Blushes over rude street name
Friday 23rd November 2007, 8:49AM GMT.
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Residents in Morda, near Oswestry, are hoping to get the name of their street changed after discovering it has another, rather rude, meaning.
People living in Cae Onnan have discovered that the spelling of the name actually translates into “Sex Act Meadow”.
When spelled with an ‘E’, Cae Onnen means the more innocent Ash Meadow.
Video Journalist Tom Moore went to see what all the fuss was about . . .
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Hehe. will they bend over backwards to change it?
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does this bring a whole new meaning to the name of shrewsbury towns fc former ground oo’er
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Presumably from the biblical Onan?
In which case I could probably find a slightly more specific translation. Something similar to ‘Winker’s Meadow’ perhaps?
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Given the people I know from Morda, they should probably all be living here.
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I have no objections to “sex act meadow” but as a reformed smoker I find Ash Meadow quite offensive.
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Surely this is the name for STFC new stadium? lol
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Ha ha ha this what you get when have English people spelling Welsh name places . Perhaps we need more of it ? LOL .
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in reply to paul..its probably a dyslexic taff in sitting in a council yard in wrexham.,oh and just to say isnt oswestry on the ENGLISH SIDE of the border..or have you nicked that as well
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East Lulworth Dorset we got a Hamlet called ‘Shaggs’ nicest place ever,
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