Town decides it might be time to change name from "Castrillo Kill Jews" to something new
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[I]Castrillo Matajudios -- which means Castrillo Kill Jews in English -- [/I]
[I]don't go to Israel with that identity card[/I]
[quote=yahoo][B]Madrid (AFP) - It is a name that locals admit is not really fit for the modern age.[/B]
And now the mayor of the small Spanish town of Castrillo Matajudios -- which means Castrillo Kill Jews in English -- has said residents will get the opportunity to vote on a name change.
The 56 residents of the town, which lies near the northern city of Burgos, will vote May 25 on whether to change the name and instead celebrate the location's Jewish heritage, mayor Lorenzo Rodriguez said Monday.
If they agree to the change, locals will be able to choose between the rather less offensive Mota Judios and Mota de Judios, which both mean Mound of the Jews.
"Those of us who have lived all our lives in Castrillo Matajudios don't give it a second thought. But the moment you go elsewhere it sounds bad," the mayor told AFP in an interview.
[B]"Nowadays when people hear Castrillo Matajudios they go,[B] 'What a village.[/B] They kill Jews there. You have killed Jews'," he said.[/B]
"There are some villagers, [B]business people who travel to Israel, and they try not to show their identity card[/B]. It is a name that we know today is not very correct," the mayor explained.[/quote]
[url="http://news.yahoo.com/unfortunately-named-town-kill-jews-vote-name-change-200342323.html"] More in source [/url]
What a village
[QUOTE]Madrid (AFP) - It is a name that locals admit is not really fit for the modern age.[/QUOTE]
oh how times have changed, fads and fashions come and go without offering a second's notice
So is this where Hitler's vacation home was?
Efforts to coax a similar movement out of the residents of sleepy Hangnigger Hill, Alabama, have been unsuccessful.
It was meant to be called "Hill of the jews" which is "M[B]o[/B]tajudios" :v:
Matajudios is more like jewkiller
If it was mata judios it would be kills jews
Why is/was it named that after all?
And ''Mound of Jews'' is a better alternative? What's up with this place?
[QUOTE=-Iker-;44614375]Matajudios is more like jewkiller
If it was mata judios it would be kills jews[/QUOTE]
I haven't done much Spanish but wouldn't it be "killerjews" instead of "jewkiller"?
[QUOTE=-Iker-;44614375]Matajudios is more like jewkiller
If it was mata judios it would be kills jews[/QUOTE]
Castrillo Kill Jews
Castrillo Jewkiller
which has a nicer ring to it :v:?
Next on the list: Matamoros, Mexico!
[QUOTE=Halahazam;44614476]Why is/was it named that after all?
And ''Mound of Jews'' is a better alternative? What's up with this place?[/QUOTE]
Well the idea was that it wasn't where Jews were killed, but rather they were accepted, did business, and had a thriving community in Spain, hence "Jew Hill". Until they were force out and killed, hence "Kill Jews".
[QUOTE] Mota Judios and Mota de Judios, which both mean [B]Mound of the Jews.[/B][/QUOTE]
I feel like Mound of the Jews is probably not the best thing to call it... Seeing as it's current name is Castro kills Jews and well it's semi-related to well... Death camps... Incinerators... Yeah I know it's horrible.
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;44614137]Hangnigger Hill.[/QUOTE]
I live in alabama and this could potentially be the nickname for every city here.
how about just call it the mound of not-people
[QUOTE=TheMrFailz;44616485]I feel like Mound of the Jews is probably not the best thing to call it... Seeing as it's current name is Castro kills Jews and well it's semi-related to well... Death camps... Incinerators... Yeah I know it's horrible.[/QUOTE]
Castrillo not Castro.
How about we change it to "Castrillo [U]Love[/U] Jews"?
[QUOTE=Tuskin;44617601]Castrillo not Castro.[/QUOTE]
Close enough. Point is Mound of Jews sounds like what would be found at a Nazi death camp.
"Mound of Jews" :v:
As Doritos-pope said it was originally going to be called Motajudios "Hill of the Jews" but centuries ago a scribe fucked it up and made a typo, and then they stayed with it.
Only 56 residents in the town? Woah, now that's a place i wouldn't mind living at, the UK is too overcrowded.
Meanwhile a town called Fucking keep having it's signboard stolen. I bet there's a town called Christchurch somewhere on Earth.
[QUOTE=BCell;44621965]Meanwhile a town called Fucking keep having it's signboard stolen. I bet there's a town called Christchurch somewhere on Earth.[/QUOTE]
Man, i want that fucking sign.
[QUOTE=BCell;44621965]I bet there's a town called Christchurch somewhere on Earth.[/QUOTE]
[url]https://www.google.com/maps/place/Christchurch/@50.7429863,-1.7605947,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x48739852a2137741:0x7537818f47e6aad9[/url]
there's quite a few more
I'm sure if this town existed during the Spanish inquisition, they would have worn it like a badge of pride.
Perhaps "Castro is Hitler" is a more contemporary take. It alludes the Godwyn's law.
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