Off the back of the excellent "Bus firms with unfortunate nicknames" thread, what about places in the UK? I'm sure there are plenty...
There are similar West Yorkshire examples, all in the Wakefield Council area:A lot of people in Manchester refer to Stalybridge as 'Staly-Vegas'. I suspect it has something to do with the fact it is a lively place in the dead of night.
CJ
Unless there's a hurricane in progress.Scarborough = Scarbados.
No doubt because it's always sunny there! Isn't it?
Like most years when Yorkshire CCC have a home Bank Holiday County Cricket game at North Marine Road?!Unless there's a hurricane in progress.
That rings a bell, I remember going on a Date with an Irish Lass, she said a similar thing about Limerick. Either that and/or it was the Drug Capital of The Republic of Ireland.I've heard a few Irish people refer to Limerick as Stab City.
Ponte Carlo - I'm definitely going to be using that one from now on!There are similar West Yorkshire examples, all in the Wakefield Council area:
Pontefract - Ponte Carlo
Castleford - Cas-Vegas
Normanton - Normanhattan
Wakefield - Wacopulco
Presumably the residents of Knottingley and Featherstone feel a bit left out!
There was a young lady from Limerick...That rings a bell, I remember going on a Date with an Irish Lass, she said a similar thing about Limerick. Either that and/or it was the Drug Capital of The Republic of Ireland.
On the London Bus Forum, the Met Police chief is Dame Cressida Richard. (true)Whitley Bay - Bitley Whay.
Folkingham - F**kingham. (This is how it's pronounced locally!)
Slightly off-topic, but I remember 20 or so years back when Scunthorpe became "S****horpe”, thanks to over-zealous swear-filters.
You'd have thought that the swear filter would have been set up to differentiate between the use of Dick as a name and as a word.On the London Bus Forum, the Met Police chief is Dame Cressida Richard. (true)
One guy on the "Pointless" show referred to her as Caressa Dick!On the London Bus Forum, the Met Police chief is Dame Cressida Richard. (true)
A mate of mine whose sense of humour is very dependent on word-play always refers to Milton Keynes - where he worked for a while - as "Built on Beans".A mate of mine always referred to St. Albans as stale buns.
Interesting in that St Albans claims to be the original source of hot cross buns, and a few years ago the Abbey persuaded one of the local bakeries to make some for easter. They sold well but I had a couple and they tasted, well... stale.One guy on the "Pointless" show referred to her as Caressa Dick!
A mate of mine always referred to St. Albans as stale buns.
There are quite a few towns that have multiple roundabouts and have been called 'doughnut city', Basingstoke to name one, MK might also qualify.A mate of mine whose sense of humour is very dependent on word-play always refers to Milton Keynes - where he worked for a while - as "Built on Beans".
On the London Bus Forum, the Met Police chief is Dame Cressida Richard. (true)
You'd have thought that the swear filter would have been set up to differentiate between the use of Dick as a name and as a word.
One guy on the "Pointless" show referred to her as Caressa Dick !