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13 Apr 07 - 03:53 PM (#2024487) Subject: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk 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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13 Apr 07 - 04:00 PM (#2024499) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak 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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13 Apr 07 - 04:02 PM (#2024501) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,meself 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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13 Apr 07 - 04:05 PM (#2024506) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bill D 4 corners of the US.... Tallahassee, Kennebunk, Walla Walla, Cucamonga and one right in the middle.... Topeka |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:09 PM (#2024510) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bill D 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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13 Apr 07 - 04:09 PM (#2024511) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak If that's the case, I see your Walla Walla and raise you a Pratt's Bottom! LTS |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:14 PM (#2024516) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: terrier I've just driven through PEOVER, pronounce that any way you like |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:15 PM (#2024519) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk That would be the hind end of Tony Blair, would it? |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:16 PM (#2024520) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Ebbie 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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13 Apr 07 - 04:23 PM (#2024527) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Dimebox, Texas What's silly about Banff? A good Scottish name. |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:24 PM (#2024530) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rabbi-Sol Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico SOL |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:24 PM (#2024531) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: KB in Iowa What Cheer, Iowa |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:25 PM (#2024533) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rabbi-Sol Mouthcard, Kentucky SOL |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:25 PM (#2024535) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: kendall Herkimer NY Passadumkaeg Maine Truth or Consequences NM |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:27 PM (#2024539) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: bobad Dildo, Newfoundland. |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:29 PM (#2024541) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk 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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13 Apr 07 - 04:30 PM (#2024543) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: KB in Iowa Not a town but a great name anyway - Big Bone Lick State Park It's in Kentucky |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:31 PM (#2024545) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: bobad I don't think the native Indians would find those names silly or goofy. |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:34 PM (#2024548) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: johnross Humptulips, Washington George, Washington Mumbles, Wales (as heard on this week's "Any Questions" on BBC Radio 4) |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:36 PM (#2024549) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rapparee 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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13 Apr 07 - 04:39 PM (#2024552) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk "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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13 Apr 07 - 04:40 PM (#2024554) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: terrier A place not to be after dark might be Wilde Street in Suffolk, UK. |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:43 PM (#2024559) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: terrier You might be rather disappointed if you go to BITTERLY in Shropshire! |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:44 PM (#2024562) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Scoville 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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13 Apr 07 - 04:48 PM (#2024567) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Scoville 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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13 Apr 07 - 04:52 PM (#2024571) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST Pennsylvania...hands down winner for Blue Ball, Bird-in-Hand, and Intercourse. |
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13 Apr 07 - 04:53 PM (#2024573) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Donuel 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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13 Apr 07 - 04:57 PM (#2024578) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:03 PM (#2024587) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: pdq 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:03 PM (#2024590) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Scoville 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:04 PM (#2024591) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: KB in Iowa 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:09 PM (#2024601) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: pdq "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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13 Apr 07 - 05:11 PM (#2024607) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Donuel 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:14 PM (#2024612) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: KB in Iowa 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:14 PM (#2024613) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Desdemona 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:18 PM (#2024619) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Ken Brock Ordinary, VA (Ordinary used to be a synonym for an inn) |
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13 Apr 07 - 05:18 PM (#2024620) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rapparee 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:20 PM (#2024623) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: KB in Iowa 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:21 PM (#2024624) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: katlaughing 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:37 PM (#2024640) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Ebbie 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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13 Apr 07 - 05:54 PM (#2024653) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: bubblyrat 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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13 Apr 07 - 06:32 PM (#2024670) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Jeff 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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13 Apr 07 - 06:49 PM (#2024682) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bill D 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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13 Apr 07 - 06:53 PM (#2024684) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: terrier 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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13 Apr 07 - 07:27 PM (#2024703) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: kendall In Scotland there are three towns named: 1. Lick 2.Bunn 3. Tongue |
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13 Apr 07 - 07:32 PM (#2024707) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bobert 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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13 Apr 07 - 07:45 PM (#2024720) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Jim Dixon I sorta like Wapping, Barking, and Dorking, all places in or near London, England. |
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13 Apr 07 - 07:56 PM (#2024724) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Don Firth 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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13 Apr 07 - 08:01 PM (#2024726) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennieG 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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13 Apr 07 - 08:10 PM (#2024727) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: retrancer "Toad Suck" Arkansas, really! |
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13 Apr 07 - 08:22 PM (#2024732) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,tolerance Kalamazoo Michigan. But hell it can't beat Toad Suck (as mentioned above). WHEW! |
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13 Apr 07 - 08:25 PM (#2024734) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: John O'L 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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13 Apr 07 - 09:52 PM (#2024762) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rapparee There's a roadhouse between Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska called "Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn." |
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13 Apr 07 - 11:06 PM (#2024778) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk 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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13 Apr 07 - 11:25 PM (#2024791) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,MarkS 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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13 Apr 07 - 11:26 PM (#2024792) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Kent Davis 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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14 Apr 07 - 12:12 AM (#2024808) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bee-dubya-ell Hot Coffee and Beat Four are almost next door to each other in Mississippi. |
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14 Apr 07 - 01:37 AM (#2024852) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Mickey191 Big Indian and Tilly Foster - New York |
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14 Apr 07 - 01:47 AM (#2024856) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak 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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14 Apr 07 - 01:54 AM (#2024861) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennyO 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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14 Apr 07 - 03:57 AM (#2024904) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag 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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14 Apr 07 - 04:09 AM (#2024912) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: alanabit 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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14 Apr 07 - 05:13 AM (#2024947) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Georgiansilver 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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14 Apr 07 - 06:06 AM (#2024964) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Teribus 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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14 Apr 07 - 06:07 AM (#2024965) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Megan L 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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14 Apr 07 - 06:24 AM (#2024974) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Geordie-Peorgie 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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14 Apr 07 - 08:04 AM (#2025008) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: retrancer http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=59661 link to "toad suck" LOLOL |
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14 Apr 07 - 08:06 AM (#2025010) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: retrancer http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/parks/toadsuck/ |
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14 Apr 07 - 08:11 AM (#2025013) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak 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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14 Apr 07 - 09:19 AM (#2025073) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rapparee Let us not forget Condom, France. |
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14 Apr 07 - 09:21 AM (#2025076) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak 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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14 Apr 07 - 10:48 AM (#2025155) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JohnInKansas 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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14 Apr 07 - 11:42 AM (#2025198) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Wolfgang 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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14 Apr 07 - 11:44 AM (#2025200) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Donuel In Webster Massachusetts, there is Lake Chargoggagoggmanchagoggagoggchaubunagungamogg. No kidding. |
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14 Apr 07 - 12:02 PM (#2025224) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Stilly River Sage 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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14 Apr 07 - 12:26 PM (#2025244) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Metchosin 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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14 Apr 07 - 12:52 PM (#2025257) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Alaska Mike 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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14 Apr 07 - 12:55 PM (#2025258) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak 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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14 Apr 07 - 01:06 PM (#2025268) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Stilly River Sage On which syllable would one place the accent, Liz? |
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14 Apr 07 - 01:06 PM (#2025269) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Becca72 I always thought Fishkill, NY was a bad place to be, 'specially if you're a fish... |
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14 Apr 07 - 01:19 PM (#2025273) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak The first one. :D LTS |
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14 Apr 07 - 01:24 PM (#2025278) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Linda Goodman Zebooker 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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14 Apr 07 - 03:04 PM (#2025336) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag 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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14 Apr 07 - 03:21 PM (#2025347) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Amergin Good Grief, Idaho.... And why are towns like Paradise, Montana, always anything but? There is Miami....in Queensland. |
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14 Apr 07 - 03:40 PM (#2025357) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag 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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14 Apr 07 - 03:47 PM (#2025363) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: pdq I'm still looking for Patsy, Montana. |
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14 Apr 07 - 03:50 PM (#2025367) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: HuwG 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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14 Apr 07 - 03:53 PM (#2025371) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Don Firth 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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14 Apr 07 - 03:54 PM (#2025373) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: pdq In the army, anyone with a name like that was called "alphabet". |
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14 Apr 07 - 07:15 PM (#2025509) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Geordie-Peorgie 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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14 Apr 07 - 07:32 PM (#2025530) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennieG 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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14 Apr 07 - 09:24 PM (#2025582) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Songster Bob "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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14 Apr 07 - 09:37 PM (#2025595) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rapparee Pontosac, Illinois. Seehorn, Illinois. Fishhook, Illinois. All towns along the Mighty Mississippi River.... |
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15 Apr 07 - 12:57 AM (#2025699) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Celtaddict 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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15 Apr 07 - 01:05 AM (#2025703) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk 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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15 Apr 07 - 02:28 AM (#2025732) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JohnInKansas 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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15 Apr 07 - 07:39 AM (#2025866) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rusty Dobro 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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15 Apr 07 - 09:34 AM (#2025900) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk 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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15 Apr 07 - 10:04 AM (#2025915) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Leadfingers Woolfardisworthy , North Devon UK , has a place name with (In Brackets) Pronounced Woolsey !! |
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15 Apr 07 - 10:05 AM (#2025916) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Leadfingers And thats another 100 !! |
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15 Apr 07 - 11:02 AM (#2025939) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Stringsinger Turkey, North Carolina Frank |
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15 Apr 07 - 02:58 PM (#2026077) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: terrier Cholmondely, in leafy Cheshire,UK is prounced by the locals Chumley. |
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15 Apr 07 - 03:15 PM (#2026090) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: MaineDog 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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15 Apr 07 - 07:29 PM (#2026297) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Geordie-Peorgie 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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15 Apr 07 - 09:33 PM (#2026382) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennieG 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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16 Apr 07 - 01:46 AM (#2026470) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Bruce Michael Baillie ...MIANUS obviously! |
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16 Apr 07 - 02:50 AM (#2026488) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag 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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16 Apr 07 - 05:34 AM (#2026553) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Splott Man 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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16 Apr 07 - 07:50 AM (#2026639) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak 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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16 Apr 07 - 09:53 AM (#2026755) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Flash Company 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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16 Apr 07 - 10:17 AM (#2026792) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Big Jim from Jackson 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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16 Apr 07 - 11:08 AM (#2026858) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk That "Entering Marion" song is really quite good. |
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16 Apr 07 - 12:39 PM (#2026969) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Liz the Squeak I know someone who lives in Nether Thong, and it isn't JimmyT! LTS |
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16 Apr 07 - 12:40 PM (#2026971) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: jonm 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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16 Apr 07 - 04:16 PM (#2027195) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Les from Hull Spittal in the Street, Lincolnshire Wetwang, E Yorks Cockermouth, Cumbria |
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16 Apr 07 - 05:57 PM (#2027284) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST 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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16 Apr 07 - 08:37 PM (#2027394) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennieG 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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17 Apr 07 - 04:52 AM (#2027593) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Catherine Jayne Wetwang (yorkshire) Land of Nod (yorkshire) |
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17 Apr 07 - 05:38 AM (#2027601) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Dave Roberts 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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17 Apr 07 - 03:31 PM (#2028055) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,petr 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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17 Apr 07 - 08:42 PM (#2028417) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu ! It's In New Zealand! Cheers Bugsy |
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17 Apr 07 - 08:42 PM (#2028418) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy I kid you, not! CHeers Bugsy |
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17 Apr 07 - 08:58 PM (#2028431) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: pdq Does Goober Pedy (Australian opal center) really mean "White people living in holes in the ground"? |
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17 Apr 07 - 09:12 PM (#2028444) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy 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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18 Apr 07 - 04:01 AM (#2028636) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rowan 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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18 Apr 07 - 10:51 AM (#2028908) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Alice Two Dot, Montana |
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18 Apr 07 - 10:53 AM (#2028913) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Alice 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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18 Apr 07 - 11:08 AM (#2028937) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wank,_Bavaria |
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18 Apr 07 - 12:58 PM (#2029040) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: RangerSteve 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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18 Apr 07 - 01:03 PM (#2029049) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Little Hawk 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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18 Apr 07 - 09:30 PM (#2029495) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy 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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19 Apr 07 - 03:50 AM (#2029731) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Tone d'F Petts Bottom in Kent gets my vote Followed very closely by Tittyhoe Northamptonshire |
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19 Apr 07 - 06:07 AM (#2029793) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Nicholas Waller 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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19 Apr 07 - 03:11 PM (#2030253) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,Gem1 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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19 Apr 07 - 06:30 PM (#2030488) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rowan "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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19 Apr 07 - 08:09 PM (#2030570) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Uncle Phil 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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20 Apr 07 - 01:46 AM (#2030741) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: JennieG 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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20 Apr 07 - 02:52 AM (#2030762) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag 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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20 Apr 07 - 09:33 AM (#2031017) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Mr Red Not the silliest but probably the williest - UK - in the Penines Penistone eat yer heart out Viagra............. |
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21 Apr 07 - 03:52 AM (#2031759) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST Youanmi WA - population 2? |
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21 Apr 07 - 12:55 PM (#2032028) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Mr Red 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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22 Apr 07 - 07:12 AM (#2032497) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: RangerSteve 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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22 Apr 07 - 02:39 PM (#2032743) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Fergie 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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22 Apr 07 - 03:58 PM (#2032789) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag 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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22 Apr 07 - 05:58 PM (#2032862) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bert 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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22 Apr 07 - 07:34 PM (#2032937) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy 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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22 Apr 07 - 10:34 PM (#2033049) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rowan 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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22 Apr 07 - 10:56 PM (#2033066) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy 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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22 Apr 07 - 11:36 PM (#2033098) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bert We were there in '64 and '65. We had lodgings in St. Ipps. while we were waiting for our house. |
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23 Apr 07 - 02:25 AM (#2033144) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Slag I love it Bugsy! |
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23 Apr 07 - 02:38 AM (#2033149) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: The Fooles Troupe Toowomba |
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23 Apr 07 - 08:21 AM (#2033316) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Splott Man When I was in Michigan a few years back, I went to Hell and back again. |
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25 Apr 07 - 06:40 PM (#2035841) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Rowan Thanks Bugsy! |
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25 Apr 07 - 07:20 PM (#2035873) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Bugsy No worries Rowan Cheers Bugsy |
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26 Apr 07 - 08:07 AM (#2036170) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: Mr Red Upper Dicker in Sussex (should have been Middlesex I guess) - there is a Stud Cottage there and a folk festival. |
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26 Apr 07 - 04:00 PM (#2036544) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: GUEST,blindlemonsteve 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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26 Apr 07 - 04:34 PM (#2036576) Subject: RE: BS: Silliest Name for a City.... From: BuckMulligan 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 |