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From the Bat Cave North Carolina in the United States to Dollarbeg Scotland from a place called Normal to one called Odd and from Why to Whynot this is the Worlds Top 120 Cities with Funny Names. Youve surely heard the phrase When Hell freezes over.
Screamer an unincorporated community in southeastern Alabama has a noisy history.
Funny sounding place names. Weve done hours of research and have put together the ultimate list of funny British place names. I was laughing for hours trying to find the most amusing and rude place names in the British Isles. I hope you get as much pleasure reading the list as I got putting it together.
On May 25 1521 the famous imperial general assembly known as the Diet of Worms was concluded by the Edict of Worms an order by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V that declared the Protestant reformer Martin Luther an outlaw. Worms Germany is not the only place with a name that sounds funny in English and here we list 10 such places. Stay tuned for sequel lists as there are.
There are cities called Hell I think you mentioned some but maybe didnt get them all. Theres at least one place on Earth that the very bowels of the place has been likened to hell itself. I know there are many others.
If you want a link to the cartographer. They have more than just funny and rude names. Shaggs Dorset Another gem in the world of hilarious place names no need to ask why Shaggs is situated in Lulworth and is rumoured to be where Prince Harry once rented a.
Just outside of Driffield in East Yorkshire Wetwang is actually a beautiful little village despite sounding a bit rude. And having lived near it most of our lives we almost forgot to add this to funny Yorkshire place names. Sometimes we forget how brilliant this village name really is.
The worlds strangest and funniest place names They say travel broadens the mind. Turns out it also provides plenty of opportunities to giggle like a five-year-old at all the unintentionally hilarious or simply odd geographical titles out there. From the Bat Cave North Carolina in the United States to Dollarbeg Scotland from a place called Normal to one called Odd and from Why to Whynot this is the Worlds Top 120 Cities with Funny Names.
We at VroomVroomVroom created this list to honor and recognize all the little places that made us smile or laugh. Weve put forth our best effort to collect all of our favorite place names in one page. Yes these are all real places that somewhere in the UK.
And better yet this is only a small selection for more on weird and rude place names have a look at the following books. The 100 Rudest Place Names in Britain. Hoo Howe Ware Wye and Wem weird wonderful and wacky British place names.
A list of some of the bizarre unusual and funny Australian city and place names. QLD - Google Map Located south of Rockhampton its well known for. May 7 2016 - Explore JulieNoteds board Funny Place Names followed by 365 people on Pinterest.
See more ideas about funny place names place names funny signs. 35 Hilarious Town Names Across the US. Youve surely heard the phrase When Hell freezes over.
Well thats not such a far-fetched proposition if youre from the town in Michigan actually named Hell. ZigZag Oregon got its name from a. Thank the Bumpass family whose scion Jack Bumpass brought this hilarious town name into being and thus transformed this slice of the northeast corner of VA into an oddity-travelers mecca.
These names dont seem funny at first glance. But once you say them out loud youll quickly realize just how hilarious they actually are. Use them the next time you make a reservation at a restaurant just for kicks.
By January Nelson Updated June 12 2018. Screamer an unincorporated community in southeastern Alabama has a noisy history. According to a local historian the name may have two origins.
In one version of the story it. A beautiful place to visit in West Cork with a badass name. Possibly the best name on the list.
Have fun making your foreign friends say it. Stepaside is found in Dublin. There is also a Step somewhere in Ireland but dont ask me where its impossible to Google.
The Isle of Ewe is not only an island off the glorious northwest coast of Scotland but also a profound declaration. It heads the list of Isle ofs that includes Man Dogs and Muck and is surely one of Britains happiest-sounding place names. An added bonus is the scenery being part of the Wester Ross NSA home to some of the finest views in Britain.
Here is a list of interesting-sounding place names that have been collected over several years. Abinger Hammer near Guildford Surrey. Abington Pigotts near Cambridge.
Ab Kettleby near Melton Mowbray. Above Church near Cheadle Staffordshire. A number of settlements have names that are offensive or humorous in other languages such as Rottenegg or Fucking renamed to Fugging in 2021 in Austria.
Although as a place name Fucking is benign in German in English the word is usually vulgar. Similarly when they hear of the French town of Condom English speakers will likely associate it with condoms.