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There is the quite good place in northumbria called shilbottle, which is mostly notable because people keep doing the needful with a bit of black electricians tape on the road sign.
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Pastry of the Year posted:I am 100% happy about the thread expanding to the names of places, because there are some absolutely bonkers ones. Eighty-four is my favorite  edit: Holy poo poo, this is "all-American" as a concept, distilled into a human 
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Pastry of the Year posted:I am 100% happy about the thread expanding to the names of places, because there are some absolutely bonkers ones. you've probably seen it before, but: 
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A friend and their spouse just named their son Talon
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Re: place names, there's an Enough, Missouri and Truth Or Consequences--Colorado, I think?? Or Montana??
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Astrofig posted:Re: place names, there's an Enough, Missouri and Truth Or Consequences--Colorado, I think?? Or Montana?? There's an Anaconda in Montana, as well as an Opportunity. I once saw them on the same road sign and demanded that we visit the Anaconda Opportunity, but I was rejected  Fun fact: Lucille Ball used to say she was from Anaconda, but she only lived there for a little while. Just like me, she's originally from upstate NY and then lived in Montana for a year. And we both have fake red hair. And we both (I assume) find Desi Arnaz super hot e: Oh, also, speaking of amazing place names: Punkeydoodles Corners is an unincorporated hamlet in southwestern Ontario, in Canada, known for its strange name[1] and frequent sign theft. It shares a boundary with something called "East Zorra." Zorra is "bitch" in Spanish. Fleta Mcgurn has a new favorite as of 09:10 on Aug 12, 2021 |
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Astrofig posted:Re: place names, there's an Enough, Missouri and Truth Or Consequences--Colorado, I think?? Or Montana?? That's New Mexico, it's near Elephant Butte reservoir.
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Pastry of the Year posted:I am 100% happy about the thread expanding to the names of places, because there are some absolutely bonkers ones. Oh, in that case, I've got a doozy. My hometown is a wee town in Scotland, that's called Linlithgow. Nothing materially much wrong with it, but I maintain that it is one of the worst places in the world you can come from. The reason is this: sometimes when a person comes from a place, it's easy to know which place, e.g. a person from Paris is a Parisian, a person from Moscow is a Muscovite, a person from London is a Londoner. However, sometimes the demonym is not so clear, e.g. people from Barbados are Bajans, a person from Stockholm can be called a Nollåtta. And people from Linlithgow fall in the latter camp. Because people from Linlithgow are called, and I am not joking here, Black Bitches.
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:There's an Anaconda in Montana, as well as an Opportunity. I once saw them on the same road sign and demanded that we visit the Anaconda Opportunity, but I was rejected "Bitch" or "vixen"? And all I have to go on is my knowledge that Zorro is "The Fox", not "The Dog". Could be an Albany expression, I guess. Anyway, where I work I keep running into virtue names. Not just Faith or Grace, but Confidence and Peace (not to mention Paz).
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gleebster posted:"Bitch" or "vixen"? And all I have to go on is my knowledge that Zorro is "The Fox", not "The Dog". Could be an Albany expression, I guess. I mean, it literally means "vixen" but it means bitch. Google Translate backs me up. It might be a European Spanish thing.
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I was looking at a bunch of young hockey prospects and saw two cool names. There's a Finnish kid named Jimi Suomi. Suomi is literally Finnish for 'Finnish' and 'Finland,' but nobody is really sure why. And another kid named with the last name Whynot.
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Jimi Suomi is Finland's own-brand superhero. Like Captain America, only it's that energy drink kid wearing his underpants on the outside.
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Lady Disdain posted:Jimi Suomi is Finland's own-brand superhero. Like Captain America, only it's that energy drink kid wearing his underpants on the outside. The energy drink kid is dead. Unless you meant that there's an energy drink kid known specifically for wearing his underpants on the outside.
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deoju posted:I was looking at a bunch of young hockey prospects and saw two cool names. I work with a guy with the last name Suomi, and while I'm pretty sure he must have Finnish heritage, he is still obviously from the US. His first name is so generic that his whole name comes across as some sort of Finnish spy alias or something.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:The energy drink kid is dead. Unless you meant that there's an energy drink kid known specifically for wearing his underpants on the outside. I didn't know that. Way to make the meme depressing.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:
Not sure what I'm supposed to be looking at. Other than that the site of Australia's most famous mass shooting is apparently in Finland now ?
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Lady Disdain posted:Not sure what I'm supposed to be looking at. I'm pretty sure the only Port Arthur people knew about when Port Arthur got its name was Lüshunkou but yes that's the "interesting" bit.
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Also of note Mr. Merrifield's name is Whitley, but he goes by Whit. There was a brief discussion in our household the other day over whether he was a Whitney or a Whitfield. Neither, as it turns out.
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Astrofig posted:Also of note Mr. Merrifield's name is Whitley, but he goes by Whit. There was a brief discussion in our household the other day over whether he was a Whitney or a Whitfield. Neither, as it turns out. "Whit Merrifield" is a really fantastic old school baseball name. It sounds like he should have been on the 1927 Yankees with Babe Ruth. He'd fit right in with the likes of Wilcy Moore, Waite Hoyt, Dutch Ruether, and Urban Shocker.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:"Whit Merrifield" is a really fantastic old school baseball name. It sounds like he should have been on the 1927 Yankees with Babe Ruth. He'd fit right in with the likes of Wilcy Moore, Waite Hoyt, Dutch Ruether, and Urban Shocker. Speaking of old timey baseball names https://twitter.com/espnstatsinfo/status/1426736399064121344?s=21
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Pastry of the Year posted:I am 100% happy about the thread expanding to the names of places, because there are some absolutely bonkers ones. The town I grew up in had the intersection of Butt’s Hollow Rd and Gobbler’s Knob Rd. Also a skunk’s misery rd, which was baffling. Bobby Digital posted:Speaking of old timey baseball names I will buy a new username cert for anyone willing to change their handle to “bumpus jones”. Ugly In The Morning has a new favorite as of 04:24 on Aug 15, 2021 |
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Colt Derringer Peters You have to be a very cool person to pull that name off he's not, he doesn't
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I saw somebody on Facebook named Roxsand. It's like her parents overheard the name and liked it but never saw it in writing.
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Bobby Digital posted:Speaking of old timey baseball names Unfortunately, I think Bumpus and Bobo were just nicknames. But 'Bumpus Jones' is a goddamn top-tier 19th-century baseball player name.
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I just sent a work email to a gentleman with the last name of Witcher.
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PurpleButterfly posted:I just sent a work email to a gentleman with the last name of Witcher. did you give him a coin
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Ugly In The Morning posted:The town I grew up in had the intersection of Butt’s Hollow Rd and Gobbler’s Knob Rd. Also a skunk’s misery rd, which was baffling. bump me up ugly
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dampier icelynn jereme bent finest jeyshka keanue banessa socrates quortney quizmet axel, not terrible i suppose, but it was 2 different people in the same list kermit grover lazar (not rem, unfortunately) last name: nunnery
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LadyPictureShow posted:Unfortunately, I think Bumpus and Bobo were just nicknames. Mookie Betts is still the Most Baseball Name ever.
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Samovar posted:However, sometimes the demonym is not so clear, e.g. people from Barbados are Bajans, a person from Stockholm can be called a Nollåtta. And people from Linlithgow fall in the latter camp. Because people from Linlithgow are called, and I am not joking here, Black Bitches. I once stunned a Lincolnshire guy by calling him a yellowbelly. He didn't expect that from a Londoner. But yeah, that's a hell of a one. How many explanations are there for it?
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Mookie Betts is still the Most Baseball Name ever. I think Johnny 'Ugly" Dickshot is a good contender, as well.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Mookie Betts is still the Most Baseball Name ever. It’s no Bobson Dugnutt
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