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Subject: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Apr 07 - 03:53 PM Canadian nominations: Banff - (in Alberta) Guelph - (in Ontario) Apto - (also in Ontario) Apto's not really a city, though...I think it has a population of less than 10 people, but it does have a couple of road signs. Moosenee Blind River Moosejaw Capuscasing |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:00 PM When you think about it, Scunthorpe is pretty daft... even more so now when a lot of firewalls won't let you look for it. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,meself Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:02 PM If we're going to allow places like Apto (population: 10 - what was the Hee-Haw response? c'mon, don't pretend you don't know), I think Canada may face some stiff competition from Australia. And Wales. Heck, even the good ol' US of A. Not to mention England ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bill D Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:05 PM 4 corners of the US.... Tallahassee, Kennebunk, Walla Walla, Cucamonga and one right in the middle.... Topeka |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bill D Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:09 PM oh...and there's Gas, Kansas. and some more from that site...http://www.gladstone.com/america/america1.html ...including Surprise and Tightwad |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:09 PM If that's the case, I see your Walla Walla and raise you a Pratt's Bottom! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: terrier Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:14 PM I've just driven through PEOVER, pronounce that any way you like |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:15 PM That would be the hind end of Tony Blair, would it? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Ebbie Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:16 PM Hey, Bill, that ain't fair. Unless I know what Indian names mean, I'm not going to badmouth those. We have enough English names to choose from. 'Boring' in Oregon was named after an early settler. The sun often shines on 'Cape Foulweather', Oregon. (Not actually a town, though) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:23 PM Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Dimebox, Texas What's silly about Banff? A good Scottish name. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rabbi-Sol Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:24 PM Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico SOL |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: KB in Iowa Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:24 PM What Cheer, Iowa |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rabbi-Sol Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:25 PM Mouthcard, Kentucky SOL |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: kendall Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:25 PM Herkimer NY Passadumkaeg Maine Truth or Consequences NM |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: bobad Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:27 PM Dildo, Newfoundland. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:29 PM Schenectady, New York! Schenectady is the all-time champ of goofy sounding city names as far as I'm concerned. It is an Indian name. You can look up what it means on their website. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: KB in Iowa Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:30 PM Not a town but a great name anyway - Big Bone Lick State Park It's in Kentucky |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: bobad Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:31 PM I don't think the native Indians would find those names silly or goofy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: johnross Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:34 PM Humptulips, Washington George, Washington Mumbles, Wales (as heard on this week's "Any Questions" on BBC Radio 4) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rapparee Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:36 PM Chicken, Alaska. Las Putas, California. Big Neck, Illinois (probably deserted now). French Lick, Indiana. French Gulch, California. French Creek, Idaho. Right here in Idaho let's not forget Gentile Valley, Ketchum, Headquarters, Letha, Atomic City, Movie City, Ovid, Murphy Hot Springs, both Paul and Pauline, Pingree, Santa, Sunbeam, Ucon, Tensed, and of course, Malta. Then there's Truth-Or-Consequences, New Mexico and Showlo, Nevada. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:39 PM "Las Putas"???? That's pretty strange. It means "The Whores" in colloquial Spanish. How about Boise? Now, there's a weird name. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: terrier Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:40 PM A place not to be after dark might be Wilde Street in Suffolk, UK. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: terrier Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:43 PM You might be rather disappointed if you go to BITTERLY in Shropshire! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Scoville Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:44 PM Resaca, Georgia ("hangover" in Spanish) Texas Cut N Shoot Telephone (cutting edge of technology) Chocolate Bayou Reklaw (because "Walker" was already taken) Post Office (glad they even had one) Salt Flat (famous for its scenery) Missouri Peculiar Tightwad Claycomo (located in Clay County, MO) More listings here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Scoville Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:48 PM Oh, and "Y" City, Arkansas (located at a split in the road) and Splendora, Texas, which smacks of Victorian romanticism. There was also once a Velie, Lousiana. Apparently the Velie car company, which was a division of John Deere, offered some kind of reward to any town that would rename itself "Velie", so one town did. I don't believe it exists any more; either died out or renamed again. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:52 PM Pennsylvania...hands down winner for Blue Ball, Bird-in-Hand, and Intercourse. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Donuel Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:53 PM Hiram Bingham was the 're' discoverer of Machu Pichu Now we have Binghamton NY named after him. Also the birthplace of Rod Serling. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag Date: 13 Apr 07 - 04:57 PM I'm BAAAA-aaack! Truth or Consequences changed their name ( I don't remember the former name) on a dare from the old quiz show by the same title. I think that was still in the days of radio. The earlier TV show hosted by Bob barker may have been responsible. Yup! Crazy name. How about: Bug Tussle OK (just south of Muskogee) Bumble Bee TX Winona AZ Swindletown LA Wee Wah NSW OZ Weedpatch CA Pumpkin Center CA Button Willow CA Woody CA Hayfork CA Whisky Flat CA Hangtown (now Placerville) CA Uncle Sam (now Kelseyville) CA One of the weirdest places I've ever been in is California City. That sounds like an appropriate enough name, doesn't it? It's located just a little northeast of Mojave CA. There are miles of streets and curbs, sidewalks, street signs and other infra-structure but no houses! Well actually there are a few, built miles apart. There are even a few stores sprinkled here and there. I think it was the Dell-Webb Corp. that planned and sold the project to investors but there was a question of fraud and corruptions and the project was stopped and never resumed (ca 1950's). and there is always Podunk MA! Slag |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: pdq Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:03 PM Nevada has several odd Indian names including Pahrump and Winnemucca, plus the enigmatic Weed Heights. A few years ago, the eBay associate halfcom.org/ paid a small town near the Ruby Mountains to change it name to Halfcom, which it did. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Scoville Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:03 PM Texas has a lot of odd ones: Dime Box (allegedly named for a dime box of tobacco), Angus, Mustang, Missouri City, Texas (southeast of Houston, nowhere near Missouri), Daisetta (named for the founders' wives, Daisy and Etta), Tomball (named for a guy named Thomas Ball), Palestine (Palesteen, and if you say "PaleSTINE", you will be corrected). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: KB in Iowa Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:04 PM Lake City, Iowa Only reason this is odd is there is no lake anywhere near Lake City. There motto is even something like "Everything but a lake" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: pdq Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:09 PM "Dime Box" sounds like a rapper. BTW, Show Low is in Arizona, not Nevada, and has something to do with card games. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Donuel Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:11 PM There is a town in Massachusettes with 26 letters in its one word name. I can't spell it but my wife can with pride. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: KB in Iowa Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:14 PM Correctionville, Iowa (on the correction line for laying out townships) Diagonal, Iowa (so named because the two rail lines serving the town crossed diagonally) Lineville, Iowa (on the state line with Missouri) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Desdemona Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:14 PM I've always been fond of Chipping Sodbury, which has a right silly sound but comes from Old English "caepen" for market and "bury" for "fort," presumably belonging to some old sod! ~D |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Ken Brock Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:18 PM Ordinary, VA (Ordinary used to be a synonym for an inn) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rapparee Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:18 PM Yeah, I put Showlow in the wrong state. There's also East Hope, Idaho. There is no Hope, no North, South, or West Hope, either. Just East Hope. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: KB in Iowa Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:20 PM Rapaire, West Liberty, Iowa is east of North Liberty, Iowa. West Liberty was named after Liberty, Ohio and is indeed west of there. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: katlaughing Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:21 PM There are some fun one on THis PAge including "Acme, Wyoming." There're also "Last Chance, Colorado" and "No Name, Colorado." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Ebbie Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:37 PM No dare involved. I remember when the New Mexico town renamed iself. Here is what Wikipedia says: "Originally called "Hot Springs", it took the name of a popular radio program in 1950, when Truth or Consequences host Ralph Edwards announced that he would do the program from the first town that renamed itself after the show. Ralph Edwards came to the town during the first weekend of May for the next fifty years." Intercourse, (communion) Pennsylvania and Amity,(peace) Oregon named themselves in hopes of reducing the current rancor. A "lick", of course, is a place of naturally occurring minerals, especially salt. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: bubblyrat Date: 13 Apr 07 - 05:54 PM I believe that the noted American author, Bill Bryson, whilst in Australia , discovered somewhere called TITTIBONG, although he doesn"t say if it is a city ( ie it has a cathedral----the usual criterion for attaining that status ) ---Does that apply in the US also ?? But who cares?? Tittibong is such a good name !! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Jeff Date: 13 Apr 07 - 06:32 PM There's a town in N. Wales commonly referred to as Llanfair. The full name in welsh is about 40 letters long...too long for me to remember. Though I think antidisestablishmentarianism is a welsh concept, yes? Or should I say, da? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bill D Date: 13 Apr 07 - 06:49 PM Dr. Phillips, Florida (named for Dr. Phillip Phillips!) (why do I get the feeling a lot of folks are skipping earlier posts and going right to the end? There sure have been a lot of repeats.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: terrier Date: 13 Apr 07 - 06:53 PM Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. OK someone had to be daft enough to type it out and no, it's not a city, just a small village on Anglesey, Gwynedd. Its shortened name is Llanfair.P.G. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: kendall Date: 13 Apr 07 - 07:27 PM In Scotland there are three towns named: 1. Lick 2.Bunn 3. Tongue |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bobert Date: 13 Apr 07 - 07:32 PM Well, I ain't too sure if this is a real town or an imaginaary town but Bob Martin wrote and recorded a great song entitled... ..."Frog Dick, South Dekota (Toilet Eat Capital of the World)" As fir "Ordinary, Va.", yup, but other than the sign there ain't no town.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Jim Dixon Date: 13 Apr 07 - 07:45 PM I sorta like Wapping, Barking, and Dorking, all places in or near London, England. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Don Firth Date: 13 Apr 07 - 07:56 PM Washington State has some real doozies! Out west of Port Townsend, which sounds perfectly reasonable, one finds Pysht ("Pisht") and Sequim ("Skwim"). Vader, in Lewis County. Mossy Rock sounds like a real swingin' town. And then there's Stinking Water, Oregon. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennieG Date: 13 Apr 07 - 08:01 PM There is a small settlement north of Sydney (Oz not Canada or anywhere else) named "The Letter A" - so called, I believe, because the 3 roads that make up the place look like the letter A from the air. There are probably some doozies in Oz but at present I am suffering from The Dreaded Lurgy with accompanying lethargy, so it may take a while to look them up. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: retrancer Date: 13 Apr 07 - 08:10 PM "Toad Suck" Arkansas, really! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,tolerance Date: 13 Apr 07 - 08:22 PM Kalamazoo Michigan. But hell it can't beat Toad Suck (as mentioned above). WHEW! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: John O'L Date: 13 Apr 07 - 08:25 PM Well what about Tumble Down Dick Hill, not far from Pymble and Mona Vale, but a fair way from Kissing Point. Then there's Ward's Mistake up near Guyra, and Waikikamoocow in NZ. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rapparee Date: 13 Apr 07 - 09:52 PM There's a roadhouse between Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska called "Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Apr 07 - 11:06 PM How about Goole, in England? It's the town whose streets are filled with the walking dead. At least that's what Mrs Olive Whatnoll always said. Then there's Llandudno, Crawley, Shaftesbury, Bletchley, Buzzard, and Bude. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,MarkS Date: 13 Apr 07 - 11:25 PM How about How about "Spanktown". NJ? Supposedly got its name after an altercation between husband and wife leading to .....? But what do I know. I live in Woodstown, NJ, which is the old translation of the Indian phrase, "Wide spot in road." Mark '; |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Kent Davis Date: 13 Apr 07 - 11:26 PM CITIES Red Lion, PA King of Prussia, PA Front Royal, VA Newport News, VA SMALL COMMUNITIES Odd, WV Big Ugly, WV When I was a social worker, I supervised 3 sets of Odd foster parents and 1 set of Big Ugly foster parents. Kent Davis |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 14 Apr 07 - 12:12 AM Hot Coffee and Beat Four are almost next door to each other in Mississippi. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Mickey191 Date: 14 Apr 07 - 01:37 AM Big Indian and Tilly Foster - New York |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 14 Apr 07 - 01:47 AM Shaftesbury is a perfectly decent name for a market town... certainly better that Piddlehinton, Shitterton or Aunt Mary's Bottom - all villages/towns in the same county of Dorset! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennyO Date: 14 Apr 07 - 01:54 AM I went through a place called Flourbag once. I think there was one building visible, at least. I'm sure we do have a lot of weird ones in Oz, but although I don't have the Dreaded Lurgy, like Jennie G does, I have the lethargy, so I can't be arsed to look them up. I think it's post-festival slump. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag Date: 14 Apr 07 - 03:57 AM Thanks for the missing info Ebbie. I neglected to mention No Where AZ, about half way between Boulder Dam and Phoenix. There's a body shop and towing service there but that was all I could see as it was late night when I blew through. I should have stopped and got the T-shirt! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: alanabit Date: 14 Apr 07 - 04:09 AM Not cities, but worth an honourable mention: Sstudley cum Horton - somewhere in Middle England Indian Queens - a Cornish Village Dobwalls - another Cornish Village A small village in Upper Austria (The lower sign means "Not so fast", which proves that Austrians have a sense of humour). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Georgiansilver Date: 14 Apr 07 - 05:13 AM Edinburgh,,,sounds like Mr Magoo hunting rabbits. (Lovely place in Scotland) Upper Ramsbottom...sounds like somewhere you don't want to be! (In Lancashire) Piddletrenthide in Dorset (in the valley of the river piddle) There was a town or village called Shitterton in the same valley but it has now lost its 'H' |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Teribus Date: 14 Apr 07 - 06:06 AM A place signposted on the road south from Aberdeen has always amused me: Boggindollo Imagine the conversation. "Where do you come from" "Boggindollo, its a dump" "That's nothin' mate I'm from Boggin' (insert any place name) that's even worse" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Megan L Date: 14 Apr 07 - 06:07 AM We don't really do cities north of Inverness but how about some places on the road north. Badbea Boath Doll spittal guidbest achanarras (This last as weel as bing a place is also probably whit the best guide said after the ambush) :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Geordie-Peorgie Date: 14 Apr 07 - 06:24 AM Are the people who live on Goole caalled Goolies??? There's a village in Kent (UK) caalled Luce and aah've always wanted to play a gig for the Luce Womens Institute or even the Luce Young Wives Sounds like heavenly gigs There's a village in Cornwall caalled Water Ma Trout |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: retrancer Date: 14 Apr 07 - 08:04 AM http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=59661 link to "toad suck" LOLOL |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: retrancer Date: 14 Apr 07 - 08:06 AM http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/parks/toadsuck/ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 14 Apr 07 - 08:11 AM There's a town in ?Cambridgeshire called Ugely (the locals pronounce it as Hugely without the h) and it possesses a large hall which is proudly displays the sign 'Ugely Women's Institute'. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rapparee Date: 14 Apr 07 - 09:19 AM Let us not forget Condom, France. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 14 Apr 07 - 09:21 AM I am reliably informed by a native of that country that in Denmark is a town called Middlefart. Spaw, over to you! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JohnInKansas Date: 14 Apr 07 - 10:48 AM But of what use is knowing all these strange town names? Some years back, at the WVA Festival at Winfield, Kansas, a band of loonies in one camp were entertaining some "foreign visitors" (rumor has it that they were Brits?) and started a game of naming strange Kansas places. The end result was the assigning of "camp names" consisting of first and last names which had to be Kansas towns to each of the "members" of the campground. The "tradition" has continued for several years, but by the time we became acquainted with this particlar camp, most of the well-known names were of course taken, so it was a rather difficult task to find good ones we were willing to use, and extensive debate ensued over whether we could use names of towns that once existed but were no longer on the common maps; but success was finally achieved, after I ran the DeLorme Atlas and Kansas Gazeteer index through the scanner, OCR'd, deleted streams and rivers, and made a scholarly presentation to the adjudicating officials of the camp. There were numerous obvious "good" names, but it didn't take long to use 'em all up. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Wolfgang Date: 14 Apr 07 - 11:42 AM Both not big enough to be called a city, but Fucking in Austria and Wolfgang in Germany sound a bit unusual. And why Sterbfritz (die, Fritz) in Germany has not yet changed its name into Strebfritz (quest, Fritz) as once was planned is also a mystery. Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Donuel Date: 14 Apr 07 - 11:44 AM In Webster Massachusetts, there is Lake Chargoggagoggmanchagoggagoggchaubunagungamogg. No kidding. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Stilly River Sage Date: 14 Apr 07 - 12:02 PM I posted yesterday but that comment has vanished. At the time I had beat Don Firth to listing "Pysht" Washington (it was named after Psyche, but no one know how to pronounce the goddess' name). Bucksnort, Tennessee Chunky, Mississippi (probably a Choctaw name) SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Metchosin Date: 14 Apr 07 - 12:26 PM Anhluut'ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga'asanskwhl Nisga'a Provincial Park in BC could give the Welsh a run for their money, although they have broken it down into four words. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Alaska Mike Date: 14 Apr 07 - 12:52 PM When the cartographers were mapping western Alaska, they knew that a small town was located on the southern shore of the Seward Peninsula, but did not know the name. So they just wrote down "Name" in the location, planning to go back to it later when the name was known. But the illegible handwriting won out and Nome, Alaska was on the map. Mike |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 14 Apr 07 - 12:55 PM Well if we're going for longest.. how's this one from New Zealand? Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu It's the longest place name in the world. It is the name given by the local Maori people, Ngati Kere to a hill to celebrate the eponymous ancestor Tamatea Pokai Whenua. Don't ask me to say it, but as a rule, Maori words are pronounced as writ - every letter sounded. The wh sound is like saying a q without touching the roof of your mouth. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Stilly River Sage Date: 14 Apr 07 - 01:06 PM On which syllable would one place the accent, Liz? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Becca72 Date: 14 Apr 07 - 01:06 PM I always thought Fishkill, NY was a bad place to be, 'specially if you're a fish... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 14 Apr 07 - 01:19 PM The first one. :D LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Linda Goodman Zebooker Date: 14 Apr 07 - 01:24 PM Some years ago the company I was working for was putting a "Gazeteer of the World" on line. I did some proofing. My favorite place was the Executive Committee Range, which consisted of "five extinct volcanoes in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica". At the time, I was on the board of our local choral organization. We were going through some tough times, and every time things got really bad, our five-member Executive Committee went into closed session. I could just imagine them steaming gently away in there...... Linda |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag Date: 14 Apr 07 - 03:04 PM Map makers will sometimes include a non-existent place name or village name in an obscure location as a means of detecting copyright infringement. In central California where I grew up there is a little town named Richgrove on the Poterville highway. The old Chevron road map shows another small village just north of it named Orris but Orris does not exist nor did it ever exist and yet other tiny communities in the area go unrecognized such as Columbine CA. Orris may not be a silly name per se, but silly it is! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Amergin Date: 14 Apr 07 - 03:21 PM Good Grief, Idaho.... And why are towns like Paradise, Montana, always anything but? There is Miami....in Queensland. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag Date: 14 Apr 07 - 03:40 PM Paradise CA was originally a casino and saloon back in the day, named Pair o' Dice. Gambling was eventually outlawed and the residents wanted a tamer image, hence: Paradise! I have no idea what they could have been thinking in Montana. Froze near to death and a Grizz breathing down their necks, maybe they thought that it was all that awaited them! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: pdq Date: 14 Apr 07 - 03:47 PM I'm still looking for Patsy, Montana. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: HuwG Date: 14 Apr 07 - 03:50 PM Wales has its share of delightful towns which protect themselves from hordes of tourists with names requiring several verbal gear changes. My favourites are: Machynlleth Rhosllanerchrugog Eglwyswrw Pontycysyllte (invariably referred to as "that viaduct near Llangollen") |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Don Firth Date: 14 Apr 07 - 03:53 PM I worked for a few years as an announcer in a classical music radio station. Necessary qualifications for the job included some acquaintance with the music, but mainly, ability to read and pronounce words and names in miscellaneous languages other than English (even if one couldn't actually speak the language) in a manner more-or-less acceptable to a speaker of the language in question. I had no trouble with the French, Italian, and German, and I could even handle Russian names like baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky without chipping a tooth. (Try 'em!) But "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu" has me completely buffaloed!! Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: pdq Date: 14 Apr 07 - 03:54 PM In the army, anyone with a name like that was called "alphabet". |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Geordie-Peorgie Date: 14 Apr 07 - 07:15 PM Oh!! There's a couple of Twatts in the UK One in the Shetlands and one in the Orkneys Mind you, The Houses Of Parliament are full of 'em |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennieG Date: 14 Apr 07 - 07:32 PM Oz has lots of double names - viz: Wagga Wagga Woy Woy (Spike Milligan lived there) Lang Lang Goonoo Goonoo (pronounced Gunny Gunnoo, my grandfather worked there) Gin Gin Murrin Murrin and so on...... Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Songster Bob Date: 14 Apr 07 - 09:24 PM "I sorta like Wapping, Barking, and Dorking, all places in or near London, England." I understand the Margaret Thatcher's nickname in certain circles was "Daggers," which is two stops past Barking. There's a lake in Massachusetts (and possibly a town nearby) named Charchoggagogmanchoggagogcharbunagungamog, which was literally a peace treaty and place name at once, meaning "you fish your side, we fish our side, no one fish the middle". And all American Indian place names translate as "big river," (except those that don't, like "Iowa," which means "us" or "here"). And I recall seeing it on TV when Truth or Consequences changed its name. That does make me old, don't it? Songbob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rapparee Date: 14 Apr 07 - 09:37 PM Pontosac, Illinois. Seehorn, Illinois. Fishhook, Illinois. All towns along the Mighty Mississippi River.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Celtaddict Date: 15 Apr 07 - 12:57 AM Besides the inimitable Bug Tussle (home of a long time Speaker of the House), Oklahoma also boasts Froggy Bottom. We of the Buck family are fond of Bucksnort, Tennessee, reputed to be site of a well-known distiller's during Prohibition; it is said people used to say 'Let's go to Buck's for a snort.' We liked Friedegg in Germany, too. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk Date: 15 Apr 07 - 01:05 AM The suffix "amog" must mean "lake" in Ojibway or something. There's a lake not too far away from here and its name is Lake Kawagashigamog. I think it's pronounced Ka-wa-ga-SHIG-amog. If you put the accent on "SHIG" it rolls off the tongue fairly readily. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JohnInKansas Date: 15 Apr 07 - 02:28 AM I was told that Sequim, Washington was considered a "Californicator Detector" for a time not too long ago. Mispronounce it, and you might not get served in some taps/bars (without someone to vouch for you). The locals pronounce it "Skwim." I think they selected it because even the locals can't agree on how some other places should be spoken. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rusty Dobro Date: 15 Apr 07 - 07:39 AM Just for info (because it's neither silly nor vulgar), longest village name in England is All Saints and St Nicholas South Elmham, in Suffolk. (Oh, and that should have been Loose, Kent, a few postings back.) Don't trust names, though - I once went to live near Gobblecock Hall in the hopes that it would be a good omen that would last me through life. Like I say, don't trust names. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk Date: 15 Apr 07 - 09:34 AM That reminds me...east of Toronto there is an exit off the main highway that goes to "Cobbledick Road". I've never turned off to see what is there. And then up by Blind River is the famous "Seldom Seen Road". I've never seen it either. Shane and his buddies go up there to engage in various illegal and sureptitious acts. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Leadfingers Date: 15 Apr 07 - 10:04 AM Woolfardisworthy , North Devon UK , has a place name with (In Brackets) Pronounced Woolsey !! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Leadfingers Date: 15 Apr 07 - 10:05 AM And thats another 100 !! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Stringsinger Date: 15 Apr 07 - 11:02 AM Turkey, North Carolina Frank |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: terrier Date: 15 Apr 07 - 02:58 PM Cholmondely, in leafy Cheshire,UK is prounced by the locals Chumley. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: MaineDog Date: 15 Apr 07 - 03:15 PM I recently saw a boat that claimed to be from East Dogdish Maine (sounds ok to me, but I don't know where it is --) . In that part of New York, "kill" means "brook", so maybe the fish are ok. MD |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Geordie-Peorgie Date: 15 Apr 07 - 07:29 PM Sorry Rusty Dobro - It's this bleedin' laptop! It cannit spell for tofu! You're reet - It IS Loose in Kent, not Luce! - Aah've still not gorra gig there though! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennieG Date: 15 Apr 07 - 09:33 PM A few more Ozzie double names: Bong Bong (as in my grandfather's clock) Mitta Mitta Grong Grong (sounds like a highly susceptible part of the body to me.....Oh Doctorrrrrr, can ye tell me what's wrong wi' ma grong grong?) More as my lurgy-befuddled brain comes up with them. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Bruce Michael Baillie Date: 16 Apr 07 - 01:46 AM ...MIANUS obviously! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag Date: 16 Apr 07 - 02:50 AM So far, a great thread! LH, was the a "C" or a "G" in the road name? In Central California is a farming community named Los Banos, Spanish for "The Toilets". Depending on how long you've been driving, that may or may not be silly. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Splott Man Date: 16 Apr 07 - 05:34 AM Entering Marion. Every year I drive out to Cape Cod for the last part of June. Leave the city by ten and you're there in the late afternoon. On the way there's a village called Marion that you pass through. The first time I approached it, I'll always remember the sign that came into view. It said, "Entering Marion." And I thought, "What a fun little sign!" But the feeling of entering Marion Had a kick that was hard to define... A rapturous rush, a physical flush, Chills up and down the spine. For the few minutes I was in Marion All Massachusetts was mine. (spoken) Well, it got to be kind of an annual thing...the event that would start each vacation off with a bang! Then one year--who knows why?--I decided to try a new route. So I got out my map and I traced one I thought was a beaut. After driving all morning, I came to the top of a hill, Where a sign stood before me that promised a new kind of thrill. It said, "Entering Beverly," Which was lovely and not overbuilt. And the pleasure of entering Beverly Far outweighed any feelings of guilt. I could say I'm contrite but it wouldn't be right, For the truth is that later that day, I found myself entering Sharon. It was there. So was I. We enjoyed it. Hey, what can I say? By the next year I'd try any route, just for novelty's sake. I was cursed with a thirst that no single township could slake. Oh, at the wheel I looked calm but inside I was running amok, When a sign in the road dead ahead sent me straight into shock: "Entering Lawrence." My God! I was out of control. And I'd no sooner finished with Lawrence Than Boom! I was entering Lowell. Then I backtracked and re-entered Lawrence, Then Quincy and Norton as well. Around midnight I pulled into Athol And flopped in a fleabag motel. I slept fitfully in my clothing And awoke in a pool of sweat and self-loathing. Lying there, feeling lower than carrion, A name came clear as a clarion. I jumped in my car And before very far-- I was entering Marion. How totally, wonderfully great! How grand to be entering Marion After tramping all over the state. Every sleaze-bucket burb, Every tryst by the curb Had really just helped me to find I'm happiest entering Marion. I guess I'm the Marion kind. Oh yes, I'm the Marion kind. John Forster c 1988 Limousine Music Co (ASCAP) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 16 Apr 07 - 07:50 AM There's a town on North Island, New Zealand called Mere Mere, prounounced may ray may ray. They predictably put a sign underneath it at the beginning of December, that just says 'Christmas'. Odd, because it actually means 'weapon' or 'the planet Venus'... Then there's Whana Whana - to bend backwards and forwards. Urupukapuka - grove of rangiora shrubs. Rangiora revels in the latin name of Brachyglottis Purpurea The oddest New Zealand name I've found today is 'Mititai'. Miti - to lick and Tai - the coast. And to drag this kicking and screaming into the music section - Harihari - a song to make people pull together in unison. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Flash Company Date: 16 Apr 07 - 09:53 AM Terrier way back there mentions Peover, I used to live near there, the locals pronounce it Peever. Had a lot of fun with visiting American servicemen in wartime, particularly as there is (I kid you not) Higher Peover, Lower Peover and Peover Superior. FC |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Big Jim from Jackson Date: 16 Apr 07 - 10:17 AM A TV station in Paduka, Kentucky, (a possible entry in itself) has their transmitter and tower located at a place called Monkey's Eyebrow. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk Date: 16 Apr 07 - 11:08 AM That "Entering Marion" song is really quite good. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 16 Apr 07 - 12:39 PM I know someone who lives in Nether Thong, and it isn't JimmyT! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: jonm Date: 16 Apr 07 - 12:40 PM Wyre Piddle in Worcestershire. There was a Cornish opencast clay quarry near St Austell once, and the two remaining cottages carry its name..... Greensplat. Would they be Number One Greensplat and Number Two Greensplat, then, or is that just too far? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Les from Hull Date: 16 Apr 07 - 04:16 PM Spittal in the Street, Lincolnshire Wetwang, E Yorks Cockermouth, Cumbria |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST Date: 16 Apr 07 - 05:57 PM I live near Remlap, Alabama. It's Palmer spelled backwards. What's the point of that? I drove through Tin Cup, Colorado once. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennieG Date: 16 Apr 07 - 08:37 PM I read somewhere that Chicken, Alaska, was going to be named after the state bird - Ptarmigan - but no one could spell it. True or not it's a good story. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Catherine Jayne Date: 17 Apr 07 - 04:52 AM Wetwang (yorkshire) Land of Nod (yorkshire) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Dave Roberts Date: 17 Apr 07 - 05:38 AM Regarding Cholmondeley/Chumley, LTC Rolt, in his book 'Narrowboat'about his pioneering 'leisure'voyages on the British Canals, reports being taken in by this unexpected pronunciation. A short distance away he came across a village called Cholmondeston and confidently rendered it as 'Chumston' to the bemused locals, only to be told that the correct pronunciation was 'Cholmondesterton'. Cheshire abounds with unusual place-names, of course. My favourite is the village four miles from Nantwich which still retains its Roman name, the melodious Aston-Juxta-Mondrum. I can't recall ever visiting the place. I hope it's as lovely as its name. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,petr Date: 17 Apr 07 - 03:31 PM has anyone mentioned Dildo Newfoundland. then theres Concrete in Washington (not much there either) I love the sound of some of the first nations names here in BC like Keremeos, Similkameen, Kitwangaa Petr |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy Date: 17 Apr 07 - 08:42 PM Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu ! It's In New Zealand! Cheers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy Date: 17 Apr 07 - 08:42 PM I kid you, not! CHeers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: pdq Date: 17 Apr 07 - 08:58 PM Does Goober Pedy (Australian opal center) really mean "White people living in holes in the ground"? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy Date: 17 Apr 07 - 09:12 PM Coober Pedy, an anglicised version of Aboriginal words "kupa piti", commonly assumed to mean "white man in a hole". Cheers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rowan Date: 18 Apr 07 - 04:01 AM Down in Coober Pedy, eating Goober Peas.... Some years ago I drove to the Burdekin Lodge (Queensland) for the Aust Archaelogy Assoc conference and was surpised to see a sign at a creek crossing that said "Two Creek Creek No, 1" And, blow me down, a few km further south was another sign at a creek crossing that said "Two Creek Creek No. 2" A few years earlier Suzette, Mike visited me in Kakadu (Northern Territory) and I was showing them the sights. These iincluded Jim Jim Falls, which can be spectacular, and are often referred to by locals as "Jim Jim". The Australian penchant for double-barrelled names got us to think about writing a song but we never got much further than "You can call Wagga Wagga Wagga, but you can't call Jim Jim Jim. Cheers, Rowan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Alice Date: 18 Apr 07 - 10:51 AM Two Dot, Montana |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Alice Date: 18 Apr 07 - 10:53 AM A few years ago, the people in little Ismay, Montana, decided they might get more attention/economic development for their town if they renamed it Joe, Montana. I don't think it worked. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST Date: 18 Apr 07 - 11:08 AM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wank,_Bavaria |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: RangerSteve Date: 18 Apr 07 - 12:58 PM I mentioned this in another thread a long time ago, but I'll do it again here. There's a list of names that I've collected over the years that I like to run through my mind when I'm ticked off because they make me smile. Here's a partial list: Moonachie, Ho-ho-cus, Weehawken, Coxsackie, Woonsocket, Ong's Hat, Nether Wallop, Moose Factory, Speonk, Squankum, Skaneateles, Tonawanda, Cheektawaga, Pascagoola, Snohomish, Waxahatchie, Titicaca, and for a big finish: Naugatuck, Saugatuck, Shinnecock, Matinicock, Nantahala, Walla Walla, Mahwah, Wawa. Skaneateles, incidently rhymes roughtly with Minneapolis. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk Date: 18 Apr 07 - 01:03 PM I lived in the Skaneateles area for 10 years and went to Skaneateles Central and Skaneateles High. The basketball team was called "the Lakers", after Skaneateles Lake. In '69 I finally escaped and moved back to Canada... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy Date: 18 Apr 07 - 09:30 PM Sorry Don & LTS, I didn't see that you had both already posted "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu". I went straight to page 2 by mistake. According to Wickepedia "...it translates roughly as The brow [or summit] of the hill [or place], where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid [down], climbed [up] and swallowed mountains, [to travel the land], [who is] known as the land eater, played [on] his [nose] flute to his loved one." CHeers Bugsy Oh, we've go MANDOGALUP just down the road from us and I used to live in INNALOO. The standard retort when people used to make jokes about living "INNALOO" was " Better to live 'INNALOO' than 'UPPER SWAN'. Cheers again Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Tone d'F Date: 19 Apr 07 - 03:50 AM Petts Bottom in Kent gets my vote Followed very closely by Tittyhoe Northamptonshire |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Nicholas Waller Date: 19 Apr 07 - 06:07 AM Chew Magna is a Somerset village near me. I once drove through Ae, in Scotland, which is odd but not that silly. May I recommend "The Meaning of Liff" by Douglas "Hitchhiker" Adams and John Lloyd (producer of Blackadder). It's a small dictionary-style book that takes placenames and gives them suitable definitions. It appears to be online though I don't know how legit that is. I like ABILENE (adj.) Descriptive of the pleasing coolness on the reverse side of the pillow. GOOSNARGH (n.) Something left over from preparing or eating a meal, which you store in the fridge despite the fact that you know full well you will never ever use it. SCRABSTER (n.) One of those dogs which has it off on your leg during tea. ULLAPOOL (n.) The spittle which builds up on the floor of the Royal Opera House. WIMBLEDON (n.) That last drop which, no matter how much you shake it, always goes down your trouser leg. A Mudcat-relevant example: MELLON UDRIGLE (n.) The ghastly sound made by traditional folksingers. (It is, like the others, a real place.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Gem1 Date: 19 Apr 07 - 03:11 PM Maud, Oklahoma which is right next to Bowlegs, Oklahoma. There is an old saying, "You have to go through Bowlegs to get to Maud." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rowan Date: 19 Apr 07 - 06:30 PM "Innaloo" and "Upper Swan" reminded me of "Pakenham Upper", which still provokes coarse responses. "Bookem" is a one-horse town noted for its energetic cop with the radar; that's exactly what he does. "Wait a while" and "Come by chance" should also get a guernsey here, although none of the places I've mentioned is, by any stretch of the imagination, a "city". Cheers, Rowan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Uncle Phil Date: 19 Apr 07 - 08:09 PM Dry Prong, Louisiana. Hadn't thought about Toad Suck, Arkansas in a while. Used to use the Toad Suck Ferry to cross the Arkansas River when I had friends going to school in Conway. They've got a big concrete bridge now -- lots faster but not nearly as fun. - Phil |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennieG Date: 20 Apr 07 - 01:46 AM Rowan, I think there may be a song by Jim Haynes - "You can't call Wagga Wagga Wagga, You can't call Woy Woy Woy......"etc. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag Date: 20 Apr 07 - 02:52 AM Then there's Ridgecrest California. What's so silly about that? The fact that it sits in the Mojave Desert on a very flat plateau with no ridge or crest anywhere near it. Its right next to China Lake Naval Air Station and Ordinance Depot. What's funny about that? No lake, or at least not one that has had any water in it since the end of the last Ice Age. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Mr Red Date: 20 Apr 07 - 09:33 AM Not the silliest but probably the williest - UK - in the Penines Penistone eat yer heart out Viagra............. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST Date: 21 Apr 07 - 03:52 AM Youanmi WA - population 2? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Mr Red Date: 21 Apr 07 - 12:55 PM Wyre Piddle - was for many years just called Wyre until the petrol station decided they could sell more by putting up a sign harking back to pre-Victorian prudishness. "Wyre Piddle filling station". Piddle means marsh or shallow water cf puddle. There was an unsuccessful winery in North Piddle not far away - Chateau Piddle was memorable but not saleable. And since the 60's I have been looking for an area called Piddle in the Hole near Bromyard - one of those cartographers ghosts I now realise - proving they have a sense of humour. Near where I now live there is a village called Nympsfield and I swear onother roadsign has only appeared in the last 10 years there. For a hamlet rejoicing in the name Cockadilly not a mile way. In fact years ago I sent a postcard back to work saying "camping in Nympsfield - 'scuse shaky handwriting". The early episodes of Cagney & Lacey used an intro sequence that finished with a shot of a bridge that had a sign on it (and was it real?) that said "entering Queens" Loved the song....... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: RangerSteve Date: 22 Apr 07 - 07:12 AM Yes, "Entering Queens" is a real sign. The Borough of Queens, or Queens County, is part of New York City. It's next to Kings County, which is more commonly known as Brooklyn. The names commemorate the British King and Queen who were ruling when the counties were founded back in the days when we were a British colony. Queens is where you can find the town of Flushing. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Fergie Date: 22 Apr 07 - 02:39 PM In Co. Donegal in Ireland there is a town called Muff. It is on the coast so it has a diving club. They have called the club "The Divers Club of Muff" Fergus |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag Date: 22 Apr 07 - 03:58 PM I sent out a series of post cards addressed to my self to get cancellations from towns that bore my names, Thomas, Franklin, Carter and I did another series on US towns that were named after the planets. I'll try to find the cards but the ones I remember were Mercury, Jupiter FL, Earth, Mars, Moon. A US Postal Zip guide would give you the info. I have done this as gifts for other folks, provided I could locate a city or cities that included their name(s). It's a fun thing to do - different - and it's fun to look forward to getting some rather unique cancellations. Send a Self Addressed post card to Tombstone AZ with a note asking for their special cancellation and see what you get! By the way! How about Tombstone for a not-too-silly name? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bert Date: 22 Apr 07 - 05:58 PM I lived in St. Ippolits once. My favourites though are 'Turnham Green' (in London) and 'Much Hadham' in Essex. Runners up are 'Messing' and 'Mucking' both in Essex. The 'ing' ending is Saxon for family or people thus Barking derived it's name from 'Boerca's people' Then there are names which just sound funny like 'Stanstead Mountfitchet' or 'Stapleford Tawney' or 'Mountnessing Roding' I guess it's obvious from this post that I lived in Essex for quite a while. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy Date: 22 Apr 07 - 07:34 PM Small world Bert. I used to live in Stevenage and here we are years later, you in USA and me in AUS. I was there from '53-'66. When were you there? Cheers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rowan Date: 22 Apr 07 - 10:34 PM You can't call Jim Jim Jim (or Woy Woy Woy)... JennieG, have you got an approx date on Jim Haynes' song? It was 1986 that Mike, Suzette and I were toying with the idea and Suzette was very active around Oz at the time. Cheers, Rowan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy Date: 22 Apr 07 - 10:56 PM just googled "Don't call Wagga Wagga Wagga call Wagga Wagga Wagga wagga" and got the following; Don't Call Wagga Wagga Wagga © Greg Champion/Jim Haynes (Warner/Chappel Music Australia) This version first released on the album Stand Back Australia Now once I met Ted Egan legend bushman that he is a lotta folks they know their Outback well, and Ted he sure knows his he knows those towns with funny names, the ones that make you laugh and when it comes to the double names, he says "ya don't do things by half", and Chorus 1 Ya don't call Kurri Kurri Kurri and ya don't call Gin Gin Gin ya don't call Mooney Mooney Mooney and ya don't call Kin Kin Kin ya never call Pindi Pindi Pindi and ya don't call Grong Grong Grong and ya don't call Wagga Wagga Wagga no sir callin' Wagga Wagga Wagga is wrong It's Lang Lang and it's Ki Ki Wangi Wangi and Woy Woy and if ya call Tumbi Umbi Tumbi, well that proves your a silly boy Cocklebiddy isn't Cockle, Duckinwilla isn't Duck Burpengary isn't Burpen, Muckadilla isn't Muck Uranquinty isn't Uran, and Petrie isn't Pee you'd look pretty silly callin' Liili Pilli Lilli and Wee Waa isn't Wee, and Chorus 2 Ya don't call Walla Walla Walla and ya don't call Curl Curl Curl ya don't call Mitta Mitta Mitta and ya don't call Wool Wool Wool ya never call Pura Pura Pura and ya don't call Bong Bong Bong and ya don't call Wagga Wagga Wagga no sir callin' Wagga Wagga Wagga is wrong It's Terrigal not Terry, and Stanthorpe isn't Stan Peterborough isn't Peter, Dandaragan isn't Dan Kenebri's not Kenny, Jackadgery isn't Jack never ever call Jimboomba Jim and Macksville isn't Mack so now you'll all remember Ted Egan's good advice some words are so fair dinkum that you have to use 'em twice, and REPEAT CHORUS 1 Hope this is of some use to you Cheers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bert Date: 22 Apr 07 - 11:36 PM We were there in '64 and '65. We had lodgings in St. Ipps. while we were waiting for our house. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag Date: 23 Apr 07 - 02:25 AM I love it Bugsy! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 23 Apr 07 - 02:38 AM Toowomba |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Splott Man Date: 23 Apr 07 - 08:21 AM When I was in Michigan a few years back, I went to Hell and back again. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rowan Date: 25 Apr 07 - 06:40 PM Thanks Bugsy! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy Date: 25 Apr 07 - 07:20 PM No worries Rowan Cheers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Mr Red Date: 26 Apr 07 - 08:07 AM Upper Dicker in Sussex (should have been Middlesex I guess) - there is a Stud Cottage there and a folk festival. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,blindlemonsteve Date: 26 Apr 07 - 04:00 PM Its not a city, but it is a town in Kent,,,, SNODLAND. probably the most ridiculous name for a town on the whole planet. Everytime i see it, i think i might bump into Noddy or Big ears. only thing i have heard of nearly as silly is the "Bungle Bungles" in Australia. of which i think i might meet up with Rod Jane & Freddy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: BuckMulligan Date: 26 Apr 07 - 04:34 PM How did this thread get this long without someone quoting the great Dave van Ronk's "Garden State Stomp?" Allamuchy, Hacklebarny, Rockaway, Piscataway, Hohokus, Secaucus, Lower Squankum, Fair Play, Wannamassa, Succasunna, Manimuskin, Plumsock, Bivalve, Buckshootem, Turkeyfoot, Mecanipock, Jugtovn, Febbletown, Nummytown, Rahway, Wickatunk, Manunk-achunk, Mantua, Mizpah, Manisquan, Raritan, Matawan, Totowah, Whippany, Parsippany, Penny Pot, Hackensack, Batsto, Nesco, Metedaconk, Peapack, Loch Arbour, Egg Harbor, Swinesburg, Caviar Cheesequake, Boy Scout Lake, Moonachie, Tenafly, Netcong, Watchung, Pluckamin, Mount Misery, Bardonia, Ironia, Colonia, Weehavkin, Menahavkin, Mantoloking, Mahalala, Pennsaukin, Ducktovn, Iron Bound, Frelinghuysten, Lodi, Hard Scrabble, Double Trouble, Pickatinny, Montague, Muckshaw Pond, Okanikon, Espamong, Ocean View, Navasink, Shabaconk, Ongs Hat, Jumbo, Wortendyke, Water Witch, Blue Ball, Ringos, Matchaponix, Delawanna, Wawayonda, Timbucktoo |
