English street names
Jan 21, 2019 11:56:04 #
wishaw wrote:
St. Andrews is in Scotland. It is easy to tell. The people are nicer and the beer is better
Thanks for the correction. Being several months after the trip and with the bad memory and lack of attention to detail the whole trip through Southern England, up to Isle of Skye, over to the East coast and back to London are all lumped together as a trip to England in my mind. It was disrespectful of me to lump St Andrews and Scotland in with England. My apologies to you.
Jan 21, 2019 12:32:03 #
Just south of Boothbay Harbor in Maine is a pair of island known as "The Cuckolds". There's an old lighthouse on one, that's now a rather pricey Inn/B+B.
Jan 21, 2019 14:25:38 #
Jan 21, 2019 15:10:53 #
daledo wrote:
They have interesting street names in England. This one was in St Andrews.
Is there a St Andrews in England ? If so where is it! The only one l know is in Scot land
Jan 21, 2019 15:55:02 #
Texas has "Nameless" and "Uncertain". And the very descriptive "Notrees".
Jan 21, 2019 16:46:30 #
pesfls wrote:
Funny the world over. We have Boring, Oregon.
My favorite highway sign was the one we often passed on, I think, Hwy 26, "Boring/Oregon City" exit.
Jan 21, 2019 17:17:50 #
wynd noun
\ ˈwīnd \
Definition of wynd
chiefly Scotland
: a very narrow street
First Known Use of wynd
15th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for wynd
Middle English (Scots) wynde, probably from wynden to wind, proceed, go, from Old English windan to twist — more at WIND
--Bob
\ ˈwīnd \
Definition of wynd
chiefly Scotland
: a very narrow street
First Known Use of wynd
15th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for wynd
Middle English (Scots) wynde, probably from wynden to wind, proceed, go, from Old English windan to twist — more at WIND
--Bob
daledo wrote:
They have interesting street names in England. This one was in St Andrews.
Jan 21, 2019 18:18:22 #
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Jan 22, 2019 08:43:44 #
Longshadow wrote:
Haha. Can't guess how that one got its name.
It used to be "Dead Skunk Road," but that kept people away, so they changed it.
Jan 22, 2019 08:54:02 #
jerryc41 wrote:
It used to be "Dead Skunk Road," but that kept people away, so they changed it.
Jan 22, 2019 09:26:19 #
BlueMorel wrote:
My favorite highway sign was the one we often passed on, I think, Hwy 26, "Boring/Oregon City" exit.
Yup you’re correct. OR26 runs east/west from the coast to Idaho. From Portland it’s the way tp Mt. Hood.
Jan 22, 2019 11:49:41 #
traderjohn wrote:
Yes, they do. I am reminded of Intercourse, Pa.
Talkative town, it is.
Jan 22, 2019 11:52:00 #
rcolmansr60 wrote:
And Intercourse PA is very close to Paradise PA
Paradise is 338 miles north or Hell in Michigan. When it's hot as Hell in Hell (mid-August), it's Paradise in Paradise, and everybody in southern Michigan streams north.
Jan 23, 2019 18:13:53 #
crushr13
Loc: Sacramento, CA
And to go along with Weed, California, up farther north, there is, to my east in north-central California, Cool, California. Yes, the town of Cool.
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