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Re: Funny Suburb Names
Since I was a bit Dr Pepper'ed out, I thought I would start a new thread.
I was listening to some suburb names being read out the other day and as always had a chuckle about a couple of them. So I thought I would share them and see if anyone else has any funny ones to add. Here are some from around Perth...
Cockburn (people pronounce it Co Burn though, I can't understand why 
)
The body of water in front of the area of Cockburn is called "Cockburn Sound" - (personally I'm not sure what it sounds like except it sounds painful).
We also have "Upper Swan" - "where do you live?" - "Upper Swan" snigger snigger.
The suburb next to me is called "Innaloo" (I'm not sure if non-aussies use the term "loo" for a toilet, but we do). I'm glad I don't live in a loo.
Then some other stange ones but less funny are:
Dogswamp (sounds like a beatiful place to live - NOT).
Munster (the person who named it must have been a fan of The Munsters).
Clackline (for some reason this just sounds funny, it reminds me of the butt crack on someones clacker).
Anybody got any other funny ones to add???
- DoubleTalkingJive
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Re: Funny Suburb Names
I don't know if some of the suburb names we have would be funny to anybody I gotta say Cockburn and Dogswamp are pretty funny.
Let's see
Matinecock lets see how many places have cock in a town name...LOL
Mecox - LOL
Speonk
Bohemia
Yaphank
We have a St. James and a Jamesport 
Quogue
Eatons Neck - that made me chuckle
Muttontown
Re: Funny Suburb Names
There are a lot of funny town names in Newfoundland... Here are some of my favourites:
Dildo. Yes the place actually exists. I have family there, and it's where my Mom was raised... What's funnier?
The fact that a neighbouring community is called Spread Eagle. I don't know who names communities after sex toys and positions, but obviously we had some perverts settle here a number of years ago.
Then we get to Come By Chance. Yes, another one I'm familiar with. I grew up in Sunnyside, next to Come By Chance... So people can Come By Chance if they use a Dildo, but only if they're Spread Eagle.
And Pecker's Point... I think that's in Conception Bay. Don't forget about Woody's Point or Cox's Cove. Of course there's Baytona, which believe it or not, used to be named Gay Head until they decided to change it.
We have a number of places with French names, like Bay D'Espoir, pronounced Bay Despair, which, since the cod fish have gone, has been nothing but.
Then we have weird names altogether, like Tickle Cove, Blow-me-Down, Cow Head, Nameless Cove, the list goes on...
- BurningHills
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Re: Funny Suburb Names
In Washington:
Rice
Tum Tum
Ritzville (but Ritz crackers weren't made there 
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Rearden
George (get it? George, Washington. Oh, the Gorge is nearby as well)
Battle Ground
Beaux Arts Village
Black Diamond
Bingen
Bonney Lake
Castle Rock
College Place
Cosmopolis
Electric City
Mossy Rock
Republic
Starbuck
Vader
- luckylittlelady
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