Residents in a Leeds street with one of the rudest street names have said “it’s not funny”.
People who live in Butts Mount in Armley have slammed those who laugh at the street name. Butts Mount is a small unassuming street with 19 homes, tucked away in LS12, in between Mickley Street and Armley Grove.
There are several streets in Leeds called Butts, there’s Butts Terrace in Guiseley, Butts Lane in Lumby, Butts Garth View in Thorner and Butts Court in Leeds city centre.
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The street name Butts has historical connotations and is not referring to someone’s rear end. The name dates back to the 14th Century for places where men would practice archery as these were located on the outskirts of either villages or common land – to avoid any nasty accidents.
Fum Sampson, 30, has lived in Butts Mount for seven years and doesn’t find the name funny. He’s a warehouse worker, originally from Nigeria. who lives in the small street with his wife and three children.
Fum sad: “It’s a good place to live. More old people live in this area, no one too young, it’s quiet. When I say I live in Butts Mount. They just say ‘Butts Mount?!’ And I say ‘yes’. It doesn’t make me laugh, I don’t find it funny. For me, it’s normal.”
Harjinder Singh, 53, lives nearby and regularly walks through the small street. He said: “I think the name must be like from a saying or a proverb. There are loads of places that sound funny which are named after people. I don’t find it very funny.”
Mother and daughter Robina Bi, 42, and Faizah Zu, 19, have lived on the corner of Butts Mount and Armley Grove for 16 years. Faizah said: “My friends laughed at it when we were looking at our houses on Google Earth and I didn’t want to show them because ‘Butts!’ It’s quite embarrassing.”
Robina said: “When we tell people the name of the street, they say ‘Butts?!’ That’s why we always say ‘on the corner of Armley Grove’. People who live here are used to it. Only new people go ‘Butts Mount!’
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