Does your town have strange street names?

Question

Here are a few from Charleston, I will put the spelling, then the actual pronunciation...no wonder people get lost here

Huger....pronounced who gee (I looked for ever trying to find this whoo gee street)

Horry...now folks I pronounced it as it was written, but it is OARY (couldn't find that street on the map either!)

Round O,,,nope not round o, ROND O

I will also add, that they have solicitors here, I thought they were prostitiutes, turns out that they are attorneys, who knew?

I am loving your input, thes are so funny!

Desert Viking: There was a break- in a few houses away, the police officer asked me what they were saying, I told him I was sorry that I don't speak southern. Yes I need a translator for /Charlestonese.

My sister just moved from Henderson, NV

Answer 1

we have a few southern ones
1-hillbilly hollow
2-loch ness ave.
3-no business ave.
4-pig path street
5-copperhead road
6-filthy peter drive[no joke]

Answer 2

In the city south of me (Henderson, Nevada) there are a series of streets which were named in World War Two. Strangely those names can still stir the heart today: Army Street, Navy Street, Marine Place and Victory Drive.
But, my all-time favorites are in Oakland, California, the site of my last Navy duty station. There are three streets named for female first names. Not too strange you say? Well, since they were named over 150 years ago at a time when women were still considered property, it is somewhat unique. What really adds to the story is that these three ladies were the mistresses of the three fellows who started up the city of Oakland. One can only ponder if the length of each street is proportional to the length of the affair. LOL!
P.S.: As for Charleston you forgot to buy that book which translates "Charlestonese" into standard English.

Answer 3

You are so funny.
There are some streets here that I was straightened out about really fast.

Kanis. I pronounced Canis, it is prounounced cane-is. Oh, well.

There are some towns around the state that I also mispronounced, according to the natives.
One is El Dorado. They say El Doraydo.
This one is also a small town. Toad Suck. No kidding.
It's fun though to learn the way a street is pronounced. Well, I guess you know where I live now, and sigh, it isn't Texas anymore.

Answer 4

In Moncton, New Brunswick (my homeland) there's a highway named 9/11 2001. i will't think of how city planners have been in a position to work out that as a sturdy ingredient there became right into an excellent push in NB to call all streets so as that the emergency systems could be gentle. The citizens of small usa lanes have been given to call their very own. My very usual one is Stormin' Norman lane. that's exterior of Port Elgin and somebody has their cottage there.

Answer 5

Yes, We have names from American Literature. Don't laugh!Like Barefoot Boy, Woven Moonbeam, Dewlit Way,
Old Man Court, Countless Stars Run, Purple Twilight Way,
Snowman Court, Spelling Bee.
Some are nice, but some are too much.

Answer 6

The street I live on intersects with CHICKEN VALLEY ROAD (our housing area is built on an old plantation...the original plantation house is on the next block..same street). Then there's HILL TOP ROAD.....it's only 30 feet above sea level! We do have a park ...MT. TRASHMORE PARK. The "MOUNTAIN"....60 or 70 feet high...is actually a landscaped land fill (aka trash dump). They have been building MT. TRASHMORE II for several years about 10 miles away.
We have 2 streets with 2 names: 31st St. is also Laskin Road, and 17th St. is also Virginia Beach Blvd.

Answer 7

Here in the uk it's the names of the villages that have strange names not so much the streets. Here are a few.

Midsommer Norton / Peasedown St. John /

Upton Scudamore / Come-to Good / Buckland Dinham

Stratton St Margaret / Sutton Benger / Kings Langley

Doesn't it make you wonder who thinks these names up? lol

Answer 8

Yes, we have a lot of strange street names-many areas have sections with themes of names: girls, trees, cars, etc. The worst are the ones that go both directions with the same name, but different endings-lane, blvd, st, etc.

When we're driving around we comment on how glad we are not to live on certain streets that just don't sound to good. Makes you wonder who did the naming.

Answer 9

No strange names..they only change names in the middle of the road..El Camino to The Alameda. Hedding to Pruneridge. Stevens Creek to San Carlos. Great America to Bowers to Kiely No rhyme or reason they should change names but they do..

Answer 10

hahahah thats so weird! We dont have anything too interesting here...we have Blow Street. That;s the only thing coming to mind. And I always think that MacEwan is Mase-wan, but its Mack-eeew-an. Confusing the 2st time i saw that spelled out. Oh, and in Banff all the street are animals...like Beaver Street. haha.

Answer 11

We have a section of town with nursery rhyme names as in Little Bo Peep, Lil Jack Horner, Miss Muffet Lane.