This town has had to invest in additional signs throughout the years, as it is often the target of thieves who think the name is funny. Originally called Cross Keys in the mid 1700s, the name ...

Putsonderwater (formerly Putzonderwater) is another town with a funny name. Many people refer to it as a ghost town because of its remote location and lack of activity or abandonment. Translated ...

WITH the 58th National Day around the corner, what better time to embrace our nation for all its diversity – especially its sometimes bizarre and funny town names.

Developers and business associations have long slapped pithy names on fast-growing parts of town, and tenured residents ... if they were dumb yet harmless inventions. But they're not just silly ...