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Title: The British Iles does not just have weird food names...
Post by: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 18/12/2023 13:59:05
Bishop's Incher, Pucklechurch, Curry Mallet, Uploders, Nether Wallop, Didling, Crudwell, Affpuddle, Wetwang, Queen Camel, Papplewick, Stiffwood.

I know you guys don't like talking about it, but it needs to be had...
Title: Re: The British Iles does not just have weird food names...
Post by: Bored chemist on 18/12/2023 15:59:32
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twatt,_Orkney
Title: Re: The British Iles does not just have weird food names...
Post by: Zer0 on 18/12/2023 18:33:22
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick
Title: Re: The British Iles does not just have weird food names...
Post by: alancalverd on 19/12/2023 11:51:49
Nobody minds talking about it. A few adolescents find the Piddles (Upper Piddle, Middle Piddle, Lower Piddle and Piddletrenthide) amusing but it's great to live in country that has lots of history and no embarrassing president. 
Title: Re: The British Iles does not just have weird food names...
Post by: Petrochemicals on 28/12/2023 16:11:39
A great number places end in Magna or Parva, meaning Great or little, Sheepy magna is my favourite so far.
Title: Re: The British Iles does not just have weird food names...
Post by: alancalverd on 29/12/2023 17:09:47
I played cricket for the rugby club second XI (how bad can it get?). My favorite annual fixture was at Trotters Bottom. Excellent cake and cucumber sandwiches at teatime (yes, this was England at its finest), and their scorer was a feast for my teenage eyes.
Title: Re: The British Iles does not just have weird food names...
Post by: Petrochemicals on 29/12/2023 21:21:12
Yes it's true Alan, plenty of Bottoms and Ends in the uk, there is a Bell End by me, Twatts all over Scotland, the UK is full of them.
Title: Re: The British Iles does not just have weird food names...
Post by: alancalverd on 29/12/2023 22:28:33
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 29/12/2023 21:21:12
Twatts all over Scotland, the UK is full of them.
But why do they all end up in parliament?