These gave me a chuckle or two this morning.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/outdoor/16-places-with-the-most-unusual-names/ss-AAcUoa9?ocid=MSN_UK_NL_MO35 (http://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/outdoor/16-places-with-the-most-unusual-names/ss-AAcUoa9?ocid=MSN_UK_NL_MO35)
Not bad, Westie.
I'm sure there must be dozens more.....Pretty certain I've 'seen' some particularly 'rude' ones.
Those are NOT to be posted ! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil (Finger hovering over the delete button. ;))
Doubtless very funny if my computer could be arsed to connect, but no - EE or BT messing about again. Anyway talking of funny names on Radcliffe and McConey yesterday Mark Radcliffe gave the names of the members of Mud Honey as Mark Arm (true), Jimmy Leg, Frank Eye and Barry Penis. Caused uproar in the studio.
Well. just round the corner from here is Pity Me, and just up the road is No Place...
"Unusual" American place names. (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/loa-oddplacenames.html)
I like the idea of living in Good Grief or maybe in Dragon.
Always a source for local jokes.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman,_Turkey
There is a farm outside Market Weaton in Yorkshire called 'Land of Nod'.
Near my mum's in Shropshire there is a hamlet, at the top of the hill called 'Lower Down'.
On the way to my Dad's in Wales there is a settlement called 'Pantyffryd'!
I'm sure I've seen some exceedingly rude ones that are allegedly in other countries.
But you never know whether folk have been playing with photoshop, nowadays.
Cheers - Phil
Over here we have Fannystown. A Ringrash Road and just across the border in Donegal is Muff
From Wikipedia
"Muff Diving Club was set up in the late 1980s and has been one of the oldest and 'most successful diving clubs in Ireland'. Attractive perks for members include dives at Malin Head Wrecks.[citation needed]"
Honest, look at their website too!
http://www.muffdivingclub.ie
There is a place named Hucking just up the road.
There's Pratt's Bottom near Orpington, Kent, and Nobottle near Northampton
Quote from: Fenton on 17 July 2015, 07:49:56 PM
Over here we have Fannystown. A Ringrash Road and just across the border in Donegal is Muff
We also have Tandragee, which might not seem too funny, but is the Anglicisation of
Tóin re Gaoith meaning
Arse to WindwardThe Muff Diving Club people are in on the joke it seems.
Quote from: Subedai on 17 July 2015, 08:27:13 PM
There is a place named Hucking just up the road.
Austria goes one better than that.
I once lived near Far Kinnel, try saying it quickly!
Clousta!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Twatt_road_sign.jpg)
There's a Wasp's Nest in Lincolnshire. (A place.....Not an abode for a colony of 'vespas'.) ;)
(Someone once told me there was a place called "Great Hen Striding In The Marsh", in England.....But I think he was making that up.)
Cheers - Phil.
Not far from me is Lunt, which, needless to say, frequently has its sign augmented.
Quote from: Leman on 18 July 2015, 09:52:21 AM
Not far from me is Lunt, which, needless to say, frequently has its sign augmented.
Used to drive past the road to Shilbottle the sign to which regularly had the first "l" converted to a "t" by some wag.
There is a Wyre Piddle in Warwickshire? en route from here to Evesham
(http://coolestgalleries.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein
Two Buffaloes shot stone dead with one shot Springs just doesn't have the same ring to it. ;)
Longest place names (before the thread gets complicated hijacked)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long_place_names
Quote from: OldenBUA on 19 July 2015, 11:23:38 AM
(http://coolestgalleries.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein
Two Buffaloes shot stone dead with one shot Springs just doesn't have the same ring to it. ;)
Almost certainly a hoax. Every South African wants to believe there is such a place, but searches repeatedly fail to locate it. Sad but true.
Quote from: mad lemmey on 19 July 2015, 11:55:12 AM
Longest place names (before the thread gets complicated hijacked)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long_place_names
I have been to Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Not a lot to see really ;D
Not much in Llanfair P G either, other than the Marquis of Anglesey's column (Lord Uxbridge) although down on the Menai Strait is his home - Plas Newydd (NT) where you can see some relics from Waterloo, including his uniform, and the wooden leg he had fitted after Waterloo.
There's a village called Tiddlywink about 20 miles from where we live. Not rude, just very silly.
I live in Krungthepmahanakhon Amornrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharat Ratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amornphiman Awa-tarnsatthit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit, as I have previously remarked.
กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์
When I lived in Cornwall the next village down from us was Splatt.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 19 July 2015, 02:09:16 PM
Almost certainly a hoax. Every South African wants to believe there is such a place, but searches repeatedly fail to locate it. Sad but true.
I did read that, but interestingly enough, both the Dutch and the Afrikaander wikipages agree with this, while the English page fails to mention it. :-\
I wonder if a worthy Boer has decided to make the myth into reality. There is a Hobbiton in eastern South Africa, after all.
Not sure about any rude sounding names in Scotland, but we have some weird oned. Like Milngavie (pronounced "Mull-Guy"), Auchtermuchty and Auchinshugle. I also work near Wemyss Bay, pronounced "Weems Bay", and the recorded announcement on the train did say "We are now approaching Wem-is Bay". If they can't get it right on the daily train, what hope have we?
Hi
I used drive past shitbottle all the time.
Even after the council restored the sign back to shilbottle we still call it shitbottle.
By the way its on the right on the A1 just below Alnwick Northumberland.
Jim.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 20 July 2015, 12:50:28 AM
I live in Krungthepmahanakhon Amornrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharat Ratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amornphiman Awa-tarnsatthit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit, as I have previously remarked.
กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์
Thank god they didn't call it anything really sill. Like Bang Cock.
Quote from: Wulf on 21 July 2015, 08:57:09 AM
Not sure about any rude sounding names in Scotland, but we have some weird oned. Like Milngavie (pronounced "Mull-Guy"), Auchtermuchty and Auchinshugle. I also work near Wemyss Bay, pronounced "Weems Bay", and the recorded announcement on the train did say "We are now approaching Wem-is Bay". If they can't get it right on the daily train, what hope have we?
How could you forget Ecclefechan? ;D
Quote from: Tawa on 21 July 2015, 09:12:28 PM
How could you forget Ecclefechan? ;D
I've been there. Once you've been there it's easily forgotten.
Quote from: Wulf on 21 July 2015, 08:57:09 AM
Not sure about any rude sounding names in Scotland
Seriously???
How about Dull (Twinned with Boring, Oregon ... no really!) Brokenwind, Cock Bridge, Cockburnspath, Butt of Lewis, the Paps of Jura (perhaps they should be twinned with the Grand Tetons in the US), Fannyfield or either of the places called Backside (Aberdeenshire or Banffshire)?
:P :-[ :d :d :d :d
Quote from: Ithoriel on 21 July 2015, 11:53:09 PM
How about Dull (Twinned with Boring, Oregon ... no really!) Brokenwind, Cock Bridge, Cockburnspath, Butt of Lewis, the Paps of Jura (perhaps they should be twinned with the Grand Tetons in the US), Fannyfield or either of the places called Backside (Aberdeenshire or Banffshire)?
You've just got a dirty mind. They're perfectly respectable.
For example Cockburnpath is on the route used to import sherry.
The Paps of Jura are named after a pair of respected grandfathers.
In Aberdeenshire they're very fussy about their bacon. Some like streaky. Some like unsmoked. Streets were divided by their preference. Hence "Backside" is near "Rindless".
Again. I may have made some of this up. - FSN
Quote from: Wulf on 21 July 2015, 10:42:29 PM
I've been there. Once you've been there it's easily forgotten.
And the best bit about the place is Junction 19.......
Quote from: fsn on 22 July 2015, 07:27:44 AMAgain. I may have made some of this up. - FSN
I don't believe you..... ;D
Quote from: Leon on 20 July 2015, 01:37:49 AM
When I lived in Cornwall the next village down from us was Splatt.
There's a district of Cardiff called Splott. I believe my Dad grew up there :)
Whilst leaving Helsinki recently I noticed that the train to the airport stopped at Dickursby... :-/
How about a military one: the Mamelon fort at Sevastopol?
Chris
Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/
On holiday just inside Wales ( and yes it has pored with rain twice since we got here yesterday) and upnthe road is a place called Three Cocks.
You're somewhere near Brecon ?
Cheers - Phil
Just tell me you didn't try to Google that Phil!!!
I did. :-[
Quote from: fsn on 12 September 2015, 07:29:21 PM
I did. :-[
Reminds me of the time my aunt went on vacation to the greek island of lesbos, and typed it in on google, and was pretty surprised at what she got :P
Quote from: petercooman on 12 September 2015, 08:02:30 PM
Reminds me of the time my aunt went on vacation to the greek island of lesbos, and typed it in on google, and was pretty surprised at what she got :P
Was it value for money?
Quote from: Fenton on 12 September 2015, 08:05:00 PM
Was it value for money?
I think she rebooked after the first trip so probably yes :-\
Quote from: Techno on 12 September 2015, 06:24:54 PM
You're somewhere near Brecon ?
Cheers - Phil
about 4 miles from Hay on Wye towards Hereford. Place called Cabalva Mill. The farm is on google
I was thinking of a pub/inn. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 13 September 2015, 05:21:42 PM
about 4 miles from Hay on Wye towards Hereford. Place called Cabalva Mill. The farm is on google
How are the sheep?
What? I was only wondering. There are different breeds of sheep, you know (e.g., Australian White, Bluefaced Leicester, etc.) .... and animals can get sick and have their off days just like humans. Wait. You thought ....... shame on you!
Has anybody mentioned the Stuart Lee stand-up routine featuring the two unusually named places of Shitterton and Crapstone? Currently on Netflix and very funny; the episode is entitled Shilbottle, which itself is unusual, even before people attack the signs with the felt tip.
Hi
Really glad Scunthorpe hasn't got a silent S. :D
Jim
Just like Dunstable has a silent D!
There's a hamlet in Northumberland, on the Pennine Way called Shitlington.
I was up around the northe east coast last week and just outside Berwick was a sign to a place called Conundrum but I drove past so fast I didn't manage to get a picture, but I do question why somewhere would have that name.
Now looking at the map to see where to go tomorrow I have found " Lord Herefords Knob".
Apparently its a mountain in the black mountains
I took this photo on my inset day at the beginning of September, this is on the House of Lords.
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/482BF95D-2E8A-40F4-8D88-0FFAF2FB7834_zpsjpf4ov0f.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/madlemmey/media/482BF95D-2E8A-40F4-8D88-0FFAF2FB7834_zpsjpf4ov0f.jpg.html)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 15 September 2015, 05:22:24 PM
Just like Dunstable has a silent D!
No, it's pronounced Dumpstable
A little necromancy for the thread :)
http://distractify.com/fyi/2015/11/08/mark-rude-name-uk (http://distractify.com/fyi/2015/11/08/mark-rude-name-uk)
The east Anglian ones made me laugh out loud ;D ;D ;D