OddBall
07-23-2011, 11:00am
Yep. It's exactly what you think it is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GropeC*nt_Lane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grope****_Lane)
Toponymy
Variations include Gropec*nte, Gropecountelane, Gropecontelane, Groppecountelane and Gropekuntelane. There were once many such street names in England, but all have now been bowdlerised.[1] In the city of York, for instance, Grapc*nte Lane—grāp is the Old English word for grope[2]—was renamed as the more acceptable Grape Lane.
The first record of the word grope being used in the indecent sense of sexual touching appears in 1380; c*nte has been used to describe the vulva since at least 1230, and corresponds to the Old Norse kunta, although its etymology is uncertain.[3]
Sounds like a fun place
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GropeC*nt_Lane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grope****_Lane)
Toponymy
Variations include Gropec*nte, Gropecountelane, Gropecontelane, Groppecountelane and Gropekuntelane. There were once many such street names in England, but all have now been bowdlerised.[1] In the city of York, for instance, Grapc*nte Lane—grāp is the Old English word for grope[2]—was renamed as the more acceptable Grape Lane.
The first record of the word grope being used in the indecent sense of sexual touching appears in 1380; c*nte has been used to describe the vulva since at least 1230, and corresponds to the Old Norse kunta, although its etymology is uncertain.[3]
Sounds like a fun place