Posted November 29, 200717 yr 1. C*ckburn, Western Australia Although this name is often pronounced "Coburn" by those who stand to lose from its awfulness, who actually reads that when they see this word? Oh, how it burns. 2. Twatt, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Scotland The Shetland Islands, pronounced "Sh!tland Islands" by the locals. Oh the pride... 3. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapok- aiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand Locals call this hill in Hawke's Bay "Taumata" because... Well. Just because. 4. Muff, Ireland They have a town called Muff. Har har har. 5. Looneyville, Texas, United States Little Looneyville was named for storekeeper John Looney in the early 1870s. But who gives a sh!t. This is a hilarious name for a town in the state that brought us Dallas, the Bush Twins and Waco. How awkward must that be when you go to college? "Hey guys, my name's Johnny and I'm from Looneyville!" 6 Titty Hill, Sussex, England Falling squarely into the extensive Stupid Place Names From England category, Titty Hill is probably located just north of... 7. Thong, Kent, England Which actually is south-east of... 8. Gravesend, Kent, England Oh, come on, England. Graves End? What a nasty, depressing little name. You could have at least gone all the way with this one and called it Corpse Feet. 9. Wetwang, Yorkshire... yep! England again! Okay, so I'll cut England some slack. It's an old country. You know, if the United States is Google, then England is IBM. Their country is older than freakin dirt. They can't be blamed for having names that sound funny in 2007. But this is kind of ridiculous. Wetwang? I'm surprised they don't have towns called Squishy Vagina or Infected Scrotum. 10. Spread Eagle, Wisconsin If I were mayor of Spread Eagle, I'd be making diplomatic advances towards the city leaders over in Wetwang to form a Sister-City relationship. Or maybe more of a Platonic-Friends-City relationship. After that, we'd just take thing slow and see what happened. 11. Bald Knob, Arkansas, United States Well, I guess it's better than Hairy Knob. I assume England already has that one covered. 12. Cockup, Cumbria, England Cumbria is a county in the very north-west of England. What the backwoods of Alabama are to America is what Cumbria is to Britain. They talk funny up there. Thus, it isn't thoroughly surprising that they have a town called Cockup. What do you call someone from this place? A Cockupper? Cockupeleite? Cockuppian? Cockupican? I suppose it's mildly better than Wetwangger. 13. Whiskey D!ck Mountain, Washington State, United States As hard as America tries, it can't compete with Britain's high standards. This was a good effort, though. Well done, Washington. 14. Hookersville, West Virginia Undoubtedly named before "hooker" meant "prostitute who picks men up on street corners," Hookersville combines two crimes of place-naming. One, a dirty sounding adjective (they couldn't have chosen "Pleasant"? "Sunny"? "Happy"?) And two, they added "ville" to the end of the town's name. Affixing "ville" to the end of a town's name is like dressing your silly little dog in a cardigan and letting him carry his leash around in his mouth. It just makes the poor animal look stupid. 15. Hell, Michigan, United States The people in this town at least seem to have a good sense of humor about their home's unfortunate name. Although, I'm sure there's some midwestern idiots in Hell who get all offended and defensive when the town shows up on lists like this. I'm looking forward to reading their insightful emails and comments. 16. Toad Suck, Arkansas, United States So that's what they do down in the big AR. 17. Middelfart, Denmark I guess it's not so funny to them, but how do we know that "Seattle" doesn't mean "Big Fat Stinking Turd" in Danish? That's right, we don't. And it probably does. 18 Horneytown, North Carolina, United States Its proximity to Hookersville, West Virginia is no coincidence. I also assume that, like Hookersville, the naming of Horneytown took place before "horney" meant "aching for a hot piece of ass" with an extra "e". But I'm starting to wonder why, pride and tradition aside, the townspeople in these little places never saw it fit to change their homes' names? Do they enjoy being ridiculed by the entire English-speaking world? 19. Sh!tterton, Dorset, England I wonder if they bleep out the first part of Shitterton's name if it's mentioned on the Disney Channel? 20. Disappointment, Kentucky, United States Le sigh. Never mind. You live in a small town in Kentucky. At least it was appropriately named. 21. F*cking, Austria The idiots who live in F*cking, Austria had a vote in 2004 to determine whether or not they should change the town's name, and you know what they did? They voted against it, preferring instead to put up with international ridicule, numerous stolen road-signs and horrific Google results. 22. Last but not least: Whakapapa Why is this the worst place name in the world? In Maori, the native language of New Zealand, the "wh" sound is pronounced "f". Say it aloud in your office and see what happens. http://www.onmylist.com/category/travel/The_Worst_City_Names_in_the_World_1
November 29, 200717 yr OK, I'm thoroughly disappointed in you. We have our own great town name right here in beautiful Ohio... Knockemstiff. If you can't get that town included, you can't have a list of funny town names. And where is Knockemstiff? Why, it's just down the road from Kinnickinnick, Ohio. And I didn't even mention Intercourse, Pennsylvania! (P.S., while driving northwest of Salisbury, England, we past through a little hamlet that showed up on our rental car's GPS as "Dead Maids.") "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 29, 200717 yr Never heard of Knockemstiff but thats actually a cool name. After scoping it out on google earth it appears they have maybe 40 residents.
November 29, 200717 yr ... And I didn't even mention Intercourse, Pennsylvania! ... Intercourse, Pennsylvania is near Blue Ball and Bird In Hand -- and when you get there, you're not far from Paradise. :-)
November 29, 200717 yr Kentucky and Australia may have the market cornered. Sugartit is in Boone County along with: Beaverlick (not far from) Big Bone Lick KY also has beauties like: Hihat Eighty Eight
November 30, 200717 yr This thread is like a bunch of 6th graders looking through an Atlas for dirty words, lol.
November 30, 200717 yr West Virginia has a lot of great ones. Just a sample: Acme Bolt 6 Cinco Bozoo Clearco Cyclone Hurricane (pronounced "Hurricun", seriously) Tornado Nitro Fireco Gypsy (should be renamed Roma to be PC) Junior Kermit Left Hand Looneyville Mabie Mace Man Mud Odd Pax Petroleum Pie Pickle Street (a city) Rig Speed Vulcan
November 30, 200717 yr I personally love "Nitro, West Virginia." "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 30, 200717 yr Pennsylvania has Panic and Desire. I always wanted to open a Saturn dealership in Moon, PA. "Saturn Moon" How do you pronounce "Uranus" anyway?
December 1, 200717 yr Ding Dong,TX is just outside of Killeen. According to mapquest, Pennsylvania has two Blue Balls (Bucks Co and Lancaster Co) as well as a Twig Hollow Run and Berrysburg! Don't forget about Dick, and Sackville. Kentucky has Cocker Lick Branch. There's a Nipple in Utah and a Nipple Island in Maine. Virginia's Eastern Shore has the town of Assawoman, just south of NASA's Wallops Station, and located between Modest Town and Horntown.
December 1, 200717 yr Where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi is Cairo (Kay-ro), Illinois, a virtual ghost town that has lost nearly 80% of its population since 1940 (14,407 to 3,220 in 2006 est.). Just north of Cairo is an even ghastlier, tin-heap "suburb" named ... Future City. A few years ago I read that the Cairo High School principal's commencement speech included a call to all the graduates to get out of town as fast as they're able because they had no future there in terms of jobs.
December 1, 200717 yr Ahem...this is about the worst city NAMES, not the worst cities. Detroit is actually probably one of the best names we have for a major city (in my opinion). That region, especially Wisconsin has a lot of French and Indian monikers for cities. I much prefer the French ones.
December 1, 200717 yr What about street names? Britain's rudest road signs These isles are home to some of the most delightful double-entendres ever committed to a road sign. And Rob Bailey and Ed Hurst have worked long and hard to find the best. Stop tittering at the back ... The Independent, 01 December 2007 In the image: Fanny Street, Green D!cks Lane, Thrushbrush Lane, Slutshole Lane, Slack Bottom, D!ck Lane, Cocking (village), Bonks Hill, Busty View When we first launched our project we knew we were embarking on a bold and exciting quest to reclaim the country's historic place names from the widespread tendency to snigger and smirk. It was clear that, for some reason, people believed that names like Twatt and sh!tterton were rude. This mistake was as damaging as it was infantile, and simply had to be challenged... Extracted from 'Rude UK: 100 Newly Exposed British Back Passages, Streets and Towns' by Rob Bailey and Ed Hurst, published by Boxtree, £10
December 1, 200717 yr Ahem...this is about the worst city NAMES, not the worst cities. Detroit is actually probably one of the best names we have for a major city (in my opinion). I like it even better when French people pronounce it Day-Twah.
December 3, 200717 yr Ahem...this is about the worst city NAMES, not the worst cities. Detroit is actually probably one of the best names we have for a major city (in my opinion). That region, especially Wisconsin has a lot of French and Indian monikers for cities. I much prefer the French ones. hellz yes i prefer the french names too. especially considering the alternative where i grew up was almost charleston. blah to that. according to this site there is a river styx, ohio. can someone cross over there and get us some pics? there may be pyramids. http://www.floydpinkerton.net/fun/citynames.html more: http://www.rateitall.com/t-5200-weird-city-names.aspx a funny tip: "Update 2: By randomly typing words into Mapquest it turns out to be quite easy to come up with weird place names. In just a few minutes I came up with these: Shite Creek, Idaho; Trash Branch, Alabama; Weird Lake, Minnesota; and Dork Canal, Oregon."
December 3, 200717 yr From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame by Mark Monmonier ...an excerpt... Body Parts and Risqué Toponyms Offensive toponyms fall into two categories. One type, examined earlier, denigrates racial and ethnic groups. The other variety, dealt with here, offends folks bothered by rude or otherwise impolite references to body parts, sex, excrement, and other no-no’s. ...SNIP... http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/534650.html
December 7, 200717 yr Hicksville, OH anyone? There is also a city in Texas that too on the name of a company...like a cable or electirc company I think. I can't seem to find it through. And this just happened recently.
December 7, 200717 yr Who deleted my post? Loser's - as if nobody ever makes a smart ass comment on the board. Must have been somebody from detroit. (yup, that's right. I did not capitalize it on purpose.) Anyway, to stay on topic: Satan's Kingdom, Vermont
December 7, 200717 yr Hicksville, OH anyone? There is also a city in Texas that too on the name of a company...like a cable or electirc company I think. I can't seem to find it through. And this just happened recently. Hicksville is A New York City suburb on Long Island. A college friend of mine who was from there said she lived "in" Long Island.
December 7, 200717 yr Who deleted my post? Loser's - as if nobody ever makes a smart ass comment on the board. Must have been somebody from detroit. (yup, that's right. I did not capitalize it on purpose.) Anyway, to stay on topic: Satan's Kingdom, Vermont Sometimes, posts get deleted not by mods/admin but by the forum engine when it does backups. For example, KJP had an entire thread get deleted due to forum backups. Either that or somebody really did delete your post. :( And no, the pope did not delete your post. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 11, 200717 yr Hicksville, OH anyone? There is also a city in Texas that too on the name of a company...like a cable or electirc company I think. I can't seem to find it through. And this just happened recently. Hicksville is A New York City suburb on Long Island. A college friend of mine who was from there said she lived "in" Long Island. thats funny, i had a college friend from hicksville, ohio. go easy on her. from any nyer's viewpoint there are no suburban cities on long island, it's just "long island." ditto "jersey" to the west and "upstate" is anything above the bronx.
December 11, 200717 yr To be topical to the city photos section and quite honest, I've always thought Steubenville was the worst name for a large city in Ohio. Once you get past the childish preoccupation with calling it Stupidville, you still find it terrible.
December 13, 200717 yr Several years ago I drove through Sodom, New York. I looked, but didn't see any sodomites. Probably that awkward time in late afternoon/early evening when it's too late for shopping and too early for the clubs.
February 5, 200817 yr I know of some odd road names: Bullhead Road, Willard OH Chenango Road, Wakeman OH Dogtown Road, Monroeville OH Ging Street, Sandusky OH Gore Orphanage Road (and its intersection with Bates Road), Wakeman OH Hooker Street, New London OH Slaughterhouse Road, Bellevue OH ------------------------------------------------ Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb IL Barber Greene Road, DeKalb IL Bloods Point Road, Belvidere IL Moose Range Road, Sycamore IL
February 5, 200817 yr Pickaway county has four or five roads with Hitler in the name. Hitler Rd. #1, Hitler Rd. #2, Huber-Hitler Rd. and Hitler-Dresbach Rd. There was a prominent Hitler family there in the 1800s.
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