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Another rude A3 name

There was some discussion a while back about suggestive names carried by A3 pacifics (which as most people know where named after racehorses: see

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Among those mentioned were "Gay Crusader", "Merry Hampton" and "Call Boy". (The latter being presumably by asociation with Call Girl and Rent Boy, but it I don't think it really counts; isn't a call boy someone who knocks on actor's dressing-room doors and says "You''re on in 5 minutes Mr Gielgud"?).

Anyway, here's another.

I recently came across of a list of jocular names in French for the male member. Lurking between "rat-sans-pattes" and "thermometre-=E5-moustaches" was "saint-frusquin". As Gresley fans will know, A3 No. 60075 was named "St Frusquin". The Hornby A3 is available with this name.

I suspect that this is a pretty obscure term even in France, as a quick Google search didn't seem to turn up any reference to it. Neither did it seem to find any actual saint named Frusquin.

Andy Kirkham Glasgow

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Andy Kirkham
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The only entry for "St Frusquin" given in the Harraps English-French Slang Dictionary (1980), which has plenty of slang expressions in both languages for the male member, is as part of "tout le St-Frusquin" : the whole bag of tricks, all one's worldly goods. I suspect this is pretty dated now, but not particularly rude.

Regards,

- Alan (in Brussels)

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Alan (in Brussels)

Anyway, here's another.

I recently came across of a list of jocular names in French for the male member. Lurking between "rat-sans-pattes" and "thermometre-å-moustaches" was "saint-frusquin". As Gresley fans will know, A3 No. 60075 was named "St Frusquin". The Hornby A3 is available with this name.

I suspect that this is a pretty obscure term even in France, as a quick Google search didn't seem to turn up any reference to it. Neither did it seem to find any actual saint named Frusquin.

Andy Kirkham Glasgow

You lead a very sheltered life mate:

look here

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Yoda

Yoda (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message :

Did "gay" have *that* meaning when the loco was named?

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Prai Jei

Anyway, here's another.

I recently came across of a list of jocular names in French for the male member. Lurking between "rat-sans-pattes" and "thermometre-å-moustaches" was "saint-frusquin". As Gresley fans will know, A3 No. 60075 was named "St Frusquin". The Hornby A3 is available with this name.

I suspect that this is a pretty obscure term even in France, as a quick Google search didn't seem to turn up any reference to it. Neither did it seem to find any actual saint named Frusquin.

Andy Kirkham Glasgow

Re Merry Hampton...get it on EBay

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Yoda

G'day, You must be on Holidays, if all you have to do is look up obscure Rude words in Foreign Language. Graeme Hearn

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Graeme Hearn

Wow, some stud. ;-)

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MartinS

"Prai Jei" wrote

In those more 'wholesome' days, 'gay' meant happy or jovial.

John.

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John Turner

still should... loads of words have become hi-jacked...

can't say knob or bang these days without getting smirked at. And what about "chutney ferret" :o)

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Uncle Wobbly

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