The best part about Shitterton is that the name comes from “sewer town.” Not another language, no alternate meaning, it is just it sounds in modern English.
Time for a road trip
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samus12345@lemmy.world 1 day ago
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
The sign for Shitterton had to be carved out of a big chunk of local stone, because the normal metal ones kept getting nicked. Obviously.
AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 1 day ago
meliaesc@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“I tried out that shit barber shop, not bad!”
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nothing beats, Fucking, Austria:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria
"Fugging (German: [ˈfʊkɪŋ] ⓘ), spelled Fucking until 2021, is an Austrian village (…)
Augustina Lindlbauer, the manager of an area guesthouse, said that the area had lakes, forests, and vistas worth visiting, but there was an “obsession with Fucking”, and she had to explain to a British tourist “that there were no Fucking postcards”.
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I refuse to spell it any other way than Fucking.
rishado@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes, I too was a reddit user from approximately 2010-2020
ShadowCatEXE@lemmy.world 1 day ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
4oreman@lemy.lol 1 day ago
Isle of man ; lol
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 day ago
You missed out Minge Lane.
roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I’ve always liked that one. On a scale of fanny to gash, how impolite is it considered over there?
FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 1 day ago
It was very popular in the mid-2000s but I don’t think I’ve heard anyone use it since then. I’d say somewhere in the middle.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 days ago
No Bell End or Wetwang?
UncleArthur@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Lots of side trips available to places such as Upper and Lower Dicker (East Sussex), Scratchy Bottom (Dorset) and Minge Lane (Worcestershire).
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I am equally impressed that the journey is over 1k miles, considering the entire island is about 600 miles top to bottom. An extra 400 miles of no straight roads.
200ok@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I heard the phrase, “as the bird flies” recently in reference to the 600 miles type of measurement and thought that was neat
FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 1 day ago
“As the crow flies” is a pretty common expression on this very isle
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If you want a shorter trip you can go from Blue Ball to Paradise. The road goes through Intercourse.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Hahaha, such silly names!
Who would even want to live in a town called Glasgow?
joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So the uk has a 1000 km taint 🤔
francisfordpoopola@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Texas checking in… We don’t have as good of names like that but we have cities like Paris, Athens, and Odessa, TX. I think there are maybe 20 to 25 international city names that would make a fascinating road trip and probably be over 1K miles/1600 Km.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
So not only do you guys not have a sense of humor, you also aren’t even creative enough to come up with your own names?
Pathetic
francisfordpoopola@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I didn’t realize the shitpost community also comes with its own Reddit bots. Nice! The assholery is appreciated. Thank you for throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
pyre@lemmy.world 1 day ago
you can claim you traveled to all those cities and hope people don’t have a follow-up question
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
rockman057@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Although still not as good as these, Texas does have some weirder names. Point Blank, TX and Cut and Shoot, TX are two that come to mind.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So when I hear that someone got shot at Point Blank, they were in Texas. TIL
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The colonists really missed an opportunity imo, the USA could have had such great place names as New Fingringhoe, but instead it seems like only the boring names got copied :(
uhhhehhh@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Gonna have to check out slutshole lane
Gort@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Should have made a detour to Pratt’s Bottom.
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 1 day ago
FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Quick, someone print out and photocopy this photo
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I always thought Twatt and Shitterton were so close to each other… Shows what I know
Hikermick@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Here in Ohio you can go from Dayton to Marion in four hours but it’s a commitment
BakerBagel@midwest.social 1 day ago
I’m from Engagement Ohio. It’s right between Dayton and Marion
bruhduh@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Since I’ve seen this route I’ve constantly came
sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Lmaoo Glasgow
Assman@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Ass Hill, you say 👀
NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hey Assman!
dditty@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I just confirmed that all of those places are real as depicted
JonkerDoberman@lemm.ee 1 day ago
*Knob’erGob
pi3r8@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They have twatt swag too!
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ooh, I should be near a few of these in a couple weeks. Might as well make the stop.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 day ago
Still avoids Scunthorpe. There is no good reason to visit Scunthorpe.
pyre@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think that’s the Tom Scott video where I learned about Penistone
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 day ago
Yup
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’ve only learned the name “Scunthorpe” recently because I was reading up on a band I really like from there. I remember noting that it was about the ugliest name for a town I could think of that doesn’t actually contain any recognizable words… but I would assume it’s a perfectly lovely place regardless of that
Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I take it you’ve not heard of the Scunthorpe problem?