In the updated Cathcart Circle route, these two stations it was said were now modelled. They are on the map but I cannot seem to get to them. Has this been discussed before? Cheers
Are you serious those are actual places, or are you taking the piss? Can never tell with the Brits....
So not only I think that some British town names sound like someone smashed a keyboard against a wall? Those places are real, at least Dumbreck
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-english-place-names-signs/ Some of them I don't think we could have in TSW. Wouldn't make it past the bad language filter ;-)
Yeah, I even pitched an idea how they could make Cathcart Circle better by including these stations but no joy. https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/cathcart-circle-enhancement.82927/#post-863468
They may be modelled in ai but if you can't see them whats the point. Anyway Crossmyloof translates as cross my palm (with silver or suchlike). The story goes that Mary Queen of Scots was about to go to battle nearby (in an other Glasgow area called Battlefield i think). On the way she passed a fortune teller who she asked, would she win the battle. The fortune teller said in the old Scots language, Cross my loof, as she wanted payment. That's where the name came from. Or so it is said. I think she said she would lose the battle but like she went ahead with it anyway.
I also thought this was going to be one of those Enough is enough threads but with witty and clever substitute words for curses lol
The person I replied to never mentioned England nor Scotland, he said Brits (as in Britain). Also, Scratchy Bottom is in England, in Dorset. It is nowhere near Scotland.
A while ago there was an amusing thread on the Transport Fever forum when someone was (entirely seriously) arguing that the town of Penistone should be removed from the game because “children play this game”!
You said "we". Typical English who think we means everybody under thier thumb. (I'm sorta joking here by the way)
How is it meant to be said? The only issue with my pronunciation is that not being from near Glasgow I won't sound anywhere near drunk enough!
Ah fair dos you caught me with that one. I started well, but went and included the 'v' in the second half. At least I didn't have to do mouth yoga to make an attempt of it though.
Yeah that one place in Wales that has a INSANELY long name thats like over twice the length of the alphabet comes to mind. Googled it and: “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch”. Is what I’m referring too. Seriously whoever made this name up is the world’s biggest troll.
Yes, the Welsh seem to like mashing letters up in random orders and declaring them as words. Got to love them though! That place (not even trying to spell it) is mental. Though this weatherman has it nailed! It doesn't feel right nobody mentioning Scunthorpe in this thread either, that usually closely follows Penistone, though some would say it's the other way around.
Fun fact: the name was originally Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, but around the turn of the 1870s it was changed to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch as some sort of publicity stunt so it'd be the longest railway station name in Britain. It is usually shortened though. Its also the second longest place name in the world, the other one being Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu in New Zealand.
Because if Inverclyde line was in TSW you could visit those stations in the game without having to go to Greenock irl
Cartsdyke is located on the edges of one of Greenock's biggest dumps (but also it's football ground, which is a plus) while Bogston is on the edge of another fairly rubbish area - and quite isolated from anything to do.
lol sounds like Bal-Sagoth album name or baroque book title ... anyway, imagine being a kid in a town with a rowdy name lol... like "Where are you from?" "Eh, I am from Smellyhole"
thats not anything negative, we are just having fun ... y know, there are even names that might otherwise be offensive words... like Slovenian footballer Ales Kokot (slovak word for male member ), former Czech footballer Marcel Jebavý (close to Slovak/Czech word for f...ing), former East German athlete Manfred Kokot etc. ... it happens, might even be a source of funny conversation lets say at airport passport control
lol this thread might as well rename itself to funny location names or funny names in general and moved to off-topic
There are differences in place names in the different countries that make up Great Britain. Scotland - Jibberish Wales - Choking noises England - Brockley Whins
