Twatt, Orkney
Coordinates: 59°05′53″N 3°16′26″W / 59.098°N 3.274°W
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 Road sign pointing to Twatt |
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 Twatt
Twatt shown within Orkney |
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| OS grid reference | HY270242 |
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| Council area | Orkney Islands |
| Lieutenancy area | Orkney Islands |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ORKNEY |
| Postcode district | KW17 |
| Dialling code | 01856 |
| Police | Northern |
| Fire | Highlands and Islands |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Orkney and Shetland |
| Scottish Parliament | Orkney |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Twatt is a small settlement on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It was previously the location of a RNAS airfield, HMS Tern, 1940–1949.[1]
[edit] Etymology
The settlement name originates from the Old Norse þveit, meaning 'small parcel of land'. The Norse word commonly produces in England the place name element Thwaite.
The name Twatt is similar to the common English expletive "twat", (an insulting word used by someone to express contempt or derision for another individual, although it can also colloquially refer to a vagina). For this reason, Twatt is viewed as something of a joke by the rest of the world -- being used, for example, to designate the character intended to be the butt of recurring jokes in a major British motion picture. Its name featured at no. 4 of the most vulgar sounding names in Rude Britain, along with its Shetland counterpart.
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