Hi it's your long lost cousin Scratchy Bottom (dry valley west of lulworth cove) Our grandpa still lives in Shaggs (hamlet north of Lulworth) but grandma is in Shitterton (hamlet next to Bere Regis) ....
Yes, I've seen plenty. I've heard here in Finland that one explanation for some of the bizarre and let us say rude names is cartographers going around asking people what this or that place is called and people having fun with it or just fucking with them. And I think a lot of people just find it amusing in general. "Hey, that hill looks like a tit. Titty hill. Hehe."
A lot of names are also based on folk etymology, where corrupted names or names from different languages get merged with similar sounding words of completely different meaning.
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IndiBrony@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 2y
I'm a personal fan of Ham, which is located right next to Sandwich! Just don't confuse it with Finglesham, deal?
Worx@lemmynsfw.com · 4 pts · 2y
Sign on Google Maps
Also nearby are the roads of "Updown" and "The Street"
ItsAFake@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 2y
Hey I've got an appointment for the Finsglesham deal at half past 4.
Schmoo@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
The Finglesham deal discussions will be going well into the night so don't forget your ham sandwich at half past 3.
Aggravationstation@lemmy.ml · 53 pts · 2y
I'm from the UK and thought these had to be fake til I saw Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Nope, all real.
Sizzler@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 2y
Just so you know, that name is new and made up for purely tourist reasons.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 35 pts · 2y
New as in 1800s, pretty sure some of these other places didn't exist then too.
ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
This map is just the tip of the iceberg, some are much more detailed
Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 2y
They missed Shitterton off the maps.
Nfamwap@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
That's a funny way to spell Stoke.
IndiBrony@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I live in between Wide Open and Pity Me and have visited both those places!
Buffman@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 2y
Won’t you take me to… Donkey Town
dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2y
I thought Donkey Town was in Tijuana
50_centavos@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
With amount of times I have have to write down my address for work, I would love to live in donkey town.
I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
This one?
https://youtu.be/DxSdWdgNfDA&t=0
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Kyrgizion@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y
This is the 16th century equivalent of choosing xXxSHitl3rxXx as character name for a game. Respect to the dedication though.
Cornucopiaofplenty@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
I can't belive they didn't include Westward Ho!, the only place name in the UK which officially includes an exclamation mark.
bucket_full_of_odos@startrek.website · 24 pts · 2y
Missing Cockermouth
d00phy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
And Penistone.
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 2y
? I hardly know her!
cosmicrose@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
It’s me, Loose Bottom
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 2y
Hey it's me, brown willy ;)
cosmicrose@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Meet me in Wide Open
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
Cool, rest and be thankful after?
cosmicrose@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Only if we go to Fattiehead first
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
I'll bring beer. Feel like I'll need to drink myself to catbrain
cosmicrose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I’ll bring some of that Giggleswick ganja
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
Tthink we have a good chemistry. This is either gonna end nasty, or great snoring
db2@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Is that where people from Nether Wallop retire?
BenM2023@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Hi it's your long lost cousin Scratchy Bottom (dry valley west of lulworth cove) Our grandpa still lives in Shaggs (hamlet north of Lulworth) but grandma is in Shitterton (hamlet next to Bere Regis) ....
blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 20 pts · 2y
How did Penistone not make it on this map?
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Or Cockermouth? Or Twatt? So many missing
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Shitterton is usually the name I hear first for these things.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y
cockfosters
east ham
slough
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 2y
Hey, at least we invented place names instead of just recycling English town names like the colonies. I lived in a village called Idle for years.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
So for all those years you didn't have the urge to leave Idle, you just sort of stayed there?
I can relate.
ItsAFake@lemmus.org · 16 pts · 2y
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 2y
I bet Horrid Hill is actually a nicer place that tried to keep people away. Like a real life Scooby doo town.
Maggoty@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Lost is smack in the middle of the world's best whiskey.
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
You a speyside or a highlands fan?
Maggoty@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Highlands, but I'm not turning down Speyside.
Bearbi3@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y
Hi, I’m Lianfairpwilgwyngyligogerychwyrndrobwilllantysiliogogogoch
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
I lost it at Ae
HowManyNimons@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
There's always Westward Ho! which has to be spelled with an exclamation mark like that, as if they'd let boomer facebook name a town.
Aggravationstation@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
There's a town called Barrow-in-Furness which officially has the dashes in it.
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 2y
Canada has Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
deranger@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Nikls94@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Ah. Yes
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50MYT@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
The NZ version
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AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 2y
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem
negativeyoda@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I travel through Boring Oregon (just outside of Portland) who's sister city is Dull, so I guess that's me
stinerman@midwest.social · 7 pts · 2y
Great Snoring
Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Reason: historic invaders
https://britainexplained.com/why-british-places-have-such-strange-names/
Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Oh, how sad. Did the big, bad, steal everything and colonize the world folk also get colonized? /j
Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
What about Fringringhoe?
dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Yeah Giggleswick is pretty slapbottoms for fish'n chipe ae
toxicbubble@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
plwmp
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I really like that one for some reason.
BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
austrailia has some wild ones
dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I live near Cockburn and have been to Innaloo
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I used to live in Wideopen
sagrotan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Brokenwind is partner town to Barton in the Beans
FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Twatt.
maculata@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
OP is merely envious that they don’t have the freedom to enjoy such names.
alyth@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Glowstick@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
And for funsies what's your bank account number too!?
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
0303-457291!
Diplomjodler@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y
I'm going to Stranagalwilly tonight.
xia@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 2y
I found the Lost city!
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 2y
No Braintree?
doublejay1999@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Missing Wyre Piddle
cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 2y
Oh thats Nasty
Caesium@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
oh Im Catbrain for sure
don@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Missing Penistone
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
You could your life story based on where you lived if you just kept moving about Britain.
user134450@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/11-german-places-with-incredible-and-hilarious-names
Not as long as OPs but has some real goodies.
x4740N@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I'm sure every country has a list of these
It's not exclusive to the uk
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 2y
You could have just said "Dull", it would have been quicker
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
I'm here to waste time, not to save it
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Yes, I've seen plenty. I've heard here in Finland that one explanation for some of the bizarre and let us say rude names is cartographers going around asking people what this or that place is called and people having fun with it or just fucking with them. And I think a lot of people just find it amusing in general. "Hey, that hill looks like a tit. Titty hill. Hehe."
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y
A lot of names are also based on folk etymology, where corrupted names or names from different languages get merged with similar sounding words of completely different meaning.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y
Yes. Here’s one for Denmark I found on Facebook the other day.
MadBob@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 2y
Rest and Be Thankful is a road here: https://www.osmap.nl/#16/56.1967/-4.7914
A lot of these don't sound that silly if your English is any good.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Spunkie is absolutely silly if your British English is any good
For Americans, that would be like a city called Jizz
deranger@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Cumming, Iowa
MadBob@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 2y
Agreed!
LazerFX@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Missing Willey, willeymoor and many other derivatives
0nekoneko7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I wasn't aware that the UK has such Dank places.
benderbeerman@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Guess I'm beer... but I already knew that