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Why did Shropshire stop being abbreviated to Salop

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Joanne

Joanne Report 7 Nov 2004 20:19

Imagine travelling to France with a bus with Salop on the the back , back in the earrly 80's no wonder we got a few funny looks. joanne

SarahSalopianScrapper

SarahSalopianScrapper Report 6 Nov 2004 21:43

For a time the names were interchangable and people from shropshire are still Salopians. The problems came when the government decided the county would be Salop and then some one realised that there is a similar word in French that is used to refer to a prositute. So the county went back to being Shropshire and shrops became the prefered abbreviation just in case the french got the wrong idea about the place. Sarah - Proud Salopian

Geoff

Geoff Report 6 Nov 2004 21:21

I found something similar for Shrewsbury:- "in the 12c. and 13c. the overwhelming spelling in government records was Salopesberie"

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 6 Nov 2004 21:07

Not sure whether or not I believe this titbit via Google: Salop - Shropshire (Salop derives from Sloppesberie) Brenda

Allie

Allie Report 6 Nov 2004 20:27

Salop is not an abbreviation of Shropshire. The county has just changed its name back and forth a few times in the past. I'm not sure when the last change was but I think it was in the seventies but someone else may be able to put me right there:-)) Allie

Unknown

Unknown Report 6 Nov 2004 19:04

Probably when people stopped learning Latin! Don't see many references to Oxon (Oxfordshire) either these days. nell

Carol

Carol Report 6 Nov 2004 17:42

I seem to remember Shropshire being abbreviated to Salop. Then it seemed to become Shrops. Was there any reason for the change, or just peoples preferences.