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- Lemon Half
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My sis lives in Somerset (when she's not working overseas) and I've always enjoyed the local place names...
Curry Rivel
Long Load
Queen Camel
Compton Pauncefoot
Mudford Sock
-to name but a few
And try saying "Westonzoyland" without lapsing into a "Zummerzet" accent...
Curry Rivel
Long Load
Queen Camel
Compton Pauncefoot
Mudford Sock
-to name but a few
And try saying "Westonzoyland" without lapsing into a "Zummerzet" accent...
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jfgw wrote:This thread wouldn't be complete without mention of this village in Northern Ireland which has its own diving club,
Northern Irish Village
Very funny indeed.
Ian.
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Another, that I overlooked, in France.
Condom - département Gers.
Now, if someone out of France receives a correspondence from this town would they be in receipt of a 'French letter from Condom' or ' A condom from French letter?
Condom - département Gers.
Now, if someone out of France receives a correspondence from this town would they be in receipt of a 'French letter from Condom' or ' A condom from French letter?
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BUSHYGAP, TITTY HILL AND HAPPY BOTTOM: THE BEST OF BRITAIN'S HILARIOUSLY-NAMED SPOTS
1. Bell End near Lickey End, Worcestershire - 36.35%
2. Brown Willy, Cornwall – 34.25%
3. Boggy Bottom, Hertfordshire – 30.55%
4. Twatt, Orkney – 26.20%
5. Nob End, South Lancashire – 26.15%
6. Fanny Barks, Durham – 24.45%
7. Scratchy Bottom, Dorset – 24.35%
8. Minge Lane, Worcestershire – 23.80%
9. Dicks Mount, Suffolk – 23.25%
10. Crotch Crescent, Oxford –22.25%
11. Sandy Balls, Hampshire – 21.45%
12. Cockplay, Northumberland – 20.75%
13. The Bastard, a mountain in Scotland – 20.65%
14. Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire - 20.30%
15. Titty Hill, Sussex - 19.90%
16. Backside Lane, Oxfordshire - 19.60%
17. Bushygap, Northumberland, UK - 18.55%
18. Cockermouth, Cumbria - 17.70%
19. Fannyfield, Ross and Cromarty - 17.15%
20. Honey Knob Hill, Wiltshire - 17.00%
21. Fudgepack upon Humber, Humberside - 15.85%
22. Happy Bottom, Dorset - 15.40%
23. Tarts Hill, Flintshire, Wales, UK and Spanker Lane, Derbyshire – both 15.35%
24. Brokenwind, Aberdeenshire - 15.20%
25. Wetwang, East Yorkshire 14.80%
26. Beaver Close, Surrey - 14.45%
27. Lickers Lane, Merseyside - 13.70%
28. Pratt’s Bottom, Kent 13.40%
29. Pratt’s Bottom, Kent 13.40%
30. Shitterton, Dorset 13.10%
1. Bell End near Lickey End, Worcestershire - 36.35%
2. Brown Willy, Cornwall – 34.25%
3. Boggy Bottom, Hertfordshire – 30.55%
4. Twatt, Orkney – 26.20%
5. Nob End, South Lancashire – 26.15%
6. Fanny Barks, Durham – 24.45%
7. Scratchy Bottom, Dorset – 24.35%
8. Minge Lane, Worcestershire – 23.80%
9. Dicks Mount, Suffolk – 23.25%
10. Crotch Crescent, Oxford –22.25%
11. Sandy Balls, Hampshire – 21.45%
12. Cockplay, Northumberland – 20.75%
13. The Bastard, a mountain in Scotland – 20.65%
14. Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire - 20.30%
15. Titty Hill, Sussex - 19.90%
16. Backside Lane, Oxfordshire - 19.60%
17. Bushygap, Northumberland, UK - 18.55%
18. Cockermouth, Cumbria - 17.70%
19. Fannyfield, Ross and Cromarty - 17.15%
20. Honey Knob Hill, Wiltshire - 17.00%
21. Fudgepack upon Humber, Humberside - 15.85%
22. Happy Bottom, Dorset - 15.40%
23. Tarts Hill, Flintshire, Wales, UK and Spanker Lane, Derbyshire – both 15.35%
24. Brokenwind, Aberdeenshire - 15.20%
25. Wetwang, East Yorkshire 14.80%
26. Beaver Close, Surrey - 14.45%
27. Lickers Lane, Merseyside - 13.70%
28. Pratt’s Bottom, Kent 13.40%
29. Pratt’s Bottom, Kent 13.40%
30. Shitterton, Dorset 13.10%
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nimnarb wrote:BUSHYGAP, TITTY HILL AND HAPPY BOTTOM: THE BEST OF BRITAIN'S HILARIOUSLY-NAMED SPOTS
Here you go http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Twatt.html, such that your list is attributed and so posters can see some images, including of a Scratchy Bottom and a Brown Willy.
Safe for family viewing, unless one is a Mail hater.
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AleisterCrowley wrote:Lord Hereford's Knob not in there?
So famous there's a song about it...
There's songs about many things, including a Rhode Island Red.
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"As I camped out one evening to take the midnight air
I heard a maiden grieving from somewhere over there
Who is it you are mourning?
For whom do you wear grey?
She said “I pine for no one, I just can’t pay my way
Ever since the chattering classes invaded Hebden Bridge
And priced the likes of me and mine
To the pots of the Pennine Ridge
To south-east Wales I was forced to flee
And now I have no job
That’s why tonight I’m sitting on top of Lord Hereford’s Knob”
http://halfmanhalfbiscuit.uk/csi-ambles ... ords-knob/
That's yer actual poetry that is
I heard a maiden grieving from somewhere over there
Who is it you are mourning?
For whom do you wear grey?
She said “I pine for no one, I just can’t pay my way
Ever since the chattering classes invaded Hebden Bridge
And priced the likes of me and mine
To the pots of the Pennine Ridge
To south-east Wales I was forced to flee
And now I have no job
That’s why tonight I’m sitting on top of Lord Hereford’s Knob”
http://halfmanhalfbiscuit.uk/csi-ambles ... ords-knob/
That's yer actual poetry that is
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swill453 wrote:I'll be in the Brecon Beacons tomorrow, and am planning to go up Fan y big.
Scott.
Damn, is that High Willy's missus?
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And of course, there are those unofficial, official names which are used by the locals. I refer you to Shat. Or Skelmanthorpe to the unknowing!
ten0rman
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ten0rman wrote:And of course, there are those unofficial, official names which are used by the locals. I refer you to Shat. Or Skelmanthorpe to the unknowing!
ten0rman
I guess I can leave you to figure out how to pronounce the Dartmoor town of Chagford.
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UncleEbenezer wrote:ten0rman wrote:And of course, there are those unofficial, official names which are used by the locals. I refer you to Shat. Or Skelmanthorpe to the unknowing!
I guess I can leave you to figure out how to pronounce the Dartmoor town of Chagford.
AKA "Totnes-in-the-Moor". I have good stories about Chagford but celebrity-funded lawyers would make it unwise for me to divulge.
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There's a place near Yelverton called Crapstone. Well known for its poor quality quarry products*
* Stuart Lee included it in one of his routines
* Stuart Lee included it in one of his routines
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AleisterCrowley wrote:* Stuart Lee included it in one of his routines
"Hello, Crapstone crap stone ...."
And Shitterton ton of sh1t "Well I'll know it's you..."
Genius.
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Saw this and thought of this thread -
https://i.imgur.com/GaG5Y0j.jpg
https://twitter.com/ShepshedDynamo
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
https://i.imgur.com/GaG5Y0j.jpg
https://twitter.com/ShepshedDynamo
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
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malkymoo wrote:Here's one for all my fellow overgrown schoolboys to snigger over:
Reminds of my the first time I heard that Zimbabwe's Kwange National Park is pronounced Wankee.
marronier wrote:How about the men married to Corse or Loose or Ugley women , and the village in Herts full of Nasty men and women ?
I remember Nasty in Herts, we used to live near there. My parents were gazumped on a house in the then nearby village of Maggots End which is near Ugley Green in Herts. Wouldn't it be ironic to be named Green and live there?
... now would I rather know a person from Nasty than one from Hell [Norway] ... hmmm.
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