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funny place names in the garden state

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I'm a newcomer to Jersey. Aside from being a strange place in general, the state is filled with strangely named places.
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2 months ago Asativum said:

Jenny Jump State Forest!

10 months ago reesetee said:

*thwacks forehead* Of course! How could we forget?

10 months ago chained_bear said:

Drumthwacket!

11 months ago reesetee said:

Oh! Piscataway!

11 months ago reesetee said:

I'm not even going to ask why the Scranton McDonald's was so memorable. ;-)

11 months ago trivet said:

I remember the hilarity of driving through Pennsylvania and trying to pronounce the various towns we drove through. That and the Scranton McDonald's.

11 months ago reesetee said:

And now mine is too. At least you're not trying to pronounce Schuylkill. ;-)

11 months ago kad said:

Absolutely. I'm originally from Pittsburgh, not far from the Youghiogheny River. Unless I've been mispronouncing it my whole life, the first 'gh' is pronounced like a 'k': Yawk-i-gain-ee.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of another word with a gh that gets pronounced as a k...which means that the rest of my work day is shot as I try.

11 months ago reesetee said:

No, but close--I'm in PA, which has its share of strange town names. :-) And I won't even mention any bridges.

11 months ago kad said:

Thanks reesetee! Are you in the Garden State, too?

11 months ago reesetee said:

Succasunna! Weehawken! Hopatcong!

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