Hilariously names places in the UK

[Rose65]

Let's see who can find the funniest. I will kick off:

Nasty
Ugley
Idle
These really are villages!

 

[Rose65]

There is an Ugley Women's Institute! Really.
Also an Idle Working Men's Club - I dare you not to snigger.

 

[hollydolly]

Ugley Green is near me..as is Nasty which is a little hamlet very close to where I live..

Cold Christmas is also very close to me..another hamlet...

 

[Rose65]

Ugley Green is near me..as is Nasty which is a little hamlet very close to where I live..

Cold Christmas is also very close to me..another hamlet...

Lol! But the story behind it is if course not funny.
It's fascinating actually the history of oddly named places. The UK is full of interesting places.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Scratchy Bottom, Dorset

 

[hollydolly]

Bell End

Brown Willy

Twatt.

 

[Rose65]

Muff.

It is in Ireland. It has a diving club.
It's a fact.

 

[-Oy-]

 

[-Oy-]

The village of Wetwang in Yorkshire.

 

[hollydolly]

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kelvedon hatch.again another one not too far from me..lol..I must live in the weird name capital of England..

 

[packleader]

I think California can beat it with "Zzyzx" (/ˈzaɪzɪks/ ZY-ziks) It's an "Interstate 15 Freeway" Exit between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and also an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County. <Zzyzx, California - Wikipedia> <Zzyzx - Mojave National Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)>

I heard once that Zzyzx imitates the sound one makes when you run out of water in the Mojave Desert.

 

[horseless carriage]

Scratchy Bottom, Dorset

Scratchy Bottom is close to the popular tourist spot of Lulworth Cove. Dorset has a number of ambiguous place names. There is a river called River Piddle:

The valley that it runs through is named after the river and is known as The Piddle Valley.

There are villages that take their name from the River Piddle too.

Also in Dorset Shitterton has to be the place with the most dubious name on the map. Shitterton is a very literal English translation of the village name recorded in Norman French in the 11th century Domesday Book as Scatera or Scetra, which means a little town that is on the stream of a midden or sewer.

 

[jujube]

I think California can beat it with "Zzyzx" (/ˈzaɪzɪks/ ZY-ziks) It's an "Interstate 15 Freeway" Exit between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and also an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County. <Zzyzx, California - Wikipedia> <Zzyzx - Mojave National Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)>

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Can you imagine the conversation when you're ordering from Amazon?

"And deliver that to 1000 Zzyzx Rd."

"No, that's Zzyzx."

"No, it's two Z's."

"No, only one Y."

"And then there's another z and another x."

"No, two z's, followed by a y, and then one z and one x."

"NO! It's two........wait, on second thought, forget it, I'll pick it up in Vegas."

 

[Rose65]

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Scratchy Bottom is close to the popular tourist spot of Lulworth Cove. Dorset has a number of ambiguous place names. There is a river called River Piddle:
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The valley that it runs through is named after the river and is known as The Piddle Valley.
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There are villages that take their name from the River Piddle too.
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Also in Dorset Shitterton has to be the place with the most dubious name on the map. Shitterton is a very literal English translation of the village name recorded in Norman French in the 11th century Domesday Book as Scatera or Scetra, which means a little town that is on the stream of a midden or sewer.

First snigger of the day. How can anyone live there?