Wierd place names

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Post 1 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 10:44:48

I want to know all the wierd place names you've heard of.
when i was in the UK not long ago, i heard the train i was on was going o a place called CockFosters...
lol! i can't say that with a straight face.
we have a chinaman's Nob in australia and i'm sure lots more.
how about you?

Post 2 by speedie (move over school!) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 10:51:25

Coobar Peddy in Australia makes me smile and no I didn't spell it right.
Stevie.

Post 3 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 10:52:56

I have absolutely no idea how to spell that!
i forgot to mention Wankers Corner in the US to...

Post 4 by speedie (move over school!) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:07:21

That says it all lol and I think it's the right spelling
Auchenshoogle in Glasgow.

Post 5 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:09:29

OMG!
there's a 'head smashed in' in the US!

Post 6 by speedie (move over school!) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:12:06

There's a few here too.
lol!

Post 7 by speedie (move over school!) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:14:48

There's a bastard in Norway
A beaver in oklahoma
and an Arsoli in Italy

Post 8 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:14:57

I have a site up in another window, unfortunately, i can't get the link.
there's an Arsefacy in Kentucky...
not to mention....what's that really really long place name in wales?

Post 9 by redgirl34 (Scottish) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:18:12

There is no auchen anything in glasgow. There might be in the highlands of Scotland but not Glasgow. I live outside Glasgow.

Post 10 by speedie (move over school!) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:20:19

Effin in Limerick Ireland I'd love to hear that at Mass on a sundau.
Dickshit in India
Wales! now your asking and you've had a few, what was it a nice Aussie red.Smile
A white Banrock station, is cooling in my fridge.

Post 11 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:21:34

I almost got to go to glazgo last time i went to the UK, but the ferries out of belfast didn't match the right times...
I really wanted to go too.
There are some wierd place names in orn Iron too...
Lergan, and donnygall or however it's spelt.

Post 12 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:23:14

lol, it was a dry white, actually, over some thai take away.

Post 13 by speedie (move over school!) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:24:31

L.u.r.g.a.n and D.o.n.e.g.a.l you should fly Ryan Air the boss is a real eejit.
And if your bored so you shouldn't stay here adding to it.
Mind you, if you leave, I have no one to keep me amused.

Post 14 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:27:36

Lol...i've got nothing ele to do but sit here and post stuff...
I didn't go to iether of those places, my bf lives in kenallen []
near lisburn.

Post 15 by speedie (move over school!) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:29:41

Nice part of the country.

My fiancee is from Dublin in the south

Post 16 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:31:54

We almost went there for a night.
instead we walked around belfast for days and days and days...
ok, well, only 3 days, but it felt like more.
we spent a lot of time in the gardens there.
I'd say they are the only good thing about british imperialism.

Post 17 by speedie (move over school!) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:37:38

That and the new peace accord
They're replacing the sectarian murals with cartoons now, theres a great one of your man Bush, holding a fistfull of dollars, and sooking the oil out of Iraq.

What's your lad's name
Belfast is a fantastic city

Post 18 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 11:45:57

His name is Adam Tinson, but everyone calls him tinson, or i call him tinsy.
Tinsy and Griffley...

Post 19 by BB (move over school!) on Saturday, 12-May-2007 22:09:49

Well here in Pennsylvania, we have three towns right in a row named: Blue Balls, Intercourse, and finally Paradise. I think we have a Virginville or something along those lines too.

Post 20 by speedie (move over school!) on Sunday, 13-May-2007 9:34:49

Is that right?
Explain to me, thick mick that I am, why there's a picture in the times past supplement, from the Evening Times paper, showing a tram going to Auchenshoogle?
It takes an Irishman to tell you that this address has been done away with like so many, ask the paper if you want proof, you can even buy the picture as I might if only for the craic.

Post 21 by speedie (move over school!) on Sunday, 13-May-2007 9:37:38

I'm sorry for laughing but that sounds like an English removal firm from an Ealing comedy.
I'm thinking Tunstall and Gridley.

Post 22 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Sunday, 13-May-2007 17:11:04

hmmm, i think wankers corner is in pensilvnia to...
Lol, we're a bit of an Odd couple, he's 6 foot 2, blond, blue-eyed and skinny and absolutely beautiful...
i'm short, slightly overweight and quite a lot older than him. but it doesn't matter to us...

Post 23 by speedie (move over school!) on Tuesday, 15-May-2007 8:09:46

Wankers Corner lol
He's obviously smitten fair play to you both.

I'm 6ft, long pink hair, black eyes with an awful lot more
colour in my face than before.
smile

Post 24 by frequency (the music man) on Wednesday, 16-May-2007 2:30:07

i like flin flon, and vulcan. i think both are in canada.

Post 25 by motifated (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Wednesday, 16-May-2007 4:00:44

Here in Maryland, we have a town called Accident. There's another called Flintstone. I remember driving through the town of Accident. I heard this commercial on the radio saying that if your car needs body and fender work, you should take it to the Accident Garage. It didn't inspire much confidence.

Lou

Post 26 by Grace (I've now got the ggold prolific poster award! wahoo! well done to me!) on Wednesday, 16-May-2007 4:28:19

If Hell you're desiring to drive through then Michigan is the place for you. We've a Hell, Michigan

http://www.hell2u.com/

Post 27 by kgs4674forever (Zone BBS is my Life) on Wednesday, 16-May-2007 15:49:10

In the US, there's a place called Intercourse. There's also a town called Mattress. I've never heard of the place called Head Smashed in. What state is it in?

Post 28 by kgs4674forever (Zone BBS is my Life) on Wednesday, 16-May-2007 15:54:55

In South Africa, there's a village located in the Transkei whose name translates as the sound wind makes when it whistles through the trees.

Post 29 by kgs4674forever (Zone BBS is my Life) on Wednesday, 16-May-2007 15:57:43

I think the village is called Lusikasiki. Sorry for the missspelling.

Post 30 by kgs4674forever (Zone BBS is my Life) on Wednesday, 16-May-2007 15:58:53

Oh and a town called accident, lol.

Post 31 by kgs4674forever (Zone BBS is my Life) on Wednesday, 16-May-2007 16:00:12

I've also heard of Blue Balls. In N.J. there's a place called Mount Misery.

Post 32 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Friday, 18-May-2007 10:58:52

I really want to know what tht welsh townis called...
lanfair something or other...

Hehe, yes, Speedy, we're both smitten it seems...
I plan to finish my corse here and then go over there on a work visa. he and his family are good people.

Post 33 by KC8PNL (The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.) on Saturday, 19-May-2007 6:10:07

I couldn't find any reference to wankers corner as a town, though I didn't look very far, but here are a couple for you. Petting Germany, and, you'll laugh your asses off at this one: Fucking Austria. Check it out.
the VIllage of Fucking website

Her's a rather humorous article with more links from wikipedia.
article

Post 34 by bozmagic (The rottie's your best friend if you want him/her to be, lol.) on Saturday, 19-May-2007 11:51:17

Llanfair's the nickname basically, of this tiny welsh village who's name is between 40-50 characters in length, so, its, basically just shortened to Llanfair.

Also, some of the villages around where I live in Surfrey, UK have rather strange names and spellings. For example, where I live is a fairly small village called Wrecclesham, (you pronounce Wrecclesham as it sounds) and just down the road from me, right on the border between Surrey and Hampshire is another slightly larger village, Rowledge, where my Aunt and cousins live. Then, about 15-20 minutes down the road from me in opposite directions, we have Grayshott and Aldershott, then there's Badshott Lee, where of course, Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones live.

Jen.

Post 35 by Perestroika (Her Swissness) on Sunday, 20-May-2007 21:51:41

fucking austria?
lol!
hahahahahahahahhaahhahahhhahahahahahahhahahaah!
oMG!