To avoid excessive delays and heavy road-works, dear reader, Ian and I took a wee detour on our way down from Edinburgh to Bournemouth and drove through Wiltshire. Stonehenge and Swindon aside, she is a boring county.
Can you imagine my surprise, then, when we passed a village, deliciously named La Cock?
I think I want to move there.
Just wanted to share this with the ether.
Oh, and yes, I know it's actually Lacock and not La Cock. But please. Humour me. Indulge me. Go on, you know you want to.
3 comments:
I wonder if my family comes from La Cock. I think it used to be called The Penis Village, but then some grump got all upset so it became La Cock -- then another grump got upset so they merged it. ...so, I suspect you're actually correct! ...historicockly speaking, that is.
Hilarious! And how unfortunate for the inhabitants. Erm...the answer must surely be in how they pronounce the name, surely?
Did you know there is a place in Germany called F*cking?
Matty, you definitely hail from La Cock.
Ian thinks it's pronounced "Laycock" - I have no idea.
I do know all about Fucking. And Wank! It's a mountain in Bavaria! I went up it once. I called my Mother beforehand and told her I was going to Wank. She put the phone down on me.
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