Place nicknames
 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...sh-places.html

Place nicknames
 

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...89/Ordnance-Su
rvey-lists-nicknames-for-British-places.html

I wish to register a complaint. The original Spaghetti Junction was near
Manchester, the Worsley Interchange of the M60, M61 and A580. It at least
looks more like a plate of spaghetti, unlike the tangled mess in
Birmingham.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Place nicknames
 

On Thu, 14 Oct 2010, wrote:

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...sh-places.html

I wish to register a complaint. The original Spaghetti Junction was near
Manchester, the Worsley Interchange of the M60, M61 and A580. It at
least looks more like a plate of spaghetti, unlike the tangled mess in
Birmingham.

Don't tell us, tell them!

tom

--
They entered the Vortex and the dreams became reality

Place nicknames
 

On 2010\10\14 12:37, wrote:
In ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...89/Ordnance-Su
rvey-lists-nicknames-for-British-places.html

I wish to register a complaint. The original Spaghetti Junction was near
Manchester, the Worsley Interchange of the M60, M61 and A580. It at least
looks more like a plate of spaghetti, unlike the tangled mess in
Birmingham.

Surely the essence of local nicknames is that there is no competitive
pressure between far off places for the same nickname.

London contains (at least) two Henlys Corners, two Fiveways Corners, two
well known Angel junctions, two Amen Corners and so on.

Place nicknames
 

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2010\10\14 12:37, wrote:
In ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...89/Ordnance-Su
rvey-lists-nicknames-for-British-places.html

I wish to register a complaint. The original Spaghetti Junction was
near Manchester, the Worsley Interchange of the M60, M61 and A580. It
at least looks more like a plate of spaghetti, unlike the tangled mess
in Birmingham.

Surely the essence of local nicknames is that there is no
competitive pressure between far off places for the same nickname.

London contains (at least) two Henlys Corners, two Fiveways
Corners, two well known Angel junctions, two Amen Corners and so on.

In this case the Brummie upstart came along and nicked the title!

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Place nicknames
 

On 2010\10\14 14:38, wrote:
In ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2010\10\14 12:37, wrote:
In ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...89/Ordnance-Su
rvey-lists-nicknames-for-British-places.html

I wish to register a complaint. The original Spaghetti Junction was
near Manchester, the Worsley Interchange of the M60, M61 and A580. It
at least looks more like a plate of spaghetti, unlike the tangled mess
in Birmingham.

Surely the essence of local nicknames is that there is no
competitive pressure between far off places for the same nickname.

London contains (at least) two Henlys Corners, two Fiveways
Corners, two well known Angel junctions, two Amen Corners and so on.

In this case the Brummie upstart came along and nicked the title!

Wiki disagrees with you...

Maybe we could try to get Worsley renamed "Malfunction Junction".

Place nicknames
 

On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:33:53 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...sh-places.html

An 'ethnic Londoner' friend of mine used to take issue with people
from formerly industrial areas referring to London by one of its
nicknames. "How can you call London 'The Smoke' when you come from
that dirty hole S****horpe?"

Place nicknames
 

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2010\10\14 14:38, wrote:
In ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2010\10\14 12:37, wrote:
In ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...89/Ordnance-Su
rvey-lists-nicknames-for-British-places.html

I wish to register a complaint. The original Spaghetti Junction was
near Manchester, the Worsley Interchange of the M60, M61 and A580.
It at least looks more like a plate of spaghetti, unlike the tangled
mess in Birmingham.

Surely the essence of local nicknames is that there is no
competitive pressure between far off places for the same nickname.

London contains (at least) two Henlys Corners, two Fiveways
Corners, two well known Angel junctions, two Amen Corners and so on.

In this case the Brummie upstart came along and nicked the title!

Wiki disagrees with you...

Reference? I remember the Worsley interchange when I was an undergraduate
around 1971/2, before the Brummie one was built.

Maybe we could try to get Worsley renamed "Malfunction Junction".

Why?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Place nicknames
 

wrote in
:

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...052889/Ordnanc
e-Su rvey-lists-nicknames-for-British-places.html

I wish to register a complaint. The original Spaghetti Junction was
near Manchester, the Worsley Interchange of the M60, M61 and A580. It
at least looks more like a plate of spaghetti, unlike the tangled mess
in Birmingham.


Sorry. If you wish to register a complaint you will have to be in Bolton.