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jumpy 06-19-09 05:35 PM

Court ruling confirms Dorset village’s name ‘is pronounced scrotum’
 
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/04/1...otum%E2%80%99/


hahahaha fantastic!

Quote:

After months of wrangling between life-long villagers and affluent newcomers, a High Court judge has ruled that the name of the tiny Dorset village of Schroatham should correctly be pronounced ’scrotum’.
/SNIP
Finally, after considerable research, the judge’s decision was swayed by evidence uncovered by historians showing that the town was named in the 10th Century, after the Anglo-Saxon word Shkoot’m, meaning ‘ball-bag’
:har: spoof news is great.

AVGWarhawk 06-19-09 05:54 PM

So what do they do in Scrotom? Just hang around I guess. :hmmm:

CastleBravo 06-19-09 06:01 PM

Balls!

Task Force 06-19-09 06:05 PM

wonder what people in that town when they were asked. so where do you live.:rotfl:

SteamWake 06-19-09 06:06 PM

Yes this is exactly the type of thing the courts should be spending their time on. :rotfl:

Letum 06-19-09 06:40 PM

If my village was called "Scrotum" I would fight to the death to keep it that way.

Kapitan_Phillips 06-19-09 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum (Post 1120536)
If my village was called "Scrotum" I would fight to the death to keep it that way.

Either that or move to the neighbouring village of "Kawk"

Stealth Hunter 06-19-09 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum (Post 1120536)
If my village was called "Scrotum" I would fight to the death to keep it that way.

This. Just this.:haha:

sunvalleyslim 06-20-09 12:12 AM

I believe that this just maybe the actual birthplace of Kapt. Balz....the Beloved Hero of the entire German Navy......

Task Force 06-20-09 12:17 AM

but just imagine... If you lived in a city named scrotum...

what would people from the rest of the world think.:rotfl:

Oah hey. where do you live...

Scrotum...:doh:

:rotfl:

Sailor Steve 06-20-09 03:03 PM

Some years back I discovered that the famous Silverstone racetrack is located in Towcester County. I was surprised to be told, when I asked a local online, that it is indeed pronounced "Toaster".:yeah:

Jimbuna 06-20-09 03:15 PM

Apparently the most common male christian name on the electoral register is 'Richard' :o

Rilder 06-20-09 03:20 PM

I feel sorry for garbage men there.

"So what do you do?"

"Oh I'm a garbage man in Scrotum"

"So you keep Scrotum clean?"

Jimbuna 06-20-09 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rilder (Post 1120966)
I feel sorry for garbage men there.

"So what do you do?"

"Oh I'm a garbage man in Scrotum"

"So you keep Scrotum clean?"

Yeah, I clean up the sh!t that some people don't bother removing :rotfl:

Letum 06-20-09 05:18 PM

Coming from NorthYorkshire, I refuse to pronounce the letter 'H' at the start
of any word and shorten any letters after 'T'.

'elp t's big 'orse in 'ouse, 'ow 'd t' grr-in 'ere?

and such forth.


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