cupcakezealot,
TimewornTraveler, Oh, PA probably gets way weirder than Intercourse.
Also doesn’t MI have Exit 69: Big Beaver Rd? Also there’s Hell, MI. Those are both way better than Dick, MI.
mercury, there are more lewd souding towns in Virginia than short pump
ZeroTHM, Is no one gonna talk about Splunge?
Goldmage263, I mean, Dry Wood is good for Kansas, but Seaman also makes a strong showing as does Great Bend and Cawker City.
tamal3, What is Humptulips…
MycoBro, There is a Gross Tête, Louisiana too
Adori, Oh god essex really has gone through a new meaning
timelighter, Someone explain ballplay to me
Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug, Bald Knob Arkansas is way more lewd than Weiner
soupyc, Napo’opo’o isn’t ‘Na poo poo’
ObviouslyNotBanana, That makes perfect sense
ZeroTHM, “HOE-NOW-NOW NAH-POO-POO”
TimewornTraveler, Americans understand glottal stops challenge (improbable 💪)
clay_pidgin, We use them all the time but we’re generally unaware of it. Like in “uh-oh”.
That’s leaving aside that Hawaiians ARE Americans, thanks to the Dole fruit company.
clay_pidgin, Right.
Leaving out the ʻokina and kahakō changes the sound significantly. The ʻokina represents a glottal stop, the sound in the middle of “uh-oh”. In Hawaiian, it’s a letter of the alphabet. The kahakō (macron, the horizontal line over a vowel) means the vowel is long - as in pronounced for a beat longer. What we call long and short vowels in English should be considered different vowels because they are different sounds.
Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopʻo
Is
Hohh nah oo nah oo Nahh pohh ohp oh
It’s hard to transcribe, I hope that’s of interest to someone. He haumana a ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi au. I’m still early in my learning.
outer_spec, “Cozy corner” isn’t actually that bad of a town name
bingbong, At night, it becomes wanker’s corner
mister_flibble, Tbf it’s technically just part of a town and not an actual town but there is Mianus CT
NABDad,
TheBlue22, I refuse to believe there is a town in America called Rough&Ready
ObviouslyNotBanana,
Kolanaki, I was literally there today 🤣
We also have a city in this state by the name of “City of Industry.” Not simply “Industry” but “City of Industry.” And “Carmel by the Sea” as opposed to just “Carmel” or “Carmel by the Dumpster Fire off 99.”
TheBlue22, Thats crazy. I mean my country has some goofy names for small towns and villages but this takes it to another level entirely
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