Funny Town/City/Village/Street names that exist IRL

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  1. CarBro74

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    There is a city in Maryland called 'Halfway'.

    Also Funkstown.
     
  2. CaptanW

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    when i go through the town of tight-squeeze Virginia.
     
  3. TheTraxxasManiacs

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    Watch the newest Grand Tour!
     
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  4. BombBoy4

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    JARVIS St. Mesa, AZ 85213
     
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  6. Drivver

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    Well in Poland we have a damn lot of funny village names like
    "Stolec" which in common use mean "faeces"
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolec,_Łódź_Voivodeship

    "Białykał" biały=white, kał=faeces, yup "Whitefaeces"
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Białykał

    "Zimna Wódka" (eng. "Cold Vodka")
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimna_Wódka

    "Zdrada" (eng. Betrayal)
    ^- Car's license plates here looks like "GPU xxxxx" - for PC nerds :)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdrada,_Pomeranian_Voivodeship

    "Zgon" (eng. Death)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zgon,_Warmian-Masurian_Voivodeship

    You know a lot of others like;
    Piekło - Hell,
    Koniec Świata - End of the world,
    Grzeczne Panny - Well behaved misses,
    Nędza - Misery
    Półkoty - Halfcats
    Nowiny Kasjerskie - Cashier's news
    Geniusze - Geniuses
    Kłopoty Stanisławy - Stanisława's troubles (Stanisława is a Polish name for women out name Stanislav)
    Łapy Kołpak - Paws Wheel cap
    Buda Ruska - Russian shack
    Całowanie - Kissing
    Zadobrze - Toogood
    Dolne Wymiary - Bottom dimensions
    Lenie Wielkie - Great sluggards
    Stary Łom - Old crowbar
    Ameryka - America
    Węgry - Hungary
    Sucha Psina - Dry doggie
    Niepiekło - Not-a-hell
    Niezdara - Oaf
    Wągry - Measles
    Wola Cytrusowa - Citrus will
    Parafianka - (girl/woman) Parishioner
    Paskudy - Bunglings
    Moszna - Scrotum

    And so on... to check it just type in google one of the names + "miejscowość" and you'll get link to wikipedia page, also check in google maps, and google translate. But I guarantee you that all of above are 100% legit - welcome to Poland :cool:

    Just imagine it:
    - Hi! Where are you from?
    * Hello friend! I'm from Scrotum, and you?
    - Well I lived in Cold Vodka, then moved to Death and now I have house in America, you know it's like 10km away from Hungary.

    btw. connecting last names with those village names sometimes are pretty funny, like my friend's example:
    Piotr Pijak lives in village named Rowy so it give us this; Peter Drunkard who lives in Ditches ;)
     
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  7. rryz19

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    Sorry for the bump...

    There is a street called "Gay St." Near where I live lol. forum.png
     
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    Fucking, Australia is a place

    also the town I live in is called Media...
     
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    neat
     
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  13. CarBro74

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    Obviously, the most visited city, Bangkok, Thailand. It is just, once you think about it.
     
  14. Googlefluff

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    Canada has some good ones, in addition to what's already been mentioned.

    Literal:


    Bit ironic:


    Cashing in on a coincidence, but no one's complaining:


    I've driven by this one a lot:


    Looks like a great place to visit doesn't it?


    And finally, the only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name:



    There are lots of towns with aboriginal names that sound weird to English speakers as well, like Skookumchuk, Osoyoos, Tswassen, Kinnikinnik, Tuktoyaktuk, and Clo-oose (which is natively spelled "Tluu7uus").
     
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