What's in a STREET name?

[Zen]

(effected? which is correct - please help me, Grammar Police!)

The residents were affected (by the decision to build Skyline Drive.)

As a verb affect means “to act on” or “to move” (His words affected the crowd so deeply that many wept)

The effect was that they were relocated.

The noun effect means “result, consequence”: (the serious effects of the oil spill.)

At least I think thats right.

[susan.wells]

I lived in Lake Jackson, Texas from 1988 until 2000. It is known for naming its streets ways and botanical names. I had to take a picture at the corner of This Way and That Way before we left. We also moved from Almond to Papaya during our stay .... so I moved from the nut section to the fruit section. I've yet to determine which was the more appropriate location for us to reside.

[Mr. Bloom]

I knew someone once who lived in Anniston Alabama. His address was:

Booger Hollow Road

I don't remember much about him, but I do recall him being "pickey"

[Jolt]

I knew someone once who lived in Anniston Alabama. His address was:

Booger Hollow Road

I don't remember much about him, but I do recall him being "pickey"

Too funny! Was he a little snot?

[silver]

I had to take a picture at the corner of This Way and That Way before we left.

There is a road that we pass on the way to Bloomington named: That Road.

[OakLeaf]

Around here it's popular for developers to name streets after people's names spelled backwards. I guess it's people in their family: Ronnoc, Yekcla, etc.

As a verb affect means “to act on” or “to move”
The noun effect means “result, consequence”

And the noun affect means the outward manifestation of emotion or mood.
The verb effect means to accomplish or bring about.
Jeez, I wasn't confused about that before I started reading this

[Tuckervill]

My sister-in-law lives on Skunk Hollow Road.

There's a street in Bella Vista, AR, named Suits Us Drive.

Karen

[SouthernBelle]

I often ride:

Tater Peeler Rd. It's hilly and curvy. If you start at one end with a load of taters, by the time you finish your taters are peeled.

Burnt House Rd. The house is long gone.

There are others out here in the country. I'll post as I think of them.

[7rider]

My hometown in Connecticut used to be a one-industry town - Uniroyal (now, sadly, it's a NO industry town! ). The main drag through town is Rubber Ave. No one ever gave it much thought....always associated it with the old Uniroyal plant...you know...factory = jobs...until some radio station did a broadcast from a local bar and made all sorts of lewd jokes about... well, various contraceptive methods!

[Eden]

I haven't seen Starfish around for a while, but she probably knows about this one - its out her way (part of one of our races is on this road..). Just outside of Sequim on the peninsula there's a road called Kitchen D*ck Road

Not quite on topic - but we have some doozie place names from native words - towns like Humptulips and my personal fav Chumstick.

[oxysback]

I haven't seen Starfish around for a while, but she probably knows about this one - its out her way (part of one of our races is on this road..). Just outside of Sequim on the peninsula there's a road called Kitchen D*ck Road

Ha! When I lived in Tacoma I passed that road many times on the way to Clallam Bay to visit the ex-in-laws. I always got a chuckle out of it.

[Flybye]

I thought of another one, although this one never made it to the top of the pole.

My father is a retired fire captain for the fire department. While he was still working, he and several other fireman had the prisoners (our local street sign makers) make a street sign that the all found humor in as fireman:

Fugarewe St.

Fug are we.

as in where the Fug are we?

He has the sign hanging in his home office. City didn't approve it for some odd reason!

[bmccasland]

I thought of another one, although this one never made it to the top of the pole.

My father is a retired fire captain for the fire department. While he was still working, he and several other fireman had the prisoners (our local street sign makers) make a street sign that the all found humor in as fireman:

Fugarewe St.

Fug are we.

as in where the Fug are we?

He has the sign hanging in his home office. City didn't approve it for some odd reason!

Back in the day when I was a fire dispatcher - I got turned in to the FCC by someone with too much time on their hands for swearing on the air. Not my fault the call was to Jacka** Acres.

[Eden]

My hometown in Connecticut used to be a one-industry town - Uniroyal (now, sadly, it's a NO industry town! ). The main drag through town is Rubber Ave. No one ever gave it much thought....always associated it with the old Uniroyal plant...you know...factory = jobs...until some radio station did a broadcast from a local bar and made all sorts of lewd jokes about... well, various contraceptive methods!

Some of my relatives live in Akron (as far as I know Goodyear may still be there???) My Uncle is a professor at the college - home of the Rubber Bowl - yes the jokes are thick and fast when the Trojans come to town....

[sundial]

That's where my parents live.