Place Names Of Distinction

mollusque commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

I once mailed a postcard from Hell, Cayman Islands.

January 1, 2008

bilby commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Yessssss!

January 1, 2008

skipvia commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Not too far from Lizard Lick, NC, is a little place called Frog Level.

And then there is the oddly-named Onancock, VA. Sort of makes you wonder what the cartographer was thinking...

January 1, 2008

skipvia commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

There's a village in Alaska named Eek. It's actually a Yupik name meaning "our eyes." A well-known Native artist named Chuna is from Eek.

January 1, 2008

bilby commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

I hope I can go travelling with Skipvia one day, he knows all the cool places ;-) Thanks!

January 1, 2008

skipvia commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

We'll have to make sure and stop by Show Low, Arizona on that trip, bilby. It's right on Deuce of Clubs Road, down below Holbrook. A beautiful spot, indeed...

January 1, 2008

mollusque commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

I've been at Me No Sen You No Come, Rest and Be Thankful, and Barbecue Bottom, all in Jamaica's Cockpit Country, an amazing karst area with some of the last remaining virgin forest in the Caribbean.

January 1, 2008

reesetee commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Ah, another excellent place names list, and this one is *serious*! ;-) Thanks, bilby. You may enjoy kad's NJ list, uselessness' NM list, and my PA list, while you're at it (please jump in if I missed any of the "state names" lists).

January 2, 2008

bilby commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Thanks r_t. I've had a look at U's list as a few that I've listed have shown up on his as well.

And now for something completely different. This is too long to list as a word so I'll do it here. A former official name for the city of Bangkok in Thailand was:

Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udom Ratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanu Kamprasit.

Meaning, obviously:

'The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resem'bles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukam'.

I'd probably BangHead after all that.

January 2, 2008

sionnach commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

What is it with Thai names anyway? Why are the Chinese able to come up with apparently unique identifiers that can be written in as few as four letters (a colleague at work was called 'Xu Lu'). Whereas any self-respecting Thai name takes up at least several lines in the phone directory. (Check out the names of the cabinet members at the government website sometime and you'll see what I mean).

It's as if a linguistic switch (option='verbose') were flipped between the two languages.

January 2, 2008

sionnach commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

I've always liked 'Foggy Bottom' and 'The Little Old Lady of Threadneedle Street'.

January 2, 2008

reesetee commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Good grief! Some of us have enough trouble spelling "Bangkok"!

January 2, 2008

rolig commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Has anybody mentioned Assawoman Bay, in Maryland, yet? And, near Cuzco, Peru, is the Inca complex known as Sacsayhuamán, which is pronounced, approximately, as "sexy woman".

January 2, 2008

rolig commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Then there's the village of Ritoznoj, in Slovene Styria. The name translates literally as "ass sweat", after the hard-working peasants there. A popular wine blend comes from that area, and it's called ritoznoj�?an - yes, "ass-sweat wine".

January 2, 2008

reesetee commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

And yet I haven't seen that wine on the shelves of my local store.

January 2, 2008

rolig commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

You will one day, I'm sure.

January 2, 2008

rolig commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Another town in Slovenia, which perhaps should be a sister town to Eek, Alaska, is Ig, which is pronounced "eek".

January 2, 2008

bilby commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

A lot of the places would make great brand or generic names for food and drinks. I'm sure I'd like to try Middelfart beans, perhaps even spinach from Sally's Bottom, followed by a Herpes cupcake for dessert. Now that's a menu to toast with Ass-Sweat wine.

January 2, 2008

reesetee commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

*writing grocery list*

January 3, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

I humbly submit Tickle Cove, Newfoundland. Not as good as Dildo (which apparently lies near Conception Bay and Come-by-Chance), but still pretty good.

January 5, 2008

bilby commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Thanks c_b, all really cute :-)

January 5, 2008

madmouth commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Pucklechurch

St.-Andrews-by-the-Wardrobe

Peeby

all in England

April 11, 2009

oroboros commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

How about Dunmovin' (in California). Surprised not to see Lake Titicaca.

June 29, 2009

bilby commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Lake Titicaca was scared off by the prior listing of [Mount Titless}. Fixed! Thanks for the suggestions oro & madz.

June 30, 2009

ruzuzu commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

What about Cawker City, Kansas (home of the world's largest ball of sisal twine)?

December 1, 2009

bilby commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

While I'm impressed by Big Things, and in fact often stop to point out to my visitors the Giant Boxing Crocodile, the city's name doesn't grab me.

December 1, 2009

madmouth commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

I passed by Chuckanut Dr. near the US-Canada border

December 1, 2009

john commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Just came across Shitlingthorpe, which is apparently a town in Yorkshire. Thought of you immediately, bil by :-)

April 20, 2010

bilby commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Cheers John, definitely a keeper.

April 20, 2010

asativum commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

Just stumbled on this. Consider: Toad Suck Park. It's a real place: http://www.conwayarkcc.org/play.php?id=2

June 19, 2011

bilby commented on the list place-names-of-distinction

In!

June 19, 2011