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Title: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 13 October 2021, 22:53:34
.... down in Darzet!   ::)

Linky (https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19642557.darkie-lane-swanage-renamed-complaint/?fbclid=IwAR30xhilIqT_jzZeHNvNBC9GYAXX_vmn0wYbv6EgSH0D2Prs9hC20cLMjf0)
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 13 October 2021, 23:09:28
I would vote for leaving it unchanged. But if it must be renamed, the Grockles Home would have to be top of list...
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 13 October 2021, 23:11:36
Looking at the gradient maybe they could rename it "Slope Lane".  :y


Oh, wait. :-X
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Olympia5776 on 13 October 2021, 23:14:40
How I laughed last evening when Black History Month was advertised on TV followed by an invitation to watch catch up of  Martin Clunes in Night Stalker .......whoops . ;D
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: ronnyd on 13 October 2021, 23:23:38
They could have told the woke holiday maker to p!ss off back home and mind his own business i suppose.  :D That would do the local tourist board a load of good. ;)
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 14 October 2021, 01:51:39
They could have told the woke holiday maker to p!ss off back home and mind his own business i suppose. :D That would do the local tourist board a load of good. ;)

I expect that's the general sentiment over Swanage way Ronny!  ;)
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 October 2021, 13:10:23
Looking at the gradient maybe they could rename it "Slope Lane".  :y


Oh, wait. :-X

Now, now, Kevin. ::)

Didn't the fat bastard, the fop and the midget, get into trouble for something similar. :)
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 October 2021, 13:12:43
Complaint from a person on holiday.... ;D ;D

OFFS.
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: STEMO on 14 October 2021, 15:11:54
We have a couple of Blacker Lanes not far from here, one in Barnsley and one in Wakefield. I shall contact the relevant councils and tell them to expect a backlash.
It won't be from holidaymakers  ;D and certainly not locals, but some nosey bastard will probably look at google maps and make a special journey.
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: STEMO on 14 October 2021, 15:13:18
I suppose Coon in County Kilkenny is ok  :-\
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 October 2021, 15:30:53
I suppose Coon in County Kilkenny is ok  :-\

Apparently Mary Poppins is racist in 2021 due to the 'blacked up' faces in the chimney sweep dance routine.

Saying that Victorian chimney sweeps did tend to have black faces is also racist. :-X
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Nick W on 14 October 2021, 17:27:15
We have a couple of Blacker Lanes not far from here, one in Barnsley and one in Wakefield. I shall contact the relevant councils and tell them to expect a backlash.



wouldn't that be a blacklash?


Altbough the reactionary jerks on here would soon organise their own whitewash.
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Rangie on 14 October 2021, 18:17:24
If they don't like it tell them to F off back home & try the Carribbean instead damn honkies.
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Bigron on 14 October 2021, 19:02:06
There's a road in Corfe Mujjen called "Happy Bottom". Homophic?
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 14 October 2021, 19:41:35
There's a road in Corfe Mujjen called "Happy Bottom". Homophic?

They must have had a thing about body parts and functions down here Ron.  ::)

Other place names include Piddletrenthide, Piddlehinton, Shitterton and Scratchy Bottom!  I kid you not!  ;D
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 14 October 2021, 20:04:23
Cu ntry place names are brilliant...

One of my favourites in Norfick is Sacks? Sling 'Em Nex The Gate...  :D

Saxlingham Nethergate being how it's actually written for you townie types :D
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Nick W on 14 October 2021, 23:11:59
There's a road in Corfe Mujjen called "Happy Bottom". Homophic?


How about Snodhurst Bottom?
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Raeturbo on 14 October 2021, 23:36:43
I know what to change it to, another six letter name..... anybody want to guess what the first letter is?
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Nick W on 15 October 2021, 10:01:55
There's a road in Corfe Mujjen called "Happy Bottom". Homophic?

They must have had a thing about body parts and functions down here Ron.  ::)



Bottom is old English for the floor of a valley.


My example also includes one of the many English words for a group of trees - hurst - and Snodda is supposedly a Viking name.


So it's Snod's wooded valley. There's Snodland on the other side of the river.
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Raeturbo on 15 October 2021, 10:47:11
Then there’s  Cockermouth they surely haven’t spotted that one yet👀
Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 15 October 2021, 10:58:25

Bottom is old English for the floor of a valley.


Coombe or Combe, is another old English word for valley, maybe specifically West Country/Devon?  The Welsh version is of course Cym, sounding similar.  ;)

Examples round here are Holcombe, Rocombe, Harcombe and Coombe Street.  :)

Title: Re: Shady Goings On....
Post by: Nick W on 15 October 2021, 11:20:40

Bottom is old English for the floor of a valley.


Coombe or Combe, is another old English word for valley, maybe specifically West Country/Devon?  The Welsh version is of course Cym, sounding similar.  ;)

Examples round here are Holcombe, Rocombe, Harcombe and Coombe Street.  :)


Indeed. Although coombe is also used here in Kent and Sussex


Holcombe is the address of the school I went to. That's different, because it's where the wife of the site's original owner came from.


Then we end up with slightly daft names like Hurstwood, which means wood-wood. Probably coined by some plank....