Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tove.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!tove!dsn From: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: bizarre place names Message-ID: <314@tove.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 16:02:52 EDT Article-I.D.: tove.314 Posted: Fri Aug 9 16:02:52 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 05:50:26 EDT References: <268@inuxm.UUCP> <8505@watarts.UUCP> <333@baylor.UUCP> Reply-To: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) Distribution: na Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 30 In article <333@baylor.UUCP> peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: > >You yanks think YOU have some funny names. How about "Grong Grong", a small >town in New South Wales, Australia? Beltsville, Md. Bois D'arc, Mo. (pronounced BO-dark) Bum Fuck, Iowa (a friend of mine claims to have been born near there) Cabin John, Md. Cuba, Mo. (local businesses include the People's Bank of Cuba and the Cuba Free Press) Devil's Elbow, Mo. Fuquay-Varina, N.C. Half Way, Mo. (half way between Buffalo, Mo. and Boliver, Mo.) Ho-ho-cus (or is it Ho-ho-kus?), N.J. Houston, Mo. (county seat of Texas county) Method, N.C. (which is *completely* surrounded by Raleigh, N.C.) Metropolis, Ill. (I have heard that the local newspaper is the Daily Planet, and that there is an annual Superman festival) No Tie (in one of the Western states, I forget which one. Supposedly the name has to do with someone forgetting to tie his horse to a hitching post) Oswego, N.Y. (not to be confused with Owego, N.Y. I once ended up in the wrong town, by mistake!) Shickshinny, Pa. Rolla, Mo. (my home town. One story is that the intended name was Raleigh but that they couldn't remember how to spell it) -- Dana S. Nau, Comp Sci Dept, U of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 dsn@maryland seismo!umcp-cs!dsn (301) 454-7932