PLACE NAMES
May 11th, 2001, 01:12 PM
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Two towns near Munich -- Necking and Petting... Look it up ! <BR> <BR>Traben-Trarbach also in Germany. <BR> <BR>And Baden-Baden has a nice ring to it... <BR> <BR>BTW -- The name of the Hotel in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (that's a good one too) is Sonnenblick -- with a K, not an H !
May 11th, 2001, 05:50 PM
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It may come as a surprise, but Michigan is the only state where you can drive from Hell to Paradise in one day. If you take a round about way, you can also go through Climax. 
<BR> <BR>When I was a kid, these were the cities in my home state we were most interested in!!!
<BR> <BR>When I was a kid, these were the cities in my home state we were most interested in!!!
May 12th, 2001, 01:50 AM
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Hello, <BR> <BR>3 km from where I live there`s a little town called "Linsengericht". It doesn`t sound funny, but the meaning of the word makes everybody chuckle and they give me look as if I live in the pampas far away from every civilization, although that place is only 40km from Frankfurt. <BR> <BR>Linsen-lentils <BR>gericht-dish <BR>So it sth. to eat-a lentil-dish... <BR> <BR>Miriam <BR>
May 27th, 2001, 05:38 AM
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Croatia has some lovely vowel-less places, best among them Krk. <BR> <BR>But re:North Carolina -- we have Candor, Thrift, and Trust, but we also have Bat Cave, Pumpkin Center, Silk Hope, Toast, Colon and Barium Springs (no comment), Lizard Lick (a different sort of fun from the Hoosiers in Indiana) and of course, Tar Heel. But the place name that enticed me long before I ever moved here was Fuquay Varina. I have yet to find out what a Varina is and why distinguishes a Fuquay one from other Varinas.
May 29th, 2001, 12:55 PM
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If you're in western Massachusetts and get hungry, stop off at Feeding Hills or Indian (pronounced something like inneeyun) Orchard. And does anyone know what Seagirt means? Seriously, New Jersey has some real barn burners like Ampere (shocking), and then the M ones (Manahawkin, Manalapan and Moonachie) and the P ones (Piscataway, Parsippany, Pennsauken and Passaic).
May 30th, 2001, 05:28 AM
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Here are a few from the INternet...... <BR> <BR>Booze (in Arkengarthdale) <BR>Sources tell me there is no pub in Booze. <BR>Fartown <BR>Giggleswick <BR>Apparently to the Viking a "Wic" was a village, and "Gigel" some kind of Chieftain. Hence the name. <BR>Idle, (Bradford) <BR>Home of the Idle Working Man's Club. You can buy T-shirts and everything. Really. <BR>Land of Green Ginger, The (Hull) <BR>Land Of Nod, The <BR>From the Bible: Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. <BR>Mold Green, Huddersfield <BR>Penistone <BR>The one everybody immediately thinks of. This and Scunthorpe can keep an idle mind amused for hours. <BR>Shat (now Skelmanthorpe) <BR>Thwing (near Scarborough) <BR>I'm not tho thure ath to why thith one ith amuthing. <BR>Tickhill <BR>Added because someone thought it amusing. Whether this is because a hill of ticks is inherently funny or because it's pronouced "tickle" they didn't say. <BR>Wetwang <BR>Richard Whiteley is (was?) the Mayor of this place. Figures. <BR>Wham (near Giggleswick) <BR>Not, sadly, the birth place of Roy Lichtenstein. <BR> <BR>And not to forget Twatt, Shetland. <BR> <BR>Check this out :- <BR> <BR>http://www.multimap.com/gb/A24658.htm <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> Street Names <BR> <BR>Cocking Lane, between Ilkley and Addingham <BR>Back Albert Passage, Headingley <BR>Butt Hole Road, Conisbrough <BR>A fairly recent addition. At the one end of Conisbrough. <BR>Butt Lane, Leeds <BR>Cockshot Lane, Leeds <BR>Dick Lane, Bradford <BR>Nutter Lane, Birstall <BR>Slack Bottom, Heptonstall <BR>Whip-ma-Whop-ma gate, York <BR>The tourist office and The City of York Council make great play of it being the shortest street in York and the longest street name in York. Apparently it was originally Whitnourwhatnourgate, meaning "What a street".
May 30th, 2001, 05:41 AM
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<BR>Try this site also... <BR> <BR>http://www.mapzone.co.uk/funny.html
May 31st, 2001, 12:57 PM
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Anyone pass through this Welsh town and actually learn to pronounce the name? <BR> <BR>LLanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch? <BR> <BR>"St. Mary's Church in a dell of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by the red cave of the Church of St. Tysilio."
