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| 2012-02-29 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna ...thousands of places across the United States still saddled with names that are an insight into our divisive past, when demeaning names given to areas settled by ethnic or racial minorities were recorded on official government maps and often stuck.  Some, like Wop Draw in Wyoming; Jewtown, Ga.; Beaner Lake, Wash.; Wetback Tank reservoir in New Mexico and Polack Lake in Michigan, can sound rudely impolitic to the ears of a more inclusive society. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 Hell, MI. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2012-02-29 23:19 |
| #3 Long time ago I worked for a mapping company. We had software that looked for dirty words. Bloody was frequently flagged as a dirty word (in UK). What I found funny was sewage treatment plants were always flagged. Can't have sewage treatment without EATME I guess. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2012-02-29 22:12 |
| #2 There's always Intercourse, PA |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-02-29 19:20 |
| #1 naughty word lane |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-02-29 15:09 |