Places You Thought That Were Fake But There Real

Arthur Beesley · 14-07-2014 08:53PM

Muff and Minge.

bnt · 14-07-2014 09:36PM

I knew about Bora Bora, but I thought Tora Bora was just another island next door. It's not. :eek:

Arthur Beesley · 14-07-2014 09:39PM

bnt wrote: »

I knew about Bora Bora, but I thought Tora Bora was just another island next door. It's not. :eek:

I thought we all knew that...even Bin Laden.

pavb2 · 14-07-2014 09:44PM

Glocca Morra

I think that film Finians Rainbow about 'the little people 'was filmed there and that song 'How are things in Glocca Morra'

Slicemeister · 14-07-2014 09:47PM

Balbec. There's a southern Limerick town proud of "Up the Baaalbak".

Hadnt realised it actually existed til I googled it. What a dump. Basically been bombed to bits since 06 and has a pretty unfortunate history.

They must have their reasons, would love to know why.

Gamayun · 14-07-2014 09:48PM

There's a Spanish village called Castrillo Matajudíos (Castrillo Kill the Jews). When I first heard someone mention it I assumed they were taken in by an article by The Onion, but it's real:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/14/spain-castrillo-matajudios-kill-the-jews-name-change

After Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492, "someone wrote that now we're more Christian and decided to change the name from Jews' Hill to Kill the Jews," Rodriguez said, adding that it was important for people to understand "our roots" before reaching a decision on the name.

Slicemeister · 14-07-2014 09:56PM

pavb2 wrote: »

Glocca Morra

I think that film Finians Rainbow about 'the little people 'was filmed there and that song 'How are things in Glocca Morra'

One of the nicest views in the country going over the GloccaMorra looking at the Galtees in the distance!

oldyouth · 14-07-2014 10:02PM

Ballylickey Upper

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ballylickey+upper&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=40.59616,86.572266&t=h&hnear=Ballylickey+Upper,+County+Cork,+Ireland&z=15

Hotfail.com · 14-07-2014 10:32PM

Katy Perry's breasts.

Aquagakka · 14-07-2014 10:46PM

Denton in England.

I thought it was a fictional town in the Inspector Frost dramas.

I have never heard of it outside that.

Geomy · 14-07-2014 10:50PM

The Gun Post,Rinenna, Shannon Airport.
It's a series of tunnels built during WW2 and they're still there across from Aerospace.
Easy enough to find and accessible. ..

osarusan · 14-07-2014 10:57PM

Ouagadougou.

osarusan · 14-07-2014 10:59PM

Knob Lick is a place in Missouri.

Misticles · 14-07-2014 11:03PM

Barry in Wales.

bitemeluis · 14-07-2014 11:47PM

Zihuatanejo

Badly Drunk Boy · 15-07-2014 03:54AM

jiminho wrote: »

I live in Alberta and there's a few funny named places around here:

Lake Minnewanka
Shaganappi
Balzac

Didn't believe it when I first heard about them. They sound like something out of Anchorman.

While I'm sure the first two are native names, the third one would have been named after the French 19th century novelist, Honoré de Balzac.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 15-07-2014 04:01AM

Aquagakka wrote: »

Denton in England.

I thought it was a fictional town in the Inspector Frost dramas.

I have never heard of it outside that.

You're after reminding me a friend of mine used to think the same thing about Slough (sp?) from The Office. He thought it was just a made up crappy town with the most depressing-sounding name someone could think of, I can see where he was coming from really.

Aside from the translated-by-Bing looking title this thread is really cracking me up.

jrmb · 15-07-2014 04:28AM

Chipping Sodbury

Chancer3001 · 15-07-2014 04:38AM

The badgers arse.

Co galway

Canis Lupus · 15-07-2014 08:23AM

Place here in Australia called Humpty Doo.

jimgoose · 15-07-2014 08:25AM

I was never convinced about Nobber, but it's real enough alright. Similarly, I thought Termonfeckin was made up by Christy Moore or someone, but no - there it is!

As an aside, there is a rather magnificent signpost at the old cross of Donoghmore about a half-hour outside Cork city out the Nad road, which is more of it, come to think of it. Anyway, this announces the weary traveller's gateway to such wonders as Bweeng, Stuake and New Tipperary. In the case of that last I had a vision of hardy pioneers embarking, Mayflower-esque, to a new and verdant land escaping religious persecution. Not to mention damn near starving to death because no-one knew how to grow maize, biy! :pac::pac::pac:

jimgoose · 15-07-2014 08:26AM

jrmb wrote: »

Chipping Sodbury

Been there a few times with a previous job, would you believe. It is awe-inspiringly dull. :pac:

jimgoose · 15-07-2014 08:38AM

Slicemeister wrote: »

Balbec. There's a southern Limerick town proud of "Up the Baaalbak".

Hadnt realised it actually existed til I googled it. What a dump. Basically been bombed to bits since 06 and has a pretty unfortunate history.

They must have their reasons, would love to know why.

Mmm. Bilboa, Elton, Oola and Carrigcitil are also very real places in Limerick. Slightly tangentially, regional accents cause a certain amount of trouble with placenames. I was chatting up a girl from Manchester many years ago, and she was telling me that it was quite a nice town, apart from the Mossad. "OK, must not make fool of self", my processors muttered frantically, "But what in the fortified fcuk does the Israeli Secret Service have to do with Manchester, and do I even want to know??". She was of course talking about the Moss Side in a Lancashire lilt! :pac:

GrumpyMe · 15-07-2014 08:49AM

There is one Effin place in Limerick...
And Queensland Australia has a place called Slippy Downs!

RossFixxxed · 15-07-2014 08:56AM

Zzyzx Road. I though it was just a Stone Sour song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k_iafjurhs

But it turns out it's a real place :O

https://maps.google.com/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-ie:IE-Address&oe=&gfe_rd=cr&gws_rd=ssl&hl=en&q=zzyzx+road&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x80c5a4a80816afaf:0x1d96e1e650e8f29a,Zzyzx+Rd,+CA,+USA&sa=X&ei=j97EU-TBAYPDO9XXgEA&ved=0CBUQ8gEoATAA

paulbok · 15-07-2014 09:37AM

Newark, always thought it was a made up city name in the US for books & movies to avoid upsetting those in real cities.

jimgoose · 15-07-2014 10:08AM

paulbok wrote: »

Newark, always thought it was a made up city name in the US for books & movies to avoid upsetting those in real cities.

Oddly enough, I thought the same for years about Romford in North-East London!

old_aussie · 15-07-2014 10:13AM

Dunedoo

Cee-Jay-Cee · 15-07-2014 10:17AM

Heaven.

Apparently it's real and where really good people go when they're dead.

Marcusm · 15-07-2014 10:24AM

paulbok wrote: »

Newark, always thought it was a made up city name in the US for books & movies to avoid upsetting those in real cities.

It's not even original - named after a town in Lincolnshire in England.

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