Posted on 06/08/2004 4:16:06 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Residents of an Austrian village called F*cking, have voted against changing the name.
The 150 or so people who live in the village debated the issue after roadsigns kept being stolen - many by British tourists.
Spokesman Siegfried Hoeppl, said: "Everyone here knows what it means in English, but for us F*cking is F*cking - and it's going to stay F*cking - even though the signs keep getting stolen."
He said the name came from Mr F*ck and his family who settled in the area 100 years ago, and added "ing", meaning village or settlement.
The villagers didn't find out about the English meaning of the word until Allied soldiers stationed in the region in 1945 pointed out the alternative meaning.
Local newspaper editor Menhardt Buzasa said there had been an increase in the number of signs being stolen, and said British tourists were usually blamed.
"I do not agree it is just the British. F*cking is universal. Germans use it as much now as the British, and it also means the same to the Americans, Australians and anyone in the English speaking world," he said.
Similar votes on a name change have taken place recently in neighbouring Austrian towns Wank am see and Petting, as well as in Vomitville and Windpassing.
Suddenly, Hell, Michigan doesn't seem so bad.....
nicht so schnell! that sign kills me!
Intercourse PA....
... in Troy, Michigan.
LOL!
LOL. I live by there...it does freeze over.
There's an Intercourse, Alabama, too. Been there.
It's near Cuba.
Thanks once again for the hilarity!!!
Over here, Guys!
Reminds me of one of our competitive shooters here in Az, who decided not to Anglicize his name to Fox.
He found Fuchs much more agreeable to his line of work as a bank examiner.
Check this out.
I'm not sure I believe this, Ananova, you know.
Probaby says more about which mod was on duty at the time of the posting (or at the time somebody hit the abuse button).
LOL! Thanks for the informative post. Guess I just don't get out much.
You all have overlooked the fact that a resident of F*cking is...yes, a F*cker.
Luckily,F***ing is probably too small to have suburbs with related names.
Or an ajacent hot spring - 'F***ing Bad' might turn off the tourists.
-Eric
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