Apparently my middle name (Malo) means 'bad' or 'evil' or 'sick' in Spanish. I've never ever come across another person with Malo as a name. I wonder why...
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Apparently my middle name (Malo) means 'bad' or 'evil' or 'sick' in Spanish. I've never ever come across another person with Malo as a name. I wonder why...
Speaking of strange place names, here in South Carolina (where else?), we have some strange names for towns. A few locally include Cowpens (famous Revolutionary War battle fought there), "LA" (Little Africa, no kidding) and SugarTit (just a crossroads, really).
There also Climax Alabama, Hooker point Florida, Faggot hill Massachusets, Gayhead New york........
Nutbush, Va
Montcuq, France.:angel:
In Tongan, "malo" (pronounced maa LOW) means "Thank you".Quote:
Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider
On the island of Tongatapu, in Tonga, there's a village called "Puke".
It's pronounced "POO kay", and the literal translation is "sick".
The story goes that once upon a time there was a healing chief who lived there.
A good friend from Minnesota, told me about this one a few years back:
The town of Fertile, population 853, sits about 19 miles southeast of Crookston on state highway 32; Climax, with 273 listed residents, sits to the west of there on US 75, some thirty miles away. An elderly lady from the former small town expired in the latter, leading to an obituary caption in the paper that read, in bold letters: "Fertile Woman Dies in Climax." Probably the longest-lived journalistic gaffe in the entire state, and one that must have brought at least mortification to its author. You'd hope so anyway.
Word meanings can evolve too-think of the word "mouse." Another one I can't get over: all the youngsters nowadays love to play corn hole. When i was in high school, that word had a VERY different meaning!
When I lived in Maryland I was always intrigued by a sign on I-95 directing me to Skaggsville. I was curious, but never left the interstate to check out the relative attractiveness of the young ladies who lived there.
Regards - Walt