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Vaguely Rude Place Names Of The World
« on: February 22, 2013, 02:42:50 PM »
http://maps.geotastic.org/rude/

Gary Gale is a geo technologist, a geographer – a “self professed geek with a life”. Hailing from London, his realm of geekdom centers around maps.

His “Vaguely Rude Place Names of the World” exhibits his geek-level passion for cartography in having collated some of the world’s cities that have rather…amusing names. At least in English – and, ironically, there seems to be quite a concentration of these places in England – Butthole Lane, Cocks, and Wetwang are just a few ones I’ve selected at random.
Read more at http://www.geeksaresexy.net/#Tygh4azhlhdHm0pf.99
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« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2013, 02:56:43 PM »

I think PA wins with 7 for the US, woot!
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« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2013, 04:18:42 PM »
I was wondering if he got our Wet Beaver Creek here in AZ.  Yup.  He found it.
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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2013, 04:28:37 PM »
I hear the weather is nice in Dikshit this time of year.
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2013, 08:36:56 PM »
He missed one in GA: Hopeulikit. Pronounced "hope you like it" but since there's no "e" after the "k" it should really be pronounced "hope you lick it."

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« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2013, 08:10:28 AM »
Oh Good, he got Bumpass here in Virginia...
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« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2013, 10:48:48 AM »
Spear and Big Horn in Montana?   ;/

Not being a local, he/she/they missed the good ones:

Hard-on ("Hardin")

Harlot-town ("Harlowton" mostly just called "Harlow")

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« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2013, 12:10:14 AM »
I drive by this a couple of times a year and always get a chuckle. It's right next to Beaverlick and Rabbit Hash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bone_Lick_State_Park
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« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2013, 12:20:54 AM »
On a slightly related note, today I learned that there's a street named Boulevard in West Hartford, CT.  No suffix.  This same street is named West Boulevard in Hartford.  So, drive from Hartford to West Hartford on West Boulevard to Boulevard.

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« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2013, 08:28:53 AM »
Quote from: Lee on February 24, 2013, 12:10:14 AM
I drive by this a couple of times a year and always get a chuckle. It's right next to Beaverlick and Rabbit Hash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bone_Lick_State_Park



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« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2013, 10:40:35 AM »
Quote from: Devonai on February 24, 2013, 12:20:54 AM
On a slightly related note, today I learned that there's a street named Boulevard in West Hartford, CT.  No suffix.  This same street is named West Boulevard in Hartford.  So, drive from Hartford to West Hartford on West Boulevard to Boulevard.

 ???

Street names like that drove me bonkers when fixing bugs in our address formatting/verification algorithms on the last product I worked on.
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« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2013, 11:17:59 AM »
I have driven from Intercourse to Climax...
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« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2013, 11:54:25 AM »
You can only do that so many times before you want a change of scenery.  But at least the trip seems to get shorter every time!
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« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2013, 12:26:58 PM »
Quote from: White Horseradish on February 24, 2013, 11:17:59 AM
I have driven from Intercourse to Climax...

There are a few well posted emergency pull out off signs along the way :)
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« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2013, 12:53:56 PM »
Spent one REFORGER in the small German town of Rottenberg.
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« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2013, 06:28:03 PM »
Quote from: birdman on February 24, 2013, 08:28:53 AM




Yep, in Kenosha County. I've driven past it plenty of times. =D
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