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Title: Odd town names
Post by: TriTon on May 29, 2011, 12:49:47 AM: Just any town or city with a odd/funny name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****ing,_Austria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****ing,_Austria)
Title: Re: Odd town names
Post by: Sage on May 29, 2011, 01:04:37 AM: DULUTH
BEMIDJI
Title: Re: Odd town names
Post by: G.K. on May 29, 2011, 09:10:17 AM: Torpenhow - Which means 'Hill Hill Hill'. Inevitably, there's a Torpenhow Hill.
Title: Re: Odd town names
Post by: NFX on May 29, 2011, 09:15:45 AM: Intercourse, Pennsylvania
C***er, Switzerland
Sh*tterton, Dorset, England
Cumming St. & Seaman Avenue, Manhattan, New York.
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Post by: Scourge of teh Galaxy on May 29, 2011, 09:21:45 AM: Isn't there a place called Hell in Finland? Or is it Utah?
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Post by: GarvinTheGreat on May 29, 2011, 09:24:57 AM: Quote from: Scourge of teh Galaxy on May 29, 2011, 09:21:45 AM
Isn't there a place called Hell in Finland? Or is it Utah?
There is a Hell,Michigan
Title: Re: Odd town names
Post by: Scourge of teh Galaxy on May 29, 2011, 09:26:54 AM: Quote from: GarvinTheGreat on May 29, 2011, 09:24:57 AM
Quote from: Scourge of teh Galaxy on May 29, 2011, 09:21:45 AM
Isn't there a place called Hell in Finland? Or is it Utah?
There is a Hell, Michigan
There we go then.
Title: Re: Odd town names
Post by: Somebody on May 29, 2011, 09:30:09 AM: Mianus, Connecticut

Pronounce "My anus"
Title: Re: Odd town names
Post by: Scrap Daddy on May 29, 2011, 10:09:46 AM: Butzville, PA is pretty close to me.
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Post by: lloopp D lloopp on May 29, 2011, 11:22:08 AM: Tubbercurry
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Post by: Clickbeetle on May 29, 2011, 10:17:25 PM: Embarrass, Minnesota is the coldest place in the state on average. I like to think it got that name because everyone's face turns red from the cold. Or else they're all embarrassed that their ancestors were dumb enough to build a town there.
Title: Re: Odd town names
Post by: 090901 on May 30, 2011, 01:31:23 PM: Hustler, Wisconsin. (I wonder if that's where hustler lawn care started)
Gays Mill, Wisconsin
Chili, Wisconsin
Footville, Wisconsin
Quote from: Clickbeetle on May 29, 2011, 10:17:25 PM
Embarrass, Minnesota
There is an Embarrass in Wisconsin too :P

I feel like taking a road trip through my state to visit all these places
Title: Re: Odd town names
Post by: martymidget on May 30, 2011, 03:19:01 PM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman,_Turkey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman,_Turkey)
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Post by: NFX on May 30, 2011, 03:34:27 PM: Two great places in Hong Kong that I can remember, Wan King Path and Fuk Man Road.

I should find my Book of 100 Rudest Place Names.
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Post by: GoldenFox93 on May 31, 2011, 10:02:02 AM: Brown Willy, Cornwall, England
Gofuku, Japan
Title: Re: Odd town names
Post by: NFX on May 31, 2011, 02:16:41 PM: Twatt, Orkney.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Twatt_Orkney_Road_Sign.JPG/240px-Twatt_Orkney_Road_Sign.JPG)

Fingringhoe, Essex.
(http://britishpages.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fingringhoe1.jpg)
Title: Re: Odd town names
Post by: Enigm@ on May 31, 2011, 02:21:17 PM: Stillwater. (my towns name)