We also have a Beaver Ruin Rd. here in Atlanta.
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June 13, 2008 10:19 p.m. atlantamx3 Dork
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June 13, 2008 10:35 p.m. rallymodeller New Reader
There's also a Bad Axe, MI.
I've been to Big Beaver Rd; it runs right through Troy and the north side of the Detroit suburbs.
Here in Ontario there is Swastika, right outside Kirkland Lake. Not so much funny ha-ha as funny peculiar.
There's also a place on James Bay called Moose Factory. Always wondered where they came from.
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June 14, 2008 8:29 a.m. nutherjrfan New Reader
I was driving to Taneytown, MD (also a strange one) and I saw a little sign that said "Tyrone". These little villages must have some strange residents.
First one is pronounced Tawneytown after the Chief Justice who delivered the Dredd Scott decision - still has statues in his honor in Maryland. Tyrone is a modern county in Ulster, Ireland. Tir Eoghan - land of Eoin. Tir is like an Irish language version of Stan, as in Pakiferkinstan.
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June 14, 2008 9:04 a.m. poopshovel Dork
Georgia:
Cumming was already mentioned. Still makes me giggle when people call it "Cummings" because they don't want to say it.
Ball Ground - my sister-in-law lives there.
Dacula - Oddly enough, not pronounced like "Dracula"
Barneyville - Makes me laugh every time I see the sign.
Roswell - They've got aliens! Lots of 'em!
Oh, and we have a "Tyrone" too.
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June 14, 2008 10:08 a.m. jsinnard New Reader
Carson wrote: We have Lizard Lick, NC and Bat Cave, NC
Don't forget Duck.
My younger brother was born in Thermopolis WY.
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June 14, 2008 5:15 p.m. Cbergerud None
Vulcan, Alberta and Dildo, Newfoundland
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June 14, 2008 5:53 p.m. mel_horn New Reader
Mazdax605 wrote:
nutherjrfan wrote:
and then Bryn Mawr and Bala Cynwyd (Dutch?)...
the latter has definitely gotta be Welsh, if not both, the Mollys had a time with those boyos.
How do you pronounce Bryn Mawr,and Bala Cynwyd? Those are some serious funky spellings.
Easier than it looks:
Brinn-Mahr (Katherine Hepburn went to college there) and Balla Kinwid
Our early Welsh settlers gave us a lot of them: Just north of them is Cumru Township (near Reading) and to the west is Upper Uwchland (Yookland)Township.
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June 14, 2008 5:59 p.m. mel_horn HalfDork
Don't make me get out the Pennsylvania Atlas!
Here in York County we have Spry, Yoe, and Paddletown.
Back to the Welsh names; Brynfan Tydynn race track SW of Wilkes Barre) was in use in the '50s and Carroll Shelby was a participant among others.
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June 14, 2008 6:09 p.m. mel_horn HalfDork
rallymodeller wrote: Here in Ontario there is Swastika, right outside Kirkland Lake. Not so much funny ha-ha as funny peculiar.
There is (or was) a street named "Swastika" in Frederick MD. BTW, it'snot a German word but a Sanskrit(or Hindu?) word referrring to the symbol. The Germans never called it that, they called it a "hakenkreuz" or "broken cross" -
June 14, 2008 6:20 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
Bat Cave, NC
na na na na na na na na na na na BAT CAVE!
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June 14, 2008 6:32 p.m. matt_fulghum New Reader
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster, MA. Beat that.
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June 14, 2008 10:24 p.m. wlkelley3 Reader
I've been to a town named "Show Low, AZ". It was supposedly named how 2 brothers decided on ownership, drew low card from a deck of cards - hence Show Low and the winner drew a duece of spades whick is also the towns insignia. Also Chicken, Alaska and Eagle, Alaska plus a few other odd named eskimo villages. Kotzewbu, AK for one example. A few other i've been to but don't remember their names.
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June 14, 2008 11:53 p.m. RidgeRunner Dork
jsinnard wrote:
Deep Gap, Climax, Index, State Road, White Store, Supply, Askewville, Trap, Farmer, Pee Dee, Riceville (I wonder if it's full of riced out honduhs), Ansonville (Anusville?), Sparta (THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAH!), Maggie Valley (I knew a girl named Maggie... I always wanted to explore her valleys!), Gay (just a dot on a map, never heard of it otherwise), Rocky Mount (Bouldery Sex?),Carson wrote: We have Lizard Lick, NC and Bat Cave, NC
Don't forget Duck.
And last but not least...
Cullowhee (where I went to school - in the Cherokee language it means "Valley of the lillies")
Plus there's all kinds of other names coming from native american languages that sound funny to the english ear.
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June 15, 2008 6:42 a.m. mel_horn HalfDork
There is also a Tyrone in Pennsylvania (north of Altoona, don't ask me where THAT came from!) There were rumors of a village nearby named Shoelaces, which apparently was renamed. Apparently people were reluctant to send their kids to Tyrone-Shoelaces School District... My friend's mom passed recently and we went to Punxsutawney for the funeral.
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June 15, 2008 8:50 a.m. RealMiniDriver Dork
matt_fulghum wrote: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster, MA. Beat that.
A morning radio show here in Milwaukee has a daily trivia contest, "You Can't Win", and years ago, one of the questions was to spell the name that means "fishing at the boundry neutral fishing waters."In Wisconsin, there aren't many interesting names, but we have Rome, London, Denmark, Brussels, Belgium, Athens, Milan, Peru, Scandinavia, Eden, Modena, Genoa, Lebanon...
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June 15, 2008 10:17 a.m. Twin_Cam Dork
Mazdax605 wrote:
nutherjrfan wrote:
and then Bryn Mawr and Bala Cynwyd (Dutch?)...
the latter has definitely gotta be Welsh, if not both, the Mollys had a time with those boyos.
How do you pronounce Bryn Mawr,and Bala Cynwyd? Those are some serious funky spellings.
Bryn Mawr is BRIN-more, and Bala Cynwyd is Bala CINwid.
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June 15, 2008 10:31 a.m. jamscal HalfDork
http://gofoo.blogspot.com/2008/03/top-50-odd-name-places-in-america.html
quick google. A bunch have been mentioned. With pics.
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June 15, 2008 10:38 a.m. jsinnard New Reader
A buddy of mine, big, tall, blonde haired, blued eyed Nordic character was from Mexico, NY.
Does that make him "mexican"?
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June 15, 2008 1:32 p.m. rebelgtp HalfDork
jamscal wrote: http://gofoo.blogspot.com/2008/03/top-50-odd-name-places-in-america.html
quick google. A bunch have been mentioned. With pics.
uh the title of that is 50 odd named places in America yet he has names from Canada and Australia listed...when did we acquire the land of Oz and the land of cannuks?
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June 15, 2008 3:30 p.m. steamcorners Reader
Sugartit, Kentucky--across from Cincy, near Florence.
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June 16, 2008 2:41 a.m. Mazdax605 New Reader
matt_fulghum wrote: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster, MA. Beat that.
Do you know the translation for that native american indian name? It is something to the effect of "You fish this side,we fish that side,noone fish the middle" Pretty stupid huh?
