tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post7998881232789676796..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: The Trouble with Farty Eggs - Andrew StrongUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-70165063019755814812013-09-27T19:47:57.660+01:002013-09-27T19:47:57.660+01:00Great fun - enjoyed that.
Of course, it's not...Great fun - enjoyed that.<br /><br />Of course, it's not strictly true that British place names never found their way into pop music in the 60s/70s.<br /><br />There was 'Fog on the Tyne' by Lindisfarne (which admittedly mentions the river that runs through Newcastle rather than the city itself) and then there was 'Streets of London' by Ralph McTell and...um...er. Okay. I concede the point!Austin Hackneyhttp://www.omniscrit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-82736358629033689882013-09-27T06:12:23.243+01:002013-09-27T06:12:23.243+01:00We have a Beaumaris in Melbourne(a seaside suburb,...We have a Beaumaris in Melbourne(a seaside suburb, of course). It's fun what writers do with their place names. Terry Pratchett's Pant Y Gyrdl. Even Tolkien's Hobbit town, Michel Delving ( "a lot of digging", great for the hole-living hobbits. Cheeky man!) and don't even get me started on the fictional place names in Harry Potter!( Little Whinging, anyone?) However, truth is stranger than fiction and there are some bizarre real place names around.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-14473721051676458172013-09-26T12:05:24.418+01:002013-09-26T12:05:24.418+01:00The schoolboy in me likes Wyre Piddle, but Pink Gr...The schoolboy in me likes Wyre Piddle, but Pink Green is probably odder.<br /><br />Wales does have some nice names.<br /><br />Ynys Mon: the Welsh for Anglesey,<br />Beaumaris: Sounds better than Camelot<br />Blaenau Ffestiniog: When you need a name that rolls for a grey village surrounded with spoil heaps, and loads of tourists thanks to the narrow gauge steam railway.<br />Rhayader: another name to conjure with<br />Brynmawr: the open maw of the valleys on the edge of the national parkRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799125598133377058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-58871086442198473822013-09-26T09:52:53.294+01:002013-09-26T09:52:53.294+01:00Or was it "sideling"? Down south somewhe...Or was it "sideling"? Down south somewhere, anyway.Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-47378873175256289052013-09-26T09:48:39.929+01:002013-09-26T09:48:39.929+01:00Great post! I love place-names. One of my favouri...Great post! I love place-names. One of my favourites is Slyne with Hest, which sounds like something nasty on a breakfast menu. And then there are those dodgy brothers St Andrew in the Wardrobe and Sidling St Nicholas. Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-74868635823725518912013-09-26T07:35:22.421+01:002013-09-26T07:35:22.421+01:00I'm wondering what the people of - er - Y Fart...I'm wondering what the people of - er - Y Fartyeg - feel about the spelling? Do they say they "live in the village next to - whatever is their next village."<br /><br />Imagining up characters from the mix of signpost names can add amusement to long UK journeys, especially away from the motorways, but Welsh place names - though beautifully musical - are not so easy.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-55173419245616910942013-09-26T06:35:33.502+01:002013-09-26T06:35:33.502+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16832388776043049551noreply@blogger.com