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Line 10: \| os_grid_reference= HU327532 \| coordinates = {{coord\|60.263\|-1.408\|display=inline,title}} \|historic_county= \| post_town= SHETLAND \| postcode_area= ZE \| postcode_district= ZE2 Line 23 ⟶ 24: '''Twatt''' is a settlement in the [[Shetland Islands]] of [[Scotland]]. It is located on the Shetland [[Mainland, Shetland\|Mainland]] on a minor road that leads from the A971 road to [[Clousta]], north of [[Bixter]]. The settlement is within the parish of [[Sandsting]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails4828.html\|title=Details of Twatt\|publisher=[[Gazetteer for Scotland]]\|accessdate=2 January 2015}}</ref> The settlement name originates from the [[Old Norse language\|Old Norse]] [[Thwaite (placename element)\|''þveit'']], meaning 'small parcel of land'. The Norse word commonly produces in England the place name element [[Thwaite (placename element)\|Thwaite]]. The name Twatt is similar to the common [[English language\|English]] [[Profanity\|expletive]] "[[~~Twat~~twat]],", (a vulgar word for [[vulva]] and also an insulting term meaning a weak or contemptible individual). For this reason, Twatt remains a source of amusement to people from outside the parish. Its name featured at no.  4 of the most vulgar sounding names in ''[[Rude Britain]]'', along with its [[Twatt, Orkney\|Orkney]] namesake. ==References== Line 35 ⟶ 36: *[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/191300/details/twatt/ Canmore - Twatt Farmstead site record] [[Category:Villages onin Mainland, Shetland]] {{Shetland-geo-stub}}