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Not really. Given our heritage, we're fairly basic in our words and descriptions. Most of the folks who went over to begin the colonies that became the USA were somewhat uptight about that sorta thing, being of Baptist and Puritan backgrounds, so they left that kind of "objectionable" and "offensive" stuff back with us.
The one cspear mentions - If I remember correctly - is named the same as another road in London and (I believe) York. I'll kill the mystery and tell you. It's Gropecunt Lane. And yes, it really does mean exactly what it says. Named for the place prostitutes frequented. AFAIK, the one in London is now restored to the name but the one in York has another, much more innocuous name.
Speaking of words and being basic, you do know the origin of "joystick"? More precisely, why pilots called it that in the first place?
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Butt Hole Road is in the next(ish) town to me. I could take a photo if you really wanted. :)
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Quote - Not really. Given our heritage, we're fairly basic in our words and descriptions. Most of the folks who went over to begin the colonies that became the USA were somewhat uptight about that sorta thing, being of Baptist and Puritan backgrounds, so they left that kind of "objectionable" and "offensive" stuff back with us.
The one cspear mentions - If I remember correctly - is named the same as another road in London and (I believe) York. I'll kill the mystery and tell you. It's Gropecunt Lane. And yes, it really does mean exactly what it says. Named for the place prostitutes frequented. AFAIK, the one in London is now restored to the name but the one in York has another, much more innocuous name.
Speaking of words and being basic, you do know the origin of "joystick"? More precisely, why pilots called it that in the first place?
Final edit:
Butt Hole Road is in the next(ish) town to me. I could take a photo if you really wanted. :)
Have a town nearby in upstate NY called Butts Corners.
Here are a few you Brits must have passed onto the colonies :blink:
Loveladies, New Jersey
Hooker, Oklahoma
Hooker Hole, Louisiana
Romance, Arkansas
Horneytown, North Carolina
French Lick, Indiana
Sweet Lips, Tennessee
Fanny, West Virginia
Busti, New York
Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Butts, Georgia
Buttzville, New Jersey
Dicktown, New Jersey
Erect, North Carolina
New Erection, Virginia
Dickshooter, Idaho
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
Loving, New Mexico
Climax, Georgia
Conception, Missouri
Fidelity, Missouri
Burns Down, South Carolina
Pyro, Ohio
Frankenstein, Missouri
Humptulips, Washington
Looneyville, Minnesota <---where I should move to
Looneyville, New York <--or here instead
Burnt Water, Arizona <----how is that possible
Because...
Why, Arizona
Whynot, Mississippi
Whynot, North Carolina
Ynot, Montana
I think you Brits forgot to list one (ouch) Penistone, UK
Gary
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Unlike the road name I posted, the vast majority of 'em will have perfectly innocent origins, "butt", for example, being a barrel and a unit of measure.
Penistone is between Sheffield and Barnsley, so not too far from here. The CBers (remember them?) called it Genital City. :) BTW, it's pronounced Penny-Ston. Just so you don't make a numpty of yourself if you visit.
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The UK is full of strange place names. Here's a few from The Daily Telegraph (a supposedly serious national paper), some of which may lose their meaning when crossing the Atlantic - in which case, Google at your own risk:
They don't mention that Magpie Lane in Oxford was not always known as "Magpie Lane". It was called something very rude indeed. Read the history section, and be aware that its former name may offend modern sensibilities.
Over the years I've convinced many people that there's a hill called Hucking Fell, but it's not true. There is, however, one called Great Cockup in Cumbtia (northern England).
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