Stupid Place Names

by **Cyborg Holland** » Mon May 30, 2011 4:59 am

http://www.thatsweird.net/facts9.shtml

This tells you all you need to know

by **H-Alba** » Mon May 30, 2011 4:59 am

Cock Bridge, Scotland (I'm going to use a picture I took... So a few of my friends are in it)

by **Beinai** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:00 am

Georgism wrote:
Fischermann wrote:Cockfosters, England.

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

"This is a Piccadilly line service to Cockfosters"

I remember that well.

by **Beinai** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:00 am

Georgism wrote:
Fischermann wrote:Cockfosters, England.

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

"This is a Piccadilly line service to Cockfosters"

I remember that well.

by **Kashyr** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:00 am

Brown Willy.

by **Wilfred Test** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:02 am

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in Wales, or maybe you'd prefer the full name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. I think somebody's already mentioned this, but I want to post how you pronounce it.

Llan-vire-pooll-guin-gill-go-ger-u-queern-drob-ooll-llandus-ilio-gogo-goch

by **Georgism** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:02 am

Beinai wrote:
Georgism wrote:"This is a Piccadilly line service to Cockfosters"

I remember that well.

I hear it almost every day

by **Cyborg Holland** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:03 am

My Maths Teacher showed me that

(We were very good and had a lot of time on our hands...)

A town in Scotland called Keith

I'm not even sure this place exists

http://listverse.com/2008/02/21/top-10-unfortunate-placenames/

by **Kashyr** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:06 am

Cyborg Holland wrote:(Image)

I'm not even sure this place exists

I think that one's a photoshop jobby. The 40 and the name are facing at slightly different angles.

by **Zairoon** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:07 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_End
Also, I thought "Hell" was in Norway?

by **Sibirsky** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:07 am

Cyborg Holland wrote:
(Image)

My Maths Teacher showed me that

(We were very good and had a lot of time on our hands...)

A town in Scotland called Keith

(Image)

I'm not even sure this place exists

It doesn't.

by **Cyborg Holland** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:08 am

Kashyr wrote:
Cyborg Holland wrote:(Image)

I'm not even sure this place exists

I think that one's a photoshop jobby. The 40 and the name are facing at slightly different angles.

Look on the link, it thinks it exists, maybe google it

by **Sibirsky** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:09 am

Cyborg Holland wrote:
Kashyr wrote:
I think that one's a photoshop jobby. The 40 and the name are facing at slightly different angles.

Look on the link, it thinks it exists, maybe google it

I Googled it. It's fake.

by **Staenwald** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:11 am

Sibirsky wrote:
Cyborg Holland wrote:
Look on the link, it thinks it exists, maybe google it

I Googled it. It's fake.

it's funny though. I remember seeing a sign which said 'cum lake'...so..

by **Krytenia** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:13 am

Cockermouth, Cumbria.

by **Sibirsky** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:13 am

Staenwald wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:I Googled it. It's fake.

it's funny though. I remember seeing a sign which said 'cum lake'...so..

Ewwwe.

by **H-Alba** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:13 am

Cyborg Holland wrote:
A town in Scotland called Keith

That's not even the weirdest town name here in Scotland! Bonar Bridge (which is pronounced Bonner Bridge. When I tell Americans where I am from, I always get the most interesting looks), Ardgay, Cock bridge (which is only a few miles away from Bonar Bridge)

by **The Archregimancy** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:13 am

Sibirsky wrote:
Cyborg Holland wrote:
(Image)

My Maths Teacher showed me that

(We were very good and had a lot of time on our hands...)

A town in Scotland called Keith

(Image)

I'm not even sure this place exists

It doesn't.

It's a well-known photoshop fraud.

Meanwhile, I'm quite fond of Tittybong, Victoria (the Australian Victoria, not the Canadian one).

And there's a Pussy in France.

Incidentally, Kala... we had a virtually identical thread as recently as March.

by **Sudstaaten** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:16 am

Town in Scotland called Biggar, roadsign mayhem ensues, as when one would normally say "Shopping Centre", in Biggar they signpost everything like "Biggar Shopping Centre," "Biggar Cinema," "Biggar Swimming Pool" &, my favourite, "Biggar Cheeseburger Shop."

by **Staenwald** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:16 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEyKFkkcHAc

by **The Western Reaches** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:16 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

The full name translates to:

The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one.

More of a story than a place name...

by **Meowfoundland** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:17 am

The Archregimancy wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:It doesn't.

It's a well-known photoshop fraud.

Meanwhile, I'm quite fond of Tittybong, Victoria (the Australian Victoria, not the Canadian one).

And there's a Pussy in France.

Incidentally, Kala... we had a virtually identical thread as recently as March.

I've been to Tittybong. My father took a kinda long detour on the way to Mildura just for a laugh. Of course, I was about 4 at the time so I had no idea what was happening.

by **Laerod** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:19 am

The town of Kotzen has the unfortunate honor of having a name that is German for "to barf":

by **Staenwald** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:19 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3b8thKULpo

by **Mature Related** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:22 am

There's a town called "Shrek 2" in India.

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