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Jonnycab
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Strange or funny place names
« on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 4:04am » |
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Inspired by the the Cumbrian town of 'C o c k e r m o u t h', in a recent 'Seen by you' topic. I was wondering what the funniest or ruddest place or town names in Britain (or Europe) are ?
I drove through a place in Dorset (I think) called 'Puddle Town' & the next village was called 'Little Puddle'. 
Or 'Ugly' in Essex
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« Reply #1 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 7:33am » |
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yes,it is in dorset....
funilly enough,it was originally name piddle town,and there was also a place called piddle-trentide,the river was named the rives piddle,dates right back to the toll puddle martyrs......
if you carry along that road,heading toward bournemouth,there was a tiny village called nutsterton as well,sadly though,i think that was renamed....
what is it with "do-gooders" taking away our heritage ?
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« Reply #2 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 7:46am » |
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I believe in the Cotswolds there are 2 villages one called Upper Slaughter and one called Lower Slaughter. Nice place for a weekend away (No guarantee you'll make it back though  )
Then there's the famous "Land of Nod" in Yorkshire. Pidley in Cambs.
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« Reply #3 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 8:35am » |
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Definitely "Bell End" in Worcestershire!!
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on Nov 22nd, 2006, 8:35am, Spannerdemon wrote:| Definitely "Bell End" in Worcestershire!! |
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Thats got to be the winner so far
Will I be sad enough to start looking through my atlas? 
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« Reply #5 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 9:02am » |
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The internet is a dangerous thing!
Booze moor, county not specified.
Also my favourite: Brown Willy in Cornwall.
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« Reply #6 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 1:53pm » |
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lol...you've been reading Private Eye, jonny 
the other week they had a great article on place names in the US, good laugh 
I'll think some up and be back later
Regards, Bruce.
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« Reply #7 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 1:59pm » |
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Childish maybe but I;ve always thought that Sc unthorpe sounds like a toothpaste! of a place!!
Also what about pronounciation, around here we have, rubery (roobery not rubbery), leominster (lemster, not leo_minster), warwick (warick, not war_wick) and loads of others which continuously get pronounced incorrectly.
Haven't checked the atlas yet though.
Paul
Edited to get Sc unthorpe through the naughty word checker!! It reminds me of an incident that occurred when sthorpe council put in a new computer system, after a couple of days no-one had received a single email......the word filter was putting them all in the banned folder because every one of their email address had the word; i.e. thingymejib@scun thorpe.gov.uk
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« Reply #8 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 2:18pm » |
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on Nov 22nd, 2006, 1:53pm, TiberiuS wrote:lol...you've been reading Private Eye, jonny
the other week they had a great article on place names in the US, good laugh
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Bruce....I've never read Private Eye..honestly 
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« Reply #9 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 2:25pm » |
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....Pidley... ....in Cambs
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on Nov 22nd, 2006, 1:59pm, LiverpaulH wrote:Childish maybe but I;ve always thought that Sc unthorpe sounds like a toothpaste! of a place!!
Also what about pronounciation, around here we have, rubery (roobery not rubbery), leominster (lemster, not leo_minster), warwick (warick, not war_wick) and loads of others which continuously get pronounced incorrectly.
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I used to live near a town called Wymondham.
Pronunciation is Wind-ham.
Oh, Wyre Piddle is a great place name (Worcestershire).
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« Reply #11 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 4:27pm » |
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Ordnance Survey website and put your own words into the search box. Some good ones come back
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« Reply #12 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 5:34pm » |
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in cornwall, penhallow to be exact, theres a village called c.o.c.k!
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« Reply #13 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 6:16pm » |
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Well there's Lower D icker and naturally Upper D icker in Sussex.
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« Reply #14 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 7:24pm » |
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How about this one then,
Bell End near Lickey End (Wales, UK)
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« Reply #16 on: Nov 22nd, 2006, 7:51pm » |
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There was a joke a few years back which went something like....
Tetleys put the T in Britain, but who put the C**T in Sc unthorpe!!
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« Reply #17 on: Nov 23rd, 2006, 3:44pm » |
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i dont know why, but Ecclefechen always makes me chortle as i drive past it, think it makes a great swearword....
"...and then the ecclefechen git pulled out of the junction...."
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« Reply #18 on: Nov 24th, 2006, 8:19am » |
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Place called Pant somewhere in Wales, signs as you go in that say "You are now entering Pant".
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« Reply #19 on: Nov 24th, 2006, 6:07pm » |
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Less than two miles from me there is a place called 'Pity Me' Living s near I dont find it funny anymore but people from out of the area often laugh at it
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