Names of cities or towns that just sound cool phonetically

[Tommy_Carcetti]

My list so far:

Parsippinay, NJ
Schenecedny, NY
Las Cruces, NM
Nacogdoches, TX

[qwertyMike]

1. Dildo, Newfoundland

and from Nova Scotia:
Ecum Secum (Native lingo)

Whycocomagh (y-COG-o-mah)

Antigonish (ANTI-g-nish) - Ethan and Uma had a place near there

Chimney Corner

Paradise

Ireland:
Ahoghill (a-HOUGH-il)

Belvoir (Beaver)
and my fave:

Bonny-Before

[LeftinOH]

2. Ann Arbor MI, Penobscot ME, Bemidji MN, Truth or Consequuences NM

[geardaddy]

3. Mahtomedi (Mah-toh-MEED-eye), MN

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand

[LynneSin]

4. Wilmington, DE

:woohoo:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. How is that a cool name?

Fuck, Germany is a cool name, not Wilmington.

:hide:

[LynneSin]

17. is the VP of the United States from Germany

Nuff said!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

20. *yawn*

:hide:

[LynneSin]

23. Your wife is going to dump you for Kate Winslet

so *yawn* right back at you!

:hide:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

24. Yeah, but then I'll just dump her for Diane Lane

[LynneSin]

26. Can you consolidate Josh Brolin by saying your good friend LynneSin is available

and would be happy to help him overcome his broken heart. But he is NOT allowed to do any George Bush imitations NOR will I watch that damn movie (although I hear he was very good in it)

[geardaddy]

31. Isn't the VP of the US from Scranton?

:o

[LynneSin]

46. He was born there, lived most of his life in Delaware

:D

[Arugula Latte]

5. This isn't its own town, but I've always loved the name "Manhattan."

It just sounds so cool, so suave, so sophisticated, kind of rhythmic. :loveya:

[KamaAina]

13. It is so its own town so stop saying that!

Granted, it lacks the glitz of Lawrence or Wichita, but still...

[geardaddy]

6. Skaneateles, NY

(Skinny-atlas)

[ogneopasno]

7. Piscataway, NJ; Ishpeming, MI; Chequamegon Bay, WI (sheh-WAH-me-gon)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

8. There's also a Whippany, NJ right next to Parsipanny

[BeachBaby]

15. I always thought Hackensack was a funny one, too.

:) :hi:

[charlie and algernon]

9. Scotrun, PA

just because of what it looks like when driving past the sign at 65 MPH.

[geardaddy]

10. Lake Winnibigoshish

Not technically a city or a town.

[KitchenWitch]

11. Lake Nagawicka

[geardaddy]

34. Where's that?

[KitchenWitch]

38. about 35 miles west of Milwaukee.

[CreekDog]

12. Winnemucca, Nevada

a while back they had lots of billboards on I-80 advertising their town of 7,000. :rofl:

[CreekDog]

16. Midlothian, VA

[SoxFan]

75. Hey! My sister lives there!

[PVnRT]

18. Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

[3.14158675309]

19. Puyallup and Wauwatosa

[TZ]

28. EEEEEEE....

...dina.....
:P

[geardaddy]

33. You know what that stands for?

E-very
D-ay
I
N-eed
A-ttention

[3.14158675309]

35. I'm surprised that you didn't evoke the "Cake Eater" epithet as well!

:rofl: :hi:

[geardaddy]

42. Were you born in Edina or...

did you "achieve" Edina?

Actually "cake eaters" used to refer to kids that went to Washburn H.S. (where I went) before Edina was established, but yeah, we used to refer to Edinanites as cake eaters. lol

:hi:

[3.14158675309]

47. moved to Edina in 6th grade, graduated from Edina West in '79,

went to college, and then to AZ. Moved back to Edina in '91, and we raised our kids here.

Washburn, eh? What year?

[geardaddy]

48. '83

Go Millers! lol

So, you guys were the Cougars then, right?

[3.14158675309]

49. That's right, but don't tell that to any of the pevs here in the lounge!

That term has taken on a whole new meaning since those days! :rofl:

[TZ]

50. Too late!

How perfect that is for you! :rofl: ;)
PS--I went to a HS whose mascot was the Trojan........:rofl:

[geardaddy]

51. lol

:rofl:

[Pierre.Suave]

60. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Morgan Fairchild...

:9

[Pierre.Suave]

67. Sorry dood

Sorry you had to live in Edina...

:P

[geardaddy]

87. But he "achieved" Edina.

:P

[Pierre.Suave]

89. he got grandfathered in

or so he told me...

:P

[3.14158675309]

36. You got it! Or, as I prefer to call it: The Bubble.

[AngryAmish]

21. Mt. Sodomy, WI

[The2ndWheel]

22. Menomonee Falls, WI

Sounds like the rest of the planet.

[Z_I_Peevey]

25. Wapanucka, Oklahoma

my pseudohome

[LynneSin]

27. Intercourse, Pennsylvania

Come on - how many of you can say you truly have been to Intercourse? I was first there when I was 8, my parents showed me Intercourse.

[Rabrrrrrr]

29. I'm surprised no one said my favorite yet - Walla Walla

[geardaddy]

45. Or Kalamazoo?

Or Cucamonga?

[ceile]

30. Goldthwaite, TX

My grandmother's hometown.

[geardaddy]

32. Menomonie, WI

[geardaddy]

37. Sleepy Eye, MN

Climax, MN
Fertile, MN
Embarrass, MN
Nimrod, MN

[KitchenWitch]

39. Cosmos, MN

[geardaddy]

41. Koochiching

Mizpah
Kandiyohi (Candy-YO-high)
Biwabik (bi-WAH-bik)
Quamba
Okabena
Upsala
Wanamingo
Wayzata
Shakopee
Zumbrota

[Odin2005]

82. LOL, I grew up not too far from Fertile!

[geardaddy]

86. Is that in sugar beet and potato country? n/t

[Odin2005]

92. Yup! n/t

[KamaAina]

40. I want to get back to my little grass shack...

...in Kealakekua, Hawai'i!

(the name means "highway of the gods", because the town, on the Kona side of Big Island, is the closest point to Tahiti, where the ancestors came from.

[SallyMander]

43. Paducah, KY, halfway between Possum Trot and Monkey's Eyebrow

No joke! :rofl:

[geardaddy]

44. lol

:rofl:

[eppur_se_muova]

64. Don't forget Big Bone Lick ! nt

[SallyMander]

71. My sis and I almost rolled off the road laughing

the first time we saw that sign! :rofl:

[Urban Prairie]

52. Native EskimoTongue Twisters in Canada

Qikiqtarjuaq

Pangnirtung

Kugluktuk

Sanikiluaq

Taloyoak

Tuktoyaktuk

Ulukhaktok

Assiniboia

Wetaskiwin

Kananaskis (Nakiska Ridgetop)

Athabasca

[XemaSab]

58. Igloolik

has a nice ring to it. :)

[martymar64]

53. Humptulips, WA

Sounds kinda like a romp with a Dutch girl.

Also, a shout out to Dime Box, TX and it's neighbor Old Dime Box, TX.

[hvn_nbr_2]

54. Several PA towns

Catasaqua
Wyalusing
Wissahicken
Conshohocken
Nanticoke
Punxatawney
Towanda
Susquehanna

[abq e streeter]

55. Bumble Bee, Arizona...Alamosa, Colorado

[DemBones DemBones]

56. Honolulu nt

[XemaSab]

57. Copperopolis, CA

FTW. :)

[Pierre.Suave]

59. Minneapolis, MN

D'uh...

:P

[DemBones DemBones]

61. Itta Bena, Mississippi

Withlacoochee, FL

Appalachicola, FL

Sopchoppy, FL

Kissimmee, FL

Okefenokee, GA

Chickamauga, GA

[abq e streeter]

63. and Yazoo City

[Urban Prairie]

62. Michigan (and other states)

Tahquamenon Falls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahquamenon_Falls

Onekama

Nipissing

Interlochen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlochen_Arts_Academy#Interlochen_Arts_Academy

Escanaba: http://www.escanabathemovie.com/

Ogemaw

Fort Michilimackinac: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_MichilimackinaMann

Kalkaska

Kenockee

Kilmanagh

Manistique

Mancelona

Marquette

Gogebic

Algonac

Allouez

Au Sable

Canandaigua

Funny:

Climax, MI

Hell, MI

Disco, MI

Nirvanaa, MI

Hygiene, CO

Lay, CO

Lorida, Florida

Yeehaw Junction, FL

French Lick, IN

Beebeetown, IA

Smileyberg, KS

Protection, KS

Skiddy, KS

Pippa Passes, KY

Shoulderblade, KY

Cut and Shoot, TX

Disputanta, VA

Horseheads, NY

Skidmore, MO

Cummaquid, MA

Scaggsville, MD LOL!!

[Lavender Brown]

65. It's SchenecTADY!

:grr: :P

I like Kalamazoo, Hoboken, and Poughkeepsie.

[eppur_se_muova]

66. Athole, MD nt

[KamaAina]

68. Keokuk, IA

:-)

[no name no slogan]

69. Chicamauga, GA

nt

[Tikki]

70. Port Hueneme, CA

depending on who you ask: Why-NEE-Me or Wha-nee-MEE.


Hueneme Beach...with pier off on the distance.


Tikki

[NYC_SKP]

72. Crotch Crescent, Titty Ho, Wetwang, Slutshole Lane...

Crotch Crescent, Oxford; Titty Ho, Northamptonshire; Wetwang, East Yorkshire; Slutshole Lane, Norfolk

Or do these have to be American towns and cities?

And yes, they DO sound cool, phonetically!

[mwooldri]

97. Sure, there's places like:

Westward Ho! - yes the exclamation point is part of its name.

Other places near my old hometown:

Christmaspie (Surrey)
Peaslake (Surrey)
Dorking (Surrey)
Colgate (West Sussex)
Pease Pottage (West Sussex)
Cocking (West Sussex)
Gay Street (West Sussex)
Balls Cross (West Sussex)
Didling (Hampshire)

[NYC_SKP]

98. I would gladly move to Didling...

:P

[GreenPartyVoter]

73. Reykjavik, Iceland

[TZ]

74. Cincinnati, OH...

sounds like cinnamon, a word I like! (plus its where I was born)

[bigwillq]

76. Toledo

Topeka

[SoCalDem]

77. Tuscaloosa, Bogalusa, Merrimac, Indianapolis..n/t

[SoxFan]

78. Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll

Aberystwyth
Merthyr Tydfi

[geardaddy]

88. Now now.

Those are very tidy names, like. ;)

[SoxFan]

91. Reminds me of Dave Barry's charity, "Vowels For Wales"

[geardaddy]

93. W and Y *are* vowels.

:P

[NoPasaran]

79. Dumas, Texas

[SoxFan]

95. Home of the George W. Bush Presidential Library

[book lady]

80. I am partial to Oconomowoc, WI

[Lyric]

81. Lackawanna, PA *and* NY. Coreapolis, PA.

Monongah, WV (and Monongalia County)
Spotsylvania, VA
Pascagoula, MS (I think)

[Odin2005]

83. Borup, MN.

[RagAss]

84. Palatka, Fl.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

90. I'll second Palakta, and add....

....Welaka, Florida, about 20 miles south or so.

[mnhtnbb]

94. My father in law (now deceased) lived in Palatka when I met hubby.

[RagAss]

99. Best High School Football field in the state !

[Mendocino]

85. UP of Michigan has many

Ontonagon
Escanaba
Ishpeming
Naubinway
Manistique
Menominee
Epoufette
Quinnesec

[DevonRex]

96. Cripple Creek, Colorado. And it's beautiful, too. :)

[Yavin4]

100. Sausalito, CA

Thread over. I win.

[Condem]

101. Omaha

Great name.