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Potty, Fartwell and Knob: From Luke Warm to Minty Badger - Extraordinary But True Names of British People (Hardcover)

by Russell Ash (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Headline (4 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0755316541
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755316540
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 64,132 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Allison Pearson, Daily Mail, October 3 2007
'Hilarious... all of [the names] make you happy to belong to a people who believe it is their patriotic duty not to take themselves too seriously'


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Russell Ash has trawled parish registers and censuses going back 900 years to compile the first ever complete book of breathtakingly unlikely-but-true British names. It features an incredible and diverse range of totally genuine names, evoking everything from body parts (Dick Brain), sex (Matilda Suckcock), illness (Barbaray Headache) and toilet functions (Peter Piddle) to food (Hazel Nutt), animals (Minty Badger) and places (Phila Delphia). Every single one has been checked for authenticity and its source is given, as well as extra notes where further fascinating illumination is possible. The book provides a rigorously researched yet laugh-out-loud overview of Britain's eccentricity through the ages.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, 23 Nov 2007
By Bellhop Bob (Gloucestershire and environs) - See all my reviews
Not since David Sedaris's ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY and McCrae's KATZENJAMMER have I laughed so much at names and situations. This is a great book, but the most amazin part is that it's true!

The research that went into this is incredible and one can only imagine the author knocking on doors, asking for information. WHY parents would name some of their kids these things is beyond the imagination, but it happens. "Rosetta Pennis?" Come on! Were you TRYING to put you kid in a mentai institution? Would also recommend the book DO ANTS HAVE ARSHOLES? which is equally funny, but on a different level.
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30 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Endless Fun and Thought!, 26 Nov 2007
By Barbara (Brighton) - See all my reviews

This and PETER CAVE'S CAN A ROBOT BE HUMAN have been my best 2 book buys for a long time. Ash makes you laugh and wonder and Cave makes you laugh and think. They are an excellent combination to buy together!
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5.0 out of 5 stars I cried..and cried...and cried...with laughter, 30 Jan 2008
By The Voice Of Reason (Erith, Kent United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This is 'simply' a book of peoples names.

I laughed so much I came close to wetting myself. This is one of the funniest books I have ever read.

Anyone who does not think so should be shot. I mean it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very successful gift
I bought this book for a birthday present for my son; feedback from him suggests that it went down very well and provided laughs every time it was picked up again. Read more
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A very amusing read but only in small doses. Definitely good value for money. Just when you think you've found your favourite name, there's another beauty and they are all real... Read more
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I bought the hardback last year, and then bought it again several times as a present - it was universally well-receieved. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Childish, hilarious, smut!
I challenge anybody not to laugh out loud at SOMETHING in this book. It's a bunch of lists of people's genuine names, divided into themes. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely funny and very rude
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There is something basic about laughing at someone's funny name, and this book has so many. It is so easy to dip into and raise a smile, even in the dark winter months.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderfully funny book!
I was both crying and hurting with laughter reading this book last night....!

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I saw this in Smiths yesterday, came home and ordered two copies off Amazon. It's the funniest thing I've ever seen and I had tears streaming down my face, as did my daughter who... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Xmas 2008 sorted!!
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