Places With Peculiar Names

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:47 pm

Awaiting commentary from Peeplj.

http://www.toadsuck.org/legend.html

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:10 pm

Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh! You beat me to it!!!

Well, has anyone mentioned Murfreesburo yet, where the diamond mine is?

--James

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:56 pm

I'm back from the session (good do it was too), but due to Doom Bar I must hasten to bed and do the Piddles tomorrow. I will point out that we do have a place on the Thames estuary called Foulness.

Steve

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:15 pm

There's Chickasha (pronounced "chick-uh-shay"... except by some folks from neighboring towns who call it "chicken ****").

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:00 am

I heard about a town called "Myanus" somewhere in the USA. Dunno if that's a hoax or real.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:05 am

Gabriel wrote:I heard about a town called "Myanus" somewhere in the USA. Dunno if that's a hoax or real.

There's a planet called Uranus. Whether one follows the pronunciation with the emphasized long A or the unemphasized short A, it's still a peculiar name.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:32 am

Walden wrote:There's a planet called Uranus.

Somewhat out of date. Several years ago a session of the International Astronomy Union voted to change the name of Uranus due to the number of dumb jokes the name generated. It is now officially known as Urrassol.

djm

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:04 pm

Wombat wrote:
Roger O'Keeffe wrote:I thought of this thread last night while watching a documentary on the training of the British Household Cavalry: there was mention of a village called Wirepiddle (at least that's how it was pronounced - it's probably spelt something like Warpinghamdale).
There's a whole collection of Piddles and Puddles somewhere in the rural west of England. I suspect Steve Shaw can supply more precise details.

There's a clutch of piddles and puddles in Dorset. The word apparently derives anciently from a Germanic river-name. There's Piddle Hinton, Piddletrenthide, Puddletown, Affpuddle, Bryant's Puddle and Turner's Puddle, and, most famous of all, Tolpuddle of Tolpuddle Martyrs fame. Additionally there are a couple of places in Worcestershire on the Piddle Brook, namely Wyre Piddle and North Piddle. Anyway, enough of this piddling around - I need to get some kip!

Steve