Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Name Your Town

Yesterday I wrote about how I wanted to buy a town in New Zealand.  If I buy the town, I get to name it whatever I want, right?  Well @ETlaw07 sent us a link through twitter.  It informs us of the worst town names in the world.  Here's the list:

  • Whakapapa, New Zealand - where "wh" is pronounced "f"

  • Fucking, Austria

  • Disappointment, Kentucky

  • Shitterton, Dorset, England

  • Horneytown, North Carolina

  • Middelfart, Denmark

  • Toad Suck, Arkansas

  • Hell, Michigan

  • Hookersville, West Virginia

  • Whiskey Dick Mountain, Washington

  • Cockup, Cumbria, England

  • Bald Knob, Arkansas

  • Spread Eagle, Wisconsin

  • Wetwang, Yorkshire, England

  • Gravesend, Kent, England

  • Thong, Kent, England

  • Titty Hill, Sussex, England

  • Looneyville, Texas

  • Muff, Ireland

  • Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand

  • Twatt, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Scotland

  • Cockburn, Western Australia


  • So what would I name my town?  Well, I'd start with "Stuff To Do, BarBri."  But that's not creative.  I wonder if I could name my town like I would discover my porn star name.  Which would make it my first pet's name and the street I was born on?  Blackie Hicks.  Not bad.  Blackie Hicks, New Zealand. I could live with that. Leave other ideas in the comments.

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    3 comments:

    1. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand ... really?? who comes up with these names and what were they on when they did so? that's hilarious! ... thanks for the amusement back to FL Trusts

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    2. Unfortunately using the porn star name method means my town would be called Pooh Brown. Still a better name for a town than for a porn star I suppose...? >shudder<

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    3. There is a London suburb named Cockfosters. It is the last stop on one of the tube lines, so the lady in the recording says: "This is the Piccadilly Line (seriously) to...Cockfosters." I couldn't stop laughing. All the Brits hated me.

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