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Kolley Kibber Wrote:

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> I say

>

> When I have been out driving in the old jalopy, I

> cam across a road in Kent called "Black Boy Lane"

> but I suspect that by now the PC brigade have

> renamed it to something else


KK, there's an excellent pub in Winchester called the Black Boy but their pub sign is quick to make it clear that the boy is a young chimneysweep blackened by his trade - I imagine the Lane refers to the same thing, not that that would stop any renaming fervour.


Nero, I don't even know what Wetwang means but it sounds filthy!

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> This one speaks for itself (although not really a

> place name)


We are going to Balchik, Bulgaria for our summer holiday this year. I am going to have to go and find it now!


Near Puddletown in Dorset is Piddlehinton and Piddletrenthide (just this side of Dorcester)

There?s a place near where I grew up in SA called, Daggafontein which translated into English is, Marijuana Springs.


There is also a Wankie in Matabeleland in Zimbabwe. Although in latter years they have tried to hide their embarrassment by ?Africanising? it to Hwange. But it will always be Wankie.

*Bob* wrote "Knobsauce - just outside of Doncaster"



What? Are you absolutely sure you don't mean the company Knob Source outside of Doncaster who sell door knobs and knockers (:))) ?


I'm not doubting you and my geography of South Yorkshire is a bit rusty these days .. so apologies in advance!

Kolley Kibber Wrote:

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> I say

>

> When I have been out driving in the old jalopy, I

> cam across a road in Kent called "Black Boy Lane"

> but I suspect that by now the PC brigade have

> renamed it to something else


There's also one in North London, it's in the Edmonton area I think.

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> There is a place in France named "Brest" and a

> place in Ireland called "Muff"...any others?



An ex of mine once took a coach through Muff when it was having a civic festival or somehting many years ago (Muff is tiny so it must have been a really naff festival). ANyway she said there was a banner over the road proudly declaring 'Muff Explodes!'


The mind boggles.

Jimbob Wrote:

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> theres a condom in france and a little village in

> somerset called hairy bollocks.



I suspect that village in Somerset has been mis-pronounced... the actual name, that reflects its rural heritage, is Dairy Bullocks.

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