Places with Weird Names
The Downmarching Void
16-05-2005, 20:05
Have you evr encountered (either in person or just on a map) a place with a really weird name? Here in Canada, I've encountered quite a few in person. I'll just start the list with the ones I know, please add to it with your own.
The only rule is that the place must exist and be on a reputable map or atlas.
Weird place names in Canada:
FlinFlon, MB
Medicine Hat, AL
Dildo, NFLD
Moose Factory, ON
Wawa, ON
Great Slave Lake, NWT
Moosejaw, SK
Moosenee, PQ
Head Smashed In, MB
Whiskey Harbour, ON
Six Houses, PEI (there are only 5 houses)
Cape Dissapointment, NFLD
Moonbeam, ON which is right next to:
Hearst, ON
According to a map I looked at once, there's a "Moron" in Mongolia...
Cumulo Nimbusland
16-05-2005, 20:07
Well, there's also a Cape Disappointment in Washington State.
I personally like Boring, Oregon.
Another good one is Half.com, Oregon.
Robot ninja pirates
16-05-2005, 20:10
Kalamazoo, MI
The Motor City Madmen
16-05-2005, 20:15
Intercourse & Blue Ball PA
Also Beaver College.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Wales)
Lord Berkeley's Knob (Sutherland, Scotland)
Muff (Northern Ireland)
Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)
Six Mile Bottom (Cambridge, UK)
Slackbottom (Yorkshire, UK)
Titless (Switzerland)
Wankendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Truth or Consequences, NM, USA
Intercourse, PA, USA
Chicken, AK, USA
Hot Coffee, MO, USA
Pie Town, <insert state here>, USA
That's all I can think of right now.
~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe
The Motor City Madmen
16-05-2005, 20:25
Truth or Consequences, NM, USA
Intercourse, PA, USA
Chicken, AK, USA
Hot Coffee, MO, USA
Pie Town, <insert state here>, USA
That's all I can think of right now.
~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe
Get original!
Ancient Byzantium
16-05-2005, 20:28
Hell, Michigan
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Lesbos, Greece (Even though it's pronounced Lez-vos in Greek)
Cut 'n' Shoot, Texas (stupid name if I ever saw one)
...Can't think of any others right now.
Taedentia
16-05-2005, 20:30
I always thought Chattanooga (Tennessee) was a funny one...
Hell, Michigan
Sheboyban, Wisconsin
Lesbos, Greece (Even though it's pronounced Lez-vos in Greek)
That's Sheboygan, damnit! :p
The Motor City Madmen
16-05-2005, 20:32
Slaughter Beach, DE
French Lick, IN
Bastardstein
16-05-2005, 20:32
In Austria there's a town called "Fucking".
Snopes Confirmed (http://http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp)
Pimpinstein
16-05-2005, 20:35
Batman - a city in Turkey.
Kilkenny - a county in Ireland (also excellent beer).
The Downmarching Void
16-05-2005, 20:37
:D LOL, they're all good, keep em coming!
Ancient Byzantium
16-05-2005, 20:37
That's Sheboygan, damnit! :p
Heh, typo. My friends go through there every year to race at Road America, I haven't been able to go because I'm always busy during the race. I also have another friend that lives up there. :cool: