Friday 5: Favorite city/town names in your state

[jcyclonee]

I used to live in Illinois so here is my list with a twist. It is my all Mediterranean Illinois towns.

Sparta
Troy
Venice
Cairo
Lebanon

Illinois is also home to, maybe, the worst-named town in the country in Country Club Hills. You're just asking for people to make generalizations about your population. It really sounds like something made up on the Simpsons.

 

[CycloneNorth]

Representing the great state of TN I have:

Bitter End
Goat City
Disco

 

[cyclones500]

Illinois is also home to, maybe, the worst-named town in the country in Country Club Hills. You're just asking for people to make generalizations about your population. It really sounds like something made up on the Simpsons.

I know nothing about Country Club Hills, but if it doesn't have at least 4 golf courses, it's a Massive Fail.

Also, 3 of those 4 have to be private courses. Public course: Par-3 only. (With mini-golf!).

 

[Cycsk]

Illinois is also home to, maybe, the worst-named town in the country in Country Club Hills. You're just asking for people to make generalizations about your population. It really sounds like something made up on the Simpsons.

Country Club Hills is not what most people assume it will be.

 

[jcyclonee]

Country Club Hills is not what most people assume it will be.

That's probably true but it still reinforces my point.

 

[VeloClone]

Illinois is also home to, maybe, the worst-named town in the country in Country Club Hills. You're just asking for people to make generalizations about your population. It really sounds like something made up on the Simpsons.

It may very well be from the Simpsons since there are both a Springfield and Shelbyville in Illinois.

 

[Cycsk]

It is a bit of a tangent on this thread, but I am mildly amused by the alternative pronunciations of town names in Iowa:

Nevada ("ne-vay-da")
Madrid ("'mad-rid")

Are there others? And how did they get their alternative pronunciations? Was it intentional (or just not knowing better)?

 

[jcyclonee]

It may very well be from the Simpsons since there are both a Springfield and Shelbyville in Illinois.

 

[jcyclonee]

It is a bit of a tangent on this thread, but I am mildly amused by the alternative pronunciations of town names in Iowa:

Nevada ("ne-vay-da")
Madrid ("'mad-rid")

Are there others? And how did they get their alternative pronunciations? Was it intentional (or just not knowing better)?

Des Moines (duh-moin)

 

[VeloClone]

It is a bit of a tangent on this thread, but I am mildly amused by the alternative pronunciations of town names in Iowa:

Nevada ("ne-vay-da")
Madrid ("'mad-rid")

Are there others? And how did they get their alternative pronunciations? Was it intentional (or just not knowing better)?

Tripoli (tri-PO-la)
Delhi (DEL-hi)

 

[Cycsk]

Tripoli (tri-PO-la)
Delhi (DEL-hi)

Delhi. Good one. I knew it but couldn't remember it. Do they pronounce it DEL-hi or DEL-he? And why?

 

[Cycsk]

Des Moines (duh-moin)

Actually, I think that "de moin" is probably close to the French pronunciation. Is there another more famous city that is actually called "Dess Moins?"

Of course there is Des Plaines near Chicago pronounced "Dess Plains." I love it when new newscasters from Iowa come to town and pronounce it "de plain."

 

[norsemen]

Representing the great state of TN I have:

Bitter End
Goat City
Disco

More from Tennessee:
1) Nankipoo
2) Sweet Lips
3) Flippin
4) Bugtussle
5) Stinking Creek

 

[VeloClone]

Delhi. Good one. I knew it but couldn't remember it. Do they pronounce it DEL-hi or DEL-he? And why?

hi -- I don't know why.

 

[jcyclonee]

Actually, I think that "de moin" is probably close to the French pronunciation. Is there another more famous city that is actually called "Dess Moins?"

Of course there is Des Plaines near Chicago pronounced "Dess Plains." I love it when new newscasters from Iowa come to town and pronounce it "de plain."

So Des Moines is pronounced correctly and Des Plaines is incorrect? French is weird. Maybe the Des (duh) is correct and Moines should have a z sound at the end.

 

[VeloClone]

Delhi. Good one. I knew it but couldn't remember it. Do they pronounce it DEL-hi or DEL-he? And why?

Also Monticello (mon-ti-SEL-oh)

Most of the cities named Monticello around the country get their name from Jefferson's home which is pronounced mon-ti-CHEL-oh but pronounce it differently.

 

[jcyclonee]

Anybody here from Montana? Montana has cool names for places.

 

[JerseyGirl]

and from the Garden State:
Loveladies
Buttzville
Changewater
Allamuchy
Bivalve

 

[CtownCyclone]

Texas:
Muleshoe
Miami (pronounced "My-AM-ah")
Cut and Shoot
Mobeetie
Dime Box

 

[Cydkar]

Cumming Iowa has to be tops.

Dead heat with Climax.