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Places You Thought That Were Fake But There Real

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freaking Albuquerque is a real place :eek:

i always thought that was a looney tunes joke

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Arthur Beesley

Muff and Minge.

bnt

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

Arthur Beesley

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

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

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

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

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

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

Katy Perry's breasts.

Aquagakka

Denton in England.

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

I have never heard of it outside that.

Geomy

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

Ouagadougou.

osarusan

Knob Lick is a place in Missouri.

Misticles

Barry in Wales.

bitemeluis

Zihuatanejo

Badly Drunk Boy

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.

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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

Chipping Sodbury

Chancer3001

The badgers arse.

Co galway

Canis Lupus

Place here in Australia called Humpty Doo.

jimgoose

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

jrmb wrote: »

Chipping Sodbury

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

jimgoose

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

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

RossFixxxed

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

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

jimgoose

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

Dunedoo

Cee-Jay-Cee

Heaven.

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

Marcusm

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.