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Saw a list of some UK names that are just weird… I am sure that other countries have some classics.

Thornton le Beans
Shatton Moor
Wetwang
Booze
Buttock
Jingling Pot
Shitlington Common
Shingay cum Wendy
Pity Me
Twatt
Sally’s Bottom
Lickar Moor
Nether Wallop
Great Bottom Flash
Wigtwizzle
Hen Poo
Pants

Then you have some places where the pronunciation is different from the spelling

Name How you pronounce it
Ruislip = ryeslip
Milngavie = mill guy
 
Up here in Scotland we have a Moscow and just own the road is California.

Years and years ago my Mum worked with a Mrs Fuck. Apparently people used to try and pronounce it in all sorts of convoluted ways but she would insist on the correct pronunciation.
 
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I had a job working with the registrar's office a while ago. There was one woman named Fanny who was marrying a man who's surname was Hair...
 
Wassersuppe (= water soup) -> district of Seeblick (sea view), Havelland/Brandenburg
Katzenhirn (= cat's brain) -> district of Mindelheim, Bavaria
Kummer (= grief) -> district of Schmölln, Thuringia
Schwarzer Kater (= black cat) -> district of Dahlen, Saxony
Buntekuh (= multicoloured cow) -> district of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein
 
Riiiiight…

Warning: ⬇️ not for the easily offended 😬








Mensträsk = Periodswamp
Snorrslida = Dickfanny
Kukkola = Cockcaramel
Rambo
Pungpinan = Scrotumpain
Muslickberget = Fannylickmountain (if pronounced quickly in Swedish)
Rövgräva = Arsedig
Fnaskberget= Hookermountain
Snålkuk= Greedycock

And there are more… ☺️
 
Riiiiight…

Warning: ⬇️ not for the easily offended 😬








Mensträsk = Periodswamp
Snorrslida = Dickfanny
Kukkola = Cockcaramel
Rambo
Pungpinan = Scrotumpain
Muslickberget = Fannylickmountain (if pronounced quickly in Swedish)
Rövgräva = Arsedig
Fnaskberget= Hookermountain
Snålkuk= Greedycock

And there are more… ☺️
Think we can end this there. They win! 🤣
 
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