At 2006-01-09 08:13:54 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I guess this is one measure of how colonized we all are that even
> names of places in countries that do not speak English have to be
> "polite" in reference to the English language.
Huh?
What happens when bored morons get hold of a geographical database?
This. One afternoon myself and a bunch of friends produced this
reasonably complete list of rude place names, ranging from the
innocuous innuendo straight through to words that... err. They're
just words, dammit. It may amuse you for upwards of three seconds.
It's so puerile it deserves its own series on E4.
"Have to be" polite?
-- ams
