Also, 'seri' means he/she/it 'empties its bowels' in my native tongue, so learning capital of Brunei (Lesotho also has an amusing one) was very funny to me in elementary school.
Serbian name of one village in Kosovo (Šupkovac) has the same root as the fecal spewing sphincter.
Špičkovina in Croatia makes natives giggle for similar reasons like Canadian pronounciation of Regina.
There are two cities in Sichuan called Neijiang and Shehong. While completely normal on their own, there's this bus route called 内射快巴 (Nei(jiang)-She(hong) Fast Bus). Let's just say the first two characters together have a very different meaning...
Truth or Consequences
Although I did find thanks to that this great article.
Quite a jumpscare once you click it, maybe not suitable for here...
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perfectedEnglish, it follows the same rule.Happy Valley Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador and Funny River, Alaska are neat.
City, the name of two small hamlets in Wales.
Candy Kitchen, New Mexico is a classic.
Ruyton-XI-Towns, England. It's pronounced "eleven."
Also, 'seri' means he/she/it 'empties its bowels' in my native tongue, so learning capital of Brunei (Lesotho also has an amusing one) was very funny to me in elementary school.
Serbian name of one village in Kosovo (Šupkovac) has the same root as the fecal spewing sphincter.
Špičkovina in Croatia makes natives giggle for similar reasons like Canadian pronounciation of Regina.
I went past a city council called Pyrenees, which irritated me so much (because I'm not in Europe)...
I put together a list of funny and odd place names and made some quizzes out of them, if anyone's interested:
https://www.jetpunk.com/series/1374763/strangely-named-towns-and-cities
Have a butchers at my blog series on the subject....
HERE
Yes, Y is a town.