25 Funniest and Strangest Place Names on Earth
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- What are the strangest place names you can think right off the top of your head? If they are really strange, they might just be on this list! Places are known by many attributes; some places are known for their people, other by their food, and yet others by their culture. But the places you are about to witness are known by their bizarre names! The world is a strange place - if you've ever doubted that, check out these strange city names which might just leave you scratching your head. For example, did you know there is a Satan's Kingdom, Vermont? How about Bastardstown, Ireland? Or Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!, Canada? In this alphabetical list, we dive into some cities and towns with truly strange names. These are 25 funniest and strangest place names on Earth.
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Westward Ho!
Te Puke
Swastika
Satan's Kingdom
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
Punkeydoodles Corner
Penistone
Once Brewed
Nothing
North Pole
No Name
Muff
Moon
Mars
Intercourse
Half.com
George, Washington
Ganja
Chinatown
Bitchfield
Beaverlick
Batman
Bastardstown
Å
Accident
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In Denmark we have a city called Middelfart xD
I need to visit one day. I never knew I needed this in my life until now. LoL ~Mike
+list25 Hahaha! xD glad to hear! You'll enjoy Denmark! :D
In America, we call those a " One Cheek sneak"! They don't rip your jeans but they still smell funny.
You guys have a place called Knudshoved as well
Theres a village in Cumbria England called CockerMouth
there is so much wrong with this comment
i love it
you forgot 'Fucking' Austria.
+Ethiopian Mafia .....And Petting, in Germany.
+Dolan At The Door probably fake they comment on "list25"
I can assure you guys he is real and our video editor. ~Mike
+Dolan At The Door wow ik
+Ethiopian Mafia What about Fail, Portugal
"I'm almost thirty" *laughs*
My favorite part XD
MrsStJohn1:30? Youngster!
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love it! BTW, my maternal grandmother was born in the relatively small town of "Fertility", Pa., which was right next to " Intercourse", Pa.
All right grandma!!!
+Madeleine Baier It explains why you're here. (I had to say that one)
Randy Kalff yes, I know! ;-)
virginville and bird in hand and blue balls is nearby this area but i could keep going cause pennsylvania has some really funny towns names it could have a top 25 list but more like top 100 list of its own
Madeleine Baier
I'm from Lancaster. Lancaster PA. I know where these places are. There's a couple of really amazing restaurants out there. I used to work at one of them. It's cool to get some notice for a small town from your own county or city. :)
There are also Pennsylvania towns named Paradise, Virginville, Blueball, and Bird-In-Hand.
I knew a family in Tulsa named Batman that were from Batman. They still own a convenience store there. I learned a couple days ago in the county next to me here in Texas, Bell county, there is a town named Ding Dong. I kid you not the county and the town are named after 2 different Bell families. You may also consider scanning Oklahoma for odd place names. Greasy, Bowlegs, Beaver, Hooker, and Happyland spring to mind.
I had a art teacher in 8th grade called Ms. Crafter and my childhood Dr was called Dr welldon
great list but you left out the best one. Dildo, newfoundland, canada. lol
+Trustin Patey Oh there's a lot more, we actually did another list with even more weird names: list25.com/25-most-bizarre-cities-and-towns-youll-ever-visit/
Lol. Thats for the laughs. Made my day. Keep up the great wirk.
+Trustin Patey Was just about to say that, being from Newfoundland. XD
+Trustin Patey Glad I scrolled down , I was going to mention Dildo as well . There are a few in Newfoundland with funny names.
+Trustin Patey Didn't knew about this one. Nice. But i think Fucking from Austria is better :)))
There's Boring, Oregon that has been paired with Dull, Scotland. They're sister cities lol
*yawn*
I live in Arkansas. We have one town named Blue Ball and another named Toad Suck. Don't have a clue how either one got their name.
Tanya Buys In Tennessee we have not one but TWO places called Frog Jump.
i watched this one specifically to see if they included toad suck :D
Also in Arkansas, Turkey Scratch, Greasey Corner and Ben-Gay lol
Blue Ball most likely got it's name from being a little too intimate with the female citizens of Western Ho. 😂😂😯😯
Bald knob and Weiner as well
You had me laughing through this whole list! Especially every time you said Batman in that deep, gruff voice. 😂😂😂
I couldn't stop grinning and silently laughing either! Why silently laughing? I was at the library!
Well is a deep subject
Canada is a place with many strangely named cities and towns -- my favourites are Entrance, Alberta and Blow Me Down, Newfoundland. We also have a few lakes with odd names, such as Pickle Lake.
You also have SACKVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA. 😂😂😂
I'm from Lancaster County PA! I know where Intercourse is. A huge tourist trap town. There's a candle making place...and well, Amish buggy rides. Really awesome food though.
I LIVE IN INTERCOURSE!!!
===D~ ()
+Durvun Klufkay Out of curiosity, how are you people called?
+Tom Duhamel oh I'm a normal ones. I think what you're looking for are the Amish. They're dumbasses who don't believe in card or phones, and still use a horse and buggy.
Durvun Klufkay
I was actually wondering how the people from that place are called. Like someone from New York is a Newyorker...
Tom Duhamel Pretty sure they are called "Fuckers". 8^)
This list makes me so happy to be a Canadian :)
I used to live in George, WA! Once while working in Alaska I had fainted and was being asked some basic questions after coming to. I startled everyone in the office when answering "George Washington" in response to "Where do you live?".
zmbdog Sounds awesome, i only live 30 minutes away
Amazing
Climax, Michigan. which is near I 69 but doesn't go all of the way there.
I've driven past Climax, been to Romulus and Remus and I have friends who've gone to Hell.
yeah. Hell Michigan has a marathon every year & all participants get a shirt that says, "i ran through Hell."
In San Francisco, Bush St. and Pine St. run parallel to each other, only one block separating them.
Dallas Ponder Climax Saskatchewan.
Also a Climax, Co just south of Leadville
Mike you are awesome! I couldn't decide which was funnier the names or your giggles 😂
Why not both? LoL ~Mike
@@list25 I live in stinky pinky Idaho
Wooooo Intercourse made the list! That's where I live! Another town that you could have included is Effingham, Illinois.
+Tristan@List25 The Video Guy Well technically I don't live in Intercourse but I'm not far. I work there though and people who come from out of state always chuckle at the name.
+Nate M. What's it like working at an Amish town?
Å is not pronounced like that... It's pronounced like "O"
+HulluRichie Not really an "O" But I guess it is hard to explain how to pronounce it! :D
Madeiranho
I'm native with a language that uses å. "o" is the best way to describe the pronounciation in my opinion
HulluRichie Well I am too. And "O" is not the exact sound. But again it is hard to decribe how else to pronounce it! :)
Madeiranho
Mm, are you Norwegian? I'm native with Swedish, Finnoswedish to be exact as I am Finnish, so "o" would sound different to us anyway :) but yeah "o" is closer than "a" in the end
+HulluRichie i Would say its more like ou
6:58 I love the way you said, “batman”!
in the caribbean theres a place called cockburn island. im not joking, look it up
Ouch! I bet there is a good reason for that name.
Random Whiterun Guard We've got a town called Cock Wash here in Australia.
Random Whiterun Guard HAHAHA LOL
Best friend in elementary school was Jack Cockburn, they pronounced it Coburn.
It’s a surname from Scotland. I know because it’s mine. 😄. It’s pronounced Coburn.
I love this video awesome job Mike. Also I have a suggestion for a future video 25 Strange and cool things that are not in the Star wars movies (ie. expanded universe and the new disney cannon)
The names of these different places are funny but I have to say that watching you tell about them cracked me up the most. I am a subscriber and I enjoy your postings 😄
Genuinely genuinely funny, navel laughed so hard at one of your vids, THE PEOPLE DEMAND MORE!!
You forgot "Long Dong" in China
Orchid Blossom He also forgot Dickshooter, Idaho and Le Tampon, Reunion Island
Sendai, Japan (flip the d upside down)
I read your usename as "Orlando Bloom" because I'm an idiot
Do they even have those there?
Å is prononced oh
No, the WORD "Å" means creek in english, the word for island is "Ø"
I actually live a few minutes outside of Swastika, Ontario, which is number 23 in this video. It’s a small village located just outside the main town called Kirkland Lake, and it’s technically just a part of KL as it’s in its municipal boundaries. Everyone around here pronounces it as Swas-tea-ka instead of Swastika.
I've been to:
Boring, Oregon
Cool, California
Plain, Washington
You forgot:
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Originally known as Hot Springs, it was renamed in order to win a contest.
Keith Pixton weed California
A few others worth mentioning include Middlefart, Denmark; Rectum, Netherlands; and Nasty, England.
You guys forgot Bumfuk, Egypt
F1GHT1NG N0MAD I just posted that too. Shit Creek is there too
I thought that was just a saying. Is there really a town called Bumfuk?
I grew up and live in Moon, Pennsylvania and I can assure you the legend about the moon is very widespread 😂
There's also the trio of towns in Newfoundland......Heart's Content, Heart's Desire, and Heart's Delight. They also have Dildo.
There's also Metropolis, IL (and yes, it has Superman-related memorabilia there, including a museum dedicated to it, including a cardboard cutout of Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor from the "Man of Steel" film as well as "kryptonite", which are just plain old rocks painted green). The town also contains a decommissioned phone-booth for your fantasies of acting out Superman's famous clothes change sequence, and a 50-ft tall concrete statue of Superman in the town square. It's just north of the IL-KY border and the county seat of Massac County.
There's also Santa Claus, Indiana, which has a theme park dedicated to celebrating Christmas every day!
There's also Prudhoe Bay, AK, which is at THE northernmost tip of the US; it is the Arctic Circle begins and you could say that you've swum in the Arctic Ocean if you're brave enough to swim there (it's also super-impressive to whip out. "Yeah, I'm tough: I've swum in the Arctic Ocean. How about you?")
Have you ever heard of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump?
It's really place in Alberta Canada
Jasmine Johnston here in Canada we have some strange names, just think of Dildo and Come by Chance Newfoundland
Always enjoy your videos.
This is my favorite channel. I love you Mike, you are the best.
Two of my favorite funny town names are in Missouri. One is Peculiar. The second one, I named an online game character after and actually had it reported as being inappropriate....the town's name, as well as my goblin, Knob Noster. My goblin was Knobnoster.
Geez.... It is NOT "A". Can't you see the ring above the "A"? It is the letter "Å" , which is something very different in the Nordic languages. "Å" means a little river and is pronounced roughly like the English word "awe".
MrMentat57 exactly
MrMentat57 I've been studying Swedish and caught that error too however as far as pronunciation goes they are usually pretty good I have year way worst
This was a very funny video. I never even knew any of these places even existed. Well except for numbers 16 and 11. Most especially number 11. Since I live about 65 minutes from that place. And I have been to that area countless of times in my life.
There's a place in Cumbria, England called Cockermouth. Famous for where they press apples for Dickens Cider.
Also there is Ramsbottom in Lancashire, two villages called Twatt in the northern islands of Scotland, and Lower Bell End Farm in East Yorkshire. And a place in the U.S. made infamous by Johnny Knoxville called Mianus
I live right near moon and Mars
Pennsylvania
+Dude Man where you from man, I am from moon
Hh Gg But over in Wayne county, isn't there a Jupiter? Maybe Pike county? I have lots of family up there. Great hunting and fishing up there. I'm from Lancaster.
There's a town in Western Australia called "Useless Loop".
There's a town in Southern California called Zzyzx
macguy4321 That reminds me of when I was young and we were going to Vegas, there was this guy we knew who had a lisp, when we hit the sign we’d always ask him “where are we?”
Here on Long Island we have a few towns (that I can think of at the moment) with odd names: Hicksville, Hempstead, and Sayville.
Why are half of these in P.A WHY?
Rocketman because Pennsylvania is awesome! That's why!!:)
Because there are Amish
There's a Hammer Bottom in Surrey. Also there's a street by me called Bell End!
Great video! Penistone. Anyone in the UK will try to convince you that it's pronounced 'Pennistun'. You know, and I know differently. It can cause problems with content filters, as can the town of Scunthorpe. A couple of place names I'm fond of are: Deadhorse, Alaska - I saw it on an episode of 'The X-Files', and thought that they had made it up, and my all time favourite, is a place in Orkney, Scotland, the magnificently rude Twatt. Unsurprisingly, the place name sign keeps getting stolen, despite it's remote location.
Dear List25, FUNNIEST LIST EVER!!! I love Penistone, Muff, Intercourse, Bitchfield, Nothing, and the icing on the cake- Mike's whole presentation of Beaverlick ; of corse I do!!! Again, Mike's innocent childlike giggling with, "Penistone," had me watching over and over again. There's nothing like a great laugh that sticks in your head! I hope that you wonderful folks had as much fun making this as we, your true and faithful friends, had laughing our rearends off. Keep it up, and much, much love and thanks!!!
Dear List 25, I also like the story of Moon. I didn't know that Bob Ross lived in North Pole, Alaska. I use to watch him on channel 9 KETC St. Louis, MO as a young sprout and found it so relaxing and amazing. Again, thanks and much love, always.
Very funny AD...worth watching....loved it....
There are a bunch in Tennessee....there is Three-way, bucksnort, frog jump, and many more
Dildo, Newfoundland anyone?
10 minutes away there is a village called Spread Eagle, I've been there many times.
Haha.. Ya, I was waiting for that one to be on the list. I live about an hour away from Dildo. Beautiful community. :)
Hehe there’s also a park heading towards Twillingate NL called Dildo Run Provincial Park and it’s right next to the town of Virgin Arm NL.
List25 mentions a town in Washington named George, yet totally leaves out Humptulips. No joke, there’s a town in Washington state known as Humptulips
What about Earth, Texas?
You missed out on "Pratt's Bottom" - a village in South East London, England.
Te Puke is pronounced Tea Poo Key, just FYI
Beaverlick is by far the best on this list because of the way it's talked about and said. haha
... You guys are both hilarious & brilliant, *PLEASE* keep 'em comin'!!!
Ummmm, Geeklevania ... I mean Pennsyltucky ... no, wait ... *PENNSYLVANIA!!!* also actually has a city named *Blue Ball*, in case you can't find *Intercourse.* I sort of intermittently appeared at a nearby bush-ivy league college, and wasn't all that surprised to find out that *Intercourse* and *Blue Ball* street and traffic signs we *SO* consistently stolen by just about anyone with a sense of humour, that extra-heavy fines & penalties were written into local laws.
Also stolen on a regular basis was *"MRS. SMITH'S MIRACLE HEMORRHOID CREAM"* front lawn sign. When we periodically drove by it, it would be missing-- again. And then the next time we'd see it again, its foundation had been strengthened. After going missing about 4 times, Mrs. Smith's ironically pain-in-the-ass home-made product signage ultimately sported steel framing and support posts set into a large block of poured concrete.
The answer to your question is, *"Yes-- but only for about a year".*
1:22 Davemadson wouldn't be pleased.
I live right next to the three places in PA. Insane to see them on this list.
brilliant list. im from Blackpool in Lancashire England, up the road we have clitheroe ( cli-the- ro) and you should really look up some of the Cornish (Cornwall) towns and villages, i have laughed my socks off when ive driven through there!
Bucksnort , Tennessee
Here's another town with an unusual name: Just southwest of Louisville Kentucky, is a town called Penile. No, I'm not making this up, and yes this is true, just look up Louisville on Google Maps, and look to the southwest to find this unusually named town (Penile).
Å in norwegian is pronounced much like "oh", and is also traslatable. It would then be the English word "to", as in "to go/eat/run". Great video! Greetings from Norwegian mainland
Speaking from pa intercourse pa is my favorite. It actually means meeting since every Amish family elders would meet there
Yes and there's a place in West Virginia called Big Ugly.
Check out Tom Scott's video on Penistone (pen-is-ton) and Scunthorpe (scun-thorp), and why they don't show up on Google maps (I think it is). The vid is about the problems with 'naughty' words being censored. Though I recommend every video he's ever made - they're always fascinating and often hilarious, especially when he's working with his old university pals :-D
A nearby village is at the base of a pretty steep hill (or a "mountain" as it's - jokingly - known. It's about 60 feet above sea level lol). This village name has the 'high' one as its first word, and 'Bottom' as its second one (it's not the only 'Bottom' to be found around the country by a fair number IIRC).
I used to live near Cockermouth, and visited Cockington on holiday as a child. Even as a 7 year-old I thought it was funny, but had to keep that to myself or I'd get the glare of doom from my mother. There are many 'dodgy' names in the UK, often developments of Saxon or Celtic words, and later on bastardised Norman-French - hence so many Rivers Avon, Stour and Ouse. The story goes that the Romans asked the Celts what the name of the nearby river was, and as they didn't name rivers back then they said 'Afan' (pronounced ah-van), which became Avon (ay-von). Stour and Ouse are words for rivers and streams in Anglo-Saxon, and during the Domesday 'census', they kept asking the Saxons the names of the waterways. So in fact there are many rivers called 'River River', or 'River Stream'. No one could be bothered to change it (and I reckon that the Celts and Saxons had a good laugh at the invaders' expense!)
I know this is an older video, but in case anyone ever does check back on old ones to see if there are any comments worth reading, how about 25 words in non-English languages which have an English 'twin' (meaning something else, of course). I'll start you off with 'moron'; said exactly as it is in English, it's the Welsh for 'carrot'. And an ideal word for describing Trump! Call him a carrot and he won't know what you're really calling him lol. And the car made by Vauxhall, the Nova (from the Latin for new). I believe it's 'doesn't go/not going' (or close enough) in Spanish...
Upware, cambs. The pub/restaurant is called no hurry, and is also referred to as five miles from anywhere.
OMG! I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! Thanks for the well needed laugh! By the by, I've been to the Gorge at George (Washington) really cool place.
Oh yeah. This list was actually really good.
My wife when North Pole and Bob Ross were brought up: Do you think there’s a happy little tree near his old house?
My hometown name is Havre Montana, named after La Havra France Town. The local lore as to the name of the town goes by there were two brothers fighting over a girl then one of the brothers finally had enough and said to his brother you can have her!!! This somehow became the name of the town.
We have notable graphite artist Don Greytak as our local living resident.
I love Mike. He has good content and good comments.
Well thank you so much!
Disputania, VA got its name because the residents couldn't agree.
Onemo, VA residents wanted one more post office. With the local accent those in DC heard, "One Mo".
Yes there is a Butt Station in Virginia. It's primarily a farming community, near Norfolk. They sell their produce locally, so we can enjoy eating things pulling out of someone's Butt - Station farm. ;)
Don’t forget Willey in Leicestershire; Priors Hardwick in Warwickshire; Feltham in London; Hell and Paradis in Norway; Phuket in Thailand;
Your laugh is very funny and contagious.
There's a town in New Mexico called Truth of Consequences!
Paid to rename town by once poplpar radio/TV game show
Damned cute watching you enjoy the making the video!
Right next to Intercourse PA, is a town called Blue Balls, PA.
You missed a couple, there's Wetwang in East Yorkshire, England and I came across a village called Y in the former Yugoslavia
Mike, I’m a 46 year old woman and I was laughing as hard as you! 😂😂😂
There's a place called cockwells in Cornwall. I laugh every time I do past it 😂
Also, in Ukraine there's a town called Bardyansk, which is similuar to Slavic word "fart". So, it's translation is "Fart City"
Hey there Mike. Nice one mate! We have a suburb of Melbourne and a river named "Batman", named after John Batman. When might we be seeing the t-shirt as merchandise we can buy?
Hell, Michigan, Knockemstiff, Ohio, Donnybrook ,Martha, Washington , North Dakota , Blue Ball, PA, Climax, Minn, Fertile, Minn, ! A common local joke is a newspaper headline, " Fertile girl dies in Climax " !
bernie bouck Fertile and Climax are about 30 miles apart in MN
Yeah, I know, . . .I live near by !
I go through George, WA every month to Spokane from Seattle
There is a town in Georgia called Between... the sign reads " You Are In between"
Fun Fact: One of the past mayors of Batman attempted to sue Warner Bros. for allegedly using the name of his city for the name of the superhero without permission.
I ought to visit a few of these once my motorbike's back on the the road.
Promised Land, No Where Else, and Dootown are all places in Tasmania, Australia
This list could be so much longer. There is a town/ farm in South Africa called Tweebuffelsmeteenskotmorsdoodgeskietfontein meaning two buffalos killed with one shot spring.
There's a place in Co. Wicklow in Ireland called 'Jack's Hole". It has been known to be windy.
Melbourne Australia was almost called 'Batmania'
When he said muffdiving, I almost died of laugher.
i love this channel, i had a shit day, and its always nice to have a good laugh
I'm sure you will be happy to know that Paradise, PA is halfway between Intercourse and Blue Balls. Yup, 5 miles separate Paradise from each of the neighboring towns.
Here in North Louisiana, there is a town called Haile, and a road called Hooker Hole Road
I'm surprised that Climax, Michigan didn't make this list. We also have Hell, Michigan and Paradise, Michigan.
You can say it's the only place you can go to Hell and Paradise all in the same day!
Australia has a few funny place names. Watanobbi for one, Tittybong for another. And the rest I can't be stuffed writing down but you get the drift.
Oh...How could I forget Bird-in-Hand?
There's a village near me called North Nibley, not too bad but it has a tower on a hill called "Nibley Knob"
Swastika is now named Bald and has been Bala for decades