Court ruling confirms Dorset village’s name ‘is pronounced scrotum’

jumpy · 06-19-09, 05:35 PM

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/04/1...otum%E2%80%99/

hahahaha fantastic!

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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’

spoof news is great.

AVGWarhawk · 06-19-09, 05:54 PM

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

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

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Originally Posted by Letum

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

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

This. Just this.

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...

: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".

Jimbuna · 06-20-09, 03:15 PM

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

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

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Originally Posted by Rilder

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.

06-19-09, 05:54 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	So what do they do in Scrotom? Just hang around I guess. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	wonder what people in that town when they were asked. so where do you live.:rotfl: __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yes this is exactly the type of thing the courts should be spending their time on. :rotfl: __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

06-19-09, 06:40 PM	#6
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	If my village was called "Scrotum" I would fight to the death to keep it that way. __________________

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sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	I believe that this just maybe the actual birthplace of Kapt. Balz....the Beloved Hero of the entire German Navy...... __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

06-19-09, 06:01 PM	#3
CastleBravo Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Balls!

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	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... :rotfl: __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

06-20-09, 03:03 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	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". __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Apparently the most common male christian name on the electoral register is 'Richard' __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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?"

06-20-09, 05:18 PM	#15
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	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. __________________