Soon there may be no more Fucking in Austria

[SoCalDem]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9209343/Austrian-village-F-ing-to-vote-on-name-change.html

The Austrian village of Fucking Photo: ALAMY
Austrian village F---ing to vote on name change
The Austrian village of F---ing is to vote on a name change in an attempt to escape the constant ridicule and attention the name attracts the hamlet.




By Matthew Day

4:28PM BST 17 Apr 2012

Comments121 Comments

The 104 residents of the village will cast their votes later this week on whether to alter the name.

“People are now willing to discuss changes to the spelling of the name,” Franz Meindl, the village’s mayor, said in a television interview. “But first all F---ingers have to agree on whether want to change it or not.”

For centuries the tiny village in northern Austria lived life in happy obscurity, but life changed when US troops, stationed in the area at the end of the Second World War, discovered it, and since then the village’s name has been a constant source of amusement for tourists and irritation for locals. At least 13 £250 road signs bearing the village’s name have been stolen, and the sight of semi-naked women posing for photographs beside signs has become a common sight. One local business woman, exasperated with people stealing her sign has taken to adding another “g” in the hope it will deter thieves.

A brisk market in postcards and Christmas cards making liberal use of the name have also managed to spread its fame.

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[fishwax]

1. I heard they voted to keep the name

[SoCalDem]

2. without that name, there would be no reason for the tourists to go there

It would just be another wide spot in the road

[MADem]

3. They call them Fuckingers? Not "Fuckers?"

Glad they voted to keep the name--they should have some fun with it--make some money!

[Gman]

4. I take exception to the grammar used

The towns residents are surely referred to as Fuckers.

Could this town possibly be the true origin of the word? No one has been able to agree on the origin.

[Luminous Animal]

7. I think the grammar is a appropriate...

It's Michiganders not Michigans. And Delawareans, not Delawares. Arkansans not Arkansass.

[HereSince1628]

5. I hope they capitalized on that F**king name while they could.

What could possibly take it's place?

[underpants]

6. A village of only 104 Fukcing people is not that rare in Austria and Germany

The Austrian census of 2001 recorded that the village had a population of 93.[8] The Age reported in 2005 that it had 104 people and 32 houses.[6]

There is a bus service operated by OÖVV between Schärding and Eggerding which makes stops at Unterfucking (Lower Fucking) and Oberfucking (Upper Fucking). Bus route 2302 operates once a day from Monday to Friday.[9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria

[obxhead]

8. I think that may be a huge mistake.

I wonder how many tourists pass through every year just for the photo of that sign alone.