Unusual Place Names - Page 4

limey · 08-20-2006, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

... gutted. The third day it was gone, except for the rubble to be pushed into the Cellar when they'd finished removing ...

Ah HAH, so that's why it's a bit dusty in here ...

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-20-2006, 02:22 AM

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The former town of Merion Square was renamed Gladwyne in 1891 in order to imitate the stylish Welsh names of adjoining towns, although the name is meaningless in Welsh.

The Anglophone ear would have difficulty distinguishing "glad" from "gwlad," I suppose, though gwlad's A is broad rather than short, and the W's "oo" sound in Welsh is unstressed in this word, so the word tends to sound like "g'lahd." It means nation or country.

Bullitt · 08-20-2006, 02:56 AM

Well I don't know if this counts for an unusual place name.. but back when I lived in TN, not too far from my house was the intersection of Old Hickory Road.. and Old Hickory Road.

I miss the south

John Adams · 08-20-2006, 07:01 AM

Maybe not unusual but I grew up in Hicksville, NY and now I live in the south.

It's funny when people ask me where I am from down here and I say Hicksville. They usually say "me too".

wolf · 08-20-2006, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt

Well I don't know if this counts for an unusual place name.. but back when I lived in TN, not too far from my house was the intersection of Old Hickory Road.. and Old Hickory Road.

I miss the south

Down near Oxford, Penna. (which nearly qualifies as the south) they have the intersection of Route One and Route 1. Both run North to South.

Happy Monkey · 08-21-2006, 10:55 AM

The railroad un-renamed the community.

Spexxvet · 08-21-2006, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

The railroad un-renamed the community.

lol

Spexxvet · 08-23-2006, 09:24 AM

Wolf said the names predate the station, the site that she cited said the railroad named the communitiy.

dar512 · 08-23-2006, 04:16 PM

I am sorry to report that early Alaskans must not have had a sense of humor - otherwise there would be a town named Baked, AK.

DanaC · 03-03-2014, 02:00 AM

If I saw that name I'd think it a manufacturing term. It wouldn't occur to me that it might be a ref to violence.

Griff · 03-03-2014, 06:44 AM

Something people from elsewhere (and here for that matter) might find unusual is the number of Pigeon place names in the US. The passenger pigeon was that important to peoples survival/economy.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-03-2014, 05:39 PM

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One flock in 1866 in southern Ontario was described as being 1 mi (1.5 km) wide and 300 mi (500 km) long, took 14 hours to pass, and held in excess of 3.5 billion birds.

says Wiki. Can you imagine how much seed laden shit that flock would drop in a day.

footfootfoot · 03-04-2014, 02:04 PM

Hard to believe they're extinct and yet kudzu, zebra mussels, Japanese beetles and all other manner of shit species are alive and well.

Bastards.

BTW, RE Slitting? All I can think of is the juvenile term for a woman's "special purpose"

xoxoxoBruce · 03-04-2014, 07:24 PM

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We gotta get you a woman,
It's like nothin' else to make you feel sure you're alive.
We gotta get you a woman,
We better get walkin', we're wastin' time talkin' now.

footfootfoot · 03-04-2014, 07:50 PM

truer words were never typen

08-20-2006, 02:56 AM	#3
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Well I don't know if this counts for an unusual place name.. but back when I lived in TN, not too far from my house was the intersection of Old Hickory Road.. and Old Hickory Road. I miss the south __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

08-21-2006, 10:55 AM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The railroad un-renamed the community. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-23-2006, 09:24 AM	#8
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Wolf said the names predate the station, the site that she cited said the railroad named the communitiy. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

08-23-2006, 04:16 PM	#9
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I am sorry to report that early Alaskans must not have had a sense of humor - otherwise there would be a town named Baked, AK. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

03-03-2014, 06:44 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Something people from elsewhere (and here for that matter) might find unusual is the number of Pigeon place names in the US. The passenger pigeon was that important to peoples survival/economy. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-20-2006, 07:01 AM	#4
John Adams Founder of Freedom Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 58	Maybe not unusual but I grew up in Hicksville, NY and now I live in the south. It's funny when people ask me where I am from down here and I say Hicksville. They usually say "me too".

03-04-2014, 02:04 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Hard to believe they're extinct and yet kudzu, zebra mussels, Japanese beetles and all other manner of shit species are alive and well. Bastards. BTW, RE Slitting? All I can think of is the juvenile term for a woman's "special purpose" __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-04-2014, 07:50 PM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	truer words were never typen __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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