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Old 05-31-2013, 10:10 AM
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And then there is .............. Intercourse, Pennsylvania



Being from Ontario, Canada ..... I always smile when I see ..... Ontario, California
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Old 05-31-2013, 10:35 AM
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How about Paris Texas?
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Old 05-31-2013, 11:22 AM
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You can travel the world, here in Ontario, with all of these International town/city/village names .... lots more, but here's a start

London
Berlin
Egypt
Wellington
Paris
Stratford .... and it's on the Avon River!
and nearby is .... Shakespeare!
Scotland
Kingston
Aberdeen
Cambridge
Mississippi Station
Missouri
Gibraltar
Dublin
Damascus



And if you don't really want to stay in the world, we also have .............. Utopia, Ontario
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Old 05-31-2013, 12:05 PM
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"Dung Hill Road" is nearby in Maryland.

When driving the back roads to visit my old home town I enjoy passing through "Prosperity, PA". When the kids were small we joked, "We're on the road to Prosperity!"

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Old 05-31-2013, 12:31 PM
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How about Dallas PA!
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Old 05-31-2013, 12:38 PM
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Texas is full of place names to make you smile - Dime Box, Sand and Muleshoe are the first to come to mind. And plenty of international travel too - Italy, Paris, Rome, Palestine, among others. Then there is West (which has been in the news so much lately), North Zulch, and Tehuacana, Waxahachie, Mexia (Muh hay uh) and others that have unique pronunciation.
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Old 05-31-2013, 02:15 PM
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Calfass Road ............ winds past a development of estate homes in the country.

The city wannabe country people call it ... Cal-fass.
Meanwhile
The farm folk native to the are, call it .... Calf-Ass ... what else?
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Old 05-31-2013, 02:18 PM
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We have Dripping Springs, Possum Kingdom, Rosebud, Noodle, Texas.
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Old 05-31-2013, 03:13 PM
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I always looked for the sign that read Buck Snort, TN, when I traveled I-40.
How about Climax, CO?
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We also have Cuba, New Mexico. First time I went there people at work thought I was going to Cuba the Island.
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