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[–] mindbleach 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That can’t be the original name.

Correct, it's bullshit.

But it's illustrative of merely contrarian nonsense like Rampisham being "Ransom" or Southwark being "Suthik."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you saying contractions are contrarian nonsense?

[–] mindbleach 3 points 2 weeks ago

You are bringing some weird takes to a gag thread in a gag community.