F---ing: Austrian town with obscene name voting for change

A town in Austria is debating whether or not to keep its obscene name.

The small village of F---ing will vote on whether to change its moniker or continue coping with buses of tourists stealing signs and general ridicule.

The town's 104 residents are set to cast their ballots next week, London's Telegraph reported.

\"People are now willing to discuss changes to the spelling of the name,\" Franz Meindl, the village's mayor, told the newspaper. \"But first all F---ingers have to agree on whether want to change it or not.\"

If the vote goes in favor of a name change, the town will readopt it's 16th-century spelling, swapping in "g” or "gg” in place of the "ck,” according to the newspaper.

The town has voted before to change the name, but the measures have been defeated.

\"We had a vote last year on whether to rename the town, but decided to keep it as it is. After all, F---ing has existed for 800 years, probably when a Mr. F--- or the F--- family moved into the area,” the town"s then-mayor Siegfried Hauppl told London"s the Register in 2005. "The 'ing' was added as a word for settlement.”

The town"s unfortunate name first attracted attention during World War II when British and American soldiers began passing through it.