Hi all. I'm tired of everyone making fun of my town's name, F*cking, in Austria. (an u goes where the asterisk is). This is a beautiful small town, and I'm very proud I was raised there. I now live in the U.S. but visit every few years, and my fellow F*ckers complain the all the english speaking tourists steal all of the town's name signs. That is just crazy. I end up explaining to them that americans dont do that, just brits, and the other commonwealth people. but they dont belive me.
2007-10-24 17:38:29 · 10 answers · asked by Li 3 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Other - Europe
Don't worry about it. some people will always be ignorant and have no class.
This might cheer you up. I'm from Ireland and in a County Donegal there's a small town called Muff.
If that's not bad enough, they have a diving club.
Work that one out.
2007-10-24 22:33:54 · answer #1 · answered by Queen of the Jungle 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sign-stealing is an old and time-honored form of recreation for immature peple. I recall that when I was in college (by definition immature), my roommate had a "curves ahead" sign, and I had one on my top bunk that my best friend and I had stolen from a factory in the middle of the night that said "trucks use lower entrance". We were all very proud of that sign's layers of meaning.
As a fellow Austrian-American, I would suggest that your home town should take it all with a grain of salt, laugh at the silliness, and offer spare town signs (plus t-shirts and mugs) for sale so people don't have to steal them. Other towns with names people (not always just foreigners) considered silly or scandalous have done a similar "if you can't beat them, join them" tourist trade. Better to laugh with the silly tourists instead of resenting the silliness and just being laughed at.
2007-10-25 09:01:54 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa B 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's great that you are proud of your town - whatever it's called.
At least it is unique :)
And not the one place-name with English meanings:
Bad Kissing, Germany
Batman, Turkey
Bitche, France
Boring, Oregon
Condom, Gers, France
Hel, Poland
Hell, Norway
and the list go on..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_names_with_English_meanings
2007-10-25 05:19:46 · answer #3 · answered by niihka 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just ignore it, people can be very close minded when it comes to other cultures. Specially Americans;) its actually kind a funny.
2007-10-24 20:02:29 · answer #4 · answered by Ariana 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that you can write the whole name of the city, because it is not something bad... this time it is a name and I don't think you should be so "careful" about how you write it. this is my oppinion, of course!
2016-05-25 17:32:26 · answer #5 · answered by marybeth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about it. Let them be ignorant. When they read it in an article then they'll believe you and you can say those lovely magical words of vindication. "I told you so."
They'll catch up in mentality in time.
2007-10-24 17:42:59 · answer #6 · answered by Carol T 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, I know someone from Calif. that took one. Put it over their bar in the garage. Great conversation piece.
2007-10-24 17:44:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you complaining about complainers of your towns name? thanks for sticking up for us Americans, it's so hard to sneak street signs through customs anymore!!
2007-10-24 17:43:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
austria is great the hell with them all
2007-10-24 17:41:50 · answer #9 · answered by john w 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
do not think about this too much
2007-10-24 17:45:01 · answer #10 · answered by raul1177 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋