psychogeography (3)
I can't get over English place names: Hammersmith. Elephant and Castle. Barton in the Beans. Found it on the map on our drive home from Minehead, exclaimed over it; we took a half-hour detour to find it. Ahhh, yes. Barton. In the Beans. What up, English. Your language is cheerful-making.
posted by Eireann at
1:43 PM
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there is so much more joy to be had! piddletrenthide for example, also near me is middle wallop, lower wallop, upper wallop and egypt to name a few...oh also cheesefoot head, which is a big hill where people used to have annual events rolling cheeses down it...
this should take you to more worldwide names....
http://www.philbrodieband.com/jokes-jokes_town_names.htm
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Your observations are cheerful-making. :)
i'm easily pleased and I love the fact I live somewhere that has the word 'super' in it's name. (weston-super-mare) Some of my favourites from round here are Velvet Bottom, Nempnet Thrubwell and Leigh on Mendip. I'm also familiar with the Wallops!
It really is the greatest name!! You should come and visit the village of Dull in Scotland.
I think the best place names I ever saw were when I visited Newfoundland: how about a place named Dildo or the beautiful Hearts Desire or Hearts Content, along with Come by Chance and Blow me Down!
I also came across the town of Bulle in Switzerland which actually means Bubble!!
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