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Gdansk!!!
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Cumnock (Scotland)
Used in a sentence: She was a real cumnocker. |
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The meaning of Liff
Giving definitions, not just as swear words, to other under used place names ( in the UK) Wimbledon :( |
That's an awesome site, beest. :D (not the Wimbledon, the website)
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Well, I am not sure it's even possible to Humpjustonelip.
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Can't believe Rawtenstall isnt on that list
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Ohiopyle. It's in southern Pennsylvania.
Met a guy from there once in a Georgetown coffee shop. He pronounced the town with an even stress all the way through the word, almost like a phrase. He said it was a pretty place, but had no jobs. |
From the book (although it might be The Further Meaning of Liff or somesuch) I can confirm Amersham is correct. It's the word meaning a tickling in the nose that foreshadows a sneeze - but only the foreshadowing, the sneeze may never come to pass. It's based on the Tube lines at Amersham station (Bucks) which tick and fizz and imply a train is imminent... yet it doesn't actually arrive.
Back on topic. Chew Magna. Yum yum. Westward Ho! isn't a name of any great antiquity, but it does have an exclamation mark, and is therefore a notable direction to ladies engaged in the world's oldest profession. |
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