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this is the best place name ever

390 replies

stripeypillowcase · 10/01/2020 16:58

Popocatépetl
(volcano in mexico)
i't like beatboxing if you say it a few times

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mumwon · 10/01/2020 19:05

Staines Green (West of London)
Cold Christmas (Herts?)
Little & Great Snoring Norfolk
Ugly as mentioned by pp & they have Working Mans Club (Equal ops hey!)

CharlotteMD · 10/01/2020 19:07

Cockermouth Grin

stripeypillowcase · 10/01/2020 19:10

haha road (yes, really) in se london

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Mockers2020Vision · 10/01/2020 19:10

Bournemouth used to have the Lower Pleasure Gardens and the Upper Pleasure Gardens but I think they dropped the lower and upper to make them sound more family friendly!

No. They dropped the 'pleasure.' This being Bournemouth.

EoinMcLovesCakeJumper · 10/01/2020 19:17

I came on to suggest Blubberhouses and Wetwang, both in my neck of the woods, but see I've been beaten to it.

There's a village in the weird, remote bit of East Yorkshire called Paull, which always makes me giggle like a loon. I don't know why, just very immature, I suppose. It also has a fort, called Fort Paull.

Somerset has a Cocklake not far from Cheddar Grin

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 10/01/2020 19:19

'Hell' in German means light and is actually the standard word used to describe pale ale, so although they know full well what they're doing, they aren't doing so completely wantonly!

I love Ouagadougou too - always think it should be twinned with Ljubljana Grin

There's Knockin in Shropshire (and yes, they do have a village shop which is named as you would hope).

Don't forget the magnificent Brokenwind in Abderdeenshire.

There's Weedon Bec near Daventry (poor Bec, whatever did she do to deserve that?!)

There used to be a Butt Hole Road in Doncaster, but they changed it to the very boring Archers Way a few years ago after the residents got fed up with all the tourists stopping off for photos and stealing the sign. There's still a Butthole Lane in Leicestershire, which remains proudly so-named!

There's a village in Merseyside called Lunt - the residents have petitioned for a silent 'a' to be added between the 'L' and the 'u' as the 'u' gets, erm, amended on a very regular basis.

There's a road in Birmingham called Dogpool Lane, which more often than not has its last letter painted out.

My favourite of all has to be the village of Rottenegg in Austria Grin

TheHorseOnSeventhAvenue · 10/01/2020 19:20

Would love to live in Tiddlywink in Wiltshire.

Lonelycrab · 10/01/2020 19:21

The South Yorkshire police operations complex.

It’s on Letsby Avenue Smile

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 10/01/2020 19:22

There's a village in Merseyside called Lunt - the residents have petitioned for a silent 'a' to be added between the 'L' and the 'u' as the 'u' gets, erm, amended on a very regular basis.

Of course, I meant that the 'L' gets amended regularly....

Mockers2020Vision · 10/01/2020 19:23

Ljubljana

Formerly known as Laibach (and enjoy it.)

TroysMammy · 10/01/2020 19:26

I like Plwmp in West Wales. Never been there though.

IVflytrap · 10/01/2020 19:28

Todmorden in Yorkshire is an odd one. Sounds relatively normal to English speakers, but literally means "Death Murder" in German. (Tod = death, Morden = murder).

Another one I like, that I think has already been mentioned is Wank in Bavaria. (This is not an instruction).

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 10/01/2020 19:31

Another one I like, that I think has already been mentioned is Wank in Bavaria. (This is not an instruction).

Presumably, when you leave the town, it has the standard sign showing the town name crossed out?! That makes me think of the character in Goodness Gracious Me who kept telling his son "By the way, that thing you do with your hands - very bad!"

Mockers2020Vision · 10/01/2020 19:33

Young Boys FC play in Wankdorf. Their stadium is on Winkelriedstrasse.

SirTobyBelch · 10/01/2020 19:37

Dirt Pot, Northumberland.

Lonelycrab · 10/01/2020 19:39

Ha @Mockers2020Vision
I camped in Gamish in the German alps, on a large hill called Wank.

But ten times better is that there was a cable car called the wank-bahn going to the topGrin

There may have been a Wankhaus too I’m not sure.

toddlertantrumhell · 10/01/2020 19:41

Fartown near Huddersfield. I like to pronounce it FartTown

CherylStreep · 10/01/2020 19:42

Stillorgan (in Dublin)

SyntheticPumpkin · 10/01/2020 19:44

Dildo, Newfoundland Grin

MaggieFS · 10/01/2020 19:45

Bishops Itchington

emwithme · 10/01/2020 19:45

I love Humpty Doo, in the Northern Territories. It just sounds so bloody Australian.

BestOfTimesBlurstOfTimes · 10/01/2020 19:47

There’s a town called Puke in Albania.
And although not a place name, “for sale” signs in Albanian say “Shitet”. Always makes me laugh.

Chuffit · 10/01/2020 19:53

Idle in Bradford
Idle working men's club 😂

Justkeeprollingalong · 10/01/2020 20:07

Pity Me, Tyne and Wear
Stippy Stappy, St Agnes, Cornwall
Scratchy Bottom, Dorset
Crack Pot, Yorkshire

To name but a few, we have the best place names!

mumwon · 10/01/2020 20:09

Happisburgh - (which is pronounced hayesburgh - I think) my dc name for it was happy burger named after a little café in a b & b which may no longer be there (its probably on the beach sadly)