Silly place names
 

I'm feeling rather flippant this dull, grey afternoon so - what are the silliest place names Fodorites have encountered? <BR> <BR>In Belgium there are towns called Silly and Erps Kwerps!

Well i have received postcards from folks from all the following places: <BR> <BR>Arsoli (Lazio, Italy) <BR>Muff (Northern Ireland) <BR>Twatt (Shetland, UK <BR>Dildo (Newfoundland, Canada) <BR>Brown Willy (Cornwall, UK) <BR>Shag Island (Indian Ocean) <BR>Hold With Hope (Greenland) <BR>Tittybong (Australia) <BR>Lord Berkeley's Knob (Sutherland, Scotland)

Hell (Norway)

The infamous: <BR>Blueballs (Pennsylvania) <BR>Condom (France)

How about the Diet of Worms? <BR>In Germany, just north of Mannheim, is the city of Worms. It was there in April of 1521 that Martin Luther was summoned to appear before Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms to answer for his contrarian religious beliefs. <BR>Well, many American college students don't know the other meaning of diet, e.g. a formal assembly of state or religious groups. <BR>You can guess the reaction of college freshmen when they read or hear about the Diet of Worms. By then they have had a few meals at the college refectory under their belts, so they start to wonder.

Bitche, France <BR> <BR>and in Indiana: <BR> <BR>Gnawbone, French Lick and my original hometown: Floyds Knobs.

Good ones Falcon <BR> <BR>How about: <BR>1) Embarass, Wisconsin <BR>2) Rick Steve's back door

Intercourse, PA <BR>Flushing, NY <BR>Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

How about Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky? and yes, I bought a t-shirt.

In Wales, on the isle of Anglesley: <BR>Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantys iliogogogoch <BR> <BR>and no, I didn't just type those letters randomly, its a real place. The name means something like the Place with the little white church down by the river. We actually went there and took a photo of the local car dealer's who had the entire name on his sign.

NW Minnesota gives us both "Fertile" and "Climax." There's an urban legend of a small-town newspaper headline: "Fertile Woman Dies in Climax." <BR>

You beat me, Angel. There is also a Climax, North Carolina. I have always liked Fish Kill too (can't remember whether it is in NY or PA, I think NY) - has a nice environmentalist ring to it.

Fishkill is in New York. And speaking of New York, how about the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island?

Lists of English place names are good hunting for this. I’ve always liked Dorking (didn’t know that was a verb, To Dork, but I know people who are good at it.) Also Studley Roger (he is?) in Yorkshire, not far from Studley Royal (aren’t they all?). Also in Yorkshire is Swine. (“I come from Swine.”) <BR>Here in Warshington my faves are not too far from each other on the Olympic Peninsula. Sappho and Humptulips. <BR>

A few that come to mind in the States: <BR> <BR>Cheesequake Park, NJ <BR>Stinking Creek, TN <BR>Tacky Town, KY <BR>and the infamous Luvvv Canal, NY

From my neck of the woods: <BR> <BR>Belchertown, Feeding Hills, and Indian Orchard...all in Massachusetts <BR> <BR>Feura Bush and Slingerlands...two more gems from the Empire State

From the embarrassment of riches provided by England, two of my favourites are: Piddletrenthide in Dorset and Nether Wallop in Hampshire. But then, I come from a country with place names like Woolloomooloo.

Rosemary, is the accent on the "oo" or the "oo"? Or maybe the "oo"? That has GOT to be a fun name to say outloud...

How about Rottenegg, Switzerland (my Swiss friend has a nice summerhouse there) and Fucking, Australia (sorry, but it IS the name of the town!) Also there's a town in Hungary called Bugyi, meaning panties. You know: "I was born in Panties"! Or a city called Hodmezovasarhely which means: "Beaverfieldmarketplace". There's also a place called A in Norway.

or better yet: "I live in 'Panties'"