ana_pirogova: (oh)
ana_pirogova ([personal profile] ana_pirogova) wrote2014-08-26 06:21 pm

missspelling

moscow

A road sign welcomes careful drivers to Moscow, Scotland. Moscow in the county Ayrshire, is thought to be a missspelling of of ‘Moss-haw’ or ‘Moss-hall’ which was formally adopted in 1812 to mark Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow.