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Postby Kalaspia-Shimarata » Mon May 30, 2011 4:11 am

I thought we should have a thread about stupid place names.
This is a real place in Austria...
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An other real place...(If only the Austrians knew what this one meant):
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Man, these Austrians sure don't speak English...
Anyway, what are some funny names you have come across?
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Postby Forlon » Mon May 30, 2011 4:13 am

Kalaspia-Shimarata wrote:I thought we should have a thread about stupid place names.
This is a real place in Austria...
An other real place...(If only the Austrians knew what this one meant):

Man, these Austrians sure don't speak English...
Anyway, what are some funny names you have come across?


There's a Hell in Michigan in the US, too. I grew up in a town named Winner, it was named that because it won a vote to get the railroad to run through it and make it the county seat. :rofl:
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Postby Ifreann » Mon May 30, 2011 4:15 am

Kalaspia-Shimarata wrote:Man, these Austrians sure don't speak English...

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Postby Georgism » Mon May 30, 2011 4:18 am

Cockburn, Western Australia. Yes, I known it's not pronounced like that.

Those Australians sure don't speak English...
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Muff, Co. Donegal, Ireland.

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Postby Syvorji » Mon May 30, 2011 4:22 am

Washington D.C. Why is stupid? Easy. These Americans are imperialists. For funny names, I heard of Taipei, which sounds like slang for some part. ;)

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Postby Meowfoundland » Mon May 30, 2011 4:25 am

Cockup, England.

Those English sure don't speak English...
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Postby Syvorji » Mon May 30, 2011 4:27 am

Meowfoundland wrote:Cockup, England.

Those English sure don't speak English...


[sarcasm]And thus, it brings a new term to "England!"

England (al) - A country in the UK, that despite its name, lost all English.[/sarcasm]

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Postby Astralsideria » Mon May 30, 2011 4:27 am

Kalaspia-Shimarata wrote:An other real place...(If only the Austrians knew what this one meant):
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Nice name, that. Who wouldn't want to live in a town called "Bright"? Some people think that one or more of the American towns called Hell may have got their name from Germans coming over and saying "Ach, so schoene hell...", meaning "Oh, how beautifully bright...". [/geek]
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Postby Fischermann » Mon May 30, 2011 4:30 am

Cockfosters, England.

Man, those Brits sure don't speak English..
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Postby Cyborg Holland » Mon May 30, 2011 4:34 am

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, the longest place Name in the English language, Its a Maori Village in New Zealand, Most people just call it Taumata,

Also Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, The longest place name in the UK and Europe, rough translation is "Saint Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave"


The longest place name in the US is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which is otherwise know as webster lake

Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit is the ceremonial name of Bangkok, Thailand; it has the Guinness World record for longest place name in world

Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein is the longest place name in South africa

also....

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(God there are so many)

In the Pitcairn Islands, there are places called John Catch a Cow, Where Reynolds cut the Firewood, and Where Freddie Fall
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Postby Forlon » Mon May 30, 2011 4:36 am

Cyborg Holland wrote:Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, the longest place Name in the English language, Its a Maori Village in New Zealand, Most people just call it Taumata,

Also Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, The longest place name in the UK and Europe, rough translation is "Saint Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave"


The longest place name in the US is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which is otherwise know as webster lake

Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit is the ceremonial name of Bangkok, Thailand; it has the Guinness World record for longest place name in world

Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein is the longest place name in South africa


I'm not sure that's English...
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Postby Wilfred Test » Mon May 30, 2011 4:38 am

There's a Wetwang in East Yorkshire, England and a Condom in Gers, France.
There's also 'Truth or Consequences' in New Mexico, USA. It's not stupid, just unusual.
Here's why it's called Truth or Consequences:
Originally named Hot Springs, the city changed its name to Truth or Consequences, the title of a popular NBC radio program. In 1950, Ralph Edwards, the host of the radio quiz show Truth or Consequences, announced that he would air the program from the first town that renamed itself after the show. Hot Springs won the honor. Edwards visited the town during the first weekend of May for the next fifty years. This event was called "Fiesta" and included a beauty contest, a parade, and a stage show. The city still celebrates Fiesta each year on the first weekend of May. The parade generally features area celebrities such as the New Mexico Chile Queen. Fiesta also features a dance in Ralph Edwards Park.
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Postby Forlon » Mon May 30, 2011 4:39 am

Wilfred Test wrote:There's a Wetwang in East Yorkshire, England and a Condom in Gers, France.
There's also 'Truth or Consequences' in New Mexico, USA. It's not stupid, just unusual.


Yep, named after a TV show. :lol2:
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Postby Comrade Lenin Land » Mon May 30, 2011 4:41 am

We are full of stupid place names here in Ireland: Tubercurry, Ballsbridge, Hacksballscross, Bastardstown are to name a few. We even have a village called Horse and Jockey. But I love our place names, its uniquely Irish and its what makes our country great!

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Postby Wilfred Test » Mon May 30, 2011 4:41 am

Forlon wrote:
Wilfred Test wrote:There's a Wetwang in East Yorkshire, England and a Condom in Gers, France.
There's also 'Truth or Consequences' in New Mexico, USA. It's not stupid, just unusual.


Yep, named after a TV show. :lol2:


Yes, says so on Wikipedia, just added it.
Also just by coincidence there's a city called Elephant Butte just 5 miles away from Truth or Consequences.
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Postby Georgism » Mon May 30, 2011 4:43 am

Fischermann wrote:Cockfosters, England.

Man, those Brits sure don't speak English..

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Postby Beinai » Mon May 30, 2011 4:48 am

I think I remember flooding in a place called Cockermouth. There's a small coucil flat building called Brown John Court in my town. I 've heard of Dildo in Canada and Middle Intercourse Island near somewhere like Australia. I knew someone from a village called Haseley Knob.
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Postby Ozerostan » Mon May 30, 2011 4:48 am

Estonian city Kunda :lol: That mean cunt, or pussy in czech language.
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A lot of Japanese place names make very little sense once you translate out the kanji. No one has told me just how a river can stand (立川, or Standing river), or just where those 6 trees are (六本木).
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Postby Wilfred Test » Mon May 30, 2011 4:50 am

In New Zealand there's a Whakapapa, the reason why this is so stupid is because 'Wh' is pronounced 'F' in Maori.
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Postby Sibirsky » Mon May 30, 2011 4:51 am

They're everywhere.

Intercourse, PA. Dildo, Canada. Bong Bong, NSW. Twatt, Scotland. Wetwang, England. Weed, CA. New Erection, VA. Gay, GA. Cash, TX. Blue Ball, OH.

Also, Russia has it's fair share.

Блохи (Fleas)
Дураково (the ovo ending is common, especially after names. Ivanovo for example, named after Ivan. Дурак means fool)
Козлы (literal goats, slang fools, idiots)
Вагина (Vagina)
Плавки (swimming trunks)
Попки (little asses)
Хреновое (shitty)
Лобково (pubic)
Кака (poop)
Лопухи (slang for dumbasses)
Мочилы (to get wet)
Мошонки (scrotum)
Подсосное (suckling)
Пьянкино (sounds like place of drunkenness, Пьянка is a drunk party)
Синяки (bruises)
Сиськовский (not a word, but sounds like an adjective with the root "tit" tittly?)
Сосково (Mammillary)
Отхожее (Latrine)
Сика (cunt)
Синенькие (fags, literal little blues)
Хохлы (derogatory term for Ukrainians)
Мошня (purse)
Какино (that ovo, ono ending. Poop town)
Мачехин конец (stepmothers end)
Дрочево (дрочить is to masturbate. So masturbating town)
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Педрилово (fag town)
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Postby Georgism » Mon May 30, 2011 4:53 am

Sibirsky wrote:They're everywhere.

Intercourse, PA. Dildo, Canada. Bong Bong, NSW. Twatt, Scotland. Wetwang, England. Weed, CA. New Erection, VA. Gay, GA. Cash, TX. Blue Ball, OH.

Also, Russia has it's fair share.

Блохи (Fleas)
Дураково (the ovo ending is common, especially after names. Ivanovo for example, named after Ivan. Дурак means fool)
Козлы (literal goats, slang fools, idiots)
Вагина (Vagina)
Плавки (swimming trunks)
Попки (little asses)
Хреновое (shitty)
Лобково (pubic)
Кака (poop)
Лопухи (slang for dumbasses)
Мочилы (to get wet)
Мошонки (scrotum)
Подсосное (suckling)
Пьянкино (sounds like place of drunkenness, Пьянка is a drunk party)
Синяки (bruises)
Сиськовский (not a word, but sounds like an adjective with the root "tit" tittly?)
Сосково (Mammillary)
Отхожее (Latrine)
Сика (cunt)
Синенькие (fags, literal little blues)
Хохлы (derogatory term for Ukrainians)
Мошня (purse)
Какино (that ovo, ono ending. Poop town)
Мачехин конец (stepmothers end)
Дрочево (дрочить is to masturbate. So masturbating town)
Сопляково (punk town)
Педрилово (fag town)
Бабенки (slang for babes)

Those Russians sure don't speak English
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Postby Cameroi » Mon May 30, 2011 4:53 am

every place that, has been renamed after a politician, living or dead, has a stupid place name, and whatever it was first called, the very first thing it was ever called, by whoever first called it anything, is the best name it could possibly have, regardless of how silly, strange or unlikely, that might otherwise be. wouldn't you rather live in a town named hambone, red dog, or wakadok, then one named jacksonville, or george town, or even penn valley? i know i would.
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