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berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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dru wrote >>

berdawn wrote >>
OMG, no has said Punta Alley, yet!

it's a fun address, but I am tired of debating people who thinks it means 'puta.'
Urban Dictionary sums it up nicely:
"2. Punta
Punta is NOT a slang word.
PUTA is a Hispanic slang term for "whore"
Punta is what non-hispanics think is Puta. For some reason they put the "N" in it."

and people say "pacific" when they mean "specific". if only there were a thread about that.

ETA: or the number of non-hispanic people who speak spanish.
ETA: or the number of latinas who prefer that term to hispanic. or the number non-hispanic people who think brazilians speak spanish.

Posted 1 year ago #
rus

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Stoner alley up in westerville always gave me a chuckle.

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dru
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berdawn wrote
ETA: or the number of non-hispanic people who speak spanish.

yes, i suppose it is also not a curse word in Equatorial Guinea or the Philippines. i suppose i should spend the rest of the day lobbying Urban Dictionary on this.

Posted 1 year ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Not my favorite name, but always gave me a laugh to drive down Hilliard-Rome and see Nike Drive followed by Reebok Drive

ETA: And I've never seen it, but according to Google Maps, there's an "Adidas Court" off of Reebok Drive. Ridiculous. ;)

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dubdave00
Dublin
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Worst:
Wealthy Lane... It's part of The Orchard apartment complex just outside Dublin. I lived there for a few years and hated giving my address to people.

Following my time living there, I learned to actually look at the street address before deciding on a place.

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twentzel

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Hard Rd.

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RoundTowner
Miranova
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Leather Stocking Way off Morse Road, Young and Gay, if its still there.

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kellisc
Italian Village
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Dark Star in Gahanna...

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Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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Somewhere in town there is name like Heather's Wood Dr or Lindsay's Wood Dr. I thought it was up near Antrim Park off Olentangy River Rd, but I couldn't find it. :(

Punta Al. is a good one. So is Como Ave.

I've seen Delashmut Ave too. I'd hate to have that in my address.

I like Midgard Rd in Clintonville, but that's just the former AD&D player in me.

In West Chester, OH there is an intersection where Grinn Dr and Barret Rd (grin and bear it) meet. Ha ha.

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columbusguy20
5XNW
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Tussic Street Road-Westerville
Luxury Lane-Columbus
Rolls Royce Court, Aston Martin Court, Porsche Court, Mercedes Lane-Columbus
The 'Shoe Streets'-Hilliard/Far West Columbus
Fallis Road, Rustic Bridge Road-Clintonville

Outside of Columbus:
Avenue Road-Toronto
Beaubien Street, John R. Street, Outer Drive, The Mile Roads-Detroit
Queen Elizabeth Driveway, Colonel By Driveway-Ottawa
The Boulevard, Chemin Queen Mary/Queen Mary Road, Chemin de la Cote de Sainte Catherine/St. Catherine's Hill Road, Chemin Cote de Nieges/Snow Hill Road, Avenue Mountain Sights/Mountain Sights Avenue

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Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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twentzel wrote >>
Hard Rd.

I always thought they should move the name hard rd downtown and trade it with another street name, perhaps Grant.

It would complete the set so folks can drive around on Long, Hard, Broad, and (If one is so inclined) High, and/or Gay.

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Rockmastermike
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Walker wrote >>
Not my favorite name, but always gave me a laugh to drive down Hilliard-Rome and see Nike Drive followed by Reebok Drive
ETA: And I've never seen it, but according to Google Maps, there's an "Adidas Court" off of Reebok Drive. Ridiculous. ;)

Nearby the "shoe streets" in Hilliard are what I call the "Cheap wine streets": Sutter Home Rd, Beringer, Whispering Oak, and of course, Red Wynne.

One wonders if some developer got some kind of corporate kick back for naming rights to the streets.

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Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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I always thought it was funny when they made Gay St. a two-way street. "Gay goes both ways."

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somertimeoh
Harrison West
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dru wrote >>

berdawn wrote
ETA: or the number of non-hispanic people who speak spanish.

yes, i suppose it is also not a curse word in Equatorial Guinea or the Philippines. i suppose i should spend the rest of the day lobbying Urban Dictionary on this.

It brings me such joy when you get feisty about something. Doesn't happen near enough. Or maybe just right. Who knows, I just know I like it :)

Posted 1 year ago #
anillo
Marzipan City
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I always liked Needmore Road in Dayton.
And Zebulon Ave in Clintonville. Or North Linden, where that technically is.

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Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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anillo wrote >>
I always liked Needmore Road in Dayton.

I've seen that one.

Ever seen Front Wheel Dr?

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awra2001
Westgate
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I've always giggled at Gay and High. Also the sheer amount of almost unpronounceable Irish roads in Muirfield in Dublin gets a little overwhelming (Oh, I thought you lived on Locherbilshed? No, you live on Finnisblaugherblam... okay. They look the exact same and all)

Along the way from Youngstown to Chicago, I passed a Fangboner Road. I'd hate to meet the guy that was named after.

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alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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I like to joke about how developers build some place and name it after whatever local feature they obliterated.

So, when that happens to Honda Hills, there might be street names like Bent Fork or Broken Spring...

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berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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awra2001 wrote >>
I've always giggled at Gay and High.

The #4 driver used to call out "Rich and High" and then add " I wish I was"

I never felt compelled to tell him that he should wish that he were, though.

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disoriented
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Hi there, I am a long-time lurker but first-time poster. I just had to share some road names I discovered while driving in Pickaway
County near Circleville. They are not my favorite street names, but they did give me pause: Hitler Road 1 and Hitler Road 2 off SR56.

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