Funny People and Place Names.

[BigMavis]

Some more from Ireland. Nobber. Dyke Parade. Kirwans inch. To be fair i think we have to blame the English for some of these, as in irish they sound grand.
Love the word Oughterard.

 

[monga]

Some more from Ireland. Nobber. Dyke Parade. Kirwans inch. To be fair i think we have to blame the English for some of these, as in irish they sound grand.
Love the word Oughterard.

Haha ! I'm cryin with laughter at this thread there's a place in the north called the giants ring it doesn’t look very appealing

 

[bubbadabut]

Here in NZ there are lots of town / city names that start with "Wha" which is pronounced, "Fa" ... one, is called "Whakatane" ... and "Tane" is a nice Maori male name. Say it together and it sounds very rude ... you want to do what to a Tane?!

We used to live in Taranaki, there were loads of places there with the prefix 'Puke' (which is bad enough). I think it means hill, but it also means mons pubis

 

[MaineCoonMama]

Australia's a bit boring with our place names. No Gropecunt Lane here. We have a swimming pool named after our (presumably) late Prime Minister Harold Holt. He disappeared in 1967 after swimming at a beach.

 

[BigMavis]

Found some more.
Semicock Road Ballymoney and Stranalgalwilly Tyrone. I won't even ask, and you shouldn't either.

 

[Kim Mild]

Once found a bloke called Randy Kuntz on Linkedin

Patsy Cline's son is called Randy Dick

 

[BigMavis]

Why? Just why Patsy? I never had her down as cruel.

 

[MaineCoonMama]

My friend swears she knew a pair of kids called Everard and Ophelia Dick.

 

[monga]

I know a car salesman called John Crapp

 

[MaineCoonMama]

I know a car salesman called John Crapp

He should change it to Oliver.
O.Crapp

 

[Lizzie Mintdrop]

I used to know a girl whose surname was Mycock, all throughout school she was called Suck. She changed her name by deed poll when she was 18

 

[AnderbeauJohnson]

A few of my favourites -

My best friend as a kid had the initials STD.
There is a small village in Kentucky called Knob Lick

I also find how certain surnames were formed to be fascinating - my two favourites that I've seen so far...

Mary Gotobed
Goodenough

Also the Dutch people in the 1800s who doomed their descendants for hundreds of years for a joke.

 

[MaineCoonMama]

I used to know a girl whose surname was Mycock, all throughout school she was called Suck. She changed her name by deed poll when she was 18

Oh God that poor girl! My friend T's last name is Hiscock.

 

[BigMavis]

Some of these are sad. I know a family of hores.
Nice people, very Christian, don't live up to the name.

 

[Apple In My Pie]

I do know of a Mincing Lane!

Also know a Holden Cox

 

[MaineCoonMama]

Some of these are sad. I know a family of hores.
Nice people, very Christian, don't live up to the name.

I went to school with Hoare sisters. And Mole, which is used like dog or slag here.
One of the names in my family is LaFramboise, looks and sounds great but means raspberries.


ETA I forgot Lisa Gash! She copped it a bit, poor thing.

 

[Belulah]

A few of my favourites -

My best friend as a kid had the initials STD.
There is a small village in Kentucky called Knob Lick

I also find how certain surnames were formed to be fascinating - my two favourites that I've seen so far...

Mary Gotobed
Goodenough

Also the Dutch people in the 1800s who doomed their descendants for hundreds of years for a joke.

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There are a family of Gotobeds living in Little Snoring.

 

[cheapwetham]

There's a place in Derbyshire called the Devils Arse - it's a tourist attraction however technically the name was changed to Peak Cavern so Queen Vic wasn't offended by the name when she visited, but apparently it was so titled because when the wind whistled through it, it sounded like very loud flatulence

 

[Bizziebody]

In Queensland we have Bald Knob & Nobby Beach
Doctors with appropriate(?) names: Dr Butcher, Dr Death, Dr Gaw, Dr Blood.

 

[MaineCoonMama]

There's a Doctor Aikenhead somewhere in Melbourne.