Weird City Names

[Walker]

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Now that is spelled wrong. I'll probably get it wrong too, but it's more like Titticaca, as I remember. Biggest lake in South America... or something-est lake in South America... I think it's South America, at least.

And yes, infantile little high school students are often very amused by it. See? You're advanced for your age! Freshamanic, Junioric, and Senioric, they all laugh their heads off at it. The idiots. Yes, I do it too. That's how I know doing so is stupid.

 

[Arseface]

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Mmmm... I wouldn't mind a trip to Sandwich, Illinois...

That was actually how the sandwich got its name, although it was the sandwich in the UK...

The city I live in doesn't have a weird name, but it was founded by a bloke whos last name was "Batman".

 

[Walker]

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Hmmm... out of curiosity, where is the Sandwich in the UK? I know the Hawaiian/Hawai'ian Islands were once called the Sandwich Islands, but I was never sure what they were named for. Perhaps that? I know the British ruled the islands before.

 

[Hexadecimal]

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Hmmm... out of curiosity, where is the Sandwich in the UK? I know the Hawaiian/Hawai'ian Islands were once called the Sandwich Islands, but I was never sure what they were named for. Perhaps that? I know the British ruled the islands before.

they were named the Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich... I don't know why I know that...

We have
*******, Ontario
Come By Chance, Newfoundland
Dildo, Newfoundland

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Hmmm... out of curiosity, where is the Sandwich in the UK? I know the Hawaiian/Hawai'ian Islands were once called the Sandwich Islands, but I was never sure what they were named for. Perhaps that? I know the British ruled the islands before.

Its in Kent.

About Sandwich, Kent, England, UK

 

[Walker]

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Cool... yeah, I had heard the Earl of Sandwich thing about sandwiches, but there had to be a place for him to be Earl of. Lemme go read the thingamajig Drakan posted, just for the hell of it... assuming the damn school "block everything" software lets me...

Edit: It did indeed let me go there. Utterly fascinating two paragraphs. Let's all go to the Place of Sand!

Something similar happened to the river in my twon, though-- used to have a little port long, long ago, now you could barely get a kayak in it (apparently there's good fishing, though). The difference is that some of the stuff on ours was caused by anti-flood stuff... some of it. No idea how much, or how long it's been impassable.

 

[Hexadecimal]

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Cool... yeah, I had heard the Earl of Sandwich thing about sandwiches, but there had to be a place for him to be Earl of.

... the Earl of Sandwich has a place to be Earl of... Sandwich... he's the Earl of Sandwich...

 

[Walker]

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Yes... you said "they were named the Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich... I don't know why I know that..."

When I asked about the place Sandwich. I was saying that I knew about the Earl, but wanted to know about the place.

I take it you were saying the islands were named after the Earl? I thought you were saying something about sandwiches being called sandwiches.

 

[Hexadecimal]

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Yes... you said "they were named the Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich... I don't know why I know that..."

When I asked about the place Sandwich. I was saying that I knew about the Earl, but wanted to know about the place.

I take it you were saying the islands were named after the Earl? I thought you were saying something about sandwiches being called sandwiches.

no... I said that the Sandwich Islands were named after the Earl of Sandwich because I was talking about the Sandwich Islands... not random sandwiches... I don't refer to sandwiches in general as islands...

and I only mentioned it to begin with because you said you always wondered where the islands got their name from...

 

[Dark Drakan]

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When I asked about the place Sandwich. I was saying that I knew about the Earl, but wanted to know about the place.

Yeah he was, again an English Earl.

 

[Walker]

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Huh??? I'm so confused...

Yeah, I read that but I didn't process it. I even copied and pasted it and didn't notice... blame it on mind-numbing eduamucation and exhaustion.

But, really, he was an English Earl??? I thought he was a Chinese Earl! No, a Zulu Earl! A Dutch Earl! A US Earl! Well, actually, I shouldn't be sarcastic since he could have been: Welsh, Scot, Irish, Spanish, French, and a whole slew of other things (or more than one) but I like sarcasm.

Out of curiosity, though, you KNOW that they were called the Sandwich Islands after the Earl, and not the place? And not because they made a really killer ham-and-cheese there? Or are you just operating on assumption?

 

[Hexadecimal]

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Out of curiosity, though, you KNOW that they were called the Sandwich Islands after the Earl, and not the place? And not because they made a really killer ham-and-cheese there? Or are you just operating on assumption?

what?
I don't "operate on assumption"... whatever that's supposed to mean :noexpression:
it's a known fact...

 

[Walker]

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I just didn't know and I was asking where you knew from. After, all, lots of things are "known facts". Like the "known fact" that going swimming less than thirty minutes after you eat gives you cramps, or the "known fact" that you can get a cold by being cold.

 

[Hexadecimal]

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I just didn't know and I was asking where you knew from. After, all, lots of things are "known facts". Like the "known fact" that going swimming less than thirty minutes after you eat gives you cramps, or the "known fact" that you can get a cold by being cold.

no... those are not known facts... they are known, but not facts... and I'm not going to debate with you about american islands... I really don't care, you can go look it up ^_^

anyhoo... on topicy topic, here we also have such delightful place names as:

Balls Falls, Ontario
Spread Eagle, Newfoundland
Crotch Lake, Ontario
Fertile, Saskatchewan
Love, Saskatchewan

 

[Arseface]

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I just went on an 8 hour drive to Canberra (in a truck!!), and driving through the bush I saw a few funny town and creek names. (some might not be obvious at first, but its in the proninciation)

Harden (the town of)
Big Ben Creek
Bowna Creek (as in boner)
Fairy Hole Creek
Wenkes road (as in wan kers)

 

[Walker]

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Damn. And we had such a good argument going, too. Sorry if I offended-- I was just curious.

However, I've got to say that American-Canadian (well, American-British) bickering over islands goes back a long way. Thousand Islands, anyone?

Oh, and name which is not strange, and actually makes a lot of sense, but which has always annoyed/amused me:

Port Tobacco River/Port Tobacco, MD

 

[MadMags]

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I stumbled across this site via this link 'weird city names'. I have been to Intercourse, Penn. As I remember, it lies between Bird In Hand and Paradise.. pretty funny when you think that this is Amish country. . There is a Lickingsville in Kentucky too. What were the founding fathers thinking of?
I used to live on Chiphouse Road, in Bristol, England too, another rather strange name for a street, I always thought. Apparently years before, there was a house made of wood chips, hence the name.

 

[FableFreak]

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While I'm happy you found our AMAZING website via my thread, it is an extremely old thread and should be left alone.

Post in the other threads at your will, as long as they are not old.

 

[MadMags]

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Left alone? Well.. not being a mind reader, I did not realize that. Perhaps you should lock it then.

 

[FableFreak]

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It's clearly stated in the rules to not bump old threads. You don't need to be a mind reader to understand that,

And I won't bother locking it because it's in the Tavern Cellar.