I did not bother to search this, so kerble away if this really has been done.

We have all seen names of cities and places that have blown our minds. There are the obvious ones, like Intercourse, PA and Climax, MI.

Today, i was made aware of the existence of Arab, Alabama.

Arab, AL!

In a post-9/11 world, this blows my mind that this exists! Although i suppose i should be proud of the Alabamans for not changing the name of the city to "Freedom Town" or somesuch.

What bugs me are blatant mispronunciations of town names by local yokels.

This part of Upstate NY was apparently settled by Egyptians, because there are three towns here with names of ancient civilisation: Phonecia, Athens, and Cairo. The 'necks that live in two of those towns oft have a funny way of saying them; they pronunce Athens "ay-thins" and Cairo "karo" like the syrup.
If I ever hear a redneck say "fo-ne-seeya" or something I will bash his head in with big rocks.

Boombats wrote:What bugs me are blatant mispronunciations of town names by local yokels.

This part of Upstate NY was apparently settled by Egyptians, because there are three towns here with names of ancient civilisation: Phonecia, Athens, and Cairo. The 'necks that live in two of those towns oft have a funny way of saying them; they pronunce Athens "ay-thins" and Cairo "karo" like the syrup.
If I ever hear a redneck say "fo-ne-seeya" or something I will bash his head in with big rocks.

There are lots of French city names in Wisconsin. We have a "Beloit" that is pronounced with a hard "T" at the end, like "Buh-LOYT." But sometimes i like to be a douchebag and pronounce it "Bell-WAH."

Remember last year when the Super Bowl was played in "Day-TWAH?"

Bumfuck, Egypt.

I think they just call it Arabama.

Kerblackistan.

It doesn't freak me out but I'm sure folks here have heard of Hell, Michigan

Their post office was swamped by people trying to get the postmark on 6/6/06.

There's a town in Wisconsin with the name Avalanche. I love that name.

Arriola, CO
Knob Lick, MO
Cooter, MO
Fertility, PA
Desire, PA
Blue Ball, PA
Intercourse, PA
Climax, PA
Gobbler's Knob, PA
Dry Beaver Creek, AZ
Wet Beaver Creek, AZ
Mianus, CT
Dildo, Newfoundland
Killbride, Newfoundland
Spread Eagle, Newfoundland
Joe Batts Arm, Newfoundland
Conception Bay, Newfoundland
Packers Point, Newfoundland
Fucking, Austria
Middlesex, England
Lickey End, England
Cockermouth, England
Upper Slaughter, England
Lower Slaughter, England
Bullyhole Bottom, Wales
Chorlton Cum Hardy, Wales
Fan-Y-Big, Wales
Bonar Bridge, Scotland
The Cock Of Arran, Scotland
Cock Bridge, Scotland
Dyke, Scotland
Fanny Burn, Scotland
Hole, Scotland
Lord Berkeley's Knob, Scotland
Twathats, Scotland
Wankie, South Africa
Lake Titicaca, Peru & Bolivia
Djakov, Croatia
Tunapuna, Trinidad & Tobago
Phuket, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand

Personal Favorite
Big Bone Lick State Park in Northern KY

Also in central Kentucky there is Versailles, but you have to pronounce all the letters for people to know what your talking about.