UltraV
2024-11-01 22:45:36 UTC
KW17 2LN.
I heard we had to do funny name threads on this board, right?
Lets have a wee keek at Wikipedia.
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Not to be confused with Twatt, Shetland
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Important note. Dont cross the streams.
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Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney,
Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern),
1940–1949.[1][2][3] Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the
A967.[4][5]
Etymology
Remains at Twatt airfield
Twatt Church
The settlement name originates from the Old Norse þveit, meaning 'small
parcel of land'.[citation needed] The Norse word commonly produces in
England the place name element Thwaite.[6][7]
The name Twatt is similar to the common English expletive "Twat," (a vulgar
word for vulva and also an insulting term meaning a weak or contemptible
individual). For this reason, Twatt remains a source of amusement to people
from outside the parish. Its name featured at no. 4 of the most vulgar
sounding names in Rude Britain, along with its Shetland namesake.
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When I was at school, there was a lad at the Royal High or Heriots, whose
nickname was Twat or possibly Twack. We pronounced it "Twack" but had also
been told that it was a VERY RUDE WORD. I cant recall his pals nickname. :(
I heard we had to do funny name threads on this board, right?
Lets have a wee keek at Wikipedia.
===
Not to be confused with Twatt, Shetland
===
Important note. Dont cross the streams.
===
Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney,
Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern),
1940–1949.[1][2][3] Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the
A967.[4][5]
Etymology
Remains at Twatt airfield
Twatt Church
The settlement name originates from the Old Norse þveit, meaning 'small
parcel of land'.[citation needed] The Norse word commonly produces in
England the place name element Thwaite.[6][7]
The name Twatt is similar to the common English expletive "Twat," (a vulgar
word for vulva and also an insulting term meaning a weak or contemptible
individual). For this reason, Twatt remains a source of amusement to people
from outside the parish. Its name featured at no. 4 of the most vulgar
sounding names in Rude Britain, along with its Shetland namesake.
===
When I was at school, there was a lad at the Royal High or Heriots, whose
nickname was Twat or possibly Twack. We pronounced it "Twack" but had also
been told that it was a VERY RUDE WORD. I cant recall his pals nickname. :(
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