The name of a community that I`ve passed through a few times

[gossamersolid 155]

This isn`t a joke by the way:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Swastika_ON.JPG

And here`s a little excerpt from a wikipedia article about the name of the town:

"During World War II the provincial government sought to change the town's name to Winston in honour of Winston Churchill, but the town refused, insisting that the town had held the name long before the Nazis co-opted the swastika symbol (å). Residents of Swastika used to tell the story of how the Ontario Department of Highways would erect new signs on the roads at the edge of the town. At night the residents would tear these signs down and put up their own signs proclaiming the town to be "Swastika".[citation needed]

Christopher Macaulay, a direct descendant of Thomas Babington Macaulay, was instrumental in fighting to keep the name of the town unchanged despite the association with National Socialism.

Swastika has periodically been subject to derision for retaining the name. Local residents, however, have continued to resist a change."

[sparks50 0]

Welcome to Hell :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag

Edited November 8, 2010 by sparks50

[celery 8]

Finland has places like Paskasuo (shit bog), Örkkiniitty (orc meadow), Hevonpersiinsaaret (horse's ass islands), Terskanperä (glans bottom), Viheltävän vitun aapa (whistling cunt's morass) and Pallivaha (ball wax).

Fucking starts to sound pretty tame, considering that it doesn't even mean the same in German.

[Inkompetent 0]

Finland wins.

[walker 0]

Hi all

Not far from where I live in the village of Conisbrough near Doncaster, there used to be a "Butt Hole Road"

...Residents of Butt Hole Road were determined to have the name of the street changed to deter tourists from visiting the street and to put an end to the jokes made about the street's name. Planners allowed the change as all of the residents on the street were in favour of the new name. Because the Doncaster Council would only replace a street sign for free if it was damaged or in a state of disrepair, the residents of Butt Hole Road had to raise £300 for a new street sign. On 22 April 2009, the street was renamed to "Archers Way", named after the 930-year-old Conisbrough Castle, located half a mile (0.8 km) away. Shortly after the name change, an internet petition was created to change the road back to its original name. The renaming of the street gained worldwide attention and was featured in such international publications as The New Zealand Herald, Bild (Germany), and Het Laatste Nieuws (Belgium)...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_Hole_Road

As Always follow the link for the original text in full

Actually the reason the name was changed to archers is that the original meaning of the word "Butt" was the bottom of an old barrel which is what was commonly used as an Archers target and Butt Hole Road was the road to where people in Conisbrough, or more likely Burcroft the nearer village, used to practice their archery.

People used to have to practice their Archery as required by Law in England at the time; so the place where people use to set up all the old barrel butts for target practice became shortened from "Where the old Barrel Butts for archery practice are." to just "The Butts" often attached to that particular location or as in London there is a place called "Newington Butts" where a piece of land "abuts" two roads and this was shortened to the name of the place name plus Butts. And there are many other places in England with Butt as the street or location name.

Conisborough's main industry for hundreds of years has been stone quarying, it is hard to walk 10 yards in Conisborough without being stood on or in old quarry workings; in this case I am presuming an archery Butt was set up in an Old Quarry so that there was less chance of a stray arrow hitting someone behind the target. So the road to a Hole in the ground where the archery targets were became: "Butt Hole Road."

But even this pales in to insignificance besides Oxford's:-

Gropecunt Lane (pronounced /ˈɡroʊpkʌnt ˈleɪn/) was a street name found in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages, believed to be a reference to the prostitution centred on those areas; it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street's function or the economic activity taking place within it. Gropecunt, the earliest known use of which is in about 1230, appears to have been derived as a compound of the words grope and cunt.[1] Streets with that name were often in the busiest parts of medieval towns and cities, and at least one appears to have been an important thoroughfare...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

As Always follow the link for the original text in full

Kind Regards walker

Edited November 8, 2010 by walker

[Big Mac 19]

With how uber Christian America is I find it to be hilarious that there is a Hell, MI.

Click here to go to Hell

Edited November 9, 2010 by Big Mac
early morning typo correction

[Sith 0]

Finland has places like Paskasuo (shit bog), Örkkiniitty (orc meadow), Hevonpersiinsaaret (horse's ass islands), Terskanperä (glans bottom), Viheltävän vitun aapa (whistling cunt's morass) and Pallivaha (ball wax).

In line with the other underworldly towns mentioned in this thread; I fly to Vantaa (Helsinki) Airport quite frequently, and always find it rather amusing to type in the 3-letter destination code at the airport's auto check-in machines.

Please state your destination :devil:

(While it misses an "l" for correct English spelling, it works out in Dutch)

[VanhA-ICON 11]

In line with the other underworldly towns mentioned in this thread; I fly to Vantaa (Helsinki) Airport quite frequently, and always find it rather amusing to type in the 3-letter destination code at the airport's auto check-in machines.

Please state your destination :devil:

(While it misses an "l" for correct English spelling, it works out in Dutch)

Well, working one's way into central from that airport without a taxi can be considered as hell.

;)

[bascule42 10]

lol...I know you yanks will love this - kinda like Walkers "Butt Hole.." (lmao)...

I grew up in a village called Butt Lane. Famous for being the birthplace of one Reginald J Mitchel - (his old house has been a funeral parlour for as long as I can remember)...

...plenty of speculation why it's called Butt Lane, only reasonable explaination is a reference to archery targets, which were knows as "butts". But, (no pun), it was only untill I landed on the internet and mentioned this to an American for the first time I realised I'd grown up in a town whose name is synonomous with "Arse Street".

[wheres my rabbit ? 10]

such a shame it has an extra T

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twatt,_Orkney

[comradechaos 10]

Welcome to Hell :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag

Michigan wins nub:

Hell

Paradise

[whereisbeef 0]

This isn`t a joke by the way:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Swastika_ON.JPG

And here`s a little excerpt from a wikipedia article about the name of the town:

My mom's family has live there since the 70's. We have a cottage in Kenogami if you know where that is. Funny seeing this here.

[Daddl 10]

Michigan wins nub:

Hell

Paradise

In the southern Black Forest there's a valley called Höllental ('Hell's Valley') - and guess what the village at the valleys exit is called? Right: Himmelreich ('Heaven'). Names like these aren't really uncommon - Wikipedia lists for Germany alone 7 more villages (and four mountains) with the same name...

[Carl_D 10]

With how uber Christian America is I find it to be hilarious that there is a Hell, MI.

No list like this could ever be complete without mention of Wanker's Corner in Oregon.

Carl

[mr burns 132]

Finland has places like Paskasuo (shit bog), Örkkiniitty (orc meadow), Hevonpersiinsaaret (horse's ass islands), Terskanperä (glans bottom), Viheltävän vitun aapa (whistling cunt's morass) and Pallivaha (ball wax).

Fucking starts to sound pretty tame, considering that it doesn't even mean the same in German.

Horse ass islands sounds as if it was a very idyllic place to live :notify:

PS: Threre´s always

which does mean nothing in english vice versa :D

[bascule42 10]

No list like this could ever be complete without mention of Wanker's Corner in Oregon.

Carl

My God!! He's right...and I would have to be really really thirsty to have a drink in this palce, (or the clam chowder for that matter).

By the way, does anyone know if in Hell (MI) theres is ever a frost there during the winter. If so, I have a few pretty nifty favours to call in. :D And at least 3 women to call on!

Edited November 11, 2010 by Bascule42

[Carl_D 10]

By the way, does anyone know if in Hell (MI) theres is ever a frost there during the winter. If so, I have a few pretty nifty favours to call in. :D And at least 3 women to call on!

MI gets pretty damn cold. I was there once in late February & it was brass monkey weather, with snowdrifts, ic, temp -5 to -8C at midday. So it's pretty likely Hell [MI] freezes over.

Good luck with the favours!

Carl

[celery 8]

temp -5 to -8C at midday.

Whoaaahh! :eek:

I might even wear a scarf over my t-shirt if it gets colder than that. :rolleyes:

[comradechaos 10]

MI gets pretty damn cold. I was there once in late February & it was brass monkey weather, with snowdrifts, ic, temp -5 to -8C at midday. So it's pretty likely Hell [MI] freezes over.

Good luck with the favours!

Carl

Just like the rest of MI... Hence why snow mobiles are such a cool thing to own.

[andersson 285]

Finland has places like Paskasuo (shit bog), Örkkiniitty (orc meadow), Hevonpersiinsaaret (horse's ass islands), Terskanperä (glans bottom), Viheltävän vitun aapa (whistling cunt's morass) and Pallivaha (ball wax).

Fucking starts to sound pretty tame, considering that it doesn't even mean the same in German.

I heard that the reason for many dirty names in Finland is that the russians (during the ru era) mapped all Finland (atleast this goes for the coastal region with all the islands) and as the locals didnt always like the russians + a sense of humor they came up with dirty words that the russians didnt understand. In the swedish region of the archipelago you can find "fittskär" (pussy-island), "pungö" (ballsack-island) and other dirty names :D

[kyfohatl 10]

There's also Condom, though it's way more tame than the other town names posted in this thread.

And about that "Fucking" town (note that I'm using "fucking" as a noun, not an adjective), I found this to be quite amusing in the wikipedia article:

The lower sign — which features an illustration of two children — is meant to advise drivers to watch their speed, but tourists see this as a double meaning coupled with the village name.

hehe...

Edited November 18, 2010 by kyfohatl

[gossamersolid 155]

I totally forgot I posted this thread. I love the names of the towns in finland lol!

[rundll.exe 12]

Hah great thread.

In the Netherlands the most famous town name is "Sexbierum" I think. Having both Sex and bier (=beer) in one name ;)

And I agree: The finns win by far :P