Though you might be forgiven if you don’t confess to living in some of these unfortunately named places in the UK, like Crapstone, East Breast, Penistone, Crotch Crescent, the Tolkienesque Wet Wang, and (my fave) Titty Ho.
“It’s pronounced ‘PENNIS-tun,’ ” Fiona Moran, manager of the Old Vicarage Hotel in Penistone, said over the telephone, rather sharply. When forced to spell her address for outsiders, she uses misdirection, separating the tricky section into two blameless parts: “p-e-n” — pause — “i-s-t-o-n-e.”
Ah, Britain …
(via GeekPress)
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