Re: Naming a mysterious village

Julian Flood wrote:
> "Brian M. Scott" wrote
> > Or as the map that I'm looking at would have it, Great and
> > Little Cockup.
>
> Damn this memory -- Lake District isn't it? At least Snoring is real.

Great minds . . .

When I got to the first few posts about English village names, I looked
up Snoring on MapQuest to find some more names. That's Little Snoring
and Great Snoring. Mapquest offers to tell me about "Schools in Great
Snoring", and even "Great Snoring Hotels". It also offers "Sleep Apnea
Information".

Some other names that came up: Pudding Norton, Wells-Next-the-Sea,
Bittering, Hoe, Stiffkey, Wood Rising, Brampton, Cockley Cley,
Bitchfield, Woodnook, and Belchford.

--
Alex Clark

"I--Chief General Okkyokk--chum to these monstrositaries?" The Slox
spokesman screeched. "Such indignant my language lack! Insufficient you
threaten to lowly benefits of Slox Protectorate--but addition of
insults! My goodness! Drat! Other obscenity as required!"
- "The Piecemakers", by Keith Laumer

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