(November 27, 2018 at 6:45 am)IWNKYAAIMI Wrote:(November 27, 2018 at 1:32 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: Those aren't real places are they? They're out of a Rudyard Kipling fantasy, I know it.
For the ultimate in stupid place names, Wales wins hands down. Yr Wyddgrugg is my personal favourite.. The English translation is Mold.
Norn Iron is in the running. Ballaghnatrillick ('ford mouth of the three flagstones') and Cloontyprocklis ('lawns overrun with badger warrens') are both in Co. Sligo. The ROI is no slouch, either, with Muckanaghederdauhaulia ('ridge, shaped like a pig's back, between two expanses of briny water') in Co. Galway, and Horetown and Fannystown (no explanation needed), both in Wexford.
Boru
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