Strange street names
December 20, 2011 at 5:32 pm by sa
In Washington, DC, east-west streets towards the south (toward the Potomac River) are lettered A, B, C,…, omitting J to avoid confusion on street signs and addresses, but after these are exhausted to the north, the streets are named with simple words in alphabetical order, omitting a few letters such as “x”. You can find on the internet a long list of names that sound weird. Well, judging from these daffy, delectable, or downright distinctive town names like Dildo (Newfoundland & Labrador) and Humptulips (Washington), not to mention Frog Suck (Wyoming) or its sister city Toadsuck (Arkansas), we’ll let you draw your own conclusions. Dull D.C. sticks chiefly to letters, numbers, and states, but there’s no limit to the weirdness of Virginia and Maryland’s street names.
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