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If you're not British or a serious Anglophile it can be hard to believe that Nempnett Thrubwell or Newton Poppleford are real places. We used to drive to Porti
by pacaro 9y ago
If you're not British or a serious Anglophile it can be hard to believe that Nempnett Thrubwell or Newton Poppleford are real places.
We used to drive to Portishead to listen to Portishead.
- QAPereo 9y agoYears ago, I heard what I thought was the name of a play, "Western Super Mayor" was opening in the UK. A bit of checking and it turned out that it's the town of, Weston-super-Mare; sort of a Latinized version of "Whatevertown-upon-Rivername." I'm pretty sure that if you said, "Weston-super-Mare" to a random collection of Americans, virtually none of them would even recognize what you were saying.
- linksnapzz 9y agoI think that's where John Cleese is from, so this American knows it.
- dri_ft 9y ago> "Whatevertown-upon-Rivername." "Upon-sea", actually, but yes.
- QAPereo 9y agoOh they're seas?! I always (wrongly I guess) assumed that they were all rivers, like Tine, Avon, that kind of thing.
- jwdunne 9y agoAh, to clear confusion, here's some bits on Upon: Kingston upon Thames Newcastle upon Tyne Stratford upon Avon Berwick upon Tweed These are all rivers. Here's a cheat sheet to decipher British names: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_place_names_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_pla... Usually translates to something mundane. Weston literally means "West Town". EDIT: Got confused by parent wording - upon is used for the river but the above comment is correct: Weston super mare means "Weston upon sea", not that upon is reserved for seas
- mhh__ 9y agoWeston-super-mud (Weston-super-mare has mudflats)
- dnh44 9y agoGreat Snoring and Little Snoring always cracked me up too. They're lovely sleepy little villages.
- thruflo22 9y agoMiddle Wallop. Upper Wallop and Lower Wallop -- hopefully not too firmly.
- DonaldFisk 9y agoSome more English place names. Nasty: https://binged.it/2tnXxmm https://binged.it/2tnXxmm Ugley: https://binged.it/2eCIKSF https://binged.it/2eCIKSF Matching Tye: https://binged.it/2gQYodA https://binged.it/2gQYodA Barton in the Beans: https://binged.it/2todjh8 https://binged.it/2todjh8 Benny Hill: https://binged.it/2tnXmaT https://binged.it/2tnXmaT Crackpot: https://binged.it/2gQUCRu https://binged.it/2gQUCRu Blubberhouses: https://binged.it/2gReunu https://binged.it/2gReunu
- teamonkey 9y agoMarsh Gibbon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Gibbon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Gibbon
- pacaro 9y agoWestward Ho! Only British place name with an exclamation mark. The village is named from the book, not the other way around, and was developed to cash in on tourism inspired by the book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westward_Ho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westward_Ho!
- arethuza 9y agoDallas is also a rather small sleepy village in Moray. I believe there may be another one somewhere.
- Garfgon 9y agoI'm partial to Upper and Lower Slaughter myself.
- arethuza 9y agoMellon Udrigle is one of my favourite Socttish place names.