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I recall during my drive through Manhattan, I saw this anomaly of a city name on Google maps... I recall chucking... "heh... someone forgot to name their city in Sim City!".
I'm wondering if the Mayor's name is "Mayor Name Here"...
moonshadow wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 6:19 pmI'm wondering if the Mayor's name is "Mayor Name Here"...
If that was on a roadside sign, I'm sure you'd have stopped to snap a photo of it! That's priceless.
Almost as priceless as a sign in the UK in Welsh -- in Wales -- which instead of being directions to a loading-dock stated "I'm not in the office now, please send translation requests to ...". I suspect I wet myself on that one for laughing so hard. "Out Of Office Considered Harmful!" -- by example.
Retrocomputing -- It's not just a job, it's an adventure!
In Colorado, we have an area called "No Name". The story goes that when the state sent out a questionnaire to the town asking for information about the town's name, the inhabitants wrote "No Name" because they couldn't agree on one. The state took them for their word, and the area is now officially called "No Name".
There are several villages (or perhaps hamlets) in the UK called Unthank. I used to drive regularly through the one in Dumfries and Galloway and wonder if the ancestors there had a reputation for being grumpy
Ye know not what you've unleashed! I've been to Boring, OR and it may have once been aptly named. I'm told there is one in Maryland, too.
But these sad sacks fail to match the likes of Misery Bay, Tombstone, Dismal and Cape Disappointment all in the US; and they in turn are the poor cousins of many a spot in Aussie land: Who can compete with Boing Boing, Eggs and Bacon, Boobs Flat (Which may be '"The End of the World" for some). Their list is crazy long and reputedly includes: Well it wasn't there last year, and Nowhere Else!
FranTastic444 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 7:00 am
There is a place called Newtown in Wales (used to pass through there many a time on holidays) and a much smaller village of the same name in England.
Ha, there is a Newtown in New South Wales in Australia.
My name is Anthony, please accept me for the person that I am.
FranTastic444 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 7:00 am
There is a place called Newtown in Wales (used to pass through there many a time on holidays) and a much smaller village of the same name in England.
And there is of course the New Town in Edinburgh which is over 200 years old (if my memory is correct)
Jim wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 10:58 am
I think folks around here may have self-image problems. There's a Normal, Illinois, and a Standard, Illinois nearby.
That wouldn't suit me at all, never 'Normal' or 'Standard' just try to have some fun with people.