Ok I live near a couple of places that are quite funny if you’ve never heard them before for example “Chipping Sodbury” yep actual place, not quite as funny but “The Shoe” consists of a pub and about four houses.
So anybody got funny names
Ok I live near a couple of places that are quite funny if you’ve never heard them before for example “Chipping Sodbury” yep actual place, not quite as funny but “The Shoe” consists of a pub and about four houses.
So anybody got funny names
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Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
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I live not too far from Cut-n-Shoot, Texas and Dime Box, Texas. Up near Dallas/Ft. Worth is the town of Dish which used to be the town of Clark until they agreed to change the name to Dish in exchange for free Dish network satellite TV service for all of the resident. That's got to be the dumbest reason for a town name I've ever heard.
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Well Whakarewarewa and Whakatane are 2 places not very far from where I live. It is so funny hearing American tourists trying to pronounce them after hearing someone else say it. This is because in Maori 'Wha' is pronounced similar to 'Far' and while we think nothing of saying it, Americans always hesitate or purposely pronounce it wrong because it sounds exactly like swearing.
Then there is one story my math teacher told me (he is from England) about when he first started staying in NZ. One of his Scottish friends told him "Come with us we're going to Whakatane." and his response was "OK, but whats a Tane?"
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Pretty bad joke, I know.
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Wine is a bit different, as I am sure even kids will like it.
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Ah, yes, Intercourse - that's not too far from my home. You know that a short drive from Intercourse leads you to Paradise - but take the long route via Gap since the scenery is pretty.Originally Posted by drone
Exploring the roads in that area too long and you'll end up in Blue Ball. Also in this neck of the woods is the small town of Bird-in-Hand, which is, in fact, worth two in the bush.
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I still remember the story of a German or Austrian town Fuc****ing and its frustrated mayor who was complaining that whenever English 'tourists' ( a sort of them) come here they usually have to buy new signs with the name of the town...![]()
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On Hunguary there is place called Nagykutas - "Nagi kutas" means nake.d di.ck in polish :)
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There's a town in Spain called Poo.. or Po as of 2005. Doesn't quite beat the Austrian-Bavarian trio of Petting, Kissing and the aforementioned 'F'ing.
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Bull's is a fairly strange name, but yes Whakatane is the best I have come across so far.
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Here ya go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_AustriaOriginally Posted by cegorach
I like the wiki list for placenames with english meanings; Wank, Bavaria![]()
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There is a place in Bern called Wankdorf. 'Dorf' meaning village. I only realised when some Irish mates, who went to see Switzerland playing, brought it to my attention. Very odd. I cannot say that name in good conscience any longer.
Incidentally, the stadium is called Wankdorf Stadion.
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I drove through Blue Ball on Sunday - twice.Not surprisingly, it was going to and from Hershey.
Alas, Intercourse, Paradise and Gap were too far out of the way, but I did have the pleasure of passing through Honeybrook both coming and going.
As a side note, I was rather distressed to see that the local dance studio in Blue Ball was putting on a performance of The Nutcracker for the Christmas season.
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Genius.Originally Posted by Gregoshi
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Just so this post is vaguely on topic, I often drive through a place called Wyre Piddle in Worcestershire, which is mildly amusing. They have their own brewery which produces Piddle Ales such as Piddle in the Hole and a winter ale called Piddle in the Snow, although that may be trying just a touch too hard. Should you find yourself there on a summer evening I strongly recommend a pint in the Anchor Inn, watching the sun go down over the river, called, perhaps inevitably, the Piddle Brook.
That's enough piddle. Moving swiftly on to email addresses, I recently saw an email from the National Union of Students (something to do with a bill in Parliament since you ask). Their email domain is nus.org.uk. Imagine my delight when I realised that this means all their email addresses are @nus.org.uk....
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Sometimes, residents get tired of this stuff.
There's a link in the spoil tag which contains placenames of a embarrassing nature, at least for the residents of those towns.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
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There's a municpality in Norway called Modum which was declared a few years ago as having the country's ugliest place names (lakes and similar) among those were...
A lake called "kuktjern" - meaning "cock lake"
Another lake called "Bergsjø" - which just means "hill sea/lake" or "mountain sea/lake" but is pronounced by locals as something like "bæsjø" which would mean "shit lake"
A cottage called "runkebu" - "runke" means to wank/masturbate/jerk off
A place called "Merrafitta" - roughly meaning "the bitch cunt"
A place called "Rassballehaugene" - "Ass ball tops/hills"
Sorry for nasty language... and fortunately most of these are only understandable by Norwegians.
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Really? You mean there is actually one, up which one can be, without a paddle?Originally Posted by Motep dra Uha Dnia Mazzat
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C'mon you guys from the UK, what about Lower Peover just north of Watford Gap.![]()
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