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    The late King George V, when he heard a criticism of his "dull and alien court" staunchly responded:

    "I may be dull but I'm damned if I am an alien!"

    There are some delightfully named places around the globe, not all of which can be decently named here.
    [B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.

    Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
    (Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]

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    Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
    The late King George V, when he heard a criticism of his "dull and alien court" staunchly responded:

    "I may be dull but I'm damned if I am an alien!"

    There are some delightfully named places around the globe, not all of which can be decently named here.
    You must be thinking of that town in Austria. Apparently, the story about voting to change the name of the town to Fugging was a spoof. They will continue to spell it with ck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by O'Callaghan View Post
    You must be thinking of that town in Austria. Apparently, the story about voting to change the name of the town to Fugging was a spoof. They will continue to spell it with ck.
    Quite right... And when one young, enterprising villager tried to capitalize by selling merchandise, he had to shut down shop because the other locals were throwing stuff at him walking down the street & stuff... No sense of humour (or sense of business for that matter)... Because I tell ya. Rather than getting all uppity about people stealing the sign putting up CCTV cameras to stop people from taking pix and vids in front of the sign... I'd start selling replicas of the sign. €100 or something similar. Want a photo of you & your s/o doing it under the sign? Sure! It'll cost ya! (That, and for decency sake I'd set up a more "private" location somewhere nearby like a studio, made to look like the actual scene)...

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