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Gay, Michigan
Felch, Michigan |
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 18513773)
PA has Bird-in-Hand and Intercourse in the Pennsyvania Dutch countryside. Every Valentine's Day brings mention of Loveland TX and Love Canal NY. There's a Paris in Kentucky, a Cambridge and Alexandria in Minnesota, New London Ontario, Monroeville near Pittsburgh, King of Prussia near Philadelphia, and Indiana also in PA (and also the name of a state college, like Slippery Rock and Lock Haven). Upstate NY has Ithaca (also a Greek Island), IIRC Syracuse is also a Greek name, and Utica, Senica, etc. from Indian names. MN has Mille-Lacs (but not pronounced the French way), New Ulm, and New Prague.
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Childish I know but I always get a kick when someone takes a drive thru Mianus, Ct (and yes, that's pronounced My)
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Peculiar town names
I don't know if Peculiar, MO is an interesting town name. But you must admit it's Peculiar.
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Michigan has some great town names. I remember driving past Climax, MI. There's Colon, MI south of it. Not a place, but exit 69 to Big Beaver Road on I75. Other Oregon villages include Drain and Remote.
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How about Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
I know it's not interesting in the same way as Dildo or Climax is but hey... Oh, how about Intercourse, PA (in Amish country...) |
Originally Posted by knwl9
(Post 18514947)
pratts bottom in the uk
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There's a town called 1770 in Queensland, Australia.
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Shellow Bowells, England, and Tittybong, Australia.
And I thought I was driving through a Mills and Boon novel when passing through the hamlets of Patrick Brompton, then Constable Burton, in Yorkshire, UK. |
If you go there, I also suggest driving to the following towns, all in the same province: Blow Me Down Come By Chance Conception Bay |
Humptulips, Washington
Biggar, Saskatchewan. (not much more than a few streets and a grain elevator, but they do have a large billboard that says: "New York is big, but this is BIGGAR!") |
Not quite the same level of amusement, but my current home of Biggleswade always sounds funnier than it should.
I do have friends who live in the nearby places of Moggerhanger, Tyttenhanger Green and Shingay-cum-Wendy. I don't, however, know anyone from Lickey End. An eternal source of confusion is the nearby town of Ware. Where? Exactly. |
It's London, Ontario. Not New London.
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I always appreciated the humor in the town names on the eastern shore of Virgina that were from Native American words-- my two favorites were Onancock, VA and Assawoman, VA... ;)
Now down here in Texas, we do have "Gun Barrel City, Tx" and the small town of "Ding Dong, Tx" along with many others |
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