# Onancock **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381 "2011-02-23T20:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/21 "2011-02-24T09:55:48Z")
Shouldn’t it be Onacock to be grammatically correct? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/22 "2011-02-24T13:12:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > My local favorite is the Rio Culo Seco, the “Dry Ass River.” Someone must have got a bigger boat. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/23 "2011-02-24T13:55:35Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > I’ve always enjoyed seeing the sign to, “Big Bone Lick State Park,” in Kentucky. > > We stopped there one time and checked out the big bones. Always called Big Boner Lick, by those of us who lived nearby. 😛 Don’t forget we have Monkey’s Eyebrow here too. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/24 "2011-02-24T13:57:19Z")
No love for Felch, Michigan? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/25 "2011-02-24T16:39:23Z")
[Toad Suck, Arkansas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_Suck,_Arkansas) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/26 "2011-02-24T17:55:05Z")
French Lick, Indiana ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/27 "2011-02-24T18:02:41Z")
uhm, Intercourse, Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/28 "2011-02-24T18:31:54Z")
Onancock sounds like a seedy place to me… ---
**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:** [February 24, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/29 "2011-02-24T19:10:28Z")
Only New Jersey has Redneck Road in Little Ferry I used to know a little fairy who was a redneck! ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/30 "2011-02-24T20:50:00Z")
> [@TravisFromOR](#): > > There’s only a Boring, OR. Well the highway also leads to Oregon City, which results in this actual sign: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2069/2367875622_1a083ed5c4_b.jpg "Boring Oregon City sign") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/functoruser/2367875622/) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/31 "2011-02-25T02:32:20Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > Onancock… where all the gas stations are self-serve. Kum & Go? ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/32 "2011-02-25T11:21:58Z")
Aww, you folks are cute what with your leetle, insignificant towns. Leave to the hardcore Japanese to get down with the funk, and create an entire [Kinki](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/318793/) region. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/33 "2011-02-25T15:01:55Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Shouldn’t it be Onacock to be grammatically correct? I dunno…Google up Onan and decide for yourself. It does sound like a truly seedy place. \* bleargh \* ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/34 "2011-02-25T16:21:09Z")
Athol, Md. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/35 "2011-02-25T16:51:14Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > Aww, you folks are cute what with your leetle, insignificant towns. > > Leave to the hardcore Japanese to get down with the funk, and create an entire [Kinki](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/318793/) region. 🆒 We know it better as “Japan”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mookieblaylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mookieblaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mookieblaylock)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/36 "2011-02-25T19:30:32Z")
When I worked at FedEx, I passed time sorting packages by looking for funny town names. I remember seeing Onancock once, but I didn’t find it as funny as Coxsackie, NY ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/37 "2011-02-27T12:14:00Z")
Onacock would be better. OnANcock is not grammatically correct… Oops, sorry for the smeek, **Ingio** … ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/38 "2011-02-27T12:20:19Z")
Ok, not Ingio, but whomever… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/39 "2011-02-27T12:35:01Z")
In southern New Mexico in the lower Rio Grande valley, there are two little towns named Derry and Arrey. When traveling south on I-25, you get the sign Arrey Derry and when traveling north the sign flips to Derry Arrey. And I still haven’t learned the proper pronunciations of all the towns in the Albany area. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/40 "2011-02-27T12:46:05Z")
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