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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Maybe we need a silly/rude/just strange/ place names topic.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Cornwall's entry for improbably named hills would presumably be Brown Willy
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited February 2022
    I'm pretty sure I saw a world map of rude place names a while back. Australia seems to be well-endowed if I remember rightly
    Edit to add

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited February 2022
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-38078622
    More for those interested😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I found this gem on a local historical map. I can't find any history on it sadly and I've just decided that someone couldn't spell bungalow.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Good idea @KT53-that's more like it. Just what's needed instead of all the whining and moaning :D
    That's brilliant @B3. I wonder if the Australians just ran out of ideas.. It's a bit like that Monty Python sketch where they were all called Bruce. I particularly like Bullshit Hill. I've done a few of those...

    FOCHABERS!
    You have to say it like that...a la Ken Bruce  :)
    Ecclefechan isn't rude in any way, but you need to take care with it if you've had a few sherbets.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited February 2022
    Alan Clark2 in Liverpool said:
    England's official comedy mountain is Great Cockup.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cockup
    What, you mean it's not Brown Willy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Willy

    I only know that one because my sis sent us a pub quiz last week and one of the rounds was "spot the made-up place name".
    I guess our sense of humour is a bit juvenile - we found it hilarious. I'd post it but I think it might get clobbered by a rude words filter.



    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Variation on a theme, but I once met a guy with the surname spelt A R S E, he was from one of the Scandinavian countries and it was apparently pronounced Ouse, as in House.  That's what he claimed anyway.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I once knew someone who had neighbours with the surname Sidebottom.
    They insisted it was pronounced 'Siddy- bo-tom' - emphasis on the 'tom'. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    If you want a laugh, have a look on youtube for Rufford Mill ford. In good  dry weather its 6 inch deep and a shortcut, saves a main island and about 3 miles.   Every time it rains, idiots think they can go through it. They ignore the depth markers on either side. It keeps the local garage in business towing them out, and the local kids happy watching them.  60 tried it yesterday apparently.



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