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Title: Strange or funny place names Post by jonnycab on Nov 22nd, 2006, 4:04am 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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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by craig on Nov 22nd, 2006, 7:33am 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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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by cossieguy on Nov 22nd, 2006, 7:46am 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 ;D) Then there's the famous "Land of Nod" in Yorkshire. Pidley in Cambs. guy. |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by Spannerdemon on Nov 22nd, 2006, 8:35am Definitely "Bell End" in Worcestershire!! ;D |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by cossieguy on Nov 22nd, 2006, 9:00am on 11/22/06 at 08:35:12, Spannerdemon wrote:
Thats got to be the winner so far }{ Will I be sad enough to start looking through my atlas? ::) |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by cossieguy on Nov 22nd, 2006, 9:02am The internet is a dangerous thing! Booze moor, county not specified. Also my favourite: Brown Willy in Cornwall. |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by TiberiuS on Nov 22nd, 2006, 1:53pm lol...you've been reading Private Eye, jonny :D 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 :D Regards, Bruce. |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by LiverpaulH on Nov 22nd, 2006, 1:59pm 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 ;D |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by jonnycab on Nov 22nd, 2006, 2:18pm on 11/22/06 at 13:53:06, TiberiuS wrote:
Bruce....I've never read Private Eye..honestly :) |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by jonnycab on Nov 22nd, 2006, 2:25pm ....Pidley... ;D....in Cambs |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by Filterlab on Nov 22nd, 2006, 2:49pm on 11/22/06 at 13:59:38, LiverpaulH wrote:
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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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by Bren on Nov 22nd, 2006, 4:27pm Ordnance Survey website and put your own words into the search box. Some good ones come back |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by Matt on Nov 22nd, 2006, 5:34pm in cornwall, penhallow to be exact, theres a village called c.o.c.k! |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by Paul B on Nov 22nd, 2006, 6:16pm Well there's Lower D icker and naturally Upper D icker in Sussex. ::) Words spaced to dodge censorship! |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by RichardMS on Nov 22nd, 2006, 7:24pm How about this one then, Bell End near Lickey End (Wales, UK) ::) |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by RichardMS on Nov 22nd, 2006, 7:26pm loads HERE (http://philbrodieband.com/jokes-jokes_town_names.htm) |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by Spannerdemon on Nov 22nd, 2006, 7:51pm Quote:
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!! ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by tintin on Nov 23rd, 2006, 3:44pm 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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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by Dave on Nov 24th, 2006, 8:19am Place called Pant somewhere in Wales, signs as you go in that say "You are now entering Pant". |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by cossie_al on Nov 24th, 2006, 6:07pm 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 ;D |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by taliban on Nov 24th, 2006, 11:11pm theres also pratts bottom in kent near orpington......which is near locks bottom. in the early 80's levi's used pratts bottom in a jeans advert on buses. across the pond there's a village in jamaica called waitabit.... |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by big_neil on Nov 26th, 2006, 7:47pm ows about ------ long cummer cattiff just outside silloth in cumbria? |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by tony on Nov 26th, 2006, 8:34pm Tw att, Orkney (Yes, seriously, and there is no space in the real name) We visited Orkney at half term. Drove through a place called Tw att several times, kids in the back giggling each time. :D Tony |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by mazzy_j on Nov 29th, 2006, 1:29pm I found this picture last week and only just remembered i had it saved: http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/mazzy_j/mi16.jpg Matt |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by r33per on Dec 1st, 2006, 12:49pm In NE Scotland we have a place called Drums. I also believe that there is place called Lost somewhere around Aberdeen. Ironically, I've never found it... Stu |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by ml on Dec 2nd, 2006, 7:06pm theres a village called 'christmas pie' near wanborough, guildford. going off at a slight tangent - I used to work with someone called 'richard tickle' aka 'd ick tickle'. :o |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by jonnycab on Dec 3rd, 2006, 2:03am on 12/02/06 at 19:06:43, ml wrote:
There was....as I'm lead to believe.....many years ago....a Chinese fish & chip shop in Malden/Essex called 'Balls'...Fish & Chips'.... The chinese owner was so happy when he finally got his British citizenship that he gave his new born baby girl a classic upper class British name.....Ophelia... }{ }{ |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by bootiful-scorpios on Dec 3rd, 2006, 2:38am found this one ;D ;D http://i16.tinypic.com/351uvk2.jpg and this ;D http://i13.tinypic.com/34rx1te.jpg |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by Butterfingers on Dec 5th, 2006, 3:25pm THere is a word not computed!s corner in Oregon USA! |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by Highlander on Dec 5th, 2006, 7:05pm on 12/05/06 at 15:25:06, Butterfingers wrote:
Tut Tut Snoopy's gonna get ya!! |
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Title: Re: Strange or funny place names Post by jonnycab on Dec 6th, 2006, 2:06am OK....I think this just about covers every rude/funny/strange place name in the world...... http://philbrodieband.com/jokes-jokes_town_names.htm Yes...& wa**ers Corner is there as well. ;D |
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