Residents of the Perthshire village of Dull are due to hear this week whether efforts to forge ties with the US town of Boring have been successful.
Officials in Oregon are set to vote on whether the two places should become "sister communities".
If the vote is passed, the community council in Dull insists it could have real benefits for the Scottish village.
They intend to mark the "exciting" new partnership with a road sign.
The potential link between the two locations was the brainchild of Perthshire resident Elizabeth Leighton, who passed through Boring while on a cycling holiday.
With a population of 12,000, Boring is too big to be officially twinned with the tiny village of Dull.
When news of the possible tie-up first emerged, Dull community councillor Marjorie Keddie said: "Everyone has been smiling at the prospect of the very eye-catching road sign this will inevitably require."
Boring was named after William H. Boring, an early resident of the area and former Union soldier in the American civil war.
Dull's name is thought to have come from the Gaelic word for meadow, but others have speculated it could be connected to the Gaelic word "dul" meaning snare.
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