Alpine Opinion

Strange place names

Posted in Odd news by Ray Dixon on 29 January, 2009
Um, I wonder what inspired our early explorers to come up with this name? (Photo Libby Price, ABC Local radio)

I wonder what 'act' might have inspired our early explorers to come up with this name? (Photo Libby Price, ABC Local radio)

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  1. Vijay said, on 29 January, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Ha ha.. funny…some more funny ones:

    Twatt, Scotland
    Muff, Ireland
    Titty Hill, England
    Wetwang, England
    Bald Knob, Arkansas,
    Whiskey Dick Mountain, Washington
    Hell, Michigan
    Toad Suck, Arkansas
    Dissapointment, Kentucky
    Fucking, Austria

    Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand.

    (is the NZ one actually true?)

  2. Ray Dixon (Bright) said, on 29 January, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    I think it would be true, Vijay. Kiwis can’t spell.

    We’ve actually got a ‘Little Dick Road’ over here. It’s in Bruthen, Victoria. Next time I’m over that way I’ll get a photo of it.

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