Weird and wonderful place names

[Rapscallion]

Wetwang
Netherthong

Also, Americans tend to parse Clitheroe differently to us.

Rapscallion

[fireheart]

What's wrong with Bruce? Plenty of excellent people are called Bruce! I happen to be one of them!

Speaking of people (or things) named Bruce, THIS guy voices Bruce in Finding Nemo and also voices The Great Goblin in the Hobbit...



Yes, that's a guy.

[Kit-Ginevra]

Wetwang
Netherthong

Also, Americans tend to parse Clitheroe differently to us.

Rapscallion

You should see what they do to Penistone....

[Moogles]

Newfoundland is awash in odd place names. Most famous case in point is Dildo, NL - yes, I've been there and it was a very lovely and quiet community

Here's a pretty complete list of place names in Newfoundland and Labrador (yes, technically the same province):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...d_and_Labrador

Best part about Dildo is you have to go past (or through) Spread Eagle

[Sunshine]

Dame Edna!!!! Hiya possums!

[fireheart]

Dame Edna!!!! Hiya possums!

*throws gladioli*

[Kit-Ginevra]

Adding to the list,we have Pity Me and Wide Open,Once and Twice Brewed
and the wonderfully named Land of Green Ginger in Hull and the Whip-ma-Whop-ma-Gate in York.
And not forgetting Cornwall's highest point. Brown Willy

[fireheart]

There are two places in Adelaide called sturt and upper sturt.

Oddly enough, they are nowhere NEAR one another....there are about 5-10 suburbs between them depending on which way you drive.

[Luna Baby]

Hubby grew up next to a small town called "Knob Lick". I still get embarrassed when I have to say that name or road name to folks that aren't familiar with our area.

[crazylegs]

On a non rude place name thought, I forgot the Slaughters in the Cotswolds...

[DGoddessChardonnay]

And you have Horry County SC.

Of course NC has their share as well, as it's been pointed out. But I can add these:

Lizard Lick
Conetoe
Climax (that one's just a few miles from me)
Stumpy Point
Nags Head
Whynot
Seven Devils
Kill Devil Hills
Tick Bite (couldn't you see yourself telling folks you live in Tick Bite? )
And who could forget Bat Cave, NC. Wonder if that's Batman's summer home?

[Kit-Ginevra]

Near us,it's old mining country and some of the mines have wonderful names. I can still recite some of them... Wheal Bush,Wheal Busy,Wheal Venture,Wheal Jane,Ding Dong,Ting Tang,Ale and Cakes and Cupboard

[Jester]

For a short while many years ago, I lived on Clambake Drive. Oddly, that was in a desert town, not here in Florida. Go figure.

My mother, meanwhile, grew up in the Point Lookout community across the county, on the side of Sugarloaf Mountain.

One of the Florida Keys is named Sugarloaf.

There are two places in Adelaide called sturt and upper sturt.

Oddly enough, they are nowhere NEAR one another....there are about 5-10 suburbs between them depending on which way you drive.

This actually makes sense to me. Chances are good that Sturt and Upper Sturt are older than the suburbs between them, and were named when they were the only places around, and there was a lot more spade and a lot less suburbs. At least, that's my theory. I could be wrong...

[mathnerd]

I got married in Tobaccoville,NC. Marriage went up in smoke a few years later.

[Kit-Ginevra]

We also had a Why Not? in Worcestershire-a few little houses that take their name from the Why Not pub?-named after the 1894 Grand National winner,who was owned by the original landlords.