Placenames

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-12-22 07:35am

Dalton wrote:Hicksville, NY.

There's a Hicksville, OH too.

Happy Jack, AZ.

Thunderfire · Post by **Thunderfire** » 2003-12-22 07:59am

Hmm I think "Fucking" is pretty well known. Some translated names
would be "Hell" or "Jack Off"

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-12-22 09:39am

"Saint Louis du Ha Ha", a town in Quebec between near New Brunswick.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-12-22 10:46am

Frank Hipper wrote: Happy Jack, AZ.

Ajo (Garlic in Spanish), AZ is kind of lame too.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-12-22 10:49am

Corpus Christi, Texas has got to be one of the worst names for a city there is.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-12-22 12:23pm

Orgas, WV

Friendly, WV

Precious, WV

Gaymoor, WV (ghost town, once a major mining camp)

All I can think of, off the top of my head, other than the translation of "Kanawha"- "River of swirling death". Pretty interesting, when you realize the river is now home to 20 chemical manufactoring facilities, all within 30 miles.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-12-22 03:33pm

Shinova wrote:We've driven to Las Vegas a few times before. I forget whether it was Las Vegas or Mammoth Lake.

Either way, along the way there's an exit to a certain avenue. That avenue is called:

Zzyxz

Avenue Zzyxz. I kid you not.

Note: The exact spelling may be different, but that's basically it.

Sounds kind of like Zuzax in NM.

Of course, Las Cruces (The Crosses, literally) isn't a whole lot better. Or the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) mountains. Or Sandia (Watermelon) Crest. hehe.

~ver