Strange names

There really is a mountain called Wank, in Germany. It's in the Bavarian Alps, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It has a cable car, the Wankbahn, which takes people almost all the way to the top. Near the peak, there is an inn called the Wankhaus which was built in 1911 that allows people to spend the night.

This may not seem amusing to US readers, but believe me, it's funny if you are English or have spent any time in England!

There are plenty of people called Wank in the USA, but I have never, ever, heard of anyone of that name in the UK. I expect Chai will have something entirely justified to say about that last remark...

The Wankhaus... creepy.

Here in Norway there was busdriver. His name was Histler, and his job was to transport mostly german senior citizens (who had lived through WW2) to the various landmarks and activities. Apparently that caused some incidents...

Is the name "Wank" funny in Norwegian? (you know what it means in England, I presume!)

Why would I have anything to say about that? I never heard of anyone named Wank in the UK either.

I did grow up with a girl named Karen Wank though, so there very well might be a lot of people with that last name.

I only say something when I defend my culture over your snobbish elitism. I wouldn't mind it so much if you sometimes wasted you energies on another country once in a while though. I'm sure you're proud of your culture, why would I go out of my way to insult it?


Anyway....My husband grew up with someone named Jimmery Twitchel.....That pretty funny.

Plenty of British guys grew up with her!

According to Merriam-Webster, ... wank, origin unknown Date: circa 1950 ...

I could imagine that the family name* is much older as is the mountain. :wink:

*It was/is a relatively common family name in Pomerania.

contrex

No, the english meaning is why I find it funny. But the word wanker is one of the words borrowed from english. The daily speech of young norwegians is more and more becoming a blend of the languages english and norwegian.

There is a village called '*******' in Austria but pronounced differently.

Yeah, F u c k i n g!

people or place names?

Richard Head lived here for a while.

Place names
Tittybong (Victoria) Woodenbong (New South Wales) Bumbang (Victoria) Krakafat (Western Australia).

Yes, named after a certain Herr F~ck, who settled there in 6th century.
(And it's the correct pronounciation ... in German )
(And the villagers are proud of this old name, so refuse to rename their place. [Here's a village, called 'Meiste', since 1910 or so. Before, it was called for centuries 'Miste', which translate to dung/droppings.])

dadpad

I was primarily thinking about names of persons when I made the thread, but I see no reason not to include names of anything else that might be funny too.

Isn't there a place in the oriental called Phuking?