It is also, and I'm not sure why, not uncommon for German immigrants to give things/places names that English speakers would consider "immodest". In some cases it is just a misunderstanding. Intercourse, PA is at a road junction. James Brothers, RPA [log in to unmask] On Jan 3, 2007, at 21:58, Lyle E. Browning wrote: > Effing Creek and Tickle C**t Creek were supposedly named by the > local inhabitants who were devoutly predisposed to the idea that > government was totally intrusive and so thought that by using > offensive names, they would keep government and civil folk at some > remove from their general locations. But, where I read that I > cannot remember. I'd check in Nicholls, Michael Lee, 1972 Origins > of the Virginia Southside, 1703-1753: A Social and Economic Study. > Ph.D. Dissertation, College of William & Mary, or in Kulikoff, Allan > 1986 Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in > the Chesapeake, 1680-1800. University of North Carolina Press. > > But as their influence waned, Modest Creek was the 180° counterpart. > > Lyle Browning > > On Jan 3, 2007, at 9:31 PM, Clara Callahan wrote: > >> Does anyone know know how F--king Creek in colonial Lunenburg >> County got its name, and does this mean that in Colonial Virginia >> circa 1732 it was not a worty dird? >> >> http://www.mindspring.com/~baumbach/ppoole/ppoole5.htm >> >> >> >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the >> instructions >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html