A village in Austria...in this name???


	A village in Austria...in this name???
mugofcoffee
7-2-2009 10:57 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1c6d84e0-e454-41f1-897b-d0692dda30ea/14BD86AD-C6A2-4DAB-8A35-AEF35CC4F834/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505"><H1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading">Fucking, Austria</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505"><H3 id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="center" colspan="2"><B><SPAN class="fn org">Fucking</SPAN></B></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD colspan="2">—  <B>Village</B>  —</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/2993288D-BD3E-4CCF-978B-15514B21F88B" alt="The frequently stolen traffic sign,[1] at the entrance to the village of Fucking." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/FB0B66FA-93BA-4EEB-8E37-A9B970E8A876" alt="Fucking is located in Austria" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505"><H2><SPAN class="editsection">[<A title="Edit section: History" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&action=edit&section=1">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class="mw-headline">History</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505"><P>The Fucking settlement has existed since at least 1070 and is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko. "-ing" is an old <A title="Germanic languages" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages">Germanic</A> suffix indicating the people of the root word to which it is attached; thus Fucking means "(place of) Focko’s people."<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-the-register_3-0"><A href="#cite_note-the-register-3"><SPAN>[</SPAN>4<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP> The village has a population of 107.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505"><P>Fucking's most famous feature is a <A title="Traffic sign" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_sign">traffic sign</A> with its name on it, beside which tourists often stop to have their photograph taken. It is a commonly <A title="Street sign theft" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_sign_theft">stolen street sign</A>.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><A href="#cite_note-4"><SPAN>[</SPAN>5<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP> Significant public funds have been spent on replacing the stolen signs.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-theage_5-0"><A href="#cite_note-theage-5"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking,_Austria&oldid=299735505"><P>In 2004, mainly due to the stolen signs, a vote was held on changing the village's name, but the residents voted against doing so.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-the-register_3-1"><A href="#cite_note-the-register-3"><SPAN>[</SPAN>4<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP> According to the town mayor, Siegfried Hauppl:</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/14BD86AD-C6A2-4DAB-8A35-AEF35CC4F834/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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