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What is/are the funniest lieu-dit, or place names, that you've found in your travels?

A few miles from my home is the following:

ST. GEORGE D'ELLE.

Of course, this tiny village is just upriver from

MOON-SUR-ELLE and ST. CLAIR-SUR-L'ELLE.

One must ask: what in the world has SHE got?
 
Posts: 471 | Location: Bayeux, France | Registered: 01 December 2001Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post

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Somewhere in the south isn't there a village named Condom?

There is of course the Lot village called Montcuq, which many French people pronounce with a silent q, which changes the meaning to "my a*s".
Not long ago Monopoly France (the game) called upon the French to vote on the internet for an equally opulent but hipper region to replace the opulent rue de la Paix (i guess rue de la Paix is the French Monopoly's equivalent of Park Avenue), in an effort to update the French Monopoly game.

I imagine an organized practical joke started, putting Montcuq on the top of the list. Imagine all the ensuing tasteful puns.

Here's the story in French:
Montcuq = France's Park Avenue?
 
Posts: 1622 | Location: Paris, France | Registered: 01 March 2007Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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I have to chime in to cite the lovely little town of Condom, in the southwest of France (gers). The river that flows thru Condom is the Baïse, which because of the ï supposed to be pronounced "Baheese" sort of, but for fun, french folks will say Baise, which translates to the f. word, as you may know. So, Condom on Baïse. http://www.chez.com/gascogne/gascogne/hrml/condom.html
 
Posts: 290 | Location: Paris, France | Registered: 02 February 2006Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Very funny and NOT AT ALL offensive!
 
Posts: 471 | Location: Bayeux, France | Registered: 01 December 2001Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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