Weird town names
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
In The Netherlands there is a town called America (never new our country was big enough to fit in all Americans :-) ) We also have a town called 'SexBierum' (bier == beer and um can be seen as slang for just do it) Rutger Ellen
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
I once went past a little village in the UK called Peover. I used to pronounce it 'Pee-Over', but apparently it's pronounced 'Pover' :-O Paresh Solanki There is no substitute for genuine lack of preparation.
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I once went past a little village in the UK called Peover. I used to pronounce it 'Pee-Over', but apparently it's pronounced 'Pover' :-O Paresh Solanki There is no substitute for genuine lack of preparation.
Paresh Solanki wrote: I used to pronounce it 'Pee-Over' I would too ;P James Simplicity Rules!
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
Near my hometown, there's a village called "脫褲庄", which means "The village that takes off one's trouser" ! :cool: :cool: :cool: Maxwell Chen People say "No news is good news". Then, no code is good code!?
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
There's a Romulus Michigan. I drive through it on the way to Mundelein Illinois. The one that I get the biggest kick out of is "Oxnard". It's in California someplace. J "I am wise enough to therefore not spout my ill informed opinion as if it were remotely related to fact." - Christian Graus
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
My personal favorite is still "Nameless, Texas". To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
James T. Johnson wrote: I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to Ditto - I love that name! Wasn't it mentioned in a song? Anyway, from the CH4 repeats of Jackass, isn't their a place called meianus or somthing like that? ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
Douglas Adams (author of the great "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" saga) wrote a book titled "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" that give funny explanations to strange town names. And many names could sound silly in languages different to the one spoken by their inhabitants (for example "chicago" is used for many "unpolite" jokes in Italian...). -- Looking for a new screen-saver? Try FOYD: http://digilander.iol.it/FOYD
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
How about Cummings, Georgia ? :wtf: were these guy thinking? Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the af
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How about Cummings, Georgia ? :wtf: were these guy thinking? Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the af
Tom Archer wrote: How about Cummings, Georgia ? Probably the same folks that named Intercourse, PA!! :wtf: Mike Mullikin "Thank you America, every night I see increasingly stupid things happening here in Australia. Then you come along and top it." - Michael Martin - The Lounge :bob:
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There's a Romulus Michigan. I drive through it on the way to Mundelein Illinois. The one that I get the biggest kick out of is "Oxnard". It's in California someplace. J "I am wise enough to therefore not spout my ill informed opinion as if it were remotely related to fact." - Christian Graus
Jamie Hale wrote: "Oxnard". It's in California someplace. One of my favorites:-D But don't forget "Zzyzx"! It's in the middle of the So. CA desert on the road to Las Vegas.
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
Let's see. In my native Kentucky we have: Waddy Salt Lick Hazard In nearby West Virginia: Big Otter Big Chimney Nitro Institute Hurricane To get to "Big Pool", though, you have to venture into Maryland. One of the oddest I've seen, though, is north of the border. I believe it was in Nova Scotia, Canada: Pugwash No generalization is 100% true. Not even this one.
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
Horseheads, NY Stem, NC King Of Prussia, PA Canastota, NY (or Can-of-soda, as it is near a rest stop on the NY thruway) Schenectady, NY (just for sheer unspellability)
I don't care, and you can't make me.
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
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Douglas Adams (author of the great "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" saga) wrote a book titled "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" that give funny explanations to strange town names. And many names could sound silly in languages different to the one spoken by their inhabitants (for example "chicago" is used for many "unpolite" jokes in Italian...). -- Looking for a new screen-saver? Try FOYD: http://digilander.iol.it/FOYD
I keep that on my desk at work. Really catches people off guard. Here's a couple of goodies. Fulking - pretending not be in when the carol-singers come around. Dockery - Facetious behaviour adopted by an accused man in the mistaken belief that this will endear him to the judge. Tulsa - a slurp of beer which has accidentally gone down your shirt collar. :) Chris
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
A small town southern of France has the funny name (for english-speaking people) of Condom Another town southern of France is fed-up to have to buy new town signs, because they are often stolen: its name is "Moncuq", which could phonetically be translated as "My Ass". :-O We're talking shit, 'cause life is a 'biz You know it is Everybody tryin' to get rich God damn! All I wanna do is live ! KoRn, Children of the Korn
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I keep that on my desk at work. Really catches people off guard. Here's a couple of goodies. Fulking - pretending not be in when the carol-singers come around. Dockery - Facetious behaviour adopted by an accused man in the mistaken belief that this will endear him to the judge. Tulsa - a slurp of beer which has accidentally gone down your shirt collar. :) Chris
I like Douglas Adams' humor. The hitch hickers guide to the Galaxy is one of my favourite books (together with a complete collection of Daniel Pennac's and Stefano Benni's books). Some of his ideas are wonderful (Marvin the paranoid android, the restaurant at the end of the universe, Slartibartfast, the dolphins as second most intelligent life form on earth :)). He was a genius. And the best reply to most of lounge's questions is still "42" ;) -- Looking for a new screen-saver? Try FOYD: http://digilander.iol.it/FOYD
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After hearing about some deadly storms hitting Happy, Texas I have to wonder what other towns are named "oddly". In Michigan we have: Hell, Christmas, and Kalamazoo*; those are the ones I can think of anyway. What are yours? James *I don't think Kalamazoo is a weird name, but others have called it that so I will to :) Simplicity Rules!
How about "Truth or Consequences" in New Mexico?? -- LuisR ────────────── Luis Alonso Ramos Chihuahua, Mexico www.luisalonsoramos.com CPUA: 0xC0DE - No Sonork yet MiniPutt best: 20 "Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater." -- Albert Einstein
