SydLexia.com - The Forums :: View topic

Posted: May 01 2010 02:10 pm

It's recently been brought to my attention that there are quite a lot of oddly names cities and towns both in the US and across the globe.

Deadhorse, Alaska.
Eek, Alaska
Nightmute, Alaska
Show Low, Arizona. (Built on land won by cutting a card deck, low card wins; the main street, Deuce of Clubs, is named for the winning card.)
Telluride, Arizona (Shortened from To Hell You Ride)
Tombstone, Arizona
Hellhole Palms, California
Cumming, Georgia
St. Tammany, Louisiana (so named for its corrupt nature)
Cheesequake, New Jersey
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Slaughterville, Oklahoma
Idiotville, Oregon
Intercourse, Pennsylvania (of course I have to mention this one)
Cut and Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Hurricane, Utah
Maggie's Nipples, Wyoming (however, they've changed it)

Outside the States
Peor es Nada, Chile ("Better than Nothing")
Salsipuedes, in Cordoba, Argentina (translates as "leave if you can")
Quinta de Comichão, Protugal ("Rash Farm")
Mata Mouros, Portugal ("Killer of Moors")
Vilar dos Prazeres, Portugal ('Hamlet of Pleasures")
Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Portugal (Ash tree with a girted sword: this is a village, and its shield actually depicts a tree with two swords )
Coito, Portugal (Intercourse)
The Arrogant Worms have a song called "A Night in Dildo" covering some of the odder place names in Newfoundland like Blackhead, Killbride, and Woody's Point

Hell is...
In Arizona, California, Michigan, Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, and a village in Norway called Stjørdal.

The King
Fucking, Austria (a hamlet of a mere 104)

So, any I missed?

Posted: May 01 2010 02:15 pm

Seattle.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

Wakefield.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

Chilliwack

Posted: May 01 2010 02:30 pm

Lake Titicaca's always a classic.

Posted: May 01 2010 04:08 pm

Chilliwack IS a weird name! Even better are the names of the two roads that mark the freeway exit/town borders:

Annis and Lickman.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

I live in Hot Springs, not far from Warm Springs and even closer to Healing Springs. Lukewarm Springs is not far either, and that's the gay one.

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: May 01 2010 04:14 pm

King of Prussia and State College, both in Pennsylvania.

I think PA is the king of weird town names.

Posted: May 01 2010 08:09 pm

Chevy Chase, Maryland

Posted: May 01 2010 09:06 pm

Mars, PA. Yeah, PA is king for this.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

Frog Suck, Wyoming.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

Bald Knob, Arkansas

Posted: May 01 2010 11:40 pm

Happy Camp, CA
Beaver Lick Kentucky
Butt Hole Road Conisbrough, England (street name, but still)

Posted: May 01 2010 11:53 pm

I've driven through Cut and Shoot, TX. The Klan is alive and well in Cut and Shoot, TX.

Posted: May 02 2010 01:15 am

George, Washington

Posted: May 02 2010 01:47 am

Weed, CA.

Posted: May 02 2010 02:37 am

There's a bunch of goofy sound cities in Washington, Puyallup is one that visitors never pronounce right. Pew-AL-up.

Posted: May 02 2010 02:59 am

Blackout wrote:

There's a bunch of goofy sound cities in Washington, Puyallup is one that visitors never pronounce right. Pew-AL-up.

I would have read that phoenetically as "pile up"

Posted: May 02 2010 03:05 am

lordsathien wrote:

Blackout wrote:

There's a bunch of goofy sound cities in Washington, Puyallup is one that visitors never pronounce right. Pew-AL-up.

I would have read that phoenetically as "pile up"

Fun Fact! Puyaullup sits right under Mt. Raineer which is a dormant volcano that could blow whenever it feels like it, when that happens Puyallup will get buried in mud and ash and whatnot.

Posted: May 02 2010 07:41 am

My favorite town name will always be:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales

In English, it translates to: "St. Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave."

Posted: May 02 2010 08:55 am

Blackout wrote:

lordsathien wrote:

Blackout wrote:

There's a bunch of goofy sound cities in Washington, Puyallup is one that visitors never pronounce right. Pew-AL-up.

I would have read that phoenetically as "pile up"

Fun Fact! Puyaullup sits right under Mt. Raineer which is a dormant volcano that could blow whenever it feels like it, when that happens Puyallup will get buried in mud and ash and whatnot.

I know how to pronounce from all those lame Puyallup Fair commercials.

Do the Puyallap!

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

PA is definitely the king of oddly named towns:

Big Beaver, PA
Blue Ball, PA
Climax, PA
Lick Run, PA
Lover, PA
Scalp Level, PA

Posted: May 02 2010 11:00 am

Pandajuice wrote:

My favorite town name will always be:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales

In English, it translates to: "St. Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave."

Fuck that noise! Laughing

Ross Rifle wrote:

Blackout wrote:

lordsathien wrote:

Blackout wrote:

There's a bunch of goofy sound cities in Washington, Puyallup is one that visitors never pronounce right. Pew-AL-up.

I would have read that phoenetically as "pile up"

Fun Fact! Puyaullup sits right under Mt. Raineer which is a dormant volcano that could blow whenever it feels like it, when that happens Puyallup will get buried in mud and ash and whatnot.

I know how to pronounce from all those lame Puyallup Fair commercials.

Do the Puyallap!

When I was a little kid and I complained something wasn't fair my Grandpa always retorted that the fair was in Puyallup. Razz

*Also our fair is not lame, where else can you beg your parents into buying you an overpriced cheap plastic samurai sword that you later get bored with and eventually throw out the car window on the ride home?

Posted: May 02 2010 11:06 am

I didn't say the fair was lame, I said the commercials were. I can still remember the jingle, almost word for word.

Posted: May 02 2010 11:08 am

Ross Rifle wrote:

I didn't say the fair was lame, I said the commercials were. I can still remember the jingle, almost word for word.

Yeah they're pretty cheesy, no where near as awesome as the Budweiser Real Men of Genius commercials.