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| Town changes its name... |
| 2020-11-28 |
| [Newser] The people of F---ing, Austria have finally had enough of people making fun of the village's name—and stealing their road signs. The village of around 100 people, who are known as F---ingers, will be renamed Fugging as of Jan. 1, 2021, the Guardian reports. The village is part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, near the German border. "I am confirming that it has in fact been decided by the local council. I will not say any more about it," Tarsdorf Mayor Andrea Holzner tells Reuters. The village, said to have been founded by a Bavarian nobleman named Focko, has had the same name, with various spellings, for at least 1,000 years. Deutsche Welle notes that no name change has been announced for the nearby hamlets of Oberf---ing and Unterf---ing. (A German brewer named a beer after the town.) |
| Posted by:M. Murcek |
| #10 "The Serengeti Plain....how do most people order Serengeti." LOL |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-11-28 21:37 |
| #9 I remember. |
| Posted by: jpal 2020-11-28 20:48 |
| #8 But not hermetically sealed. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-11-28 18:01 |
| #7 My question is how do you pronounce ---. My computer vocalizer can't pronounce it. I used the Funkin-Wagnalls database. (That's for the oldsters in the audience) |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-11-28 17:13 |
| #6 How about Nailing? |
| Posted by: jpal 2020-11-28 14:04 |
| #5 ....'The Grand Tour' visited the place a couple of seasons back, helped along by Jeremy Clarkson's typically sober and restrained commentary: https://youtu.be/qP27oVeNQs8 Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2020-11-28 08:59 |
| #4 Shtuping? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-11-28 08:27 |
| #3 Fracking would have been a good rename. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2020-11-28 06:11 |
| #2 At least they're F---ing. We're TrulyF---ed. |
| Posted by: Sheba Speaking for Boskone1781 2020-11-28 03:37 |
| #1 I was expecting Scunthorpe. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-11-28 00:59 |