Posts Tagged ‘village names’

Bad name for a winery

You might recall my previous delight at discovering that there is an entire association of French towns with rude or silly names.  And I tried to add to the wonderment of that discovery by sharing my favorite Languedoc-Roussillon town names like Saint Arnac (saint ripoff) and Conas (which sounds just like Connasse since we often [...]

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Communes au Noms Burlesques – French towns with dirty names

Remember that CouchSurfing group that was hitchhiking to all the French towns with dirty names in the southwest? Well it turns out there is a club of French towns with naughty names. And they have an annual parade. Well, this means I get to expand my list of favorite town names. Maybe we should do [...]

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