While their inhabitants might not be too happy about it, there are a lot of places around the world, with names that are offensive in the English language, but don’t mean a thing in the language spoken in their area.
In recent years, it became quite common for the street signs of these cities and villages to be stolen by tourists that are amused at their meaning.
I’ve seen quite a few lists with funny city names, but after research and looking for proof of their existence, I came up with the list below. Included are only names that I found truly funny and I could found street signs or their presence on a map.
Fucking, Austria
A tiny village from Austria, Fucking has a population of 93 people and apparently they spend quite large sums of money replacing the sign from the entrance of the village, because British tourists made a habit out of stealing them as a souvenir.
The hilarious part of the sign below, is that under the Fucking sign, there is another saying "Please, not so fast". A good match, though they probably had something else in mind. Maybe telling drivers not to speed up in their village.
Climax
Quite a popular name apparently, Climax is the name of 9 American towns and 1 Canadian.
Climax appears to have been around since 1896 and gains its name from a company that produced chewing tobacco. It is claimed that when a visitor from Fertile, a settlement over the border in Iowa, unfortunately lost her life in an car crash, a local paper reported: ‘Fertile woman dies in Climax.’
Wank
Wank is a small village in Germany, with just 28 houses, and plenty of problems with british tourists that are stealing their signs. The sign has been replaced 27 times already and the village’s small budget is taking quite a beating because of it.
Dildo, Canada and Dildo Island
Dildo is a small town in Canada, and quite a nice one, as it got an award for being one of the ten prettiest small towns in Canada.
Some residents have tried to change the name several times but to no avail. One person stated, "It was good enough for our forefathers so it’s good enough for us."
Condom, France
Given the more widespread social use, in the English language, of the word condom, it is interesting to note that the town is located on the river Baïse; baise, without the diaeresis, is a French vulgarism for a sex act.
In French language however, a condom is usually called préservatif and seldom condom.
The city is a popular target for street sign stealing tourists. It is also home to a museum of famous population-control devices.
Cocks, United Kingdom
A small village as seen on the map. Couldn’t find other information about Cocks.
Puke, Albania
It seems that the region of Puke is actually considered one of the cleanest and pitoresque from Albania. And yes, those three dots on the sign are bullet holes.
Beaver Lick
Beaver Lick is a town from Kentucky, with a history of mineral deposits of salt, and it seems that many towns with such a history have the word Lick in them. None as appropriate as this one though.
Intercourse
With a population of 1,000, the town of Intercourse is located in Pennsylvania. When it was named, in 1814, intercourse had commercial connotations as related to business transactions, and people hoped it would become a trading center. Boy, were they wrong.
Sexmoan, Philippines
Tong Fuk, Hong Kong
Located on Lantau Island, in Hong Kong, Tong Fuk is a small village, quite popular for holiday recreation (I’m not surprised). The main attraction of the area is the Tong Fuk Beach, where houses can be rented.
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Believe it or not, there IS actually a Liberal, Kansas.
Dude, As far as Fucking Austria,
You can’t tell me the Americans are in it for the sound of music. America spawned Beavis and Butthead. Our retarded culture rocks the world and ups the ante of stupid jack assed humor every time. We’re pioneers when it comes to fucking. Don’t pretend that we’re all sophisticated. That pisses us off and makes us want to destroy other sophisticated cultures even more, blowing everyone’s mind further than they imagined. Keep this shit up and We’ll be dropping mdma pills all over arab nations.
I’m not an American, and I’m not pretending Americans are sophisticated. I don’t even believe that.
Americans are just dumb.
There’s a Cumming,GA
Yeah and all Brits are wankers and chavs. Give it up.
Dood what in the world is he talking about? If I saw that sign I would have armed myself with a screw driver and stole that sign too!
Oh! and as well there is a Cockring Oxford, PA not too sure if that is the correct spelling but it is right off either the main highway or RT 1 I forget but I have been there before!
As far as the names of the towns go, I think there all really funny. As far as the whole dumb Americans thing goes, it’s getting really old and not even related to the topic of the blog. And Phuckface Digitalis, people like you are so annoying because you can’t just take humor at face value. You are the kind of person that others avoid because you’re known as an jackass who doesn’t know how to have fun.
Seriously. Every American is dumb? Just like every “Jenny” is sophmoric and stereotypical?
“pitoresque??” Not even close. Fire up the spell-checker please. The word is “picturesque”.
Although oddly enough we invented the car, lightbulb, recorded music, telephone, airplane, personal computer, nuclear energy…I’m not saying we’re smart (that would be a royal laugh) but, hey, we seem to be keeping pace with everybody else ok. <– we also invented ok.
Americans are not dumb, we’re fucking perverted. I fact we’re so fucking bored that we elevated the use of the word to the high level it enjoys today.
Get it right fuckface.
Love,
The fucking American (who really likes to fuck)
What about Hell, Norway?
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Im American, and while I think this was very funny read (thanks for doing the research) I don’t consider myself an unsophisticated oaf. There may be many Americans who are, but you will find those people everywhere you go.
anyway, this was entertaining, its too bad Fucking didnt have post cards, if I was that British lady I would have wanted one also.
My family used to live near Intercourse, PA. The best thing about the town is that there’s also a small town called Paradise just down the road. The locals say that you have to go through Intercourse to get to Paradise.
You forgot the best part of Intercourse Pa. It’s the best way to get from Blue ball to Paradise.
There’s a real down called Cumming in Georgia. It is a suburb of Atlanta.
…and Jenny’s gonna do something about it. You can sit there with your nose toward the sky, but when the land of “Freedom Fries” goes down the tubes it’s probably going to try and drag a significant chunk of our planet with it. We’re all in the same globalized boat.
Wanker’s Corner, Oregon
“Although oddly enough we invented the car, lightbulb, recorded music, telephone, airplane, personal computer, nuclear energy…I’m not saying we’re smart (that would be a royal laugh) but, hey, we seem to be keeping pace with everybody else ok.”
Wrong!
Cars, lightbulbs, and recorded music were invented by various Frenchmen. The telephone was created by an Austrian. The airplane was invented by an Italian, though the first working model was made by Americans. Yes, we invented PCs and nuclear energy, but we shouldn’t give ourselves too much credit. Most of our attributed creations are simply improved or stolen-patent versions of European creations. If anything, we’re really good at mass marketing.
cocks is just outside truro in cornwall , theres about 20 houses and 3 pubs and a nightclub . like most towns in cornwall there are more pubs than people . dont think many people have stolen our sign et though
Don’t forget Gay, OK.
They have a Gay Police Station, Gay City Council, Gay Public Works, and Gay Library.
wow, you are a fuck.
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I’m from Pennsylvania and we also have a town here called Middlesex.
There was a Wessex, a Sussex, and an Essex, but never a Nossex. I guess there might have been, but either no-one lived there or the population died out. Is Middlesex for TVs or bi-sexuals? That’d explain why so many MPs come from there.
There is a Gay Street in West Sussex and an Effingham in Surrey both England
How is Mianus, CT not on this list…
How bout Big Beaver, Saskatchewan Canada
there’s a little patch town a few miles from where i live called keisterville…there is also a hell, michigan.
but fucking, austria really takes the cake.
wowwwww.
How about Hell, Michigan, Climax, Michigan or French Lick, Indiana?
Humptulips, Washington
along the Pacific Coast
“Although oddly enough we invented the car, lightbulb, recorded music, telephone, airplane, personal computer, nuclear energy…I’m not saying we’re smart (that would be a royal laugh) but, hey, we seem to be keeping pace with everybody else ok.â€
Some wrong some right.
Car = French.
Lightbulb = English.
Recorded music = Technically French (but no playback) so really American.
Phone = Scottish.
Plane = American.
PC = American.
Nuclear Power = Italian (Project was American but actual inventor was Fermi he was Italian)
There’s a Humpybong in Australia.
What about Wyre Piddle and Piddle in the Hole in the UK.
I’ve been to Condom !
You’re right, many cities are named with the word “lick” in them. A close second to Beaver Lick is Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky.
@the bone head on digitalis who slammed Americans: WE didn’t say that all we were interested in was “The Sound of Music” … the Germans did. Reading for comprehension is a 3rd grade skill: keep trying, you can do it.
I think that the British woman has hit on a way to pay for the stolen signs that the Fucking citizens were just too dumb to see. Try these captions on for size: “Brits too old for Fucking”, “When you go on vacation, leave time for Fucking” “No Fucking Brits”, “No Fucking in England”, “The REAL Fucking is in Germany”.
While the term Fucking may not have any special meaning in the German language, how many signs do they have to replace before the Germans catch on to the fact that it -does- have a special meaning in the English language. The ‘air of innocence’ is entirely feigned. It is easier to blame the tourists (why ELSE would they bother with this sleepy, historically unimportant, village?) than it is to take action to benefit from reality.
There were a lot of steps in the invention of the automobile. The ‘Italian’ contributed concept sketches, a German (Benz)turned the concepts into an initial reality, others have contributed (Daimler in Germany, Selden in the US) considerably. http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/auto.html
Henry Ford took the concept from being the exclusive toy of the wealthy, to the masses with affordable, albeit utilitarian, vehicles. Da Vinci had the idea, Benz proved it, Ford built it. We all drive it. Da Vinci’s idea was worthless until Benz took it off the page, overcame its engineering problems and made it work. But Benz could barely assemble one at a time … Ford (taking a cue from Colt who doubtless was building on the thinking of others) put the car within reach of many millions of people … and thus we have paved roads that we all, rich and poor alike, can use.
I am trying to make the point that we need to think in terms of HUMAN contributions, not nationalistic. Benz did NOT invent out of patriotism, nor did Ford automate for that reason. Patriotism is a tool to manipulate others to do what you want them to do.
I don’t know what Italian is taking credit for inventing the light bulb and recorded music, but Thomas Edison documented his work with carbon filaments and wax cylinders. There IS such a thing as independent invention; witness the competing forms of video tape formats and DVD formats. I think that the only valid claim to powered flight to challenge the Wright brothers is that of a Brazilian. Who came up with it first is pretty iffy … but who was able to convince others of its usefulness is not. Frankly, I think that the Brazilian beat us to powered flight and I am certain that the Russians beat us to space. But they have taken far more fatalities than we have and our accomplishments are far from trivial. The ISS would be in a world of hurt if we didn’t have a bus to ferry people and material.
Also, the Russians, well after the explosions in Japan, invented nuclear explosives on their own soil. In fact, at 50 megatons, I think they have lit off the largest one so far.
No one can claim to have ‘invented’ nuclear … the most they can claim is having discovered a way to harness it. Judging by the way our sun warms us, I’d guess that our local scientists have a way to go before they can claim to have mastered it.
Let’s not ignore the contributions of anyone, okay? America owes a lot to the agri-chemistry genius of a Black man and Blacks owe a lot to the mass-production genius and dedication to education of White men who may not have thought much of the Black man but who left behind useful tools, nonetheless.
Sheesh guys … drop the nationalism … that’s what makes us pawns willing to kill each other because some politician (with the backing of commercial interests) or some religious leader (with the backing of the politicians) tells us to.
The attack on the WTC means that the US has a dispute with another group that it hasn’t been able, despite its vast resources, to resolve peacefully. No one attacks a country this powerful without compelling reason … and I don’t for a minute believe that militant Islam is the reason … it is the ‘cover excuse’ … but not the reason. There is even room for doubt as to the exact nature of the attacks.
Wake up, pawns. Step back two paces and get a wider view of what is going on. Become your own masters again and stop allowing yourself to be silently shuffled about until you are finally removed from play entirely … even though the game still goes on.
Sorry for the length of this comment … but some of the shorter posts were just flat out wrong.
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It’s amazing most of these comments spawned from one insecure (yet patriotic) person. What happened to city names found humourous by english speaking people?
Also, I thought a Canadian invented the telephone- Alexander Graham Bell? No?
Alexander Graham Bell, though he invented the telephone IN Canada, and spent much of his latter life (as well as his death) there, is from Scotland. BillinDetroit, that was an enjoyable read, good point!
But then, the whole province is!
I live in Newfoundland Canada, where Dildo is! It IS gorgeous.
There is also a Hooker Oklahoma.
I live in Philadelphia and in order to get to paradise from Philadelphia the roads either lead you through intercourse PA or through Bird in hand PA both of which are amusing gateways to paradise
Hate to burst your bubble but Fucking isnt pronounced the way it appears.
Knob Lick, MO always made me giggle when I drove by.
I live about 20 miles from Climax, MN… Just to correct an error, that story is from the Grand Forks Herald about 2 years ago, when a woman from Fertile, MN died in a car accident in Climax.
One story floating around the airport involves a female pilot reporting to air traffic control that she was about two minutes to climax, and another pilot responding “I’ll help you along”
Can we get back to the Sound of Music? Damn… I LOVE that movie. That movie and Fucking are a few of my favorite things.
So the article says “Germans Not Amused” when referring to Austrians? Maybe you’d like to get your ‘Fucking’ facts straight.
Why can’t you just enjoy the humor of these names without whining about the comments in the article. The whole thing is “fucking” funny to alot of people. Also, I think Americans are becoming lazy and unimaginative. There are lots of other words to use in the English language than just “f”ing.
Theres a Weed, CA.
What about Mianus, Connecticutt?
I believe there is also a Hell, PA as well as a Panic, PA.
And although it was somewhat off-topic, I agree with much of what BillinDetroit had to say. Especially the part about, regardless of nation, that we all tend to be pawns. Our governments have agendas that we’re not privy to, and they will act on those agendas, all in secret, or give us some smokescreen story if any detail leaks out, and tell us it’s for our own good. And we eat it up!! “YES we will allow some freedoms to be taken from us if you say it will make us safer!” Perhaps slightly safer from THEM, whoever THEY are (and there’s no way to prove that we are), but much less safe from our own government’s incremental intrusiveness into our daily lives. I really shouldn’t have to worry that the feds might take interest in which books I check out of the local library, but I digress, also, and this is a topic for another forum.
Usually when I hear about towns with silly names it ends up just being names like Lizzard Lick or Mars, but these are halarious.
And to even out the playing field electricity was discovered by Benjamin Franklin. Not just an American, but one of America’s founding fathers. But honestly, the whole argument itself is just rediculously immature.
In the Detroit, Michigan area there’s a Big Beaver road, which is exit 69 off of the Highway.
I was in Hell 2 weeks ago and even got a t-shirt from there! Hell, Grand Cayman. I laughed so much while visiting there, and even sent my brother a postcard from Hell!
Americans invented the car, the telephone and the airplane and nuclear power?…..YOU ARE DUMB!!!
The car - germans (then the tschech and the french), telephone (british or italian), airplanes - germans (Aviation was in in the US), nuclear power - well the start was in Germany.
why is everyone talking about “germans” the sign is in AUSTRIA. Germans are from Germany and Austrians from Austria…jeeeez.
By the way theres a village called Anus in France.
“pitoresque??†Not even close. Fire up the spell-checker please. The word is “picturesqueâ€.
Pittoresque is French for picturesque.
there is also a town in england called “cockermouth”.
“And to even out the playing field electricity was discovered by Benjamin Franklin. Not just an American, but one of America’s founding fathers. But honestly, the whole argument itself is just rediculously immature.”
Why would you even add that if you thought the argument was immature? You’re contradicting yourself by fueling the argument you say that you are against.
If you look on the map, Beaver Lick, Kentucky, is next to a state park - Big Bone Lick. Drove through there and just had to stop and, well, you know. Bought souvenir postcard. I’m such an immature American. Damn, it’s fun being me.
There is a city in Virginia called Assawoman.
lick a fuckin choad you fuckin american hating shit face.
Fuck that shit, no one should put up with bullshit like that. We’re all fuckin human. And the fact is, we live in THE MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. Notice all your queens and kings, popes, whatever is may be, they are america’s BITCH!if we wanted we could launch a fuckin secret attack on the queen of england and no “intelligence” in all of europe would even know! doesn’t that scare you away from talking shit?
We have manufactured peace in different countries that are fuckin in ruins.. How much are you guys doing for the world?
Wow america is SO dumb for being so powerful and helpful.. derrrr
sure people make mistakes, but look who has made the most difference in the world.
The poorest people in america live like middleclass compared to some people in the world, and america has always been the largest contributer to the poor outside our country.
also, I’ve been to major tourist attractions here in a america that attract british and english people and they were THE RUDEST people there. Acting like they were hot shit, breaking the rules, giving everyone dirty looks like they own the place.
As far as I’m concerned that shows some low level intellegence.
I think everyone in the world deserves love and peace.. but if your gonna fuck with america your askin for a shit load of pain.
oh and the british slapping and pulling hair is what little girls do in america.
Jay you are so frigging hilarious! Ha ha!
Anyone so patriotic to the US of A, remember the first amendment? Freedom of SPEECH? So some cheap tart said “Americans are dumb” and a boastful one said Americans invented cars, telephones, etc. WHO CARES?? They’re wrong, and anyone who didn’t sleep though school knows it. These are probably the same people who cut you off in your car whilst picking their noses, and then get mad at you. Screw ‘em!
Some wrong some right.
Car = Americans henry Ford
Lightbulb = English.
Recorded music = Technically French (but no playback) so really American.
Phone = American.
Plane = American.
PC = American.
Nuclear Power = American (Project was American but actual inventor was Fermi he was Italian)
Lightbulb = Thomas Edison
Computer Chip = China
Jet Engine = German
No country 1st-world country is “greater” than another, economies might be at different levels due to the import/export, but progressing none the less.
Political views may differ from 1 extreme to the next, but all in all we all have similar civilian laws thus making the “average joe” an equal all across the world.
cool
The first human to ever fly a jet engine airplane was Henri Coanda and he was Romanian. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Coanda)
A perfect ten to that flamboyant patriotic bullshit speech, but get your facts straight, little man! America may be the most powerfull country in the world, but you only got there because of all the great European minds which you knew how to lure and because you never had any major wars on your territory, unlike all the other nations of Europe that were devasted at one point of the history.
Most of the inventions credited to America (as a country) are actually developed by Germans.
And one more thing: just because you’re powerfull, doesn’t mean you’re smart! Just take a look at your dumbass president! A chimp has more intelligence then him! Just watch Farenheit 9/11 and you’ll see what I mean…
PS: oh, yes, you are so right, Neo! Why didn’t I see it until now? We are living in the Matrix!!! Let’s just wake up, as the man said!
In Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada there is towns called Dildo (seen above), north dildo, south dildo, come by chance, and Fredrickton which used to be called Bloody Harm.
wow i think this whole arguement is pointless. but also kindof amusing
Inventions and discoveries don’t happen overnight after a click of the finger; electricity as we know it was developed from decades of work and input by Franklin (US), Volta (It.), Faraday (Eng) and countless, countless unnamed others. The term electricity was around for over 150 years before Franklin’s self-publicity stunt. It’s a pointless exercise trying to attribute such to a single person. Of course, electricity was “discovered” by ancient man when it zapped him to death or set fire to his fields etc.
Fucking is pronounced Fucking oddly enough - there’s no umlaut on the u and the consonants and stress/intonation are largely the same in German as in English.
There’s a town in Bihar, India called Mahes Khunt and the Cotswold Fox Hunt Group (UK, posh twats killing things) are abbreviated to CHUNT. Which they are.
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“Wrong!
Cars, lightbulbs, and recorded music were invented by various Frenchmen. The telephone was created by an Austrian. The airplane was invented by an Italian, though the first working model was made by Americans. Yes, we invented PCs and nuclear energy, but we shouldn’t give ourselves too much credit. Most of our attributed creations are simply improved or stolen-patent versions of European creations. If anything, we’re really good at mass marketing”
You’re wrong.
The telephone was created by a Canadian, moron.
Get it right.
ur all retarded douchebags
Since English comes from German, and their word is Ficken,i’m sure that some of them(Germans),as well as me and anyone i have shown, thinks it’s funny
Those towns should just sell souvenir signs instead of constantly paying to replace their stolen signs. That’s called market demand!