The Worst 22 Town Names In The World

[Torneyboy]

 

The 22 Worst Town Names In The World

 

22. Cockburn, Western Australia

Although this name is often pronounced â??Coburnâ? by those who stand to lose from its awfulness, who actually reads that when they see this word? Oh, how it burns.

 

21. Twatt, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Scotland

The Shetland Islands, pronounced â??Shitland Islandsâ? if you have an accent like mine, make up a happy little area north of Scotland where itâ??s too cold for trees to grow. I am related to approximately half the population of the Shetland Islands, share a last name with a quarter of them, and can probably trace my ancestry back to Twatt if I try hard enough. The pride!

 

20. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand

Locals call this hill in Hawkeâ??s Bay â??Taumataâ? becauseâ?¦ Well. Just because.

 

19. Muff, Ireland

We here at Drivl love puerile humour. They have a town called Muff. Har har har.

 

18. Looneyville, Texas, United States

Little Looneyville was named for storekeeper John Looney in the early 1870s. But who gives a shit. This is a hilarious name for a town in the state that brought us Dallas, the Bush Twins and Waco. How awkward must that be when you go to college? â??Hey guys, my nameâ??s Sue and Iâ??m from Looneyville!â?Â

 

17. Titty Hill, Sussex, England

Falling squarely into the extensive Stupid Place Names From England category, Titty Hill is probably located just north ofâ?¦

 

16. Thong, Kent, England

Which actually is south-east ofâ?¦

 

15. Gravesend, Kent, England

Oh, come on, England. Graves End? What a nasty, depressing little name. You could have at least gone all the way with this one and called it Corpse Feet.

 

14. Wetwang, Yorkshireâ?¦ yep! England again!

Okay, so Iâ??ll cut England some slack. Itâ??s an old country. You know, if the United States is Google, then England is IBM. Their country is older than fucking dirt. They canâ??t be blamed for having names that sound funny in 2007. But this is kind of ridiculous. Wetwang? Iâ??m surprised they donâ??t have towns called Squishy Vagina or Infected Scrotum.

 

13. Spread Eagle, Wisconsin

If I were mayor of Spread Eagle, Iâ??d be making diplomatic advances towards the city leaders over in Wetwang to form a Sister-City relationship. Or maybe more of a Platonic-Friends-City relationship. After that, weâ??d just take thing slow and see what happened.

 

12. Bald Knob, Arkansas, United States

Well, I guess itâ??s better than Hairy Knob. I assume England already has that one covered.

 

11. Cockup, Cumbria, England

Cumbria is a county in the very north-west of England. What the backwoods of Alabama are to America is what Cumbria is to Britain. They talk funny up there. Thus, it isnâ??t thoroughly surprising that they have a town called Cockup. What do you call someone from this place? A Cockupper? Cockupeleite? Cockuppian? Cockupican? I suppose itâ??s mildly better than Wetwangger.

 

10. Whiskey Dick Mountain, Washington State, United States

As hard as America tries, it canâ??t compete with Britainâ??s high standards. This was a good effort, though. Well done, Washington.

 

9. Hookersville, West Virginia

Undoubtedly named before â??hookerâ? meant â??prostitute who picks men up on street corners,â? Hookersville combines two crimes of place-naming. One, a dirty sounding adjective (they couldnâ??t have chosen â??Pleasantâ?� â??Sunnyâ?� â??Happyâ?�) And two, they added â??villeâ? to the end of the townâ??s name. Affixing â??villeâ? to the end of a townâ??s name is like dressing your silly little dog in a cardigan and letting him carry his leash around in his mouth. It just makes the poor animal look fucking stupid.

 

8. Hell, Michigan, United States

The people in this town at least seem to have a good sense of humour about their homeâ??s unfortunate name. Although, Iâ??m sure thereâ??s some midwestern idiots in Hell who get all offended and defensive when the town shows up on lists like this. Iâ??m looking forward to reading their insightful emails and comments.

 

7. Toad Suck, Arkansas, United States

So thatâ??s what they do down in the big AR.

 

6. Middelfart, Denmark

I guess itâ??s not so funny to them, but how do we know that â??Seattleâ? doesnâ??t mean â??Big Fat Stinking Turdâ? in Danish? Thatâ??s right, we donâ??t. And it probably does.

 

5. Horneytown, North Carolina, United States

Its proximity to Hookersville, West Virginia is no coincidence. I also assume that, like Hookersville, the naming of Horneytown took place before â??horneyâ? meant â??aching for a hot piece of assâ? with an extra â??eâ?Â. But Iâ??m starting to wonder why, pride and tradition aside, the townspeople in these little places never saw it fit to change their homesâ?? names? Do they enjoy being ridiculed by the entire English-speaking world?

 

4. Shitterton, Dorset, England

I wonder if they bleep out the first part of Shittertonâ??s name if itâ??s mentioned on TV in America?

 

3. Disappointment, Kentucky, United States

Le sigh. Never mind. You live in a small town in Kentucky. At least it was appropriately named.

 

2. Fucking, Austria

The idiots who live in Fucking, Austria had a vote in 2004 to determine whether or not they should change the townâ??s name, and you know what they did? They voted against it, preferring instead to put up with international ridicule, numerous stolen road-signs and horrific Google results.

 

1. Whakapapa

Why is this the worst place name in the world? In Maori, the native language of New Zealand, the â??whâ? sound is pronounced â??fâ?Â. Say it aloud in your office and see what happens.

 

Some truly amazing names here

[FreeTime]

One from Canada can be included; 'Come By Chance'

There may be a place in N.S.W. that has the same name.

 

 

[Torneyboy]

Yes ..ok welcome onto the list..

[CTO]

whodathoughit - near Quirindi.

 

Bangkok was a obvious as was Phuket I thought?

 

 

[Mekong]

From my list of unusual place names I give you

 

Arsoli (Lazio, Italy)

Bastard (Norway)

Beaver (Oklahoma, USA)

Beaver Head (Idaho, USA)

Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK)

Chinaman's Knob (Australia)

Climax (Colorado, USA)

Cunt (Spain)

Cunter (Switzerland)

Dikshit (India)

Dildo (Newfoundland, Canada)

Dong Rack (Thailand-Cambodia border)

Dongo (Congo - Democratic Republic)

Effin (Limerick, Ireland)

Fuku (Shensi, China)

Fukue (Honshu, Japan)

Fukui (Honshu, Japan)

Fukum (Yemen)

Hold With Hope (Greenland)

Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA)

Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)

Little Dix Village (West Indies)

Lord Berkeley's Knob (Sutherland, Scotland)

Middle Intercourse Island (Australia)

Muff (Northern Ireland)

Nobber (Donegal, Ireland)

Pis Pis River (Nicaragua)

Sexmoan (Luzon, Philippines)

Seymen (Turkey)

Shafter (California, USA)

Shag Island (Indian Ocean)

Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)

Tittybong (Australia)

Tong Fuk (Japan)

Turdo (Romania)

Twatt (Orkney, UK)

Wank (Germany)

Wankendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Wankener (India)

Wankie (Zimbabwe)

Wankie Colliery (Zimbabwe)

Wanks River (Nicaragua)

Wankum (Germany)

Wet Beaver Creek (Australia)

[CTO]

Baan Dung is just near me now

[Flashermac]

You forgot Yorkey's Knob, QL.

 

 

 

 

 

[Mekong]

Some more here

[Torneyboy]

I have to go see Wet Beaver Creek

[bust]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hGtvNoOR4Y