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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:00 PM
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What strange-sounding named town do you live in or near?
Edited on Mon Apr-12-04 10:02 PM by nu_duer
I live in Charleston, SC, but some of the towns around sound strange even to me, and I grew up (at least I got some people thinking that, lol) here.

Goose Creek and Moncks Corner are a couple of the more trippy named towns nearby.

I know there are some wild names out there tho. What strange-sounding named town are you in or near?
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:07 PM
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1. I guess Tuscaloosa sounds pretty weird
It's named after an Indian chief.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:07 PM
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2. Dyre
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demodewd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:09 PM
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3. Happy Camp?
I live about 40 miles from Happy Camp,CA(as the crow flies). Weed CA is just north of Mt Shasta.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:09 PM
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4. Tsawwassen, B.C.
And I live in Saanich.
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:11 PM
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6. I live in Saanich too!!
:hi:
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:36 PM
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94. oh, and don't forget "Spuzzum"
One of my students is from there, and her classmates tease her about it.
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NewHampster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:11 PM
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5. I live in Southern NH near taxachussetts - where do I start
Haverhil - hav rill
Worcester - wus ter
Windham - win am

etc.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:02 AM
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55. Pelham - "Pellam"
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Madrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:11 PM
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7. Climax Michigan, Colon Michigan, Hell Michigan
Alas, I don't live in Michigan at the moment, but since I lived there most of my life I think it qualifies me to comment on the above mentioned cities.

Here in WA, were I currently reside - Wenatchee, Cle Elum, Walla Walla, and Puyallup. It took me FOREVER to be able to pronounce a lot of these...*L*

My favorite weird sounding street in my area is Gobbler's Knob. If THAT doesn't conjure up some horrifying visuals, I don't know what does. :)
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:43 AM
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51. Rock, Michigan (in da UP-population about 400)
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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:13 PM
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8. I lived a few hours away from Yeehaw Junction, FL
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:13 PM
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9. Hungry Horse, MT....
.....I've been to Moncks Corner....the "hollerin' capital of the U.S."
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:13 PM
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10. How about Ucluelet
That's up-island from here
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Indiana_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:17 PM
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11. I live near a cluster of small towns called
Peru, Brazil, Mexico in Indiana! Why we have those names in the middle of the midwest I'll never know.
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:08 AM
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45. Indiana's full of great town names......
.....for a while I lived close to Beanblossom, Hindu, Fruitdale, and Gnawbone. Further south you've got French Lick, Birdseye, Oolitic, Siberia, and Santa Claus. And don't forget Needmore (it does).
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Indiana_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:02 AM
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56. Oh I love southern Indiana, it's so pretty there. n/t
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:55 PM
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87. Hey, where are you?
We're in Terre Haute :D
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Rocinante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:17 PM
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12. Rascal Town, TN
is just a few miles from me. I went to a few parties down there when I was young.
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:27 PM
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22. Rascal Town is Great!
In northern Virginia, there once was a place called Pumpkintown. It later became Snickersville. Now it called Blumont, to the everlasting boredom of the state.

And a former coworker of mine, an ex-cheerleader on whom I had a great crush, was once the proprietress of the Snickersville General Store.
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TN al Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:18 PM
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13. Possumtown
I don't think it is incorporated so it really doesnt exist but it has a sign on the highway telling you you are entering it.
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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:20 PM
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14. Hey neighbor, what about....
Debordieu (pronounced Debbie-doo) or Pomaria (poe-mary-uh)?
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Madrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:25 PM
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20. Debordieu (pronounced Debbie-doo)
Thank GOODNESS Dallas is not a state, and that town is not in it!
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:48 PM
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29. wow, never heard of it
is it upstate?
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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:50 AM
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70. No.
Debordieu is just south of Litchfield beach on the coast. It's one of those places where poor black people used to live, that is now full of multi-million dollar homes.

Oh, they changed the pronunciation of the name too - to the French pronunciation ... of course.
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:21 PM
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15. Here in So. Cali, the worse names
are fake Spanish, trying to blend in.

"El Segundo"
The Second. The second what? (Atlantic Richfield Pacific coast refinery #2 is what it's named after. No lie.)

"Miramar"

"Rancho San Panasquitos"
Ranch of Saint Cute Little Rocks. ?

"Las Pulgas"
The Fleas. Great name for a housing development.

"El Camino Real"
The King's Road. Another housing development.
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:28 AM
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49. I used to live in Arroyo Grande (big ditch!)..
or.. Atascadero: muddy place.
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PittPoliSci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:21 PM
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16. How about Hempfield?
gee, I wonder what they grew there.
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Insider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:22 PM
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17. Havre de Grace
just french, i guess. not strange really. but very few people have heard of it, and even less can spell it when you tell them.
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:09 PM
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73. "Havre de Grace" Always Sounded Like Two Rastafarians to Me
as in "hey mon, do you 'hav-re' de grass?"
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mwdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:33 PM
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78. Home of the best Maryland crab cakes, ever!
Mmmmmm....
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Insider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:34 PM
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93. and EVERY sign says so!
every single restaurant, diner, take-out says "Best Crab Cakes in Maryland"
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mwdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 03:20 PM
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97. I miss them!
I used to live in the northeast, haven't in nearly 8 years. They are the best!
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:22 PM
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18. Moosup, CT

I have no idea what it means,

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opiate69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:58 AM
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52. Moosup? Cool!
Right after high school, I had a girlfriend who lived right next to Moosup lake. I used to drive the 25 miles from Voluntown to see her every weekend... good memories, there.
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kevinam Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:24 PM
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19. Cumming, GA!!!!
Imagine the phone conversation with your boss as you make sales calls..Yea Boss, I will be in Cumming in about 10 minutes. Expect me there for a while... It is a town probably 35 miles north of Atlanta...Kevin.
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Tom_Foolery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:25 PM
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21. Monkey's Eyebrow, KY n/t
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DieboldMustDie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:29 PM
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23. Gay Head, Massachusetts
I don't live anywhere near it, but that has got to be the most embarrassingly named town in the U.S. :crazy:
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:50 AM
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69. Um, embarassing?
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AmyStrange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:29 PM
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24. Sequim, WA

pronounced sKwim. It's an indian name, but I can't remember what it means,

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Wwagsthedog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:35 PM
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25. Cut-n-Shoot, TX
nt
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bain_sidhe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:38 PM
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26. Hell
As in, Hell, Michigan. Really!
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:40 PM
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27. Westminster - People Always Say
Westminister
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:22 AM
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43. In MD?
Midway between Bawlmer and Fred'rick?
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:06 AM
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60. CO
out in the boonies
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:48 PM
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28. I'm a 20 minutes from Scaggsville...
They have a great Amish market!
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starroute Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:50 PM
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30. Applebachsville
Supposedly the only trilingual place-name in the country.

(Afflerbach is, I think, the German for apple tree. It got halfway Anglicized, and then they stuck -ville at the end for the town name because it sounded classier.)
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:58 PM
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88. Um... appletree would be
Apfelbauch, but nice try :) You're right about americanizing it to applebach, though!
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Loki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 10:55 PM
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31. Tightwad, Missouri
Had my picture taken in front of the Bank of Tightwad. Population 63 according to the 2000 census.
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LDS Jock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 11:01 PM
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32. Gassville, Monkey Run, Yellville, Flippin, Three Brothers
come to mind. That is the area where I grew up in Arkansas, not where I live now in Texas.
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AlienGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 11:04 PM
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33. Nooksac!
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woofless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 11:40 PM
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37. Yup. I live near Nooksack.
Right by the N. Fork of the Nooksack River in Maple Falls. Never seen any Maples fall though.
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 03:32 AM
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59. But you don't live near Nooksac...!
You live near Bothell. Nothing all-that-weird about it, except for the time my parents called up to ask if there really was a town nearby named "Brothel, Washington?"

On the other hand, just after graduating from college, I spent most of a year in Hoosick Falls, New York...
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The empressof all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:33 PM
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92. In Bothell
Alway's loved the Ball's of Bothell Home on Bothell way--look for it next time you head into Seattle. It's on the north side.
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mike1963 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 11:04 PM
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34. Not far from Retrop, Oklahoma. This is true: they wanted to name it
Porter but the name was already taken so they spelled it backward!
:D
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mike1963 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 11:07 PM
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35. Any DUers live around Intercourse, PA? Just south of Blue Ball.
I am not making this up, check an atlas...a bit east of Lancaster
LOL
;-)
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:07 PM
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72. Intercourse? Not to Far from Willingboro, PA
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NuckinFutz Donating Member (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:12 PM
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74. Both are close to Harrisburg
What's weird is that both Intercourse and Blue Ball are right smack in the heart of Amish country...who'da thunk it?!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:39 PM
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83. I pass by Intercourse and Paradise when I go home to visit my family
Ironically I hit Paradise before Intercourse - figures!
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HawkerTyphoon Donating Member (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 07:46 PM
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98. What about
Bird-In-Hand, also near Intercourse, Paradise & Blue Ball.

Hmm... you could arrange these names into some kind of a narrative.

All about 30 miles south-east of my home in Akron, PA.
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-04 10:22 PM
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115. North East, PA
No sign of just plain East, PA.

Will North East someday have a suburb, called West North East?
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 11:08 PM
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36. Frog Knot, TX
That one is actually up near my original hometown.

When I was out at Texas Tech I lived near Muleshoe, TX...home of the Glass Ass statue.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 11:49 PM
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38. Hoboken...
Hackensack, Secaucus, Ho-Ho-Kus, Alpha...

There's a bunch more, I just can't think of them offhand. Some are Indian, some are Dutch, some are just from hunger.

We also seem to set the record for having, at last count, 12 Washingtons, which makes things very confusing.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 11:59 PM
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39. Very close to Pisgah now, grew up very close to Soso
but my favorite town is in the Mississippi delta (Panther Burn)
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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:02 AM
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40. Rancho Cucamonga, CA
I live in Riverside, but Rancho Cucamonga is near by. Gotta admit that it's fun to say. :)
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:06 AM
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41. Philomath...
a name familiar to anyone who listened to college rock in the 80s
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hiphopnation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:07 AM
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42. Milpitas, CA
Always sounded funny to me. :D
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Supply Side Jesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:27 AM
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44. No Name, Co.
seriously...look it up.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:16 AM
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46. Hatboro
In Montgomery County, PA.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:36 PM
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80. How dare you NOT come to the Philly Gathering
I use to live about 10 miles from Hatboro in Warrington
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vajraroshana Donating Member (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:16 AM
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47. hog jowl
actually, i don't live near there anymore, but when i was growing up i lived right next to hog jowl, alabama. in case you want to find that on the map it's right next to egypt and arab (no bs)
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imax2268 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:20 AM
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48. Surprise...AZ
and no...Gomer Pyle doesn't live here...
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:40 AM
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50. Kaukauna, Wisconsin, the stinkiest town around too, you can be overwhelmed
by the aroma within 5 miles...that's KAUKAUNA (pronounced kaw-kaw-nah)
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opiate69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:59 AM
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53. I live kinda near Puyallup, Wa..
pronounced pyoo-all-lup....
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BlondieK143 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:00 AM
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54. Seymour, TN
:) Not See More.
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Norbert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 08:23 PM
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104. There is a Seymour, Indiana too
This is close to where John Mellencamp grew up.
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:06 AM
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57. Innuendo time
Glory Hole Center
Poker Flat
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 02:07 AM
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58. my best friend lives in...
Humptulips, WA.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:21 AM
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61. Dime Box, TX
So named because before there was mail service to the settlement, customers wanting to mail a letter deposited a dime and their letter into a box located at the settlement's mill.
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Mr.Green93 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:30 AM
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62. Sadiville
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:40 AM
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63. Iraan, Texas
Never lived there Allah be praised, only drove through a few times. Just down the road a piece from Ozona.

It's actually named after the couple who first lived out in that godforsaken wilderness, Ira and An.
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ThreeCatNight Donating Member (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:40 AM
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64. Big Bone Lick in Kentucky
Honestly!
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:18 PM
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76. You win! IMO! nt.
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Love Bug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:42 AM
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65. St. Paul!
<ducking and running from the St. Paul DUers>... :evilgrin:
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:48 AM
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67. What about its suburbs:
Mahtomedi (pronounced "Motta-mee-dye") and Ham Lake?

Also in Minnesota: Sleepy Eye, Ah-Gwa-Ching, Wayzata (pronounced "Wyzetta"), Blackduck, and Warroad.

In Oregon: Boring, Drain, Wagontire, Irrigon, Sisters
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:46 AM
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66. I love Charleston.
The Pagersis lives there.

Strange towns for me--well, there are tons of them in the NYC area: Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ; Piscataway, NJ; Mahopac, NY; Massapequa, NY; the list goes on and on.

Town names I love:
Pinetops, NC
Conetoe, NC (pronounce Kuh-nee-tuh)
Pumpkin Center, NC
Lizard Lick, NC
Fuquay-Varina, NC

...and again, the list goes on and on.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:50 AM
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68. Swink, Colorado
It's about an hour east of Pueblo on US50. It's a small town, and my wife used to say, "If you blink, you'll miss Swink."

:-)
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DemExpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 08:59 AM
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71. I live 2 minutes down the road from Scheveningen.......
beach on the North Sea...

Foreigners have fun trying to pronounce this one!

Scheveningen.........the "Sch" sound is the gutteral throat clearing sound after the "s".....

:silly:

DemEx
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:14 PM
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75. Bald Knob, Arkansas
Near Possum Grape, Arkansas
Farther from Oil Trough, Arkansas and Weiner, Arkansas
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:32 PM
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77. Yeehaw Junction
and Kissimmee, FL (used to live in Kissimmee, the armpit of Florida)!
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FunBobbyMucha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:34 PM
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79. Beaver, Ohio
Just down the road from my hometown. Also a short drive from nearby Pee Pee Creek.

I shit you not.
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:36 PM
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81. Another one in SC is the town called 'Round O'
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:38 PM
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82. '96', SC - Isnt this a town in SC also?
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:42 PM
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84. Dolton
It's pronounced 'dahl-ten', but plenty of out-of-towners say dolt-ton.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:45 PM
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85. In Mass. it's not the names but how they're butchered by the natives
Berlin: BER-lin.
Billerica: B'ricka
Cochituate: Co-CHIH-chew-it
Concord: CON-cud
Leicester: Lestuh
Leominster: Lemon-stuh
Norfolk: Norfork, Nor-F'K or Nor-folk
Peabody: Pea-B'dee
Quincy: QUIN-zee
Waltham: Wall-tham
Woburn: WU-bin
Worcester: Wihstah
Barre: Bar-EE
Revere: Rev-e-ah
Fall River: Fawl Rivah
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 12:53 PM
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86. Chagrin Falls, OH
I live about 10 miles from there...
Place names in Northeast Ohio are pretty normal. I used to live in Western PA, however, which has some doozies:

Beaver
Big Beaver
Beaver Falls
Turkey City
Tidioute (pronounced "titty-oot")
Barkeyville
Leeper
Frogtown
Moon
Mars
Venus

Fellow PA residents: have you noticed most communities in PA with "City" in the name usually have less than 100 people???
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:01 PM
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89. Where do you start? Okotoks, Balzac, Kathyrn (no, not Kathryn)
Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Lake Minnewanka, Picture Butte.
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m-jean03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:29 PM
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90. Concrete, WA
Near me -- Where "This Boy's Life" took place
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:29 PM
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91. Leicester
Edited on Tue Apr-13-04 01:31 PM by MissMillie
It's pronounced "Less-tah" with the Massachusetts accent.

Oh yeah, I live about 6 or 7 miles from Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
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HawkerTyphoon Donating Member (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 08:01 PM
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99. That was my father's favorite lake name.
Edited on Wed Apr-14-04 08:01 PM by HawkerTyphoon
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

He once sent me a postcard of the lake stating: "Fished both sides." and nothing else.

(The translation is: "You fish your side, I'll fish my side, nobody fish in the middle.")
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felonious thunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 01:43 PM
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95. Several in the Outer Banks, NC
Kill Devil Hills
Kitty Hawk
Nags Head
Duck
Uncle Jimmy's Landing
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U of M Dem 07 Donating Member (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-04 03:16 PM
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96. Hell, Michigan
(it's on the other side of the state, but I figure it still counts...)

And while we're on the topic of strange-sounding names, there's an exit off of a freeway in metro-Detroit that is Exit 69 - Big Beaver. LOL! :D
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HawkerTyphoon Donating Member (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 08:03 PM
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100. In CA, near Bakersfield:
Weed Patch
Pumpkin Center
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Interrobang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 08:11 PM
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101. Orono, pronounced ORE-no
There's also Merlin, which is pronounced to rhyme with "Berlin," and NOT MER-lin like the magician...or St. Joachim (a French enclave, so it's pronounced "San Wa-kim")...or Delhi, which is pronounced "DELL-high!

Northern Ontario has some great placenames, too, like Wawa, Pettawawa, Penetanguishene, Pickle Lake, Jelicoe, and Sault Ste. Marie (pronounced "Soo Saint Marie," in case you were wondering...).

I think the grand prize winners I've *heard of,* although never visited have to be:

Cheesequake, NJ (top prize for clean entry)
Dildo, Newfoundland (and it's possible to go right from there to Come-by-Chance...)
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 08:13 PM
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102. I live nowhere near this place and have never been there.
But a friend's grandfather used to be sheriff of whatever county Muleshoe, TX, is in.
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Norbert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 08:20 PM
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103. Rabbit Hash, Kentucky
Probably less than 30 minutes from Cincinnati
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put out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 08:46 PM
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105. Peculiar, Missouri.
Knob Noster, Missouri.

Humansville, Missouri.

I'm in KS now, but am a regular visitor to Peculiar.
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harper Donating Member (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:05 PM
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108. Blue Eye Missouri
Right down on the Arkansas line. I've always loved that name. I live near Peculiar and my brothers were born in Knob Noster.

Also, Nevada Mo, pronounced with a long A in the second syllable. Iowa also has a Nevada pronounced the same way.
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Dees Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:32 PM
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111. I've been to Blue Eye a number of times. I used to
health food at place called Earth Wonder in the 1970's.
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St. Jarvitude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 08:46 PM
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106. Cow Head, Joe Batts Arm, Dildo/Upper Dildo, Newfoundland, CA
I don't live anywhere near those towns, but I just happened to flip to Newfoundland in my road atlas (on plane ride back from New York) and the first town I spotted was "Cow Head"
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harper Donating Member (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:07 PM
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109. Also, Heart's Content, Heart's Delight and Cupid
Newfoundland has some wonderful names and the most beautiful scenery on earth.
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djeseru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 08:54 PM
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107. Jollyville, TX
It's not really that jolly.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:13 PM
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110. Soldotna, Scio, Oregon, Ekwok, Alaska.
any town name in Washington. Love the Indian names there.
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Dees Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:34 PM
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112. I used to live north of Licking, Missouri.
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Zinfandel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:41 PM
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113. Burnt Ranch...
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 09:44 PM
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114. Okarche...
Oh kar chee
It's an old german town. Most are inbred. They even have their own home for their genetically unfortunate. Famous for Eishen's bar. They serve FABULOUS chicken.
Duckie
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