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Re: American cities was Re: Paxba-Sazna Lexicon (phonetics)

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Thursday, March 6, 2003, 17:28
>You think that's bad? Swedish has a huge amount of hilarious placenames.
At least they sound funny now. They didn't of course back when they were named.
> >Some examples: > >Runkesten 'Jerkoff stone' >Snålkuk 'Stingy dick/cock' >Snopptorp 'Williecroft / Dickcroft' >Pungpina 'Scrotum pain' >Röva 'Ass / Arse' >Kräkånger 'Vomit remorse' > >The inhabitants of this last one actually had the name of their village
changed to something less conspicuous. The King of all place names remains: Dildo, Newfoundland. M

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