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Has anyone ever lived anywhere with a silly or rude name? I once lived near Effingham (twinned with Blindingham?)

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There's a small village between my home town and Aberdeen called Tarty.

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There's a small village between my home town and Aberdeen called Tarty.

So a young lady living there would be a Tarty girl!

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Friends lived in a burg north of Auckland called Waipu (pron. why poo). Translated loosely as 'blood water' after a battle in pre-European times, the running gag was/is "it's not as bad as 'Waiwahakamukau'." (wh pronounced similar to the unvoiced labio-dental fricative, or f to be brief).

Oh how we laugh driving through there.

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"it's not as bad as 'Waiwahakamukau'." (wh pronounced similar to the unvoiced labio-dental fricative, or f to be brief).

I'm confused, rather than amused.

 

regards,

Hein

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"it's not as bad as 'Waiwahakamukau'." (wh pronounced similar to the unvoiced labio-dental fricative, or f to be brief).

I'm confused, rather than amused.

 

regards,

Hein

That would be 'Why F**k a moo cow'.

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The classic is the Austrian mountain village called f*****g, which has steadfastly refused to chage the town's name despite the 10s of thousands of euros it costs a year to replace the roadsigns, lifted by easily amused english (or anglo-saxon) tourists.

 

 

Okay. we have a moderator problem here. There really is a place called effyouseekayeyeenngee.

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Okay. we have a moderator problem here. There really is a place called effyouseekayeyeenngee.

Nothing to do with us. It's just the naughty word filter!

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Okay. we have a moderator problem here. There really is a place called effyouseekayeyeenngee.

Wikipedia has a nice article about this town.

 

regards,

Hein

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I found a few unusual names of towns:

 

Intercourse, Pennsylvania

Silly, Belgium

Why, Arizona

Old Harry, Quebec

Pity Me, England

Die, France

f*****g, Austria

Bra, Italy

Climax, Colorado

Sissy, France

S**t, Iran

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Watched "Groundhog Day" last night, strangely enough since someone has mentioned it today already.

 

Anyway, there's a (fictitious) place in the film called "Gobbler's Knob".

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All of which puts the Cumbrian village of Bothel in the shade. The sign has - on occasion - been modified with with an 'r' slipped in after the B.

 

It's quiet, sleepy and the most exciting thing that ever happened was the burning down of a restaurant - widely rumoured to be an insurance job - over twenty years ago.

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....even though this is your 200th post.

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Oh my goodness!

I had no idea that existed.

 

We're not all like that up here. :lol:

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There's a town in Virginia named Bumpass.

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Protection, Kansas

Tightwad, Missouri

Fish Hook, Illinois

Santa Claus, Indiana

Hell, Michigan

Nutt, New Mexico

Peculiar, Missouri

Lizard Lick, North Carolina

Ding Dong, Texas

Toad Suck, Arkansas

Crapo, Maryland

Boring, Oregon

Dismal, Tennessee

Bugtussle, Oklahoma

Joe, Montana

Whynot, Mississippi

Rough and Ready, California

Gun Barrel City, Texas

Chicken, Alaska

Nothing, Arizona

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Can't believe everyone has missed the village of Twatt in the Orkney Islands.

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My brother went to school with someone from a place called Rodney Stoke. Not too far away is a village called Nempnett Thrubwell. I think Bill Bryson mentioned this in 'Notes from a Small Island'.

 

Not rude, like some of the previous ones, but it might raise a :P anyway.

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There's a little town about 15 minutes from me that caught my eye: Boring, Maryland (US).

 

Oh, and I love those shotglasses in Pennsylvania that simply say " I (heart) Intercourse", referring to the town, of course.

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There's a Cockermouth somewhere in the UK. I always wished that's where Gillian Taylforth of Eastenders' fame was pulled over on the hard shoulder and caught in flagrante delicto with her hubbie and his trousers round his ankles. This led to our pub quiz team being named, for one night only, "Kathy Beale's Meals on Wheels", for which GR still receives massives props (although sadly no royalties) to this day.

 

All non-UK DL'ers will probably understand very little of the above.

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