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So many rude place names in the UK

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Wireless

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There's fascinating the amount of rude and funny place names we have in the UK. Not rude when first named, but now...anyway, it made me laugh. I don't know if anyone else is as immature as me. Some names are just wonderful like Squeeze Gut Alley.

Britain Explorer - Funny Place Names

I believe that Fudgepack Upon Humber has been missed off.
 
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Here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania USA we have some very interesting town names :p
Apparently somewhere between Bird in Hand and Intercourse,one may actually find Paradise.

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Nitro said:
Here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania USA we have some very interesting town names :p
Apparently somewhere between Bird in Hand and Intercourse,one may actually find Paradise.

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Hey, there's a Paradise in Michigan, too.:)
No Intercourse, though.:(
Starvation Lake is not far from where I live.:confused:
 
Where I am in Canada there are funny and ridiculous names that make little sense. It's a conglomeration of British, Irish, French and Aboriginal names that seem to pop-up out of nowhere. Historically they must have meant something to the people who created the place names. But I find myself smiling when I see names like:

Carrot river
St. Louis de Ha Ha
Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump
Cow Head
Bacon Cove
Punkydoodles Corners
 
My early childhood was spent in Montana, and that state earned the dubious honor of being voted as having the weirdest town names. Here's a pretty good list.

Funny Town Names in Montana

They left off a few.
Lolo - a town that actually is at the lowest point in the Bitterroot Valley.
Hellgate - infamous high school
Malfunction Junction - a five way intersection not far from Hellgate
Lookout - a ranger station on top of a very high peak, also a favorite "lover's point" for teens in the area.
 
Nitro said:
Here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania USA we have some very interesting town names :p
Apparently somewhere between Bird in Hand and Intercourse,one may actually find Paradise.

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One of the few persons who knows it's a Commonwealth, not a state. :) (I don't know what the difference is between the two, other than the name itself.)
 
Ste11aeres said:
One of the few persons who knows it's a Commonwealth, not a state. :) (I don't know what the difference is between the two, other than the name itself.)
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In terms of the relationship between it and the federal government, and between it and the other states, there isn't one. There might be other differences (relationship between the state and its counties?), but I am not aware of any.
 
ancusmitis said:
In terms of the relationship between it and the federal government, and between it and the other states, there isn't one. There might be other differences (relationship between the state and its counties?), but I am not aware of any.
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You are correct, there is no difference. The Commonwealth monicker dates back to the time of the original 13 colonies. Commonwealth means, governed by the people rather than a monarch, it was simply a way for them to say they were no longer ruled by the crown of England. A few states have chosen to retain the moniker. Pennsylvania, Kentucky and, Massachusetts that I can think of off hand.

My daughter lives just outside of Humptulips, WA. the origin is actual a coastal Salish word that means hard to pole, meaning the waterways there are difficult to navigate with a canoe but, today it creates humorous mental imagery.
 
Ste11aeres said:
One of the few persons who knows it's a Commonwealth, not a state. :) (I don't know what the difference is between the two, other than the name itself.)
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It goes back to colonial times in our original country to signify that they weren't ever under the laws of the monarchy of England as the story is told. The commonwealth and state are both freely used in our constitution,so legally they are one and the same.
 
Wireless said:
I'm sorry if I'm breaking any of the forum rules. Please delete if needed...


There's fascinating the amount of rude and funny place names we have in the UK. Not rude when first named, but now...anyway, it made me laugh. I don't know if anyone else is as immature as me. Some names are just wonderful like Squeeze Gut Alley.

Britain Explorer - Funny Place Names

I believe that Fudgepack Upon Humber has been missed off.
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Wireless thank you for starting a wonderful thread. I hope it has staying power. I hope to add some To the list, later.
 
Nitro said:
It goes back to colonial times in our original country to signify that they weren't ever under the laws of the monarchy of England as the story is told. The commonwealth and state are both freely used in our constitution,so legally they are one and the same.
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I grew up in the center of the Whiskey Rebellion,only one half mile from Tom the Tinkerer's still standing homestead. Ginger Hill Inn is about five miles from there with the illustrious story of two Federal tax men who went there to destroy the stills being used to convert grain to alcohol.When they arrived at the inn,they were tired and hungry and were given ginger in whiskey with their meal,got very drunk and gave the locals time to dismantle their stills and hide their whiskey while the revenue men slept off their drunks :p
 
Nitro said:
I grew up in the center of the Whiskey Rebellion,only one half mile from Tom the Tinkerer's still standing homestead. Ginger Hill Inn is about five miles from there with the illustrious story of two Federal tax men who went there to destroy the stills being used to convert grain to alcohol.When they arrived at the inn,they were tired and hungry and were given ginger in whiskey with their meal,got very drunk and gave the locals time to dismantle their stills and hide their whiskey while the revenue men slept off their drunks :p
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Nitro, great anecdote.
 
ancusmitis said:
Hah, these are funny. Where I live, many of the placenames that are even in English are football coaches.
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ancusmitis, I find it interesting that humor is cultural must be understood in context.
Jokes do not translate well, usually.
For example: I want to be the worlds first German and Amish stand up comedian.
Some "one" may think the idea funny. No accounting for idiom, and there are plenty of idioms out there.
What do you think?
 
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