Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Rebranding "Kill the Jews"

Wow:
Residents in the Spanish village of Castrillo* Matajudíos (Castrillo Kill the Jews) will vote on Saturday on whether it's time to change the name of their small hamlet in the province of Burgos to something a little less offensive.

According to the Diario de Burgos, mayor Lorenzo Rodríguez has called a meeting of the 60 inhabitants to put the case for adopting the village's original moniker - Castrillo Mota de Judíos (Castrillo Hill of the Jews) - after which locals will decide one way or the other.
Good grief.  I think it takes Mel Brooks to tell that story.



Other unfortunate European town names here.

3 comments:

WoFat said...

I've always liked St. Mell.

Old NFO said...

PCism writ large... sigh

Weetabix said...

The transition from Mota de Judios to Matajudios sounds more like some bureaucrat had a warped sense of humor at some time.