An off-color street name (proposed but not accepted)
Amy West
medievalist at W-STS.COM
Mon Sep 19 15:06:52 UTC 2005
Well, let's face it, it really depends on the locale. It's not
surprising that the Old Lyme council didn't have a clue. However, I'm
betting that it wouldn't have even gotten in the door in New
Britain.
---Amy West
> > From: American Name Society on behalf of Laurence Urdang
>> Reply To: American Name Society
>> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 9:10 AM
> > To: ANS-L at LISTSERV.BINGHAMTON.EDU
>>
>
> > Without further ado, the petition was denied, and nothing further
>was ever heard about it. Also, I didn't even receive a note of
>thanks for having saved the town from some embarrassment.
>> Ah, yes! There must be millions of other stories like that in the
>>Naked Country, all dealing with names that did not escape the
>>scrutiny of somebody who knows how to curse in Polish.
>> L. Urdang
>>
>>
>> Laurence Urdang
>> 4 Laurel Drive
>> Old Lyme, Connecticut 06371
>> U.S.A.
>> (860) 434-2104
> >
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