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Alternative names for towns
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Thanks for the reply. I did wonder if there was a Rangers connection.
Not a town, but the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland is often referred to as "the wee county".
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Heard both of those when I lived in the former... the natives also had numerous nicknames for the (in the consensus opinion) rather backwards neighbour to the south along the railway and A38, of which the rather juvenile "Smellington" is the only one that didn't slanderously allege that Wellingtonites were keen on "keeping things in the family", if you get my drift... it was also the only one that even tried to be a pun!
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A certain football pundit dubbed my hometown (or rather the football team, which to be fair was appropriate) "Cruddersfield" a few months ago. A bit simplistic and juvenile, but I get it.
However as this pundit goes by the name of Jason Cundy, you'd think he'd be a bit more careful about switching the odd letter for a cheap joke!
However as this pundit goes by the name of Jason Cundy, you'd think he'd be a bit more careful about switching the odd letter for a cheap joke!
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Treacle Town for Nuneaton
TurkTown for Gosport, so named because of tbhe Turkish Cemetary there.
Pompey for Portsmouth is well known, but the origin of the name has many differing claims, see here:
https://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/pompey.html
Southampton has a rather less flattering nickname, often mentioned in connection with the football team there, (by arch rivals Portsmouth aka Pompey). The epithet is 'scummers', rumoured to have originated from a dockers' strike in the annals of history.
Pompey for Portsmouth is well known, but the origin of the name has many differing claims, see here:
https://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/pompey.html
Southampton has a rather less flattering nickname, often mentioned in connection with the football team there, (by arch rivals Portsmouth aka Pompey). The epithet is 'scummers', rumoured to have originated from a dockers' strike in the annals of history.
TheGrandWazoo
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The West is a hot bed
Stives for St Ives
Snozzell for St Austell
Brizzle for Bristol
Briz for Brislington
Ya-Tay for Yate
TrowVegas for Trowbridge
Chippers for Chippenham
El Dub for Lawrence Weston (in Bristol)
Some in the North
Wacopulco for Wakefield
Cleckhuddersfax for the collection of vague places that merge into one another
Bishop or Bish for Bishop Auckland
Stives for St Ives
Snozzell for St Austell
Brizzle for Bristol
Briz for Brislington
Ya-Tay for Yate
TrowVegas for Trowbridge
Chippers for Chippenham
El Dub for Lawrence Weston (in Bristol)
Some in the North
Wacopulco for Wakefield
Cleckhuddersfax for the collection of vague places that merge into one another
Bishop or Bish for Bishop Auckland
As noted by a couple of other posters
Dundee - Scumdee (in my experience usually by fitba fans of nearby towns).
Inverness - Inversneckie
hexagon789
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I've come across Inversnecky/-sneckie before.
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For avoidance of doubt, Cleckhuddersfax doesn't include Huddersfield or Halifax! Mainly just Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike and Liversedge.
Weston-super-Nightmare.
Also heard Bishop's Cleeve referred to as "Wizard's Sleeve", one for students of Roger Mellie there.
East Kilbride - Polo Mint City (due to the number of roundabouts located there.). As the band Texas sang "Isn't it pretty in Polo Mint City."
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..or weston super-mehrd(if you'll pardon the french)
Reminds me of Bruddersford - J.B. Priestley's fictional West Yorkshire town where Jess Oakroyd lived.
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I believe the town of Guildford should return to it's old spelling of Guildeforde - Just sounds a bit better, and more sophisticated, like a large chunk of the town itself. Gill-duh-ford-uh.
The gaelic name for Glasgow is Glaschu, which translates roughly as Green Place.
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Bungle158
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Amazingstoke for Basingstoke, because after-all it's amazing
More like Blazingsmoke
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Newton Asbo when l was a guard. I believe there are barriers there now, but back in the day it was scrote heaven
With this thread having been revived: my curiosity was piqued by this item -- wondered how come there is a Turkish cemetery at Gosport, of all places? Duly Googled -- it turns out that it results from a several months' courtesy visit by two Turkish warships, in 1850 / 51; in the course of which there was a bout of cholera, fatal for a number of crew members -- others also, victims of training accidents: a total of 26 died and were buried at Gosport, with appropriate ceremony. Not so strange after all, I suppose -- for the majority of the time overall, Britain and Turkey have been friends: World War I was an unfortunate aberration.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2415261/turkish-naval-cemetery
hexagon789
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Indeed, Glaschu is thought itself to derive from Glas cau meaning green valley.
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Nottingham used to be called Snotengham but you don't hear any residents saying let's go to Snot!
Nottinghamshire is abbreviated to Notts quite often.
I would say Notts people dish out the nicknames, if I told you what the Forest fans call Derby fans, I'd get kicked off.
Also, Nottingham is a better city then Derby
Nottinghamshire is abbreviated to Notts quite often.
I would say Notts people dish out the nicknames, if I told you what the Forest fans call Derby fans, I'd get kicked off.
Also, Nottingham is a better city then Derby
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