Naming Old Street.

PAST

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FUTURE

In 2012, as the Olympics trundled into town, the newly formed Association for the Regulation of Semantic Errors (ARSE) deemed that the name 'Old Street' had connotations of decay and obtuseness which didn't fit with the dream of excellence and success represented by the world's foremost athletes. As a result, the Board of Trustees for ARSE came together for a meeting on April 14th 2008 and it was decided in a unanimous vote to rename this busy thoroughfare 'Brand New Street'. They intended to call it 'New Street' but there was already a street with this name in nearby Whitechapel.

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