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

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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.

This. Just this.

06-19-09, 05:54 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,303 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

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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. __________________

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