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29 Apr 99 - 08:56 AM (#74298) Subject: place names part two From: Aldus I like this idea very much, hope no one minds my having started part two...part one was getting very long. Here are some of the place names I like...all are in Nova Scotia...Mushaboom, Tatamagouche, Mistake River, Skir Dhu, Dunmaglass (great name for a pub eh ?) and finally...my favourite Nova Scotia place name...Lower Economy.. it describes the place so well ! |
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29 Apr 99 - 09:53 AM (#74310) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Margo OK Sam, you've got my curiosity up. What does Plog Off mean? Margie |
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29 Apr 99 - 10:51 AM (#74321) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Bert Penny, Here's a map of Essex Essex Messing just north of Tiptree. Some other names on that map are.... Helion's Bumpstead Little End Molehill Green and Toot Hill Bert. |
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29 Apr 99 - 01:18 PM (#74344) Subject: RE: place names part two From: The Shambles Bert We used to live on that map and my daughter went to Black Notley High School. |
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29 Apr 99 - 01:29 PM (#74346) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Bert You following me around again??? |
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30 Apr 99 - 05:48 AM (#74539) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Penny Dai, that is definitely the one I meant. Some of the syllables certainly feel familiar on recitation. And thanks for posting the Chesterton: I looked for it last night, but found I didn't have it. And Bert, thanks for the map, which I have just seen. I had to use an atlas, though, as I am now working off downloaded floppies (dodgy modem, phone bill I wish I could dodge). Found Messing, and myself trapped in map hunting again. Good Easter, and Bacon End. And my old college, St Osyth, known as Toosey. Steve and Bert, I agree on the "ing" ending - did a course once, and those names with "ing" alone are supposed to be very early. But if you can have a look at Wallenberg's "Placenames of Kent" (or it may be "Kentish Placenames") (or both) you may find the characteristics alternative. It can be amusing to imagine what characteristics would lead to particular personal names. I really like Helion's Bumpstead. Have seen the map now- more exploring due. |
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30 Apr 99 - 02:39 PM (#74655) Subject: RE: place names part two From: John Wood I was in Cornwall, England a couple of weeks ago,on a flying visit to see my mum.Did you know there is a place there called ``Penny Come Quick.´´Not quite sure where it is in Cornwall......perhaps near ``Fiddler's Green´´? |
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30 Apr 99 - 03:37 PM (#74676) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Mudjack Cucamonga and Etiwanda, adjoining towns in Southern California. Of course the Yuppies in their infinite wisdom changed it to Rancho Cucamonga. Now it sounds like a place to establish a bordello. Margarita, don't ask me what it means, see you at song circle. Jack |
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03 May 99 - 05:18 PM (#75358) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Penny Which one evident by mailing. There is an old people's nursing home near Burford in Oxfordshire called "Ramping Cat House". I have not had the nerve to stop and find its history. |
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03 May 99 - 05:39 PM (#75362) Subject: RE: place names part two From: The Shambles My local football team Portland United, play in blue and white and are doing very well this season, incidently. They have a sign up that says. "Welcome to the home of the blues". We are way down south, after all. |
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03 May 99 - 06:18 PM (#75370) Subject: RE: place names part two From: LEJ Penny...I love "Ramping Cat House." Sounds like a brothel for the handicapped...LEJ |
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04 May 99 - 09:05 PM (#75651) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Roddy John Wood, Boy, have you made enemies !! Cornwall "England" ??!!! Cornwall is a separate country under the English crown. It's even got its own Celtic language closely allied to Breton and Welsh. Roddy |
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04 May 99 - 11:36 PM (#75679) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Bob Landry More Canadian place names for you, eh? Come By Chance, Newfoundland is mentioned in the earlier thread. To that I would add Dildo, Tickle Cove, Heart's Delight, Heart's Content, Conception Bay and finally Placentia (its original name was Plaisance before the English took Newfoundland from the French.) In Nova Scotia, you'll find the Pubnicos, a series of several villages named Pubnico, East Pubnico, Lower East Pubnico, Middle Pubnico, West Pubnico and, well you get the idea. There's St-Louis de HaHa and Ste-Tite in Quebec. Toronto has been nick-named Hogtown and Toronto the Good, among other, by denizens of pther parts of Canada. Finally, how about Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Alberta. Bob |
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05 May 99 - 03:48 AM (#75722) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Tucker There was a woman some time back (ok I know this isn't a place name but I got to drop this story) at a local hospital. She heard the nurses talking about Placenta, thought it a beutiful name, and now there is a poor girl running around our town with that moniker. |
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05 May 99 - 01:10 PM (#75804) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Sam Pirt Margerita I'm afraid I have no idea what 'Plog Off' means, because i don't speak french. bye, Sam |
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05 May 99 - 04:22 PM (#75856) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Penny I did see a place labelled Pol Off on one local map. Turned out it was a police office. |
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06 May 99 - 02:31 AM (#76010) Subject: RE: place names part two From: McMusic In Eastern Pennsylvania--the "Pennsylvania Dutch Country"-- there are three little hamlets in a row: Fertility, Intercourse, And Paradise. Draw your own conclusions. |
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06 May 99 - 03:04 AM (#76014) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Penny I was saving Upchat Lane for an appropriate moment, and as now a bad pickup line thread has started, it seems to be the time. |
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06 May 99 - 12:01 PM (#76118) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Bert Pol Off! I love it Penny. |
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06 May 99 - 05:41 PM (#76193) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Tim Jaques tjaques@netcom.ca Newfoundland also has Joe Batt's Arm. I've heard rumours of a Topsail Tickle but have never been able to find it on a map. Nova Scotia has Ecum Secum. Skir Dubh named above sounds like it is Gaelic for black something -- likely is, because it is on Cape Breton Island. Newburgh, Ontario used to be called Rogue's Hollow. I'm sorry that they changed the name. |
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07 May 99 - 03:01 AM (#76315) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Ted from Australia My brother in law used to live in Little Dunmow (UK.) . Just down the road from Cairns is Garradunga, further south is Rollingstone Safety Beach is in W.A. regards Ted |
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07 May 99 - 04:27 PM (#76481) Subject: RE: place names part two From: puzzled There are a lot of towns that have dissappeared over the years. Ghost towns people call them. Some of them still have buildings some of them only have foundations that you have to look around in the pastures to find. When i was younger one of my favorite towns to drive through was Orgasm, Kansas. It was between Buffalo and Rose. I can't believe that there wasn't enough interest in the place to keep it going. When i was a young cowpoke if i happened to be driving through there and blinked i would miss it. But i guess that was true for a lot of us younguns. |
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11 May 10 - 09:34 AM (#2904433) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Mr Happy We were recently at Upton on Severn Folk Fest, and on driving to town from our campsite, parked up near the fire station. Walking towards the river, I noticed the name of the road we'd parked: 'Minge Lane'!! More here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rude_Britain |
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11 May 10 - 04:22 PM (#2904696) Subject: RE: place names part two From: JeffB There's a village in Hertfordshire called Nasty, and about ten miles away one called Ugley. Inevitably, there was eventually a wedding between a young man from one village and a girl from the other. And inevitably, the local paper ran the headline - Nasty Man Marries Ugley Woman. |
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11 May 10 - 06:15 PM (#2904781) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Ebbie In Oregon there is a graveled throughway out in the country on which a number of Amish families used to live. When I was growing up, its official title, complete with sign board, was 'Hook and Eye Lane' (The Amish don't use buttons). Nowadays, with the Amish long gone, it is called 'Dutch Lane'. |
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11 May 10 - 06:15 PM (#2904783) Subject: RE: place names part two From: maple_leaf_boy Also with Nova Scotia names: Shubenacadie, Port Mouton (the locals pronounce it Muh-toon), and Malignant Cove, and Antigonish (or as some people frame it "Antigo-nowhere") The most interesting names are the ones that are of Mi'kmaq origin. Aldus, Dunmaglas is a nice place. It's named after the headquarters of the Clann MacGillebhràth in Scotland. |
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11 May 10 - 06:18 PM (#2904784) Subject: RE: place names part two From: maple_leaf_boy I forgot to mention, the "T" is silent in Antigonish. That and Shubie are examples of the towns that have Mi'kmaq names. |
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11 May 10 - 11:37 PM (#2904931) Subject: RE: place names part two From: GUEST,mark-s(on the road) Come to New Jersey! We have, among others, Hackensack, Ho-Ho-Kus, Peapack, Bivalve, Egg Harbor, Little Egg Harbor (for those not into big city life) and the ever popular town of Elmer. Oh, and there is a township named Pilesgrove. I'll leave it to your imagination the appearance of a grove in which piles are found. Mark |
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12 May 10 - 06:13 AM (#2905077) Subject: RE: place names part two From: gnu How do you get to Antigonish? Take the Trans-Canada Highway (the T-Can) and turn left at the lights. I kid you not. |
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12 May 10 - 12:15 PM (#2905342) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Jim Dixon Minnesota has an abundance of place names coming from Indian languages, mostly Dakota/Sioux or Ojibwe/Chippewa: Counties: Anoka, Chippewa, Dakota, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Koochiching, Mahnomen, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Watonwan, Winona. Towns: Bemidji, Biwabik, Chanhassen, Chaska, Chisago, Cohasset, Cokato, Cuyuna, Eyota, Hokah, Kabetogama, Keewatin, Matomedi, Mankato, Mazeppa, Minneota, Minnetrista, Nisswa, Ogema, Okabena, Orono, Osakis, Osseo, Otsego, Owatonna, Sebeka, Shakopee, Wabasso, Waconia, Wanamingo, Waubun, Winnebago. Lakes: (only a few of the more prominent ones) Minnetonka, Nokomis, Pokegama, Winnibigoshish. |
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12 May 10 - 03:25 PM (#2905486) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Anne Lister One of my favourite subjects ... we're still lamenting that we've been unable to put in an offer on a house on the wonderfully named Old Pant Lane. |
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13 May 10 - 09:54 AM (#2906037) Subject: RE: place names part two From: SINSULL Jacqui has a picture of Kendall and Utah on a street corner. The street signs at just the right angle read Old and Fart. Very funny. |
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13 May 10 - 12:51 PM (#2906146) Subject: RE: place names part two From: bubblyrat Haven't seen Part One,so might be repeating here ; anyway;--- DILDO (Canada) TWATT (Scotland) CONDOM (France) FUCKING (Austria) GROPE CUNT STREET ( Near Whitecross, London,but NOT called that any more !!) |
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13 May 10 - 02:25 PM (#2906203) Subject: RE: place names part two From: TheSnail Opportunity for twinning associations - Split (Croatia) Splatt (Cornwall) Splott (Wales) |
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13 May 10 - 02:53 PM (#2906228) Subject: RE: place names part two From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Two towns..NEAR each other in Texas: Noodle Dome Muleshoe New Mexico: Truth or Consequences GfS |
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14 May 10 - 06:37 AM (#2906669) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Mr Happy ........& some in Wales: Pant - an instruction? Hengoed - across the road? |
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14 May 10 - 06:45 AM (#2906674) Subject: RE: place names part two From: GUEST Aparently most places called 'Grape Lane' were originally called 'Grope Lane' and before that 'Grope Cunt Lane' Mike |
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14 May 10 - 06:56 AM (#2906676) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Michael Guest '14 May 10 - 06:45 AM' was me sans cookie. Sorry Mike |
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14 May 10 - 06:59 AM (#2906677) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Michael Near where my Mother lives is a grassy field with the sign "Dykes Close". and near me there is "Dykes House" Mike |
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14 May 10 - 10:47 AM (#2906801) Subject: RE: place names part two From: VirginiaTam Bert you missed Essex places Messing cum Inworth Kingswode Hoe Fingring Hoe Wick and in Virginia Bumpass Assawoman Onancock |
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14 May 10 - 10:51 AM (#2906804) Subject: RE: place names part two From: VirginiaTam I forgot in Virginia when they went to naming long drives so emergency services could find the house, somebody named their road in Albermarle VA, "Pinch em Slyly." |
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14 May 10 - 11:05 AM (#2906823) Subject: RE: place names part two From: McGrath of Harlow The Guardian ran this story about how a town in Canada is trying to get people to come as tourists - Can the town of Asbestos win over the tourists? And it accompanied this with a list "other North American towns that might struggle to attract the tourist pound": Intercourse, Pennsylvanis Boring, Oregon Dull, Ohio Ordinary, Virginia Spunky Puddle, Ohio Mosquitoville, Vermont Hell, Michigan Slaughterville, Oklahoma Tightwas, Missouri Roaches, Illinois Dildo, Newfoundland Crotch Lake, Ontario Bummerville, California Gas, Kansas Purgatory, Maine |
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14 May 10 - 11:06 AM (#2906824) Subject: RE: place names part two From: McGrath of Harlow That should be Tightwad, Missouri |
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14 May 10 - 04:12 PM (#2907034) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Jack Campin The Pendicles of Collymoon (near Stirling in Scotland) |
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14 May 10 - 04:27 PM (#2907044) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Georgiansilver Shitterton in the valley of the river Piddle has been changed to Sitterton |
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31 Jul 18 - 12:38 PM (#3940656) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Jack Campin Vagina is Wise |
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31 Jul 18 - 12:49 PM (#3940661) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Senoufou We've got Fustyweed, Great Snoring, Little Snoring and Nowhere Lane here in Norfolk UK. |
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31 Jul 18 - 07:34 PM (#3940719) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Thompson Muff, Co Donegal is a nice name; Coolfancy, Co Wexford; Hackballscross, Co Monaghan, etc - the names, of course, derive from Irish and are less exciting than they sound (Muff is from Maigh, a plain; Coolfancy is Cúl na Foinse, the remote place where there is a spring of water; Hackballscross is possibly called after some English incomer, because its name in Irish is Crois an Mhaor, or the Steward's Crossing). Wexford also has a Bastardstown (named after a Frenchman) and Tyrone has Lower Balix (I'll just mention the Ulster Plantation here). And there's Lousybush in Wexford. And… well, we can stop there. |
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01 Aug 18 - 02:17 AM (#3940736) Subject: RE: place names part two From: BobL Shillington in Bedfordshire was originally Shitlington. Apparently it was changed shortly before Queen Victoria was due to visit. |
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01 Aug 18 - 05:19 AM (#3940767) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Mr Red And did she while she was there? |
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01 Aug 18 - 05:32 AM (#3940770) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Steve Shaw Near Yelverton, in Devon, on the fringes of Dartmoor, there are two settlements called Crapstone and Chipshop. I understand that at least one or two members of folk royalty live in the vicinity. |
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01 Aug 18 - 12:19 PM (#3940865) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Mr Red There is a canal bridge - and is still the same as I remember it AFAIK in Darlaston, South Staffs - Bughole Bridge. And a bridge & area called Daw End - pronounced Doh End in Aldridge. |
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04 Aug 18 - 09:51 AM (#3941517) Subject: RE: place names part two From: JMB Some interesting place names include the twin cities Dull and Boring. Dull is in Scotland and Boring is somewhere in America. |
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18 Sep 18 - 07:18 AM (#3951322) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Jack Campin Uranus, Missouri |
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19 Sep 18 - 05:45 AM (#3951541) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Mr Red Cumming Court in Cheltenham. Prudishly called C C on Streetmap Uranus, Missouri - dare I look it up? |
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19 Sep 18 - 05:46 AM (#3951543) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Mr Red I did. Ho Ho Ho. |
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19 Sep 18 - 05:49 AM (#3951545) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Jack Campin Muff, Co Donegal is a nice name Hence the... Muff Diving Club |
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19 Sep 18 - 05:50 AM (#3951546) Subject: RE: place names part two From: Steve Shaw What makes you think I want to look up Uranus? |