Bizzare Place names

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marksi
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=ballywa ... =en&tab=wl

Ballywatticock.
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Sput
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You deserve a Nether Wallop for that.
Knight knight
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James H
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Pity Me!
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The village of Ritoznoj in Slovenia: rit = butt; znoj = sweat; ritoznoj = buttsweat.

Just wait until Bill Bryson discovers this one!

(The original meaning of the name meant "where the sun shines on one's back".)
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Parbold 103.53
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Location: Hindley Green

Doffcocker!

(Bolton again)
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dosxuk
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Not bizarre in their meaning, but bizarre in their spelling compared to their pronounciation, is many places in Norfolk. My favourite is Happisburgh, pronounced "haysburra".

Here's a page full of limericks based around the strange pronounciations: http://www.quanting.care4free.net/limerix.htm
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Si-Co
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Location: Blaydon, Tyne and Wear

Cock Play in Northumberland.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/826211

Be careful if typing that into Google!
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