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Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 21 2012, 09:33 AM

I was just reading about the Lake District and I spied a mountain called... wait for it.... Great Cockup.

In British slang 'cock up' means when something goes wrong. 'Oh, that's a total cock up !' or 'We really cocked it up'. It's not a rude phrase, even though it may look like it.. it's just funny So calling a mountain Great Cockup is basically calling it a Big Disaster !!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cockup

Posted by: bleez Sep 21 2012, 12:51 PM

LOL! seriously?!great cockup and little cockup

Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 21 2012, 01:56 PM

It's like they were named by a teenager isn't it ?

Posted by: casinostrat Sep 22 2012, 10:39 PM

This reminds me of an area of the mountians that run through where I live. There is a place where there is a small gap in the mountains and one side of that gap is known locally by the name Jesse's Butt. Whoever Jesse was, I'm not sure he (or she?) wanted to be remembered in this fashion!

Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 23 2012, 10:23 AM

Excellent !!

Posted by: jstcrsn Sep 23 2012, 01:39 PM

I think its butte , but I like your interpretation
in California we have one called mt. baldy
on a side note , when I misspelled Calfornia , my spell checker gave me 2 options -California or fornication

Posted by: AK Rich Sep 23 2012, 07:22 PM

I couldn't find any weird names for mountains here but I did find a village by the name of Tatitlek.

Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 23 2012, 08:05 PM

This one is quite a classic in the UK..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Willy

Posted by: casinostrat Sep 23 2012, 08:24 PM

Yeah I think its actually supposed to be pronounced so it rymes with "Cute" Everybody around here says it the other way, which makes it even more crazy.

Brown Willy for the name of a hill? That's great! I do not really have anymore weird hill or mountain names but what about town/community names? The farther you go out into the countryside the more interesting they get. For instance, I live near a little community known as Stumpy Bottom, (who knows why its called that) and there is also a really small town around here known as Frog Level.

Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 23 2012, 08:48 PM

This one kind of says it all..

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/shitterton-most-embarrassing-place-name-1261430

Posted by: bleez Sep 23 2012, 08:51 PM

oh dear.... it just gets more hilarious

Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 23 2012, 08:53 PM

Oh... I didn't even get that link either.. !!

Posted by: Timmy b Sep 23 2012, 09:30 PM

Thats just fantastic! "cockup" is a fantastic term!

I've come across these before-


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Disappointment


They're not mountains, but still funny!

Posted by: Ulrik Sep 23 2012, 10:53 PM

When we name things in Denmark, it is ok to exaggerate:
For example a hill of 147 meters is called the "Sky Mountain"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelbjerget.


Also I remember an episode of Jackass, where they find the name of the Danish city Middelfart quite amusing



Finally I just googled this up:
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/Cities.html
A lot of silly places

Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 24 2012, 07:39 PM

Oh yes, those are classics !



Oh this is fantastic - thank you !!

Just when I think I've found one I want to post, I find another funnier one !!

Posted by: derper Sep 24 2012, 08:23 PM

There is a city called "Hell" Michigan, here in the States.


And in Oregon, Mt Hood used to be called "Wy'East" (pronounced "why east?") by the Multnomah native american tribes. And, our bluegrass band named ourselves Wy'East, as well. It's kind of a weird mountain name, but it's no Cockup!

Posted by: Grace Sep 24 2012, 10:19 PM

Well this little couple of mountains here are in Cayey Puerto Rico and they are called "Las tetas de Doña Juana" which believe it or not means "Mrs. Juana's b**bs"

Posted by: bleez Sep 24 2012, 10:44 PM

LOL! Im not sure but I think I can see the reasoning behind their name

Posted by: Grace Sep 24 2012, 11:09 PM

Hehehe

Posted by: casinostrat Sep 25 2012, 01:58 AM

Man there are some "interesting" names for places out there. Imagine being a well known guitar player from one of these places..... Reporters ask you where you are from and you have to say something like, "I'm from Shitterton!"

Posted by: Ben Higgins Sep 25 2012, 09:10 AM

Yes.. seems logical !!



That would be fantastic !