Ironic place names
Mar 11th 2008 | 6:26 pm
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Ironic place names
Name the ironic place names (UK and Aus) that are beautiful in one country and not so beautiful in the other. I will start with
Penrith!
Can anyone else think of any?
Penrith!
Can anyone else think of any?
Mar 11th 2008 | 6:33 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
Where we live for starters - Scarborough!!! Then just down the road, we have Brighton and Margate!! WORLDS apart from their British counterparts!!
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Mar 11th 2008 | 6:37 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
Never been the US one but I'm hazarding a guess it couldn't be less welcoming.
Mar 11th 2008 | 6:55 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
Brighton, Tasmania
Brighton, East Sussex.
Brighton, East Sussex.
Mar 11th 2008 | 7:00 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
Newport...rather nice here if a bit industrialised
Newport, Gwent.....
Newport, Gwent.....
Mar 11th 2008 | 7:01 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
London England
London Ontario
you can guess which one is big & dirty for yourself.
London Ontario
you can guess which one is big & dirty for yourself.
Mar 11th 2008 | 7:02 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
ohhh thought of another within Melbourne
Camberwell- v posh here
Camberwell London- the pits
Camberwell- v posh here
Camberwell London- the pits
Mar 11th 2008 | 7:05 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
Sorrento, Perth and Sorrento, Italy.
But the best one.....York, WA, York UK!!!
Come to think of it there are many. And Australia loses out on every one I think.
(poss. apart from Swansea, TAS and Sheffield TAS)
But the best one.....York, WA, York UK!!!
Come to think of it there are many. And Australia loses out on every one I think.
(poss. apart from Swansea, TAS and Sheffield TAS)
Mar 11th 2008 | 7:06 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
Hollond park in london
Hollond Park in Brisbane,
I know which area I rather have my house in, like my brother does, in london.
Hollond Park in Brisbane,
I know which area I rather have my house in, like my brother does, in london.
Mar 11th 2008 | 9:30 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
Southport,Merseyside.
About which, Morrissey wrote...
Trudging slowly over wet sand
Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
This is the coastal town
That they forgot to close down
Armageddon - come armageddon!
Come, armageddon! come!
Everyday is like sunday
Everyday is silent and grey
Hide on the promenade
Etch a postcard :
How I dearly wish I was not here
In the seaside town
...that they forgot to bomb
Come, come, come - nuclear bomb
Everyday is like sunday
Everyday is silent and grey
Trudging back over pebbles and sand
And a strange dust lands on your hands
(and on your face...)
(on your face ...)
(on your face ...)
(on your face ...)
Everyday is like sunday
Win yourself a cheap tray
Share some greased tea with me
Everyday is like Sunday.
Southport,Gold Coast.
Beautiful holiday destination.
About which, Morrissey wrote...
Trudging slowly over wet sand
Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
This is the coastal town
That they forgot to close down
Armageddon - come armageddon!
Come, armageddon! come!
Everyday is like sunday
Everyday is silent and grey
Hide on the promenade
Etch a postcard :
How I dearly wish I was not here
In the seaside town
...that they forgot to bomb
Come, come, come - nuclear bomb
Everyday is like sunday
Everyday is silent and grey
Trudging back over pebbles and sand
And a strange dust lands on your hands
(and on your face...)
(on your face ...)
(on your face ...)
(on your face ...)
Everyday is like sunday
Win yourself a cheap tray
Share some greased tea with me
Everyday is like Sunday.
Southport,Gold Coast.
Beautiful holiday destination.
Mar 11th 2008 | 10:36 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
Paradise Island, Bahamas...NOT
Swastika, Ontario - in the heart of German Mennonite country
Swastika, Ontario - in the heart of German Mennonite country
Mar 11th 2008 | 10:41 pm
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Re: Ironic place names
Newcastle - probably a tie (NSW and Northumberland)
Cambridge UK beats Cambridge Mass IMHO
Camden London probably ahead of Camden NSW
Melbourn Cambridge vs Melbourne Vic - hmmm hard one
Cambridge UK beats Cambridge Mass IMHO
Camden London probably ahead of Camden NSW
Melbourn Cambridge vs Melbourne Vic - hmmm hard one
