# Exotic street names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494 "2014-04-19T17:37:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/101 "2014-04-22T12:36:04Z")
Talking of classic signage, [here’s one a couple of miles from my house](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/98/31/1983152_0a7b3fd7.jpg) And in Sandwich itself we have such delights as “Knightrider Street” “the Butts” (not uncommon in the UK) and the one that send me into a nomenclative fatal loop [“No Name Street”](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/65/08/650836_2faa0c29.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/102 "2014-04-22T13:35:31Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from General Questions to Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS). ---
**Author:** ![M.Constant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@M.Constant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M.Constant)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/103 "2014-04-22T13:46:36Z")
I went to high school just off of Guess Rd. It seemed apropos at times. My folks lives on a Yellow Brick Rd; it is gravel. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/104 "2014-04-22T13:58:03Z")
Redneck Avenue runs from Little Ferry to Moonachie. New Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/105 "2014-04-22T14:37:46Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > A tangent, but that must be one of the shortest real first+last name combinations of any well-known figure. > > Can anyone think of any four- or three-letter celebrity names - real name or a variation, first+last? Or even other five-letter ones? [McG](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629334/). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/106 "2014-04-22T18:56:52Z")
There’s a set of streets in my city named for US presidents. Way back when the streets were getting named they started with Washington and ended with Lincoln. But politics screwed with the names of the streets, so it isn’t as easy to deal with as it sounds. For example, the street that should have been Pierce is named Western, and the city plannners didn’t like Pierce, deeming him pro- slavery(or at least neutral on the subject) There’s also two major streets downtown that didn’t get a presidential name, although they are in that section. And since there would be two Adams streets, one is named Quincy. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/107 "2014-04-22T19:36:45Z")
There is Booger Hollow Road near Cedartown, Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/108 "2014-04-22T19:42:43Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > There is Booger Hollow Road near Cedartown, Georgia. Missed the edit window - “Holler” is a Southern corruption of “hollow”, which is another term for a valley or low spot. “Booger” is a shortened corruption of “boogie man” as in “the boogie man will get you if you don’t watch out!”. In other words, haunted valley. I like Booger Holler better. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/109 "2014-04-23T03:26:11Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Nor the late, great surfing champ Duke Kahanamoku. Hawaiian names are marvelous. > > You missed my post #68. Indeed I did. :o > [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > First plus last - I could beat you with Che. 🙂 > > It’s going to be tough to beat Li Na. Might be some other Asian names with a single letter - I’m sure there’s an “I O” out there somewhere, but it needs to be someone at least moderately famous to qualify, cuz I say so. > [@Colibri](#): > > [U Nu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Nu) > > [Ba U](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_U) And let’s not forget the architect IM Pei. As for street names, where I grew up the nonnumbered streets were sectioned off into themes. None very odd-sounding, but you could often approximate where something was by the name. There were city names (I grew up just off of Chicago Avenue), flowers, colleges, some others. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/110 "2014-04-23T04:01:37Z")
Not really exotic, but I spent a few years as a child on a street on base at West Point called “Stony Lonesome”, which I always thought was cool. In the greater Cincinnati area, we also have “Seldom Seen”, “Devil’s Backbone” and “Easy Way”. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/111 "2014-04-23T15:22:40Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > “Easy Way”. Must be a tough town to sweat a perp in. “Easy Way, please. And could we stop by the cleaners? I got pants I need to pick up.” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/112 "2014-04-23T15:53:59Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And let’s not forget the architect IM Pei. However, his full name is Ieoh Ming Pei, so he doesn’t come close to beating Li Na. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/113 "2014-04-23T15:59:14Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Must be a tough town to sweat a perp in. > > “Easy Way, please. And could we stop by the cleaners? I got pants I need to pick up.” 😃 The street is actually named after a now defunct ranch/farm. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/114 "2014-04-23T15:59:30Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > [McG](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629334/). Eh. Disqualified on several levels, IMVHO. I’m sure we can find some existential artist out there who’s renamed herself “A” or “1” or even " " (did I say Prince? I did not) but I think this search only makes sense if it’s for real birth names or some equivalent. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/115 "2014-04-23T21:19:26Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Columbia, SC, torments new residents with Gervais (jer-VAY) Street. Slight hikack: Here in Oregon, we have the town of Gervais, pronounced locally as “Jer-vis” which drives me crazy. End of hijack. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/116 "2014-04-24T01:30:05Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > However, his full name is Ieoh Ming Pei, so he doesn’t come close to beating Li Na. True, but no calls him Ieoh Ming Pei, just like no one calls that other guy Donald Ho. ---
**Author:** ![Daffyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daffyd/32/8923_2.png) [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/117 "2014-04-24T02:52:23Z")
In Windsor, Ontario there are a couple… The main street is called Ouellette, but pronounced “O-Let” instead of it’s real French pronunciation, and Pierre street, which is pronounced “Peer-ee” street… ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/118 "2014-04-24T15:30:54Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Columbia, SC, torments new residents with Gervais (jer-VAY) Street No idea how I forgot it, but Columbia also has Huger Street. hyoo-GEE ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/119 "2014-04-24T17:12:06Z")
In the Willamette Valley (Oregon) the locals call these two towns: Gervais (Jerr-vis) and Buena Vista (Byoona Vista). Of course they’re near Champoeg - which is tough even if you know the pronunciation (Shampoo-ee). Back in the day, Bob Hope did a commercial for Texaco featuring the new refinery in Anacortes (Anna-core-tess) WA. He called it “Ann-ak-ruh-tease” to the delight/chagrin of the local inhabitants. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494/120 "2014-04-24T17:19:28Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > True, but no calls him Ieoh Ming Pei, just like no one calls that other guy Donald Ho. Yeah, but the standard that was asked for when this first came up was first name + surname, not initials + surname. If we go by what people are called, then no one beats U Nu and Ba U. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-street-names/686494.md?page=7)