100 of Britain's dirtiest placenames

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:43 pm

flanum wrote:and there is a Bastardtown in co.Wexford

Wow, I wonder who founded that? Lots of Fitzgeralds and Fitzwallaces there, I presume?

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:58 pm

ectophonic wrote:I also spent a few years in Newark, (it's an anagram).

As is Tulsa.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:36 pm

Wombat wrote:
TonyHiggins wrote:Don't you Brits have a desert called 'spotted something-or-other?'
Tony
I'm sure there are loads of places called Higginsbottom.

When I was eight years old an older boy called Norman Higginbottom took a pot-shot at me from his bedroom window with his air rifle. My dad went round to his house and threatened to beat up his dad. Thanks for rekindling unpleasant memories.

Steve

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:15 pm

SteveShaw wrote:
Wombat wrote:
TonyHiggins wrote:Don't you Brits have a desert called 'spotted something-or-other?'
Tony
I'm sure there are loads of places called Higginsbottom.
When I was eight years old an older boy called Norman Higginbottom took a pot-shot at me from his bedroom window with his air rifle. My dad went round to his house and threatened to beat up his dad. Thanks for rekindling unpleasant memories.

Steve

Sorry Steve. Where you come from the chances of having a bad experience with someone of that name are quite high I guess.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:17 pm

Not dirty, but one that will amuse the pure drop traditionalists here.

In Victoria, Australia there is a town called Nyah. Much better known is Nyah West.

No, I am NOT kidding.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:52 pm

SteveShaw wrote:There's Cocking and Dicker, both in Sussex (what is it about Sussex?), and sh*t in Yorkshire. Not forgetting Crapstone in Devon and Effingham in Surrey.

Steve (who came from very near to Cockey Moor in Lancashire).

C'mon Steve, you made those up!!! Fess up! Well, at least sh*t. I could almost imagine the others...

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:12 am

The Weekenders wrote:
SteveShaw wrote:There's Cocking and Dicker, both in Sussex (what is it about Sussex?), and sh*t in Yorkshire. Not forgetting Crapstone in Devon and Effingham in Surrey.

Steve (who came from very near to Cockey Moor in Lancashire).
C'mon Steve, you made those up!!! Fess up! Well, at least sh*t. I could almost imagine the others...

Cocking is a surname. I would think that Dicker is too.

I actually know a guy called Cocking. His nickname (in some quarters) was Present Continuous. A well-known local footballer rejoices in the name Johncock. I'd better not mention his nickname.

oscartherabbit · Post by **oscartherabbit** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:34 am

There are some pretty unambiguous place names in the US too. "Wankers Corner" (Oregan). Mianus (Conneticut) and of course Felchville (Vermont).

Some other crackers from around the world are at http://www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html

Enjoy.

(Those of you with content filters are going to need to disable them, I suspect).

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:55 am

The Weekenders wrote:
SteveShaw wrote:There's Cocking and Dicker, both in Sussex (what is it about Sussex?), and sh*t in Yorkshire. Not forgetting Crapstone in Devon and Effingham in Surrey.

Steve (who came from very near to Cockey Moor in Lancashire).
C'mon Steve, you made those up!!! Fess up! Well, at least sh*t. I could almost imagine the others...

Hey, I assure you they're all absolutely genuine! They're all in the dictionary of English place-names. Crapstone is quite near me, and close by to there is a place called Chipshop!

I knew an excellent young fiddle player once whose surname was Dicker. It's not uncommon around here. basmati is not unknown as a surname either.

Steve

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:11 am

Yeah, we have plenty of Dickersons but sh*t?? It would be depressing everytime you addressed a letter or gave out your address on a form...I bet they took a vote and changed their name by now...

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:14 am

The Weekenders wrote:Yeah, we have plenty of Dickersons but sh*t??

Isn't there a sh*t or something in the eastern USA? I think we passed a sign that said sh*t or sh*t or something while driving cross country, but I dont remember where as it was about five or six years ago...

oleorezinator · Post by **oleorezinator** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:57 pm

blue ball and intercourse pa. in the pennsylvania dutch country.

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:48 pm

When I was eight years old an older boy called Norman Higginbottom took a pot-shot at me from his bedroom window with his air rifle. My dad went round to his house and threatened to beat up his dad. Thanks for rekindling unpleasant memories. cry

No relation, I assure you. What did you have to bring that up for, Wombat?

There was a guy in our neighbor with the surname, Ranzbottom. FWIW. It seemed funny to me at the time.
Tony

rasp · Post by **rasp** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:02 am

the list here http://www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html fails to mention
places like black lick, blue balls and quite a few others in pennsylvania

Goldie · Post by **Goldie** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:01 am

In Germany there are also funny names, we have Titz 15 mins down the road and Wankum 20 mins up the road which is near Wachtendonk which always cracks me up for some reason.
Others I have seen are Bestwig, Bad Kissingen, Wedding and Moos spring to mind but there are a lot which are funny which you translate them literally Like the town I live outside Mönchengladbach which translates as "Monks at the slippery stream"
Colin