I read an article the other day in today's online edition of "austriantimes.at" and it talks about the town Fucking and a German company which produce a beer called "Fucking Hell".
I thought you might be interested because Fucking is a small community in Upper Austria.
Basially what it says is that the inhabitants of Fucking fear a media hype around their town's name after a German company produce a beer called "Fucking Hell". It is also said that lots of tourists visit the town to have their picture taken next to the place name sign. The mayor Franz Meindl said that they just wanted to be left alone and he would not consider changing the community's name.
What surprised me most was the fact that the community has had 15 place name signs stolen by visitors.
I understand that the inhabitants of Fucking are at the end of their tether because everybody laughs about their town's name.
But I can also understand the tourists, because if I drove through this town, I would also take a pricture of me next to the place name sign.
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Vocabulary:
fuss (Aufregung): People make a fuss about the town's name Fucking.
place name sign (Ortstafel): The place name sign shows, where the town begins and ends.
be at the end of one's tether: (genervt sein): I am at the end of my tether because everybody laughs at me.
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