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Re: Bizzare Place names
Posted: Fri 02 Jul, 2010 15.51
by marksi
Re: Bizzare Place names
Posted: Sun 04 Jul, 2010 11.16
by Sput
You deserve a Nether Wallop for that.
Re: Bizzare Place names
Posted: Sun 04 Jul, 2010 21.53
by James H
Pity Me!
Re: Bizzare Place names
Posted: Mon 05 Jul, 2010 18.48
by WW Update
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".)
Re: Bizzare Place names
Posted: Sat 17 Jul, 2010 10.48
by Parbold 103.53
Doffcocker!
(Bolton again)
Re: Bizzare Place names
Posted: Sat 17 Jul, 2010 13.20
by dosxuk
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
Re: Bizzare Place names
Posted: Wed 21 Jul, 2010 22.30
by Si-Co
Cock Play in Northumberland.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/826211
Be careful if typing that into Google!