I dont know about where you live, but i live in Lancashire and we have some wierd names for towns and villages, just to give you a few, there is a place near Bury and its a lovely place and is surrounded by the moors called Ramsbotton, also go to another place which is on the way to Burnley called Oswaldtwistle which is quite pleasant as that again is surrounded by the moors again, and the last one which is quite near me is a lovely but very very expensive place to live is Last Drop Village. There are more, so what funny place name do you have quite near to yourselves?
Funny names.
Baa
Jan 15, 2002
We have a few villages down here which have strange names, it always sets me to wondering how they got them. We have a Sway, Dead Maids, Soberton, Codford, Winterslow,Hordle and many others. I once worked in a very small village/hamlet called Wyke Champflower in Somerset, for such a large name there were only about 10 houses there.
How about Intercourse, Pennsylvania? does that qualify?
We have very odd names here also:
First in Finnish, then a possible translation (Finnish names can never be translated to English):
Raamattu - Bible
Terskanperä - End of the Glans
Äkäslompolo
Karigasniemi - Cape of Karigas
Varkaus - Robbery
Utsjoki - Utsriver
Sodankylä - War's Village
Imatra
Janakkala
Nakkila
Noormarkku
Mynämäki
Kotka - Eagle
Espoo :) I wonder what it means..
Helsinki - does it sound odd to you? Like Hell is Sinking?
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HOw about Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania?
We have lots of Birds ith Hands here especially as Pub names.
Some interesting names in the Durham region. Pity Me comes to mind.
we have lots of 'piddles' and 'puddles' Puddletown, Piddletrentide,Battery Bank,Bryant's Puddle,Poxwell,sixpenny Handley,tilly whim, Tollpuddle,turnerspuddle,Winspit, witchampton,Duds Bury,I'd love to know how some of these places got their names.
we have
Ahoghill - a-clear your throat-ill
Broughshane - bruh shane
Omagh - oma witha short a. never said right by UK and foreign journalists
Newtownards - newtun-ards
Muff - always raises an eyebrow
Bet you can't pronounce Kirkcudbright and Burntisland.
Baa
Jan 17, 2002
Muff? LOL
Northener nope can't pronounce them let us in on the secret ;)
I live next to a village called Buttlocks Heath although the local kids nenamed it buttocks heath. I used to work on a farm in a tiny hamlet called Lower Upham and my Mom was born in a place called Coven.
I know how to say Kirkcudbright thats so easy but maybe it's because of the scottish Irish link that we got to hear.
I'll not tell you how to say Kirkcudbright and leave it to Notherner. I thought it was one of the better known names.
I dont know about the other name other than the obvious.
Mark
I would really like to learn to spell the Lannfairpwyllgyn....
We have a Hell Michigan!
Baa
Jan 21, 2002
Evert
Its Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch,
The name means St. Mary's Church in a hollow - white hazels - near to the rapid whirlpool - St. Tysil's Church - red cave. More often shortened to Llanfair P. G.
Now try the pronounciation :)
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On Jackass on MTV Johnny Knoxville visited a town called 'Myanus', i can't remember which state in the US that it was in... lol. he kept pointing to stuff saying for instance 'look - there's a dog in Myanus, there's a general store in Myanus' etcetc
i know theres a town called 'Nowhere' near to where i live.. there's also a philadelphia just up the road near to Houghton-le-spring.
as Northerner hasnt been here in a week I'll tell you how to say Kirkcudbright
ker-coo-bree
Mark
Baa
Jan 23, 2002
Lilith you just reminded me, we have a No-mans-land in the Forest and a Canada which is really tiny.
Mark
Thanks I was wondering how it should sound.
Yes, Mark's right. The second one is just as it looks - amazing how many people try to make it complicated though!!!!
If you're around Sheila, a couple of folks at GW were asking after you!
Coming in on the conversation a bit late, but have only just subscribed. Locally we have Wormshill (a bit tame), and 5 miles away, Hucking gets its signpost altered on a regular basis.
Yes Pholomel i could just imagine that too. LOL And welcome to Daves Garden.
if you translate my townsname to english its called
united buying "Enköping" but it means the little town witch united the kings road in all directions noth,south,east,west
and its the nearest town in Sweden.this is the town with most towns in an area of 80 km including our capitol Stockholm
Roger Dahlstrom
Hello Roger, great to see a Swede here! Have you said hello on the Welcome Mat forum? This forum's slightly sleepy at the moment but I expect it will liven up when we get more spring-like weather and get back out into the garden again. Of course, one or two people have greenhouses, not me - having a browse thru seed catalogues though. Welcome!!!!