Odd town/street name

[betarhoalphadelta]

Perhaps not odd names, but certainly odd pronunciations. A few town from Southern IL, and SE MO.

Advance- accent on the first syllable AD-vance

Vienna- long I, accent on first syllable VIE-anna

New Madrid - accent on first syllable - New MAD-drid

Cairo - said with a long A - CAY-row

Well, in MO, don't forget:

Versailles - Vuhr-sails
Gravois Mills - Grav-oys Mills

My sister lived there for a long time, but the first time she asked someone how to get to Vuhr-sigh (i.e the French pronunciation), she didn't get far with the store clerk until the clerk realized she was trying to get to Vuhr-sails.

 

[jafo28]

Amish country out here in Pennsylvania, we've got a town called "Intercourse, PA".

We also used to get corrugated cardboard products delivered at work that were from "Monkey Island, OK"

You've got Blue Ball out there too.

 

[arturo7]

Well, in MO, don't forget:

Versailles - Vuhr-sails
Gravois Mills - Grav-oys Mills

My sister lived there for a long time, but the first time she asked someone how to get to Vuhr-sigh (i.e the French pronunciation), she didn't get far with the store clerk until the clerk realized she was trying to get to Vuhr-sails.

Ha! I grew up in St Louis. Gravois is a major street there. But we knew enough not to pronounce the S at the end. We said Grav-oy.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Does Sugartit Ky. qualify ?

Only if Slickpoo, Idaho does.

 

[SEndorf]

Ever visited Weiner, Arkansas?
Watch out for this intersection.....

 

[homebrewer_99]

There is a Boring, MD and no not much happens there.
The Lancaster county PA towns mentioned above always crack me up because if you are in Blue Ball but you can’t quite make it to Intercourse you could always end up in Bird In Hand.

I've actually been to those places.

Only old rockers may get the reference, but over in the next town there is a street named Crimson King. (The old band reference is King Crimson).

 

[KCBrewer]

Uranus, MO (they make fudge there)...Seriously!

Just read this thread last night, then today a friend posts this on a trip to STL. Lived in KC my entire life, but never been to Uranus.

 

[Sailingeric]

Town the wife and I stayed in on a road trip to Disneyland was Los Banos which translates to The Bathroom