidentally, one of them goes by the name of 'Clousta Tw*tt', which for some reason makes me snigger even more.
Incidentally, one of them goes by the name of 'Clousta Tw*tt', which for some reason makes me snigger even more.
In reply to Douglas Griffin:
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> Incidentally, one of them goes by the name of 'Clousta Tw*tt', which you can get antibiotics for, these days.
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> Incidentally, one of them goes by the name of 'Clousta Tw*tt', which you can get antibiotics for, these days.
In reply to toad: sorry.
In reply to Douglas Griffin:
I hired a bike and rode over to Tw*tt from Stromness, for the obligatory photo (by Tw@tt church in fact). It was a bit lost on the Danish guy who tagged along though. Poor bloke must have been wondering why I'd dragged him out to some non-place in the middle of nowhere
I hired a bike and rode over to Tw*tt from Stromness, for the obligatory photo (by Tw@tt church in fact). It was a bit lost on the Danish guy who tagged along though. Poor bloke must have been wondering why I'd dragged him out to some non-place in the middle of nowhere
In reply to Douglas Griffin:
Actually, "Clousta" and "Tw*tt" (I feel such a prat having to bowdlerise it like that.) are two separate places on the same road sign. And they're on Shetland Mainland, not Yell. Otherwise fine, especially the etymology.
Actually, "Clousta" and "Tw*tt" (I feel such a prat having to bowdlerise it like that.) are two separate places on the same road sign. And they're on Shetland Mainland, not Yell. Otherwise fine, especially the etymology.
In reply to Billy the fish:
There was this bloke who loved his girlfriend very much, so he had her name tatooed right along his willy. Once day, he went to the gents' and.....
There was this bloke who loved his girlfriend very much, so he had her name tatooed right along his willy. Once day, he went to the gents' and.....
In reply to Andy Long:
Ah, sorry. I must have seen them on the same road sign and got confused.
ps - I never said they were on Yell!
Ah, sorry. I must have seen them on the same road sign and got confused.
ps - I never said they were on Yell!
In reply to Billy the fish: Some of the most expensive houses in the estate agent ads in my local papers are on Tw@tling Road. which is near Lickey End.
In reply to ripper: In the Peak the village of Bugsworth was changed to Buxworth. I think this was as recent as 1930
In reply to Billy the fish: Wank or Wankum? Somewhere in Deutschland? Got a vague memory in there somewhere (of the signpost!).
In reply to Billy the fish: Cockfield, County Durham. Makes you wonder whats in the soil....
In reply to Sarah G:
what?
Last time someone looked over the urinal screen he wondered why I love ludo so much as to have it tattoed on my penis. I just sighed and remembered the days when it said "I made love to deborah in Llandudno"...
> There was this bloke who loved his girlfriend very much, so he had her name tatooed right along his willy. Once day, he went to the gents' and.....
what?
Last time someone looked over the urinal screen he wondered why I love ludo so much as to have it tattoed on my penis. I just sighed and remembered the days when it said "I made love to deborah in Llandudno"...
In reply to Southern Man:
Cx
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In reply to Trangia: Dorset also has a place called "Scratchy Bottom" (Ringstead / Lulworth area).
In reply to Wonrek:
Of course, twinned with Come-To-Good and Playing Place isn't it?
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> You forgot Blowinghouse of course
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Of course, twinned with Come-To-Good and Playing Place isn't it?
In reply to Billy the fish:
down by Harrisons theres a road sign to Balls Green and Blackham
down by Harrisons theres a road sign to Balls Green and Blackham
In reply to Neil Henson:
Dorset has a village called Shitterton which is on a tributary of the River Piddle. The Piddle also passes through Piddlehinton, Piddlethrenthide and Puddletown (which sold out).
Dorset has a village called Shitterton which is on a tributary of the River Piddle. The Piddle also passes through Piddlehinton, Piddlethrenthide and Puddletown (which sold out).
In reply to Welsh Kate: Not heard of Shitterton before. I know the other place names you mentioned though.
In reply to Neil Henson:
Or there's this one just up the road in Northumberland http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=10900
> (In reply to Welsh Kate) Not heard of Shitterton before. I know the other place names you mentioned though.
Or there's this one just up the road in Northumberland http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=10900
In reply to Billy the fish: The rudest named town in the world (on the road north out of the Bregaglia Valley):
https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=46.615252,9.603252&spn=0.093977,0.154324&...
https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=46.615252,9.603252&spn=0.093977,0.154324&...
In reply to Clarence:
..........there also a black bloke having a wazz. As you do (?!) Our Hero peeked at the blokey's willie, and said to him, "wow! Is your girlfriend called Wendy, too?"
The black bloke turned to him and said.....
..........there also a black bloke having a wazz. As you do (?!) Our Hero peeked at the blokey's willie, and said to him, "wow! Is your girlfriend called Wendy, too?"
The black bloke turned to him and said.....
In reply to aultguish:
Wankum in Germany just before the Dutch border on route 34 if my aged memory serves me well
Wankum in Germany just before the Dutch border on route 34 if my aged memory serves me well
In reply to Billy the fish:
This has got to be the winner, although not surprisingly apparently none now exist.
http://tinyurl.com/cq9n4
(Warning for those at work it's Wikipedia, but very rude words - gosh!)
This has got to be the winner, although not surprisingly apparently none now exist.
http://tinyurl.com/cq9n4
(Warning for those at work it's Wikipedia, but very rude words - gosh!)
In reply to Billy the fish: my wife says she's prefers Brown Willy.
Wilsford-cum-lake in wiltshire is always worth a giggle.
Not to mention the street in Shrewton called "upper backway"
Not to mention the street in Shrewton called "upper backway"
There's a village called les Arses in Switzerland...
In reply to Gustav: how about Muff in Northern Ireland? Has an olympic diving team!!!!!
In reply to Billy the fish: No ones mentioned Great Cockup here yet. Perhaps a little too obvious.
In reply to Billy the fish:
Absolutely nothing wrong with having a Brown Willy when the rest of you is brown too. More of a problem when caused by a navigation error.
Absolutely nothing wrong with having a Brown Willy when the rest of you is brown too. More of a problem when caused by a navigation error.
In reply to Southern Man:
And lets not forget Cocks! Interestingly this little Cornish village did the opposite recently. Some years back it was changed to Cox in the name of political correctness. Has now resumed its former (morning?) glory.
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> They all spring to mind.
And lets not forget Cocks! Interestingly this little Cornish village did the opposite recently. Some years back it was changed to Cox in the name of political correctness. Has now resumed its former (morning?) glory.
In reply to andybenham: I remember that! Heading towards chivvy roundabout and the signpost with gimps going left and cocks going right. lol.
Think it was next to a pub called the white house.
Think it was next to a pub called the white house.
In reply to aultguish:
Just north of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the 1850m high mountain called Wank. You can stay in the Wankhaus and go up it on the Wankbahn
> (In reply to Billy the fish) Wank or Wankum? Somewhere in Deutschland? Got a vague memory in there somewhere (of the signpost!).
Just north of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the 1850m high mountain called Wank. You can stay in the Wankhaus and go up it on the Wankbahn
In reply to dbarmbs: The Surgery in Muff is of course the Muff Clinic!
Mind you, there is always Minge Lane in Upton on Severn. The sign had to be concreted in as it was forever getting nicked.
Mind you, there is always Minge Lane in Upton on Severn. The sign had to be concreted in as it was forever getting nicked.
Good to see Playing Place getting a mention, as is my local biggest hill (Brown Willy). As for London Apprentice - it is the next village to me, but never found anyone that new why. I am confirm I have been to Hell (and back), that is in Norway.
In reply to nikhoward: Best trio of names on a single road sign...Numphra, Dowran and Joppa between Sennen and St Just. Always reminds me of Star Wars strangely...
In reply to Billy the fish:
The residents of Butt Hole Road, Conisbrough, petitioned for the name to be changed. it is now Arches Way.
The residents of Butt Hole Road, Conisbrough, petitioned for the name to be changed. it is now Arches Way.
In reply to Billy the fish: There's a peak in the Dolomites called the C*nturines Spitze (Piz dles C*nturines in Italian). Sounds like it could be a bit hairy in wet conditions!
Regarding Brown Willy, I included it in a mountaineering cryptic crossword that I composed some years ago. The clue was 'Result of nude sun bathing'.
Regarding Brown Willy, I included it in a mountaineering cryptic crossword that I composed some years ago. The clue was 'Result of nude sun bathing'.
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