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French villagers sick of butt jokes
ABC News ^
| 10/07/03
| Reuters
Posted on 10/07/2003 1:46:55 PM PDT by bedolido
Tired of being sniggered at, people from French villages whose names sound like 'filthy swine' and 'my arse' plan a weekend get-together in a tiny hamlet whose name means 'eat onions' in old French.
The idea, local newspapers say, is for the villagers to form a united front against constant teasing and forge a new pride in their colourful toponyms.
Only villages "with suggestive names that evoke a smile, a laugh, or have a singsong folkloric name" can take part, say organisers, who plan a gourmet market to show off local fare.
The organisers say they do not want the event spoiled by vulgarity.
Among the 15 or so villages joining the event in the south-western village of Mengesebes ('eat onions' in Occitan, an old language from the south of France) are:
Saligos - sounds like 'filthy swine'
Montcuq - sounds like 'my arse'
Trecon - sounds like 'very stupid'
Quirky French place names are nothing new to some English-speaking tourists, who several times a year make off with signposts from the south-western town of Condom.
-- Reuters
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: butt; french; jokes; villagers
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posted on
10/07/2003 1:46:56 PM PDT
by
bedolido
To: Skylight
French villagers sick of butt jokes Hey, it could be worse, they could live in Lancaster County, PA, with town names like Intercourse, Bird-in-Hand and Blue Ball...
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posted on
10/07/2003 1:50:42 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Cure Arnold of groping - throw him into a dark closet with Janet Reno and shut the door.)
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posted on
10/07/2003 1:51:18 PM PDT
by
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To: Skylight
Then there's "Chirac" which means "dumbass".
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posted on
10/07/2003 1:53:40 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Liberals can sugarcoat sh** all they want. I'm not biting.)
To: theDentist
Didn't I read somewhere that there actually is a Butt, USA?
Can't remember the state. I think the article was about renaming the city.
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posted on
10/07/2003 1:58:13 PM PDT
by
GOP_Proud
(Those who preach tolerance seem to have the least for my views.)
To: dirtboy
In Austria, there is a town called F-cking.
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posted on
10/07/2003 1:59:57 PM PDT
by
Koblenz
(There's usually a free market solution)
To: Koblenz
Austrian Signpost:
Underneath, the picture says "Please, Not so Fast!" and has a picture of two little kids. But it's actually a sign to convince motorists to slow down, not to do as the town name implies...
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posted on
10/07/2003 2:01:59 PM PDT
by
Koblenz
(There's usually a free market solution)
To: dirtboy
They could live in Big Bone Lick Kentucky.
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posted on
10/07/2003 2:02:01 PM PDT
by
Khepera
(Do not remove by penalty of law!)
To: Khepera
Or Toad Suck, Arkansas...
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posted on
10/07/2003 2:02:35 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Cure Arnold of groping - throw him into a dark closet with Janet Reno and shut the door.)
To: dirtboy
Kind of off topic, but...French butt inspector.
To: Skylight
What is "France"?
11
posted on
10/07/2003 2:10:09 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: Skylight
My father was born on Pecker Street.
It always amused him.
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posted on
10/07/2003 2:12:33 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Khepera
don't forget Climax MI. about 10minutes off I-69
To: dirtboy
I'm partial to Beaver Utah
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posted on
10/07/2003 2:14:23 PM PDT
by
Dementon
(Can you imagine a world without hypothetical situations?)
To: rednekelmo
"Cochon" was a perfectly respectable French name until Joan of Arc's time, when Archbiship Cochon betrayed Joan by siding with her English accusers at her trial. As a result, the French word for "pig" is "cochon".
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posted on
10/07/2003 2:18:21 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: Khepera
French Lick, IN.
Vergennes, VT.
Truth or Consequences, NM (AZ?).
And somebody recently posted a interesting highway sign from the Pittsburgh area.
To: Calvin Locke
There is a Pig Kentucky as well.
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posted on
10/07/2003 2:27:47 PM PDT
by
Khepera
(Do not remove by penalty of law!)
To: theDentist
"Then there's "Chirac" which means "dumbass".
You may be the only "dentist" who has made me laugh. Thanks
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posted on
10/07/2003 2:31:27 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Don't squat with your spurs on.)
To: Khepera
Just read the "black helicopters" article from Salon:
"...Sisters and out toward Black Butte", [both in Oregon]
To: Skylight
What the sign doesn't tell you is that you're only 15 miles from Horneytown.
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