fuzzybuddy
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- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
You people have really strange names for places. There's always a little town with a totally odd name. What are some of them, and how did they get their names?
For those that live in the UK, OZ
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Warrigal
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- Sydney, Australia
I live in Panania, a suburb of Sydney and it means "sun rising in the east and shining on the hills"
It is pronounced puh-nay-nee-a with the stress on the second syllable.
An early settlement to the west of Sydney Cove is Parramatta. It is the first place in Australia to be given an aboriginal name and it means "head of the river". The river that flows down to Sydney Harbour is also named the Parramatta River.
It is pronounced puh-nay-nee-a with the stress on the second syllable.
An early settlement to the west of Sydney Cove is Parramatta. It is the first place in Australia to be given an aboriginal name and it means "head of the river". The river that flows down to Sydney Harbour is also named the Parramatta River.
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hollydolly
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- London England
Cold Christmas ?>. which is a tiny Hamlet near where I live..
The church has been given the name Cold Christmas Church due to the horrifically cold winters that used to wash over the area hundreds of years ago.
The most ghostly story that now sits in the minds of those who visit Cold Christmas Church is that of when tens of children perished during one of these cold snaps decades ago.
These local children were all buried in the church graveyard which still remains today and now they haunt the church.
Over the years ghost hunters have heard children moaning and crying in the church or even claimed to have seen the apparitions standing there right in front of them.
It's unknown whether the story of these children is real but it'll still send shivers up your spine when you're standing there looking at the church from nearby.
The church has been given the name Cold Christmas Church due to the horrifically cold winters that used to wash over the area hundreds of years ago.
The most ghostly story that now sits in the minds of those who visit Cold Christmas Church is that of when tens of children perished during one of these cold snaps decades ago.
These local children were all buried in the church graveyard which still remains today and now they haunt the church.
Over the years ghost hunters have heard children moaning and crying in the church or even claimed to have seen the apparitions standing there right in front of them.
It's unknown whether the story of these children is real but it'll still send shivers up your spine when you're standing there looking at the church from nearby.
Murrmurr
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- Sacramento, California
There's a town in Arizona called Christmas; currently uninhabited, I think. It was a copper mining town, and the first mine was staked on Christmas day in 1902. It was still inhabited when me and my kids went through there in the 80s. We even went in the saloon to have sodas and the lady gave the kids ice cream with lots of red and green sprinkles on it. She didn't charge me for the ice cream, so I insisted she take a $10 tip "for the dog" - yeah, there was an old hound sleeping on a billiard table the whole time we were there.Cold Christmas ?>. which is a tiny Hamlet near where I live..
The church has been given the name Cold Christmas Church due to the horrifically cold winters that used to wash over the area hundreds of years ago.
The most ghostly story that now sits in the minds of those who visit Cold Christmas Church is that of when tens of children perished during one of these cold snaps decades ago.
These local children were all buried in the church graveyard which still remains today and now they haunt the church.
Over the years ghost hunters have heard children moaning and crying in the church or even claimed to have seen the apparitions standing there right in front of them.
It's unknown whether the story of these children is real but it'll still send shivers up your spine when you're standing there looking at the church from nearby.
Last I heard, there was still an active mine there, but all the people are gone now. I remember the saloon owner saying that modern mining methods made living there near impossible.
Murrmurr
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- Sacramento, California
In Northern Calif, not very far from where I lived, is (or was) a place called Forks of Salmon, where me and my brother used to go on fishing weekends. The name isn't about eating salmon, though. It's shortened name is The Forks, because it's where the north and south forks of the Salmon River conflate.
Bellbird
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- New Zealand
Aotearoa (a o tee a rowa) Maori name for New Zealand
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In the county of Dorset a river runs through a valley. That valley is called Piddle Valley and the river is the river Piddle.
Piddle, in Brit-speak, would be deemed vulgar rather than profane, it's a slang term for taking a pee.
In the valley are two communities that take the prefix of their name from said river. PiddleTrenthide &
PiddleTrenthide has just about the most unique pub name in the country:
Dorset is a very popular county for those who visit on day trips to
those who like to stay for a few weeks. In keeping with the lavatory
theme is the village of Shitterton.
The village sign had to be carved into heavy stone. When it was a metal road sign it would last about 24 hours.
Shitterton in Dorset, has attracted worldwide attention for its name, which dates back at least 1000 years and means
"farmstead on the stream used as an open sewer". Shitterton has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.
Piddle, in Brit-speak, would be deemed vulgar rather than profane, it's a slang term for taking a pee.
In the valley are two communities that take the prefix of their name from said river. PiddleTrenthide &
PiddleTrenthide has just about the most unique pub name in the country:
Dorset is a very popular county for those who visit on day trips to
those who like to stay for a few weeks. In keeping with the lavatory
theme is the village of Shitterton.
The village sign had to be carved into heavy stone. When it was a metal road sign it would last about 24 hours.
Shitterton in Dorset, has attracted worldwide attention for its name, which dates back at least 1000 years and means
"farmstead on the stream used as an open sewer". Shitterton has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.