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If the C word is so bad, why is Scunthorpe spelt the way it is?

211 replies

paulagil · 06/11/2013 14:40

I piss myself laughing everytime I see it on the television weather charts.

Ha ha ho ho. Or am I just warped?

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chicaguapa · 11/11/2013 20:30

We moved from Cockermouth to Ramsbottom. I think I'll have the best eulogy ever, with titters from the back. Grin

BogStandardOldWoman · 11/11/2013 20:36

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MissSmiley · 11/11/2013 20:39

Newark is an anagram of Wanker. Hard to forget.

Basketofchocolate · 11/11/2013 20:41

I can offer Thong in Kent, Dunino in Fife (good for when taxi driver asks where you want to go), Maes-y-cwmmer in Wales (might need Welsh pron for that one - and some imagination) and my favourite is Spy in Belgium.

bluesbaby · 11/11/2013 20:47

Faccombe makes me laugh every time :D

And Timsbury for some reason. So random.

bluesbaby · 11/11/2013 20:49

Fanny big in the brecon beacons is also one that always makes me laugh :D

TheDinnerWitch · 11/11/2013 20:53

What about Low Hole Bottom in Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire? Grin

oldsilver · 11/11/2013 20:57

I had my ears pierced in Condom, France.

A personal favourite is Squeeze Belly Lane in Kingsbridge, which is the narrowest public thoroughfare in the Country, apparently Smile

Basketofchocolate · 11/11/2013 20:58

Ah yes, have seen a Sexburga Drive somewhere too....

AthelstaneTheUnreadyFucker · 11/11/2013 21:02

All the Splatts. Look across a map of Cornwall and it's all Combe, Combe, Splatt, Combe, Combe, Splatt, Hilary. Crazy place, crazy guys...

TheBreastmilksOnMe · 11/11/2013 21:05

I know it's not rude but I live a couple of miles away from a village called LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH

Always sure to raise a smile or an eyebrow!

BazilGin · 11/11/2013 21:07

Drove through Cocking today, nr Chichester.

BazilGin · 11/11/2013 21:08

I also always giggle walking through Jeffery's Passage in Guildford. Damn my dirty mind!

EyeOfNewtBigtoesOfFrog · 11/11/2013 21:12

I grew up near the village of Shelf.

Finsbury Park always makes smirk because it's funny backwards.

bluesbaby · 11/11/2013 21:20

I'm also near Over Wallop and Nether Wallop :D
And Dummer

Doublemuvver · 11/11/2013 21:21

Know a Wan King Path in Hong Kong

JaquelineHyde · 11/11/2013 21:25

I used to drive by Twatt all the time on Shetland. It was just so, so wrong when the children used to say it Grin

StormyBrid · 11/11/2013 21:31

There's a Cock Alley in the depths of Derbyshire somewhere. Couldn't tell you exactly where though, we were lost when we found the place.

AthelstaneTheUnreadyFucker · 11/11/2013 21:37

And I can't believe that Little and Great Cockup have been mentioned, but not Cockupbottom, just down the road in Cumbria.

dogeral · 11/11/2013 21:39

why on earth am I thinking of that 'young man from kent'

WansteadG · 11/11/2013 21:41

Pity Me and No Place

debbietheduck · 11/11/2013 21:50

Further afield, there's a place in Thailand called Phuket.

You don't actually pronounce it like that but it still amuses me.

theITgirl · 11/11/2013 21:54

Near me is a road called Cumcum hill! Grin

Been to Dorset loads of times so love all the piddle names, my favourite is Piddletrenthide.

itsnothingoriginal · 11/11/2013 22:01

Cockadilly and Waterley Bottoms are near me!

Love the Piddles too - always raises a laugh in the back of the car Grin

DrCoconut · 11/11/2013 22:04

Had forgotten about Fanny Hands Lane. We used to go past it regularly when I was little.