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Welsh village's proposed name change raises stink

Thursday - 9/26/2013, 5:50pm  ET

LONDON (AP) -- A proposed name change is raising a stink in one British village.

Welsh-language campaigners say Varteg, in south Wales, should be rebranded with a more authentic Welsh spelling -- Y Farteg.



Villager Sioned Jones told Wales Online, "Just imagine how embarrassing it will be to have the word 'fart' in your village's name, never mind being followed by egg."

Another resident, Ray Leyshon, called the proposal "a bad joke."

