That Austrian Village Again.....

[Garry Russell]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... hange.html

I must say, for a small town, I've known an awful lot of people who apparently come from there.

[DarrenL]

"In an attempt to curtail the fun had at the village’s expense some locals want to readopt its 16th-Century spelling and replace the “ck” with a single or double “g”

Personally I think they should change the U to an E.

[airboatr]

after the change they'll be saying

" We ain't no more " .....

[FlyTexas]

So everything was fine until the US troops arrived. Where have we heard that before?

Brian

[airboatr]

Where have we heard that before? Brian

not from our mates here.

[Garry Russell]

That's right Joe ...only the Texans

[DavidK]

Ahh yes, this chestnut... I'd vote for a complete name-change, not just a tweak or two!

Maybe derive something completely different from its history? "Andnowfor"?

[WhisperJet]

I must say, for a small town, I've known an awful lot of people who apparently come from there.

Me too!

They should (and will) definitely stick to that name.
Sometimes I feel this village is even more famous than Vienna!

Cheers,

Nick