Which cities have the coolest/most interesting names?

[kent_moore]

Nothing beats PHOENIX :lol:

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by AFP

Panoche California

That one has always cracked me up. LOL

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Walshie79

Is the mountain in Georgia called "Young Lick Knob" as rude-sounding in American English as it is in British?

Imagine taking a trip from Young Lick Knob to Intercourse then ending in Climax.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by danielsa1775

I like the aborgional names in Australia. Some of these are cities, though most are towns.

We have to the O's like
Woolongong
Wooloomoloo
Mooloolaba
Toowoomba
Coorparoo
Toogoolawah


The a double something something A's
Woolongabba
Wangarattta
Coolangatta
Parramatta
Cabramatta
Oodnodatta

The Doubles
Woy Woy
Wee Waa
Bli Bli
Gin Gin
Wagga Wagga
Bong Bong

some others.

Nar Nar Goon
Tittybong
Dunnedo - Pronouced Duuny-Do (Dunny is Australian Slang for Toilet)
Muckadilla

Like some Native American ones with lots of "E's":

Tallahassee
Okeechobee
Okefenokee
Chattahoochee

[England Dan]

Focking Sussex

[Fabio SBA]

Originally Posted by improb

Our commentators had a hard time at the last World Cup when pronouncing the name of your players, they constantly shifted between the Anglophone pronounce (for some reason), the Italian one and the local one.

Being intelligible in brazilian portuguese is simple:
* CH, Ç, J and Z are pronounced exactly as they would be spoken in French.
* ÃO is almost exactly like the word "own" (fact: native english speakers are the only foreigners able to speak this diphtong correctly).
* NH and LH are the same as Ñ and LL in Spanish.
* All the rest may be pronounced exactly like in Italian, without prejudice of the communication and without sounding weird.

[Italian (x)lurker]

Sömmerda is a city in Thuringia but in Italian slang it means "I am s.hi.t"

[Warszawa]

Orleans, France
Dijon, France
Burgundy, France
Carcassone, France
Albufeira, Portugal
Reggia Calabria, Italy
Gijon, Spain
Amorebieta, Spain
Torrelavega, Spain
Guaratingueta, Brazil
Guarapuava, Brazil
Urupema, Brazil
Paraguanamirim, Brazil
Paranagua, Brazil
Ararangua, Brazil
Itacoatiara, Brazil
Jericoacoara, Brazil
Arequipa, Peru
Ayaviri, Peru
Lunahuana, Peru
Urubamba, Peru
Piura, Peru
Sicuani, Peru
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Curacavi, Chile
Antofagasta, Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Copiapo, Chile
Gualeguaychu, Argentina
Paysandu, Uruguay

[Eden Morlevent]

a couple in French:

Angoisse (anguish)
Anus
Duranus (hard anus)
Deux-Verges (two penises)
La Trique (the hard on)
La Porcherie (pigsty)
Bourré (drunk)
Glandage (hanging around)
Pauvres (poor)
Pleurs (cries)
Sexfontaines
Y

should i mention Montcuq (which sound like "my a$$" and Condom ?

now some i actually like (in France)...

Nouméa
Bondy
Gap
Schiltigheim
Malakoff
Eguisheim
Souffelweyersheim
Douarnenez
Plouzané
Yaté
Renung
Plaisir
Xouaxange

[musiqum]

Liverpool, UK
Blackpool, UK
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Kissimmee, Florida

Grozny, Russia - (Menacing)
Uchquduq, Uzbekistan - (Three Wells (Fountains))
Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan - (Red Horde)