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Offline Dice

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Re: Unusual town names
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2014, 03:28:10 PM »
Then there's the strictly lesbian town of >>


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Re: Unusual town names
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2014, 03:34:47 PM »
; it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street's function or the economic activity taking place within it. Gropeidiot, the earliest known use of which is in about 1230, appears to have been derived as a compound of the words grope and idiot. Streets with that name were often in the busiest parts of medieval towns and cities, and at least one appears to have been an important thoroughfare.

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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropeidiot_Lane





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Re: Unusual town names
« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2014, 03:44:04 PM »
Nice work Judge !

Not a lot to do in this town apparently ?

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Re: Unusual town names
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2014, 03:54:39 PM »
And one more before I sign off for the day. This town might have it's benefits ??


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Re: Unusual town names
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2014, 01:41:50 PM »
Lots of  :lol on this page.
Well done guys! Classic stuff! :clapping
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