Funny place names

[Sixchan]

Dumfries, Scottland

I don't get this one. What's so funny about Dumfries?

Oh, wait, I think I get it. I was pronouncing it properly and missed the "Dum Fries" thing.

 

[Zwelgje]

Sexbierum, The Netherlands.

Translation:
Sex=well I guess that word is universal
bier=Beer
um=no translation

 

[Dell19]

Originally posted by civ1-addict
Sexbierum, The Netherlands.

Translation:
Sex=well I guess that word is universal
bier=Beer
um=no translation

Maybe because they only wanted sex and beer and couldn't think of anything else so they just said um...

 

[Zwelgje]

Yeah, that must be it! They named the place after the things they liked.
They were thinking, well we like sex, we like beer and what else do we like...uhm uhm.

The mystery is finally solved by Dell!

P.S. Wanna know what del means in Dutch?

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

Some funny belgian place names:
(for these you have to know dutch to understand the joke)

Zottegem
Komen
Retie
Aarshot
Spermali

Another fun anekdote to a place name in Belgium: Diest .Not just because of the name ,but i had a teacher once that talked about a visit he done to diest ,and at a certain point in the conversation he said: Ik liep in Diest rond (maar door de aneenshakeling van woorden komt dat er uit als: ik liep in DIE STRONT.

 

[Zwelgje]

I already knew Zottegem, Komen and Aarshot are new to me and instant classics!!!

 

[Håkon]

Originally posted by dannyevilcat
Also, there is no place in Canada called "Moose Factory" unless it's a very detailed map including a moose nursery, or the name of a store . I think you're thinking of Moose Jaw?

There is a place in Canada called Moose Factory - it's a coastal city near Moosonee, in Ontario I think.

This thread is great. I want to mention a funny thing about the Norwegian Christian Democrats who held their national conference a few years back at Hell!

 

[GenghisK]

South France, not far where I used to live, i.e. Toulouse (pronounce "to loose"), is a small city called "Condom". Yep.
Another large city, famous for its rugby club is Castres. And guess how we call their inhabitants? (no, not Castrated )
Some other small villages:
_ Saixe

Btw, French people have always been shocked by the Sussex state, in UK, because "suce" in French = lick

 

[Ren]

Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia

Not a town, but: Mt Meharry (Mount me Harry -- ), Western Australia, Australia

 

[Dell19]

Originally posted by civ1-addict
P.S. Wanna know what del means in Dutch?

If you want to but my real name is Matthew...

 

[CrazyScientist]

Coxsackie, NY

 

[Zwelgje]

Originally posted by Dell19
If you want to but my real name is Matthew...

So you mean that you're not bothered that "del" is dutch for a very cheap girl?
Anyway, nice to meet you Matthew, I'm Joost.

 

[Dell19]

Originally posted by civ1-addict


So you mean that you're not bothered that "del" is dutch for a very cheap girl?
Anyway, nice to meet you Matthew, I'm Joost.

Nice to meet you too.

 

[knowltok2]

Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky, US.

Licking County Ohio, US <--I actually live here.

 

[allhailIndia]

Surprised no one got Lahore-La Whore(French and English)

Well in India there is Asansol, but Bengali pronunciation turns it into Ass-on-soul

 

[Beam]

Dutch city of Sneek. Pronounced in English it indeed sounds like sneak. In Dutch however it sounds like snake!

 

[grandad]

And in Scotland there is a place called "East Neuk of Fife" (for those who speak Dutch).

 

[sgrig]

Outside Moscow, in Russia, there is a village called "Vozhd' Proletariata", which translates to "Leader of the proletariat"! However the authorities are thinking of renaming the village...

Also there is a town in central Russia called "Khrenovoye", which in slang amounts to something similar to "f***ing" (maybe not quite that rude) !

 

[Cilpot]

In Norway we have a town called Hell.... When there was a NATO exercise around the town all english-speaking soldiers rushed to send home "postcards stamped in Hell" ....

 

[philippe]

in belguim(where i live)
there is a place that calles"reet"
(reet is dutch for ass)