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WTF Photos (Humorous Edition)
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RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition)
this is a actual place in Austria. In the province of Upperaustria, yes! it`s real and not fake, I actualy went there to see it, it has become quite the tourist atraction lately:

[Image: german-town-sign.jpg]

[Image: Fucking%2C_Austria%2C_street_sign_cropped.jpg]

Quote:Fucking (German pronunciation: [ˈfʊkɪŋ], rhymes with "booking"[2]) is an Austrian village[3] in the municipality of Tarsdorf,[4] in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. The village is 33 kilometres (21 mi) north of Salzburg, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the German border.
Despite having a population of only 104, the village has become famous for its name in the English-speaking world. Its road signs are a popular visitor attraction, and were often stolen by souvenir-hunting tourists until 2005, when they were modified to be theft-resistant.

Quote:It is believed that the settlement was founded in the 6th century by Focko, a Bavarian nobleman. The existence of the village was documented for the first time in 1070 and historical records show that some twenty years later the lord was Adalpertus de Fucingin. The spelling of the name has evolved over the years; it is first recorded in historical sources with the spelling as Vucchingen in 1070, Fukching in 1303,[5] Fugkhing in 1532, and in the modern spelling Fucking in the 18th century,[6] which is pronounced with the vowel oo as in book.[2] The ending -ing is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people belonging to the root word to which it is attached, thus Fucking means "(place of) Focko's people."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria
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WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by thesummerqueen - October 23, 2012 at 9:53 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by Annik - October 23, 2012 at 9:55 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by The Grand Nudger - October 23, 2012 at 10:02 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by festive1 - October 23, 2012 at 10:04 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by thesummerqueen - October 23, 2012 at 10:11 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by Rayaan - October 23, 2012 at 4:58 pm
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by Something completely different - October 23, 2012 at 8:01 pm
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by thesummerqueen - October 23, 2012 at 8:06 pm
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by 5thHorseman - October 24, 2012 at 8:31 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by KichigaiNeko - October 24, 2012 at 7:36 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by Faith No More - October 24, 2012 at 8:20 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by festive1 - October 24, 2012 at 10:00 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by thesummerqueen - October 24, 2012 at 10:02 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by JosephBowie - October 26, 2012 at 9:57 am
RE: WTF Photos (Humorous Edition) - by Faith No More - October 26, 2012 at 10:00 am

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