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'Rude' English streets defended
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:49 pm
by gelfling
'Rude' English streets defended
From:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7812254.stm
New road names with rude connotations could soon be banned in part of Sussex to avoid "deliberate misinterpretation".
But throughout England streets including "Grope Lane" and "Titty Ho" have a rich history.
Lewes District Council wants to clean up its street names.
The local authority believes it will help emergency and postal services by carefully vetting what new roads are called.
A report says "aesthetically unsuitable" names such as Gaswork Road, Tip House and Coalpit Lane should also be avoided, along with any double entendres.
But Rob Bailey, co-author of Rude UK, believes rude-sounding place names have a cultural significance.
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Are there any fun place-names or street-names where you live?
Re: 'Rude' English streets defended
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:34 pm
by eirykhi
a freind of ming just bought a bar and re named it Cheaters
Re: 'Rude' English streets defended
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:56 pm
by Toucan
like the cats?
Re: 'Rude' English streets defended
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:00 am
by eirykhi
he is puting in a striper poles what do u think?
Re: 'Rude' English streets defended
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:58 am
by Katzuko
I used to go to School near a road called Sheep Dip Lane :p Only in England...well sometimes in Wales too...lol
Re: 'Rude' English streets defended
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:03 am
by Jasno
No joke I used to know a girl who lived on Dyke street. What her parents where thinking moving there I'll never know, she's prolly damaged for life.
Re: 'Rude' English streets defended
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:13 pm
by Zephisto
I know of a place in Northampton called Bell End
Re: 'Rude' English streets defended
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:46 pm
by eirykhi
we have a street called clinton it runs south a one way street , people say " was going down clinton the other day " and i start LOLing and thay dont get what im laffing at