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Unread 1 May 2003, 05:38   #1
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Alot of brittish towns ends with 'ham'..
.. like Birmingham etc.

Why this obsession with meat?
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The suffix 'ham' is Old-English for homestead or small cluster of housing, which is probably what Birmingham, Oldham, Nottingham etc. started out as.
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The suffix 'ham' is Old-English for homestead or small cluster of housing, which is probably what Birmingham, Oldham, Nottingham etc. started out as.
"hamlet" maybe?
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the -ham ending is a common Anglo-Saxon suffix meaning a 'homestead', and later a 'village, manor or estate'.
As apothos said...
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Nottingham
Nottingham originated from when a small clan of anglo-saxons, called the snots, settled at the thinnest point of the river trent at the edge of the large forest covering Mercia, It was originally called Snottingham but lost the S through time.
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It was originally called Snottingham but lost the S through time.
How fortunate!

I'm from Widnes, the widest part of the river in that area. How original.

London is one of the few places in the UK which has no etymology.

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The origin of Wilmslow's name is open to dispute. The most common claim says it is named after the burial place of William de Bolyn as 'low' is a term for a burial site.

Another popular theory says Wilmslow was originally termed Le Bolyn due to its proximity to the River Bollin.
How interesting.....

There is a Wirm's Hill, next to the river. My own theory (this may or may not be shared by "experts") is that "Wirm's Low" would have referred to the bottom of the hill, where the town is now, and that the r changed into an l somewhere along the way.
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Birmingham in rough Anglo Saxon is "The hamlet of the people of Byrmh"
Byrmh is such a class name, so why change it to Gayham?

people are indeed filled with poor taste!
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Byrmh is such a class name, so why change it to Gayham?

people are indeed filled with poor taste!
and gay men are filled with other gay men.
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A fair amount of areas in London also have "ham" somewhere in the name.
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A fair amount of areas in London also have "ham" somewhere in the name.
would that be the Jewish bits?
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Re: Alot of brittish towns ends with 'ham'..
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.. like Birmingham etc.

Why this obsession with meat?
why this obsession with creating useless threads, shouldnt you be shaving your facial hair or something ?
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Re: Re: Alot of brittish towns ends with 'ham'..
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why this obsession with creating useless threads, shouldnt you be shaving your facial hair or something ?
oh just wait... im just DYING to tell you about me shaving my balls yesterday!
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I shaved my ass, balls and general area around 2 days ago, and I made a ace triangle just above the penis
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I shaved my ass, balls and general area around 2 days ago, and I made a ace triangle just above the penis
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I owe you for the flowers!

or was that vampy..

anyhow, I'll be nice!

no more discussing shaving sun never shine area
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If anyone claims to remember any of what happened, I say they weren't there!

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yes ok ok-..
but anyhow

what smartguy made PiaZava a mod..

I am much more qualified for that job!
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