| The 22 towns with the worst names...
Posted: 5/29/2007 12:33:12 PM | 22.c o c kburn, Western Australia
Although this name is often pronounced "Coburn" by those who stand to lose from its awfulness, who actually reads that when they see this word? Oh, how it burns.
21. Twatt, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Scotland
The Shetland Islands, pronounced "Shitland Islands" if you have an accent like mine, make up a happy little area north of Scotland where it's too cold for trees to grow. I am related to approximately half the population of the Shetland Islands, share a last name with a quarter of them, and can probably trace my ancestry back to Twatt if I try hard enough. The pride!
20. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand
Locals call this hill in Hawke's Bay "Taumata" because... Well. Just because.
19. Muff, Ireland
We here at Drivl love puerile humour. They have a town called Muff. Har har har.
18. Looneyville, Texas, United States
Little Looneyville was named for storekeeper John Looney in the early 1870s. But who gives a shit. This is a hilarious name for a town in the state that brought us Dallas, the Bush Twins and Waco. How awkward must that be when you go to college? "Hey guys, my name's Sue and I'm from Looneyville!"
17. Titty Hill, Sussex, England
Falling squarely into the extensive Stupid Place Names From England category, Titty Hill is probably located just north of...
16. Thong, Kent, England
Which actually is south-east of...
15. Gravesend, Kent, England
Oh, come on, England. Graves End? What a nasty, depressing little name. You could have at least gone all the way with this one and called it Corpse Feet.
14. Wetwang, Yorkshire... yep! England again!
Okay, so I'll cut England some slack. It's an old country. You know, if the United States is Google, then England is IBM. Their country is older than f u c king dirt. They can't be blamed for having names that sound funny in 2007. But this is kind of ridiculous. Wetwang? I'm surprised they don't have towns called Squishy Vagina or Infected Scrotum.
13. Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
If I were mayor of Spread Eagle, I'd be making diplomatic advances towards the city leaders over in Wetwang to form a Sister-City relationship. Or maybe more of a Platonic-Friends-City relationship. After that, we'd just take thing slow and see what happened.
12. Bald Knob, Arkansas, United States
Well, I guess it's better than Hairy Knob. I assume England already has that one covered.
11.C o c kup, Cumbria, England
Cumbria is a county in the very north-west of England. What the backwoods of Alabama are to America is what Cumbria is to Britain. They talk funny up there. Thus, it isn't thoroughly surprising that they have a town called C o c k up. What do you call someone from this place? A c o c kupper? C o c k epeleite? C o c k uppian? C o c k apican? I suppose it's mildly better than Wetwangger.
10. Whiskey d i c k Mountain, Washington State, United States
As hard as America tries, it can't compete with Britain's high standards. This was a good effort, though. Well done, Washington.
9. Hookersville, West Virginia
Undoubtedly named before "hooker" meant "prostitute who picks men up on street corners," Hookersville combines two crimes of place-naming. One, a dirty sounding adjective (they couldn't have chosen "Pleasant"? "Sunny"? "Happy"?) And two, they added "ville" to the end of the town's name. Affixing "ville" to the end of a town's name is like dressing your silly little dog in a cardigan and letting him carry his leash around in his mouth. It just makes the poor animal look f u c king stupid.
8. Hell, Michigan, United States
The people in this town at least seem to have a good sense of humour about their home's unfortunate name. Although, I'm sure there's some midwestern idiots in Hell who get all offended and defensive when the town shows up on lists like this. I'm looking forward to reading their insightful emails and comments.
7. Toad Suck, Arkansas, United States
So that's what they do down in the big AR.
6. Middelfart, Denmark
I guess it's not so funny to them, but how do we know that "Seattle" doesn't mean "Big Fat Stinking Turd" in Danish? That's right, we don't. And it probably does.
5. Horneytown, North Carolina, United States
Its proximity to Hookersville, West Virginia is no coincidence. I also assume that, like Hookersville, the naming of Horneytown took place before "horney" meant "aching for a hot piece of ass" with an extra "e". But I'm starting to wonder why, pride and tradition aside, the townspeople in these little places never saw it fit to change their homes' names? Do they enjoy being ridiculed by the entire English-speaking world?
4. Shitterton, Dorset, England
I wonder if they bleep out the first part of Shitterton's name if it's mentioned on TV in America?
3. Disappointment, Kentucky, United States
Le sigh. Never mind. You live in a small town in Kentucky. At least it was appropriately named.
2. F u c king, Austria
The people who live in F u c king, Austria had a vote in 2004 to determine whether or not they should change the town's name, and you know what they did? They voted against it, preferring instead to put up with international ridicule, numerous stolen road-signs and horrific Google results.
But the hands-down winner, again from New Zealand is:
1. Whakapapa
Why is this the worst place name in the world? In Maori, the native language of New Zealand, the "wh" sound is pronounced "f". Say it aloud in your office and see what happens. | |
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| The 22 towns with the worst names...
Posted: 5/29/2007 9:22:05 PM | Hey what happened to Pennsylvania?
Come and visit Intercourse, Pa.
just down the road from Paradise, Pa.
which in turn leads to Blue Ball, Pa.
Yup Lancaster County has it all....... | |
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Posted: 5/30/2007 1:13:04 PM | Maybe so Juicers ...but there is the city of co ckburn in Western Australia..
Co ckburn is one of the major Coastal Cities found in the state of Western Australia. Situated just 22km south of Perth, the State's Capital City, and 8km south of Fremantle, once the home of the "America's Cup" in the 1980's. | |
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Posted: 5/30/2007 8:50:59 PM | We have a Climax, Michigan...always a great place to pull over on the highway, set the timer on the camera, then bend the GF over near the sign, make the "o" face and hold it until the camera snaps the picture....
Then in the same wonderful state on I-75...Big Beaver Road...and I swear to God it's exit...69...and they just had a big hoohah and finally granted the Hooters a liquor license and the newspapers had a headline that read something along the lines of "Hooters doesn't belong on big beaver"...
Glad I left the mitten state...only good thing about it was if you got lost and were drunk, you could ask for directions by holding up your hand and saying I live here (while pointing on your hand where you live)now how do I get back there?
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| The 22 towns with the worst names...
Posted: 5/31/2007 11:57:23 AM | Somebody else has already mentioned Climax, Saskatchewan. There's also Biggar, Sask.
I figure the two towns should amalgamate, so they can have a Biggar Climax. | |
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Posted: 6/1/2007 9:13:05 AM | Hello to all--- In my original home state of Minnesota there is also a Climax, and there is another town called Fertile. In my new state of Washington, believe it or not, there are two towns about two miles apart from the interstate called- George, and like I said, just down the road, a town called Martha. George, Washington is pretty dull, but in Martha, Washington- there s a great pie shop........!! | |
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Posted: 6/2/2007 12:22:36 PM | I grew up in D ickeyville, WI.
I always wanted to do the bike ride in MI from Lansing to Hell so I could get a t-shirt that says "I rode my bike to hell and back". There's also Paradise, MI, which has some kind of mini-Olympics against Hell, MI. Oh, and I saw a sign for Gay, MI, when snowmobiling. | |
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| The 22 towns with the worst names...
Posted: 6/3/2007 11:14:51 AM | [8. Hell, Michigan, United States
The people in this town at least seem to have a good sense of humour about their home's unfortunate name. Although, I'm sure there's some midwestern idiots in Hell who get all offended and defensive when the town shows up on lists like this. I'm looking forward to reading their insightful emails and comments.]
Just wondering if Hell freezes over??? Should I be worried at this point??? | |
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| The 22 towns with the worst names...
Posted: 6/3/2007 2:27:39 PM | | Here we have a town called Spuzzum, which is situated halfway between a town called Hope, and a place called Hell's Gate. | |
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Posted: 6/3/2007 2:35:11 PM | Middlefart is the best...I was once at an online poker table with a dude from Middlefart. I inquired if it was located between BigFart and littleFart?? he didn't talk...but another guy told me it was named after a wealthy family over there...evidently the Middlefarts are very prominent... | |
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| The 22 towns with the worst names...
Posted: 6/3/2007 2:50:50 PM | Toad Suck. Its a little east of Little Rock, I believe.
Drove through it once but I didn't see any toads sucking anything.
What a disappointment that was..
Edit:
Crap! I see O.P's already let that cat out! | |
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Posted: 6/3/2007 6:33:14 PM | Tattoogurl...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paal/64302568/
Yup, it does freeze over...and they even have churches in town...hmm.... | |
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