Rude Britain

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Rude Britain: 100 Rudest Place Names in Britain
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AuthorRob Bailey, Ed Hurst
Publication date
2005
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
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Road sign pointing to Twatt, Shetland

Rude Britain (subtitled 100 Rudest Place Names in Britain) is a 2005 book of British place names with seemingly rude or offensive meanings.[1] The book (Template:ISBN) is written by Rob Bailey and Ed Hurst, and published in the United Kingdom by the Pan Macmillan imprint Boxtree.

Each of the 100 names chosen by the authors is accompanied by a photograph and a placename etymology. The etymologies are often due to Great Britain's history of repeated invasion, occupation, and assimilation, combined with a human predilection for double entendres.

Entries include North Piddle (from the Old English word Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning marsh), Pratt's Bottom, Ugley, Titty Ho, and Spital-in-the-Street (a hamlet in Lincolnshire with a name based on the Middle English Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning hospital).

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lyall, Sarah (January 22, 2009). "No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-23.


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