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    Austrian Town Of Fucking Officially Changes Its Name

    Austrian village of ′Fucking′ decides to change its name | News | DW | 26.11.2020

    The long-suffering residents of the small Austrian village of Fucking have confirmed that, from January 1, the town will be known as Fugging. Fans of unusual place-names will mourn the loss.



    The small Austrian village of Fucking will get rid of the unfortunate name that has seen a brisk tourism trade and frequent thefts of the town sign, the town council announced Thursday.



    Mayor Andrea Holzner told Austrian broadcaster Oe24 that the name would be changed to Fugging from January 1, 2021.
    The small community in Upper Austria of around 100 people has been pushing for a name change for years, the German Press Agency reported. The name of the town, which lies north of Salzburg near the German border, has no meaning in German.



    Locals have grown frustrated by the thefts of the town signs by tourists and of people photographing the sign.

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    All they had to do was to add a space and an A after the name and they could have saved a lot of money. LOL

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    I love place names.

    Here's one from a few miles from where I grew up... Nempnett Thrubwell



    It's so good, The Wurzels wrote a song about it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I love place names.

    Here's one from a few miles from where I grew up... Nempnett Thrubwell


    My favourite is in Scotland:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I love place names.

    Here's one from a few miles from where I grew up... Nempnett Thrubwell



    It's so good, The Wurzels wrote a song about it.

    I do too. This is a big loss. They could have changed it to FCUK like the French clothing brand
    Last edited by Backspin; 03-01-2021 at 01:07 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    They could have changed it to FCUK like the French clothing brand
    So what do you think the 'UK' part stands for?

    Meanwhile...world news?

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    Spanish restaurant in Spain

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    So what do you think the 'UK' part stands for?

    Meanwhile...world news?


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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    So what do you think the 'UK' part stands for?

    Meanwhile...world news?
    french connection united kingdom. Whats your point. I am just saying to rearrange the letters

    It was under the top stories column on DW

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chico View Post
    Spanish restaurant in Spain
    heh. Good one


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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    french connection united kingdom. Whats your point. I am just saying to rearrange the letters

    It was under the top stories column on DW

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    So what do you think the 'UK' part stands for?


    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    french connection united kingdom. Whats your point. I am just saying to rearrange the letters
    Degenerative cretinism . . . chico's had it for a while.



    It seems thieves have been doubling down on stealing the aforementioned signs

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    They could have changed it to FCUK like the French clothing brand
    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    So what do you think the 'UK' part stands for?
    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    french connection united kingdom. Whats your point.
    On never mind...carry on.

    Clearly uninformed bullshit is your first language.

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    I wonder what other breaking news stories from November skidmark is going to notice.

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