Talk:Intercourse, Pennsylvania

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The OED gives no support to the idea that "intercourse" ever meant "an intersection. Hence I've removed that sentence. Do we know that theer was an "Entercourse" race course nearby in 1814? This sounds like folk etymology and should be removed if there's no substantiation. The evidence in the OED strongly suggests that in 1814 the only likely meaning the word had for the village was "Commerce."PhD 17:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)PhDReply

:It is said that married people cannot drive through the town without giggling.

Who says? An encyclopedi should be informative after all. And why wouldn't unmarried couples giggle too? Slrubenstein

I'd say anybody probably giggles when they drive through. -- Tarquin

This town's name was involved in an important anti-obscenity legal decision,

but I can't remember the name of the case. Does anyone know?

I would refer to it as 'local lore' or something similar that people giggle. I have lived in the area for years and people just say that through word of mouth. I felt it should be stated in some form because it *is* true. -- Ram-Man

Well, just be a little more precise; "Town residents believe that the name is a source of amusement for tourists" or whatever... Slrubenstein

That sounds like a good idea. I'll add that. --Ram-Man

The article contradicts itself slightly, with the first paragraph noting that the name has "acquired sexual connotations in modern times" and a later paragraph noting that "intercourse" was in use as a term for sex by 1814, when Intercourse was named. This second paragraph is right, the OED has 1798 as the first usage of intercourse as sexual. I might fix that first paragraph.--Nick 18:10, 14 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

WHoa! could someone refactor the info on this article so it's writen for humans, not list-devouring robots? -- Tarquin

What does everyone think of this format? (see talk page)

The "Economy" and "History" sections are so light that it seems unnatural to give them section headings; I would just put them in the introductory paragraph (as I did in my previous edit). The various museums, attractions, etc sections all look like they belong as subheadings of something like "stuff to see and do in Intercourse". --Brion

I am trying to follow the standard listed in WikiProject U.S. states which calls for those headings. If we do put it in an introduction, when others come to edit it later, they may fail to put it in the standard format as new data is added. This puts it in the standard format already so only the data needs to be worried about. -- Ram-Man

Please read closer. :) "NOTE: Please only create these headings when there is more than a couple of sentences worth of informaiton for an area." Also remember that the recommendations there are not set in stone -- this is wiki, and everything is open to discussion and bending with circumstances. --Brion

Yes, I noted that. Ok, maybe since I am going to be spending my time focusing on Pennsylvania's counties and towns and I will be going back to these and adding more, it makes my life a *lot* easier. Besides, I am "bending with circumstances".  :) -- Ram-Man

What happened to census data like all of the other towns and cities? They've got them too, why not intercourse? Ich 05:41, Jul 10, 2004 (UTC)

Intercourse is not a CDP ("Census Designated Place"), so there's no census data for it. It's not a state township or borough and is officially in the jurisdiction of some other township or borough. - Nunh-huh 05:49, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

That's not an Intercourse Buggy in the photo. Stettlerj 03:27, 23 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

If the point of the picture of the buggy is to say that many mennonite and amish communities reside there, shouldn't it be a picture of the type of buggy used by the local amish? This one is, I believe, a picture of a buggy common to midwestern amish communities. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.151.15.116 (talk) .

There is an edit war starting up with whether or not this category should stay. As a native of the area, even I must admit that I make more than enough jokes about this. After all, if you're in Intercourse: you can head one way and go to Paradise; another way to Bird-In-Hand; or another way and go to Blue Ball. The clincher: if this were not a strangely named place, then there wouldn't be so much vandalism here! Any other thoughts? --Thisisbossi 15:20, 9 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

See Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_September_8#Category:Strangely Named Places in Pennsylvania.--Sum (talk) 23:22, 3 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

This photo depicts a buggy in Ohio, not Intercourse, Pennsylvania. So, shouldn't it be removed? Mmace91 06:15, 30 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

I removed the contents of this section due to the numerous other cities that could fit in here... heck, within several miles of Intercourse you can find Blue Ball, Bird-In-Hand, Lititz, Mount Joy, and many many more. This section feels like a potential slippery slope leading to a lot of useless information. If anyone really feels that this section is a necessity, please post your reasoning here; but personally I feel that it would more appropriately fit into a category along the lines of "Strangly Named Places" --Thisisbossi 04:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

I added the word "seemingly" to the part of the introduction that talks about the "sexually suggestive" name. As the article points out farther down, the term "intercourse" isn't necessarily sexual -- it only seems that way to people who don't know any better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.44.0.4 (talk) 16:14, 13 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Is this the same town that was visited on Top Gear? If it is, shouldn't that be mentioned? PerDaniel (talk) 12:43, 25 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

I've been through the town on the way to other places in Lancaster County about 3 times, and each time I wonder "what was that all about?" To get to the point, I think the town is just a tourist trap in the middle of nowhere, pretending to be Amish (or something like it) and just giving folks from Philly and New York the absolute minimum of Amish culture (hats, beards, and buggies) and then giving them what the really want - a place to shop for imported junk. Well some of the quilts are nice, but you might go north or west of town for some more interesting variety.

That said, our article is really missing something - information about Amish and shopping. There doesn't seem to be anything else in the town.

I just looked at our buggy pictures that were complained about above. The one with the sign we have now is not the one complained about, but is pretty strange if you look closely. It is not the usual enclosed buggy, but more like a flatbed. It appears to be driven by 10-12 year old kids, who are probably Amish, and may or may not be working the tourist trade. The horse appears to be a pony. It certainly isn't typical of anything I've seen in the County. Amish generally don't like being photographed - it shows "pride" showing off like that. OK, to each his own. One of the kids might be identifiable, so we might remove it because of personality rights, knowing that the minor and his parents would object. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 03:33, 2 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

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