What's in a STREET name?

[IFjane]

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.

Thank you zen! I knew I could count on y'all. That's what happens when I post after a glass of wine. (it was red, do I get extra credit for that?)

[Mr. Bloom]

I've been to Guin, but not to Gu-Win. Or is it the other way 'round?

I so want to hear that story.

Karen

Trust me, if you've been to one, it's likely you were at the other...but you might have blinked

[RoadRaven]

Same vowel sounds in Hawaiian.

I am not surprised... Hawaiki features strongly in Maori lore, and the migration to Aotearoa New Zealand came from your islands.

[wannaduacentury]

One of my old addresses was Neiderriter Lane-- pronounced (knee-der- rider) It was named for my neighbor and he had cerebral palsy and was in a wheelchair, but he got around town fine and he drove a hand operated van. He was a neat guy.

There's a road in northern Tennessee called Stinky Creek Road.
I've always liked that one too. Jenn

[LoriO]

In Michigan some friends of ours lived right near the intersection of Nixon & Bluett. Someone had a sense of humor when they were nameing the streets in that development!


Connecticut has many very unsual street names. A couple of my favorites are

Roast Meat Hill Rd
Skunk Misery Rd
Beelzebub Rd

[silver]

I've been to Guin, but not to Gu-Win. Or is it the other way 'round?

I so want to hear that story.

Karen

I think that Mr. was quoting from Forest Gump.....Not sure how that related to Guin or Gu-Win or Winfield, but I do have a story to tell or tale

But, BTW, it's hard to believe that you went to Guin but not Gu-win, since they are so close together and if you are driving from Memphis to Birmingham, they are all three on the way. Anyhooo....

When Silverson was born, we lived in Memphis and all the grandparents lived in Birmingham. My father, Henry, was still working, so the in-laws, Bill and Pat, and my mother, Mary, all drove to Memphis to see the Grandson. Bill and Pat stayed a couple of days and left my Mary to stay to help me out. a couple of weeks later, Henry drove to Memphis to see Silver son and to retrieve his wife, Mary. Just happens, that on his way, just outside of Guin, or Gu-Win, or Winfield (they just sort of merge together) he hits a traffic jam. Ends up, leaving his car in the road and goes into a local eatery, has time for lunch. Asks around why the total traffic jam?

Seems it's the annual Mule Day Parade and the entire road is shut down.

[Crankin]

Mr. Silver, most people call that lake in MA Webster lake. It's in the town of Webster, which used to be a summer resort in the early 20's. It's now sort of a a skanky place to live (hope no one lives there). I did a ride by the lake 2 years ago. It's quite beautiful.

Robyn

[Mr. Bloom]

After 30 years of having the name and the meaning (albeit, not the spelling) memorized, I finally know where it is!

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaugg, a name derived from a Nipmuc Native American tribe transates "fishing place at the boundary" but townspeople prefer the innaccurate translation: "You fish on your side, we'll fish on our side, and nobody will fish in the middle." It is often regarded as the longest place name in the United States. A shorter name for this body of water is Lake Chaubunagungamaug, or simply Webster Lake.

[Drtgirl]

My parents live at the corner of Curtis and Mayfield...I always thought that was kind of funny.

[Jolt]

Mr. Silver, most people call that lake in MA Webster lake. It's in the town of Webster, which used to be a summer resort in the early 20's. It's now sort of a a skanky place to live (hope no one lives there). I did a ride by the lake 2 years ago. It's quite beautiful.

Robyn

Speaking of bodies of water in MA, you reminded me of something else that should go in this thread even if it's not a street name. There is a pond in Oxford, MA called Carbuncle Pond, and it has a little beach area where people can go to swim; the YMCA has swimming lessons there also. Isn't that a disgusting name for a place where people swim?

[makbike]

We have a Whoda-Thot-It-Hill. I've never been down this road but may have to explore it this summer.

[Zen]

Seems it's the annual Mule Day Parade and the entire road is shut down.

Hoo! If he thought it was a traffic jam on Mule Day it's prolly a good thing he wasn't around for Opossum Day!

[Mr. Bloom]

Hoo! If he thought it was a traffic jam on Mule Day it's prolly a good thing he wasn't around for Opossum Day!

That's ironic for a couple of reasons:

• When Henry stopped in the traffic on a FOUR LANE US HWY 78, he asked someone "what's happening?"
• An old guy nearby said: "it's the MULE day parade. M*U*L*E Mule"
• I think the old guy was proud he could spell...Opussum may have been a challenge for him

Only in Alabama...

[SouthernBelle]

Columbia, TN also has a Mule Day.

[RoadRaven]

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaugg, a name derived from a Nipmuc Native American tribe <snip> A shorter name for this body of water is Lake Chaubunagungamaug, or simply Webster Lake.

OK... so you have my attention... but how do I say it?

Can you spell it in phonetics please?