Do you live anywhere near a place with a funny name?
24 June 2004, 02:19 PM
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Do you live anywhere near a place with a funny name?
http://places.jump-around.com/closest/
I get....
**** Pond
Pratt's Bottom
Mincing Lane
Rear Wood
Tyttenhanger
Hooker's Farm
Right, now let's get streetmap out so I can find my way to the last place
I get....
**** Pond
Pratt's Bottom
Mincing Lane
Rear Wood
Tyttenhanger
Hooker's Farm
Right, now let's get streetmap out so I can find my way to the last place
24 June 2004, 02:24 PM
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Hmm , either you live very close to me or there is something amiss ...
**** Pond
Mincing Lane
Titsey Park
Pratt's Bottom
**** Hill
Tyttenhanger
**** Pond
Mincing Lane
Titsey Park
Pratt's Bottom
**** Hill
Tyttenhanger
24 June 2004, 02:32 PM
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Theres a place close to me that is spelled roughly Queos Goch and some call it "Queers C$ck"
Theres also a village called "Square and Compass" and there is a village around these parts called "Bethlehem" - the last ones not to funny but would be amusing to say you live in Bethlehem.
And as for the spelling of the places that are very welsh there no way I can spell the things!
Theres also a village called "Square and Compass" and there is a village around these parts called "Bethlehem" - the last ones not to funny but would be amusing to say you live in Bethlehem.
And as for the spelling of the places that are very welsh there no way I can spell the things!
24 June 2004, 02:58 PM
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Druggers End
12.4 miles
Wyre Piddle
19.4 miles
Piddle Brook
19.8 miles
Sodom
25.2 miles
Bullyhole Bottom
28.0 miles
Feckenham
28.2 miles
Box Tunnel
30.9 miles
Lickey End
34.4 miles
Booby Dingle
35.6 miles
Bell End
36.8 miles
12.4 miles
Wyre Piddle
19.4 miles
Piddle Brook
19.8 miles
Sodom
25.2 miles
Bullyhole Bottom
28.0 miles
Feckenham
28.2 miles
Box Tunnel
30.9 miles
Lickey End
34.4 miles
Booby Dingle
35.6 miles
Bell End
36.8 miles
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24 June 2004, 03:03 PM
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24 June 2004, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by EddScott
Theres a place close to me that is spelled roughly Queos Goch and some call it "Queers C$ck"
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And as for the spelling of the places that are very welsh there no way I can spell the things!
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And as for the spelling of the places that are very welsh there no way I can spell the things!
Phonetically it should be
CR-OICE (as in V-OICE)
GOR-CH (CH as in.... well OK the sound doesn't exist in the English language)
If you live in Wales you should learn how to prounounce these names. Welsh place names are in some ways easier to pronounce than English once you know the rules, the way it is written is the way it is promounced. In English a single group of letters can be pronounced in many different ways, or indeed the same sound can be represented by different letters
My funny place name is from Japan, a tiny little village in the middle of nowhere where I got stranded at a railway station.
Saka****a - summed up my thoughts at the time.
(real pronounciation Sak-ash-ta)
24 June 2004, 03:07 PM
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I don't live too far away from Cold Christmas 
And according to the Ordnance Survey it's not too far north of Noah's Ark
And according to the Ordnance Survey it's not too far north of Noah's Ark
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24 June 2004, 04:01 PM
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24 June 2004, 04:05 PM
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Results Pishill (map)
5.8 miles
Golden ***** (map)
5.9 miles
Crotch Crescent (map)
12.2 miles
Herbert's Hole (map)
20.1 miles
Cuckoo's **** (map)
32.4 miles
Tyttenhanger (map)
35.5 miles
Claggy Cott (map)
37.4 miles
Sodom (map)
39.4 miles
**** Pond (map)
42.1 miles
Titty Hill (map)
42.9 miles
5.8 miles
Golden ***** (map)
5.9 miles
Crotch Crescent (map)
12.2 miles
Herbert's Hole (map)
20.1 miles
Cuckoo's **** (map)
32.4 miles
Tyttenhanger (map)
35.5 miles
Claggy Cott (map)
37.4 miles
Sodom (map)
39.4 miles
**** Pond (map)
42.1 miles
Titty Hill (map)
42.9 miles
24 June 2004, 04:14 PM
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Dick Slack (map)
6.2 miles
Upperthong (map)
9.2 miles
Hole Bottom (map)
11.8 miles
Fartown (map)
12.4 miles
Ramsbottom (map)
14.5 miles
*** End (map)
14.7 miles
Penistone (map)
15.6 miles
Pisser Clough (map)
17.0 miles
Shatton Moor (map)
20.0 miles
Buttock (map)
23.6 miles
6.2 miles
Upperthong (map)
9.2 miles
Hole Bottom (map)
11.8 miles
Fartown (map)
12.4 miles
Ramsbottom (map)
14.5 miles
*** End (map)
14.7 miles
Penistone (map)
15.6 miles
Pisser Clough (map)
17.0 miles
Shatton Moor (map)
20.0 miles
Buttock (map)
23.6 miles
24 June 2004, 04:14 PM
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24 June 2004, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Brit_in_Japan
Croes Goch perhaps ? Pronounciation would be nothing like you suggest.
Phonetically it should be
CR-OICE (as in V-OICE)
GOR-CH (CH as in.... well OK the sound doesn't exist in the English language)
If you live in Wales you should learn how to prounounce these names. Welsh place names are in some ways easier to pronounce than English once you know the rules, the way it is written is the way it is promounced. In English a single group of letters can be pronounced in many different ways, or indeed the same sound can be represented by different letters
My funny place name is from Japan, a tiny little village in the middle of nowhere where I got stranded at a railway station.
Saka****a - summed up my thoughts at the time.
(real pronounciation Sak-ash-ta)
Phonetically it should be
CR-OICE (as in V-OICE)
GOR-CH (CH as in.... well OK the sound doesn't exist in the English language)
If you live in Wales you should learn how to prounounce these names. Welsh place names are in some ways easier to pronounce than English once you know the rules, the way it is written is the way it is promounced. In English a single group of letters can be pronounced in many different ways, or indeed the same sound can be represented by different letters
My funny place name is from Japan, a tiny little village in the middle of nowhere where I got stranded at a railway station.
Saka****a - summed up my thoughts at the time.
(real pronounciation Sak-ash-ta)
24 June 2004, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by sherlock
zilch
Lived in Weeze
Lived in Weeze
Cheers
Jim
Last edited by zilch; 24 June 2004 at 04:35 PM. Reason: coz i got the i and the am the wrong way round
24 June 2004, 04:39 PM
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And were I came from originally:
Lickham Bottom (map)
14.6 miles
Burnt Bottom (map)
25.8 miles
Bush Down (map)
28.2 miles
Clitsome Farm (map)
31.7 miles
Lower Piles (map)
34.9 miles
Arshaton Wood (map)
35.4 miles
Piddlehinton (map)
37.2 miles
Crapstone (map)
41.0 miles
Dungy Head (map)
42.9 miles
Butt Hatch (map)
43.8 miles
Lickham Bottom (map)
14.6 miles
Burnt Bottom (map)
25.8 miles
Bush Down (map)
28.2 miles
Clitsome Farm (map)
31.7 miles
Lower Piles (map)
34.9 miles
Arshaton Wood (map)
35.4 miles
Piddlehinton (map)
37.2 miles
Crapstone (map)
41.0 miles
Dungy Head (map)
42.9 miles
Butt Hatch (map)
43.8 miles
24 June 2004, 04:42 PM
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Clitsome Farm (map)
26.2 miles
Penishapentre (map)
31.2 miles
Box Bush Farm (map)
32.5 miles
Crab Hole (map)
33.2 miles
Bullyhole Bottom (map)
35.7 miles
Lord Hereford's **** (map)
39.5 miles
Arshaton Wood (map)
39.6 miles
Three ***** (map)
39.8 miles
****** House (map)
40.8 miles
Booby Dingle
26.2 miles
Penishapentre (map)
31.2 miles
Box Bush Farm (map)
32.5 miles
Crab Hole (map)
33.2 miles
Bullyhole Bottom (map)
35.7 miles
Lord Hereford's **** (map)
39.5 miles
Arshaton Wood (map)
39.6 miles
Three ***** (map)
39.8 miles
****** House (map)
40.8 miles
Booby Dingle
24 June 2004, 06:35 PM
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Shafton Two Gates (map)
15.9 miles
Penistone (map)
24.3 miles
Shatton Moor (map)
29.9 miles
Camp Town (map)
30.9 miles
Upperthong (map)
31.0 miles
Fartown (map)
31.7 miles
Jughole wood (map)
33.5 miles
Fanny Hands Lane (map)
36.3 miles
Poke Holes (map)
39.7 miles
Dick Slack (map)
40.9 miles
15.9 miles
Penistone (map)
24.3 miles
Shatton Moor (map)
29.9 miles
Camp Town (map)
30.9 miles
Upperthong (map)
31.0 miles
Fartown (map)
31.7 miles
Jughole wood (map)
33.5 miles
Fanny Hands Lane (map)
36.3 miles
Poke Holes (map)
39.7 miles
Dick Slack (map)
40.9 miles
24 June 2004, 06:50 PM
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Bottom Burn
13.0 miles
Bitch Craig
26.5 miles
Turdees
26.8 miles
Fanny Burn
27.2 miles
Fatlips Castle
27.5 miles
Fanny Hill
27.5 miles
Dickland
29.9 miles
Rotten Bottom
34.4 miles
Spunkie
50.6 miles
Assloss
52.3 miles
13.0 miles
Bitch Craig
26.5 miles
Turdees
26.8 miles
Fanny Burn
27.2 miles
Fatlips Castle
27.5 miles
Fanny Hill
27.5 miles
Dickland
29.9 miles
Rotten Bottom
34.4 miles
Spunkie
50.6 miles
Assloss
52.3 miles
24 June 2004, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by EddScott
Can I just point out that you questioned my pronounciation yet your suggestion is also a mis-pronounciation
At least I know how the Japanese place name is pronounced, which makes a change as I can't even read most Japanese
