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“World” Capital Cities in the USA (doesn’t necessarily have to be pronounced the same)

  1. Lima, Ohio
  2. London, Indiana
  3. Paris, Texas
  4. Ottawa, Illinois
  5. Rome, Georgia
  6. Moscow, Idaho
  7. Manila, Utah
  8. Athens, Georgia
  9. Cairo, Illinois
  10. Berlin, Georgia

(Georgia has a lot of these… Cairo, Damascus, Dublin, Vienna, Washington, Geneva, Ephesus, Sparta, etc. (Yes, the last three aren’t ‘world capitals’, true.))

20245

“World” Capital Cities in the USA (doesn’t necessarily have to be pronounced the same)

  1. Lima, Ohio
  2. London, Indiana
  3. Paris, Texas
  4. Ottawa, Illinois
  5. Rome, Georgia
  6. Moscow, Idaho
  7. Manila, Utah
  8. Athens, Georgia
  9. Cairo, Illinois
  10. Berlin, Georgia
  11. Pekin, Illinois (Beijing is still Pekin in some languages.)
20246

“World” Capital Cities in the USA (doesn’t necessarily have to be pronounced the same)

  1. Lima, Ohio
  2. London, Indiana
  3. Paris, Texas
  4. Ottawa, Illinois
  5. Rome, Georgia
  6. Moscow, Idaho
  7. Manila, Utah
  8. Athens, Georgia
  9. Cairo, Illinois
  10. Berlin, Georgia
  11. Pekin, Illinois (Beijing is still Pekin in some languages.)
  12. Warsaw, Missouri
20247

“World” Capital Cities in the USA (doesn’t necessarily have to be pronounced the same)

  1. Lima, Ohio
  2. London, Indiana
  3. Paris, Texas
  4. Ottawa, Illinois
  5. Rome, Georgia
  6. Moscow, Idaho
  7. Manila, Utah
  8. Athens, Georgia
  9. Cairo, Illinois
  10. Berlin, Georgia
  11. Pekin, Illinois (Beijing is still Pekin in some languages.)
  12. Warsaw, Missouri
  13. Dublin, Georgia

New topic: Famous People Who Play the Banjo

  1. Steve Martin
20248

I’ll take it

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
20249

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
20250

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
  3. French Lick (IN) Sounds like it’s right down the road from Gnaw Bone, IN
20251

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
  3. French Lick (IN) Sounds like it’s right down the road from Gnaw Bone, IN
  4. Blue Ball (PA) Reminds me of about half my days in middle school gym class
20252

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
  3. French Lick (IN) Sounds like it’s right down the road from Gnaw Bone, IN
  4. Blue Ball (PA) Reminds me of about half my days in middle school gym class
  5. Blawnox (PA) Sounds like someone throwing up

A household joke for us as the single-most-uneuphonious city or town name in the U.S.

20253

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
  3. French Lick (IN) Sounds like it’s right down the road from Gnaw Bone, IN
  4. Blue Ball (PA) Reminds me of about half my days in middle school gym class
  5. Blawnox (PA) Sounds like someone throwing up
  6. Ho-Ho-Kus (NJ)–Angry Santa Claus
20254

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
  3. French Lick (IN) Sounds like it’s right down the road from Gnaw Bone, IN
  4. Blue Ball (PA) Reminds me of about half my days in middle school gym class
  5. Blawnox (PA) Sounds like someone throwing up
  6. Ho-Ho-Kus (NJ)–Angry Santa Claus
  7. Oxnard (CA) - the family jewels of a large bovine
20255

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20256

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
  3. French Lick (IN) Sounds like it’s right down the road from Gnaw Bone, IN
  4. Blue Ball (PA) Reminds me of about half my days in middle school gym class
  5. Blawnox (PA) Sounds like someone throwing up
  6. Ho-Ho-Kus (NJ)–Angry Santa Claus
  7. Oxnard (CA) - the family jewels of a large bovine
  8. Yeehaw Junction (FL), Them crazy Duke boys…“YEEHAW!”
20257

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
  3. French Lick (IN) Sounds like it’s right down the road from Gnaw Bone, IN
  4. Blue Ball (PA) Reminds me of about half my days in middle school gym class
  5. Blawnox (PA) Sounds like someone throwing up
  6. Ho-Ho-Kus (NJ)–Angry Santa Claus
  7. Oxnard (CA) - the family jewels of a large bovine
  8. Yeehaw Junction (FL), Them crazy Duke boys…“YEEHAW!”
  9. Wawa Ontario - Don’t cry.
20258

Walla Walla, WA - part of an old-time football cheer

20259

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
  3. French Lick (IN) Sounds like it’s right down the road from Gnaw Bone, IN
  4. Blue Ball (PA) Reminds me of about half my days in middle school gym class
  5. Blawnox (PA) Sounds like someone throwing up
  6. Ho-Ho-Kus (NJ)–Angry Santa Claus
  7. Oxnard (CA) - the family jewels of a large bovine
  8. Yeehaw Junction (FL), Them crazy Duke boys…“YEEHAW!”
  9. Wawa Ontario
  10. Walla Wallace (WA)
  11. Toad Suck (AR)

Self explanatory.

20260

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
  3. French Lick (IN) Sounds like it’s right down the road from Gnaw Bone, IN
  4. Blue Ball (PA) Reminds me of about half my days in middle school gym class
  5. Blawnox (PA) Sounds like someone throwing up
  6. Ho-Ho-Kus (NJ)–Angry Santa Claus
  7. Oxnard (CA) - the family jewels of a large bovine
  8. Yeehaw Junction (FL), Them crazy Duke boys…“YEEHAW!”
  9. Wawa Ontario
  10. Walla Wallace (WA)
  11. Toad Suck (AR)
  12. Burning Well (PA) – the Environmental Impact Statement must be a doozy
20261

Why did Walla Walla become Walla Wallace?

20262

Weird sounding city/town names and what they remind you of

  1. Mahwah (NJ) the sound a baby Godzilla makes
  2. Poplar Bluff (Mo) Sounds likes a common poker maneuver that leads to loss money
  3. French Lick (IN) Sounds like it’s right down the road from Gnaw Bone, IN
  4. Blue Ball (PA) Reminds me of about half my days in middle school gym class
  5. Blawnox (PA) Sounds like someone throwing up
  6. Ho-Ho-Kus (NJ)–Angry Santa Claus
  7. Oxnard (CA) - the family jewels of a large bovine
  8. Yeehaw Junction (FL), Them crazy Duke boys…“YEEHAW!”
  9. Wawa Ontario
  10. Walla Wallace (WA)
  11. Toad Suck (AR)
  12. Burning Well (PA) – the Environmental Impact Statement must be a doozy
  13. Ashtabula (OH)-- An elaborate dish for cigarette butts.

I’ll pass.

20263

New! Songs for Halloween.

  1. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon