This is just southern Indiana:
French Lick (let's get this one out of the way first)
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
New Philadelphia
New Boston
South Boston
Manhattan
St. Louis Crossing
Nebraska
Yankeetown
Frenchtown
English
Eureka
Santa Claus
Buffaloville
Carefree
Loogootee
Exchange
Whiteland*
Trafalgar
Napoleon
Waterloo
Edinburg
Dublin
London
China
Siberia
Vienna
Florence
Milan
Moscow
Manilla
Hindustan
Bengal
Fountaintown
Bean Blossom
Gnaw Bone
Floyds Knobs
Story
Spraytown
Acme
Bono
Buddha
(*I heard a woman on the radio just yesterday talk about how southern Indiana is totally racist and she was the only black person in her school so I thought this was an ironic town name)
5 comments:
My father is from Buddha. Born and raised.
And since it's not on the map, my hometown of Pinhook isn't listed. It should be.
Oh, one more thing - Buddha is pronounced "Boody." No lie.
WF
One more one more thing:
Further pronunciations:
Milan = "MY-luhn"
Bono = "BO-no"
WF
Oh, yes, pronunciations are a matter unto themselves. Down there by you there's La-FAY-ette and Ooltewah (ood-wah). And you might drive on Houston Mill Rd (house-ton) in Atlanta.
That is not ironic.
wow and to think I thought Vincennes was an exotic name for a town in Indiana.
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