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> ||| Reminds me of Penistone in Yorkshire. Dunno how you parse that
> ||| correctly.

I believe its Penny stun

Steve

On 2006-11-03, Richard Brookman <[email protected]> wrote:

> I could swear I found a village called ****terton when I was looking through
> a road atlas when I was a littl'un, but I've never been able to find it
> since.

There's a Cockermouth near Carlisle if that's any consolation! The
village next to it is Papcastle.

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Ian Rawlings wrote:

|| On 2006-11-03, Richard Brookman
|| <[email protected]> wrote:
||
||| I could swear I found a village called ****terton when I was
||| looking through a road atlas when I was a littl'un, but I've never
||| been able to find it since.
||
|| There's a Cockermouth near Carlisle

Fnarr.

"What's the best way to Bangor?"
"Left leg over as usual."

|| if that's any consolation! The
|| village next to it is Papcastle.

Neat. Or should I say Teat.

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steve Taylor wrote:

|||||| Reminds me of Penistone in Yorkshire. Dunno how you parse that
|||||| correctly.
||
|| I believe its Penny stun
||
|| Steve

I meant parse as in breaking the word into its component parts - is it

Pen - istone, or
Peni - stone?

I still like Penis Tone. My new name for the PM.

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Richard Brookman wrote:

> Pen - istone, or

Probably closest.


>
> I still like Penis Tone. My new name for the PM.
Catchy.

Steve
>

Richard Brookman wrote:
> steve Taylor wrote:
>
> |||||| Reminds me of Penistone in Yorkshire. Dunno how you parse that
> |||||| correctly.
> ||
> || I believe its Penny stun
> ||
> || Steve
>
> I meant parse as in breaking the word into its component parts - is it
>
> Pen - istone, or
> Peni - stone?
>
> I still like Penis Tone. My new name for the PM.

A right prick - an admirable description.

Dougal wrote:

|| Richard Brookman wrote:
||| steve Taylor wrote:
|||
||||||||| Reminds me of Penistone in Yorkshire. Dunno how you parse
||||||||| that correctly.
|||||
||||| I believe its Penny stun
|||||
||||| Steve
|||
||| I meant parse as in breaking the word into its component parts - is
||| it
|||
||| Pen - istone, or
||| Peni - stone?
|||
||| I still like Penis Tone. My new name for the PM.
||
|| A right prick - an admirable description.

Ay thang yow.

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On or around Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:57:13 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>I could swear I found a village called ****terton when I was looking through
>a road atlas when I was a littl'un, but I've never been able to find it
>since.

I know a Weedon and a Shatton.
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On 2006-11-03, Richard Brookman <[email protected]> wrote:

> I could swear I found a village called ****terton when I was looking through
> a road atlas when I was a littl'un, but I've never been able to find it
> since.

Lots of places had their names changed due to the names becoming rude
through the changing meanings of words, IIRC the word "****" didn't
always used to be regarded as rude, hence "Grope **** Lane", now "Love
Lane" in London.

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Ian Rawlings wrote:
> On 2006-11-03, Richard Brookman
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I could swear I found a village called ****terton when I was
>> looking through a road atlas when I was a littl'un, but I've never
>> been able to find it since.
>
> Lots of places had their names changed due to the names becoming
> rude
> through the changing meanings of words, IIRC the word "****" didn't
> always used to be regarded as rude, hence "Grope **** Lane", now
> "Love
> Lane" in London.

Best road name ever - 'fanny hands lane' in Ludford, Lincolnshire!!! Used to pass it on me way to Louth,
made me ****!!!

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Austin Shackles wrote:

|| On or around Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:57:13 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
|| <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
||
||| I could swear I found a village called ****terton when I was
||| looking through a road atlas when I was a littl'un, but I've never
||| been able to find it since.
||
|| I know a Weedon and a Shatton.

All my vehicles have a Piston. Does that count?

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Nige wrote:

|| Ian Rawlings wrote:
||| Lots of places had their names changed due to the names becoming
||| rude
||| through the changing meanings of words, IIRC the word "****" didn't
||| always used to be regarded as rude, hence "Grope **** Lane", now
||| "Love
||| Lane" in London.
||
|| Best road name ever - 'fanny hands lane' in Ludford, Lincolnshire!!!
|| Used to pass it on me way to Louth, made me ****!!!

Ian's right. Chaucer used it openly (spelled "queynt" in those days, but
the etymology is the same), and Shakespeare made several joking references -
anyone do Hamlet at school? Hamlet to Ophelia:

Lady, shall I lie in your lap?
No, my Lord.
I mean, my head upon your lap?
Ay, my Lord.
Do you think I meant country matters?
I think nothing, my Lord.

(Shakespearean audience: Fnarr fnarr.)

Now Gropecuntlane WAS a street known for prostitution. I wonder if Fanny
Hands Lane was the same in Ludford, or if it was just the dwelling of a lady
called Fanny Hands. Shame if it was, but I bet she had some fun.

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On or around Sat, 4 Nov 2006 12:04:42 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Ian's right. Chaucer used it openly (spelled "queynt" in those days, but
>the etymology is the same), and Shakespeare made several joking references -
>anyone do Hamlet at school? Hamlet to Ophelia:

nah, but in 12th night:

These be her very Cs, Us, and Ts, and thus makes she her great Ps.
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Austin Shackles wrote:

|| On or around Sat, 4 Nov 2006 12:04:42 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
|| <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
||
||| Ian's right. Chaucer used it openly (spelled "queynt" in those
||| days, but the etymology is the same), and Shakespeare made several
||| joking references - anyone do Hamlet at school? Hamlet to Ophelia:
||
|| nah, but in 12th night:
||
|| These be her very Cs, Us, and Ts, and thus makes she her great Ps.

Ting! Give the man a coconut. Then there's all that stuff with
gown/count/con and foot/foutre in Henry V. It would be banned today as
"inappropriate" for young people. Luckily, we had a teacher with a
sensayuma and we got the whole nine yards in Form 3.

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Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:52:43 +0000, Howie
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:13:39 +0000, Austin Shackles
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> |Penc
>> |
>> |Nefrubyr
>> |
>> |Onebarff Znetnerg Gungpure
>> |
>> |
>> Good ones'!
>>
>> FYI, if you are an agent user, there has always been a option to
>> just highlight the rot13 text and then select 'apply rot13' from
>> the menu.
>
> or press ctrl-3
Can't see any way to ROT13 in Thunderbird, sadly ... otherwise a nice news reader


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Duracell Bunny wrote:

> Can't see any way to ROT13 in Thunderbird, sadly ... otherwise a nice
> news reader

Highlight the bit you want to decode, right click on it, and choose
decoders from the menu that appears, and then the appropriate decoder.

Cvrpr bs pnxr

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EMB wrote:
> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>
>> Can't see any way to ROT13 in Thunderbird, sadly ... otherwise a nice
>> news reader
>
> Highlight the bit you want to decode, right click on it, and choose
> decoders from the menu that appears, and then the appropriate decoder.
>
> Cvrpr bs pnxr
>
No, doesn't show any decoders - maybe there's an extension I need to get ...
using 1.5.0.7

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Duracell Bunny wrote:
> EMB wrote:
>> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>>
>>> Can't see any way to ROT13 in Thunderbird, sadly ... otherwise a nice
>>> news reader
>>
>> Highlight the bit you want to decode, right click on it, and choose
>> decoders from the menu that appears, and then the appropriate decoder.
>>
>> Cvrpr bs pnxr
>>
> No, doesn't show any decoders - maybe there's an extension I need to get
> ... using 1.5.0.7
>

Hmmm - you're right. You need mnenhy (I'd forgotten I had it installed)

http://mnenhy.mozdev.org/


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EMB wrote:
> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>> EMB wrote:
>>> Duracell Bunny wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can't see any way to ROT13 in Thunderbird, sadly ... otherwise a
>>>> nice news reader
>>>
>>> Highlight the bit you want to decode, right click on it, and choose
>>> decoders from the menu that appears, and then the appropriate decoder.
>>>
>>> Cvrpr bs pnxr
>>>
>> No, doesn't show any decoders - maybe there's an extension I need to
>> get ... using 1.5.0.7
>>
>
> Hmmm - you're right. You need mnenhy (I'd forgotten I had it installed)
>
> http://mnenhy.mozdev.org/
>
>
As ever, you're a true gentleman. If ever you find yourself in Brisbane I'll buy
you a drink

Many thanks.

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"...yes."
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Duracell Bunny wrote:

> As ever, you're a true gentleman. If ever you find yourself in Brisbane
> I'll buy you a drink

With the way life is going at the moment I'll be lucky to escape the
confines of NZ for a while. However a weekend trip to Brisbane sounds
like a plan.

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