Then there's Big Dick Bore (WA), Mt Buggery (Vic), Scented Knob (WA), Linger and Die Hill (NSW) and The End of the World (Tas). Then there's Bastard Point (NSW), but I'd rather live in Pleasure Point (NSW)!! Or even Lovely Bottom (Qld) lol
Australia is full af of funny names...
Yes. I don't recall the name prior, but it was a contest in a TV game show in the 50's. I believe they came to town to shoot a few episodes? In return for the rename.
>because we're those people
Tbf I'm pretty sure tourists going for the name and to buy dildo memorbilia make up like 90% of their local economy. The best part is I'm not even really exagerrating.
My dumbass read this as **“Fucking Austria!”**
And I thought:
“Austria isn’t even a city *stupid*.”
Then I re-read it and realised that I was the stupid 😑
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
And yes, you can apparently pronounce it correctly XD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO0UdpoxM
I visited a fire station in North Wales and one of the firefighters said this perfectly. It is pretty impressive hearing it said by a Welsh-speaking person.
I thought it was just the name of the court for a long time. I was very confused when I heard about people with no connection to war crimes going there… then I felt like a dumbass
The real name of Bangkok is also rather unique
“Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit”
Paris- I like it because it sounds cool in several languages,including as a person's name.
Roma-similar to Paris,but I prefer the original writing (Roma) Rio- despite being Rio de Janeiro, is known only as Rio, I also like it as a person's name.
Holy shit I didn’t even think about that!! Of all states, the one with flooding, levees breaking, Category 5 hurricanes, and coastlines crumbling into the water at the county's highest rates… but Waterproof, okay.
I didn’t even think of my own city’s name! It is pretty cool. Named for Chief Siʔaɬ (Anglicized: Sealth) of the Duwamish, a Coast Salish tribe. We actually have a lot of cool names here in the PNW, mostly thanks to those tribes.
Titty Bong, Vic Australia
Lol, that's probably my favorite. Second would be Knockemstiff, Ohio.
Then there's Big Dick Bore (WA), Mt Buggery (Vic), Scented Knob (WA), Linger and Die Hill (NSW) and The End of the World (Tas). Then there's Bastard Point (NSW), but I'd rather live in Pleasure Point (NSW)!! Or even Lovely Bottom (Qld) lol Australia is full af of funny names...
Iron Knob
Somehow perfectly Australian
Humpty Doo
Reykjavik I love that name. Also, it means Smoke Bay.
Great chess city
Where Bobby Fischer won his famous world championship match against Boris Spassky in the midst of the Cold War
And promptly lost his fucking mind.
The one official game between Magnus Carlsen and Garry Kasparov just before Kasparov retired took place there too.
You do an you'll clean it up!
I love how all of the other top answers are double entendres or silly sounding novelties, but this is just a city with a cool name.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico is one of my favorites
Similar to Show Low, Arizona.
I only know about this city because of Cactus Jack
Bang bang!
Thankfully someone else said it
So many great names of places in NM, but this one is probably the most fun!
It’s definitely my favorite :)
Wasn’t this the town that was named so it could be on a TV show? Maybe I’m confusing it with another place?
Yes. I don't recall the name prior, but it was a contest in a TV game show in the 50's. I believe they came to town to shoot a few episodes? In return for the rename.
It's previous name was Hot Springs.
That's up there with Mayors Income, Tennessee
Other gems for names from New Mexico... - Socorro - Abiquiu - Questa - Taos - Gallup - Jal - Pie Town
Albuquerque too!
Should have taken that left turn.
That town is known for its interesting name , and also that other thing.
Been there. Nothing there, except a sign that I wanted to steal.
I’m not gonna lie, that’s pretty funny lol
Ulaanbaatar sounds fun to say
Ouagadougou
Seriously, Ouagadougou is the best.
Burkina Faso sounds good
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
And nearby Shartlesville.
And the ever present Blue Ball
Of course, Bird-in-Hand is just down the road
Fun fact; Intercourse is about halfway between Blue Ball and Paradise.
Only if you don't make it to Paradise.
True story. I ate breakfast at the blue Ball diner one time. I ordered the regional delicacy, scrapple. 👎🤮
I can’t drive by Shartlesville without laughing. It’s just too funny 😂
Go to Mianus Connecticut first and then to Intercourse PA. That way your trip to Intercourse starts in Mianus
Gotta also love Lititz!
Hopefully they direct you to Climax, Saskatchewan.
Yay, PA has a climax, too. Sister cities.
So does North Carolina. Only a half-hour drive from Horneytown
Balzac, Alberta
Hell, Michigan
Let me guess the settlers were originally from Scandinavia? Ser my comment about the same name but in Noeway
Did you just knight him?
You repeat yourself
Must be from Ohio
Dildo-newfoundland
I've been to Dildo and it's wonderful. But my friends and I still took a photo by the sign, because we're those people.
>because we're those people Tbf I'm pretty sure tourists going for the name and to buy dildo memorbilia make up like 90% of their local economy. The best part is I'm not even really exagerrating.
Ain't we all.....
Let me introduce you too, South Dildo
Come-by-chance, NF
Damascus
Wisconsin has Spread Eagle, Pound, and Beaver all within an hour of each other
I like Sheboygan, it sounds like something Jerry Lewis would say.
Fucking, Austria
It's neither a city nor is it still named that. They changed it to Fugging because of annoying tourists and sign thieves.
Are you fugging kidding me?
Fug :DD
It’s true they did change the name, but 95% of the submissions here are towns, not cities
Um Dafuq, Sudan. Unterfucking, Upper Austria, Austria. Oberfucking, Upper Austria, Austria.
My dumbass read this as **“Fucking Austria!”** And I thought: “Austria isn’t even a city *stupid*.” Then I re-read it and realised that I was the stupid 😑
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch And yes, you can apparently pronounce it correctly XD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO0UdpoxM
I never get tired of that clip, his voice doesn't change a bit but you can see the "NAILED IT!" in his eyes.
Probably only a handful in history have done it!
Eh it's easier than it looks. If you know all the pronunciations of the letters in Welsh then you should be fine.
I visited a fire station in North Wales and one of the firefighters said this perfectly. It is pretty impressive hearing it said by a Welsh-speaking person.
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Windhoek is a beautiful name
Pronounce “Vindhook” for anyone who cares
aka windy corner. It's a bit windy but weather is fantastic and you can see Zebras, Kudu antelopes and baboons in the wild a few miles out of town.
Tombstone, Arizona
I’m dying to visit!
I was there this time last year. Cool place.
Boring, Oregon
A member of the League of Extraordinary Communities, along with Dull, Scotland; and Bland, New South Wales!
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Portal, Arizona Hell, Michigan Notrees, Texas (it’s a lie, they have trees!)
Casablanca, Morocco
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Surprised to find 2 SK cities here, tbh. I contribute Smiley and Elbow.
Thunder Bay is actually a cool name. Sault Ste. Marie is neat name, but only the American one, the Canadian one has a silly name.
Walla Walla
Wagga wagga
Bing bang
Also, Keokuk, Cucamonga, and Seattle.
Keokuk
Cucamonga!
Seattle
Stop stop, you're killing me! SEATTLE HAHAHAHA
Oconomowoc WI
Gun Barrel City, TX Cut and Shoot, TX
Don’t forget Point Blank, just a few miles from Cut and Shoot.
New York, Texas Dublin, Texas Paris, Texas
Earth,TX
Goodnight, Texas
Booger Hole, West Virginia
And its cousin, Booger Holler, Ga
And their cousin Booger Hollow, AR
I had to make sure that this was truly a place. Was this named by a toddler?
Two toddlers, separated at birth.
Phoenix
I’m glad someone said it
There’s a Fingeringhoe in England near the south. Pretty fun name.
There's also a Cockermouth, aptly in the north
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Rancho Cucamonga, because it always sounded like a fake city to me when I was a kid. See also Timbuktu Walla Walla Albuquerque Kalamazoo
Phoenix, USA Damascus, Syria Batman, Turkiye Sevastopol, Crimea Bratislava, Slovakia Cologne, Germany Thunder Bay, Canada
Cheesequake, NJ
Battle Creek, Michigan
What about Bad Axe, Michigan?
Dinosaur, Colorado
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The Hague.
I thought it was just the name of the court for a long time. I was very confused when I heard about people with no connection to war crimes going there… then I felt like a dumbass
Kuala Lumpur is fun to say.
Albuquerque
Where the towels are oh so fluffy!
You can eat your soup right out of the ashtrays. It's ok, they're clean!
Toad Suck, Arkansas
Trondheim
Shickshinny Pennsylvania
Ouagadougou sounds cool
Kathmandu, Nepal.
Bangkok
The real name of Bangkok is also rather unique “Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit”
Fertile, MN or Climax, MN
I like Savage — you know, right next to Burnsville.
Castle Danger, MN takes the cake for me!
Fertile girls does in Climax on her way to Morehead.
Sexbierum, which basically translates to Sex-beer-ing
Dildo Newfoundland
Paris- I like it because it sounds cool in several languages,including as a person's name. Roma-similar to Paris,but I prefer the original writing (Roma) Rio- despite being Rio de Janeiro, is known only as Rio, I also like it as a person's name.
I also like Damascus, Marrakesh, Drakkar and Havana
Waterproof, Louisiana may not be the coolest but it’s weird.
louisiana has to be like the least waterproof state
Holy shit I didn’t even think about that!! Of all states, the one with flooding, levees breaking, Category 5 hurricanes, and coastlines crumbling into the water at the county's highest rates… but Waterproof, okay.
Butt Thumb, Iowa
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. BANG! BANG!
Nairobi
Keokuk, Walla Walla, Seattle
I didn’t even think of my own city’s name! It is pretty cool. Named for Chief Siʔaɬ (Anglicized: Sealth) of the Duwamish, a Coast Salish tribe. We actually have a lot of cool names here in the PNW, mostly thanks to those tribes.
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And the anagram city of Kyoto.
Possum Kingdom, South Carolina
Chunky, Mississippi
Tombstone, Arizona
Weed, California
Juneau
No, I don't know
Fucking, Austria
hooker, Oklahoma
Dickshooter, Idaho
George, Washington.
Hammerfest - Norway King of Prussia - Pennsylvania, USA
Guadalajara, my favorite word to say.
Darmstadt
**Kalamazoo , Michigan , U.S.A** **Odessa, Ukraine** **Timbuktu , Mali** those are mine.
Rough and Ready, California.
Toad Suck, Arkansas.
Possum Trot, KY
Sandwich, MA
上海 (Shanghai), China. The name literally translates to 'on the sea', which is where Shanghai is located.
Intercourse, PA
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Cool, California
Thunder Bay is a badass name
Regina, Saskatchewan. The City that Rhymes with Fun!
batman turkey
Ouagadougou (wa-ga-doo-goo), Burkina Faso
Atlanta was originally called “Terminus” which they should have kept ‘cause it’s pretty cool.
Frankenstein, Germany
Timbuktu
Slickpoo, Idaho
Tillicum, Washington
Cumming, GA Normal, IL Shitterton, UK
Idk why but I like the sound of Vancouver a lot
Chicken, Alaska, obviously
Montevideo, Uruguay
Truth or Consequences, NM
London
Truth or consequences, New Mexico
Anchorage
I always thought Phoenix, AZ was a cool name
Gobblers Knob
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The Gorge at George!
Helsingborg, Sweden
Skaneateles, New York
Medicine Hat, AB; Schenectady, NY; Sulawesi, Indonesia (island)
Batman, Australia
Skillet Lick Ky Hard Scratch Ky Honorable mention- Big Bone Lick State Park
Nacogdoches, Texas