Chris Espinosa
Sometimes I wonder whether English place names are just an elaborate prank
Feb 20, 2023 at 4:30amIvory for iOS
Show threadMichael RawdonFeb 20, 2023
@Cdespinosa Or a source of future product code names.
Show threadMichael RawdonFeb 20, 2023
@Cdespinosa “Anaker Beck” is my Jedi name.
Show threaddxzdbFeb 20, 2023

@Cdespinosa not just place names.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick

Spotted dick - Wikipedia

Show threadMike CohenFeb 20, 2023
@dxzdb @Cdespinosa I think penicillin can cure that.
Show threadBrendan@TapForms 🇨🇦Feb 20, 2023
@Cdespinosa this one should be called Roundish pond? 😆
Show threadTom HarringtonFeb 20, 2023
@Cdespinosa Spofforth? Literally where my ancestors are from.
Show threadTomFeb 20, 2023
@Cdespinosa tag yourself! I’m Netherby
Show threadmmalcFeb 20, 2023

@Cdespinosa Of course they are!

Why would the Brits put “North Piddle” in *Worcestershire* other than to taunt Americans?

Show threadHjalteFeb 20, 2023
@Cdespinosa I'm fairly certain some of those have viking origins.
Show threadOliFeb 20, 2023
@Cdespinosa Csn confirm not. You’re welcome: https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/10-of-britains-rudest-and-funniest-place-names/
Britain's rudest and funniest place names

From Bitchfield to the River Piddle, Wetwang to Nether Wallop, the UK is full of places bearing unusual, amusing and sometimes downright rude names. But where do these names come from?

Countryfile.com
Show threadTyler LochFeb 20, 2023
@Cdespinosa It’s easy and fun to get lost on a map of England, endlessly scrolling around to discover new (old) ridiculous towns.
I don’t know how they say them with a straight face…
Show threadbookzombieFeb 20, 2023
@TylerLoch @Cdespinosa I was brought up on a farm between Nether Wallop & Broughton!
Show threadFardels BearFeb 28, 2023

@TylerLoch @Cdespinosa

Let's not forget #Shilbottle, which this wag here has changed for comic effect.

Show threadMark WainwrightFeb 20, 2023
@Cdespinosa Just wait until you find out that we have (or at least used to have) quite a few streets called Gropecunt Lane. Because, well, that’s what you went there for.
Show threadRichard EarneyFeb 20, 2023
@Cdespinosa we like to tease - especially with our Middle Wallop, our Six Mile Bottom and our Blubberhouses
Show threadjavachikFeb 21, 2023
@Cdespinosa yes. Half the fun on the tube is laughing about cockfosters!