Additionally, since trolls turn to stone when exposed to sunlight, nearly all rock formations in Norway have names related to what position the troll was in when turned to stone. With so many weirds mountains and rock formations in this country, naming and explaining these is probably the very origin of the troll myth itself!
@@NameExplain Speaking of trolls, that's what the 2% of Michiganians (or, less formally, "Michiganders") who live in the Upper Peninsula of the state call the other 98%. Why? Because they live "under the bridge"!
In Germany, there are also very many rock formations attributed to the devil - most often single dark blocks reaching over the top of the forest. It was believed that the devil would use them in dark stormy nights for preaching to his followers. Therefore, they're called "Teufelskanzel" (the devil's pulpit).
welp, now i know what a pulpit is, i reckon :) we have a couple places with the word "-sachs(en)" in it, which if i remember correctly has nothing to do with the Saxons (their name comes from a type of knife or something) but just means "rock"
Norway we also have "Troll tongue" ("Trolltungen"), "The Troll ladder" ("Trollstigen"), "The Pulpit" ("Prekestolen") and "Seven sisters" ("Sju søstre").
I grew up looking at the Sleeping Giant - and literally have the range tattooed on my chest. I saw this video and immediately thought of home - but thought that you wouldn't mention it. Second one brought up - I'm impressed!!
i assume _long ya men_ is exactly "dragon's tooth gate" the word for dragon transliterates as _long, men_ is probably the same as japanese _mon_ namely 門 "gate" and _ya_ i assume is 牙 meaning a canine or sharp tooth
There is a mountain in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, called “Dedo de Deus” (god’s finger), that look like this emoji ☝🏼! This mountain is so iconic that appears on the state flag!
"Long Ya Men" is Mandarin for "Dragons Teeth Gate", it is a direct translation. "Kow Loon", an area in Hong Kong, can be translated as "Nine Hills" or "Nine Dragons". "Hong Kong" is Cantonese for "Fragrant Harbour" as the island is home to many sweet smelling tropical flowers. Off the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, that separates Lake Huron from Georgian Bay, in Ontario, is Flowerpot Island. The rock formations on the island look like flowerpots.
There is a mountain nicknamed "Sleeping Giant" when viewed feom a particular directiin in central Alabama. It originally given this nickname by native Americans.
There's a mountain in south west Colorado named Nipple Mountain. There is also Nipple Mountain Road and a drink in a brewery near there called Nipple Mountain Nip.
In Auustralia there os also Wave Rock because it looks like a crashing wave snap frozen, the Three Sisters, Twelve Apostles, Ularu (Ayers Rock) and Hanging Rock.
The Tooth of Time in NM actual got its name because it sits on the Santa Fe trail. In the time of the wagon trains, the caravans had to reach this rock formation before a certain time or risk being snowed in in the mountain passes further west.
well, there's thousands of rock formations, like: singer, guitarist, bassist and drummer or singer/guitarist, bassist and drummer, and many others heheh
On the Shetlands, near the village of Hillswick are some sea stacks called the Drongs which is of Old Norse origin meaning "standing pillar of rocks". Very close to them is an islet named Dore Holm that looks like a horse drinking from the ocean. My most memorable one is from the Isle of Lewis. "The Beast of Holm" near the shore of Stornoway. Very small and physically insignificant. But titled "the beast" because of all the maritime disaster it induced throughout history, including the Iolaire tragedy which saw many young men perished returning home from the Great War...
In Chile there are many rocky places with special names (like anywhere else in the world), like around the area of San pedro de Atacama where you will find the Valle de la Luna (moon valley) which has many interesting rock formations like the Three Marys, and amphitheater. There is also a place called Monjes de la Pacana, a valley with scattered tall pillars (Monks of la Pacana). In the Patagonia there is also the Catedrales de mármol, or marble cathedrals, which you reach by boat or kayak in a lake, it’s a series of caves and tunnels of marble where light and water create a beautiful experience. There is also a mountain where i go on holidays that is called ‘Mal tusado’ which means ‘bad horse haircut’ because it looks like a long mountain with many spikes all along so it’s like the hair in the neck of a horse that had a very bad haircut
Theres another place with devil in its name in Serbia. Its a rock formation called Đavolja Varoš meaning Devils Town because its appearance. And aloso theres a mountain peak named Babin zub or grandmother's tooth in english.
In German there is an idiom called "Der Zahn der Zeit (nagt an allem)" (The tooth of time (gnaws at everything)) . Is it possible that Spanish speaking countries have a similar idiom to explain the name of that rock?
Brimham Rocks in Yorkshire has a myriad of strangely shaped rocks. Dancing Bear, Anvil, Rocking Stones, Mushroom Rock and many other strange formations.
Australia does have some interestingly named rock formations: The Twelve Apostles, a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. The Devil's Marbles, 'degraded nubbins' in the Northern Territory. The Three Sisters, whose name comes from an Aboriginal legend, in the Blue Mountains near Sydney.
There's a few more interesting formations in Scotland both in English and when translated from gaelic. For one thing we seem to have a habit of comparing rock stacks to the elderly - notably the 'Old man of Hoy' in Orkney and the 'Old man of Storr' in Skye. Adjacent to the latter is a spiraling pinnacle of rock called 'The Wizards Hat'. If you're a keen mountain climber like myself then you'll also know that many mountain ridges in Scotland have a 'Bad Step' (a particularly tricky scramble up or down) and the somewhat notorious Aonach Eagach ridge in Glen Coe has the infamous 'Crazy Pinnacles' (presumably because you have to be a little crazy to climb them), whilst Am Bodach (at the start of the ridge) has a formation known as 'The Chancellor'. Ben Alligin has the aptly named 'Horns of Alligin' and one of the most famous corbetts (2,500 - 2,999ft mountains) in Scotland is officially called 'Ben Arthur' but is much better known by the name 'The Cobbler'. At the top of the Cobbler is a formation known as 'The needle' that must be climbed through a hole in it to reach the true summit, hence when you tell people you've climbed the Cobbler they'll often ask if you 'threaded the needle'. We also have the 3 sisters of Glencoe and the 5 sisters of Kintail Liatach, the munro, has a sharp, narrow ridge known as 'Am Fasarinen' which translates to 'The teeth' There's a few munros in the Cuillin on Skye that definitely have interesting names but perhaps the best are the 'Inaccessible Pinnacle' and 'Am Basteir' which translates as 'The Executioner' (look the latter up, you'll see why it deserves its name). Perhaps the best of all though is a mountain in the Cairngorms with the English name 'The Devils Point' . . . The gaelic is 'Bod an Deamhain' and it does mean 'The Devils' . . . Something, but . . . Ahem . . . Not to put too fine a 'point' to it . . . 🤣🤣🤣
The Coosa River flows over a rock formation in central Alabama called "The Devil's Staircase". It was particularly difficult to navigate, before the Dam was built.
There is a german rock formation, which is quite popular. It is at the german island of Helgoland and the name of the rock formation is "Lange Anna" ("Long Anna"").
Whilst they aren't rock formations, and are in fact caves, a couple I like from UK are Wookey Hole in Somerset (I think) and Blue John caves in Yorkshire. I can't remember where Wookey comes from, but I remember Blue John very well. It's thought that it's a translation from French, Bleu Jaune, which means Blue yellow, since the rocks in the cave are Blue and yellow in colour. I only mentioned them since you mentioned a cave yourself, but a similar video on cave names could be interesting
Bear's Lodge in Wyoming has unfortunately been known as "Devils Tower" for decades. There was a reporter trying to chronicle the new lands obtained by the US Govt during the day and went to ask some of the natives who lived nearby about the rock formation. There was a game of telephone at play though, as the reporter spoke English and the person they had who spoke Lakota only spoke French, so they had to translate from Lakota to French by one translator and French to English by another. So that's how it got the misnomer "Devils Tower", the actual name "Bear's Lodge" comes from the story of it's creation. From girls being chased by a great bear and with the help of a spirit being lifted up on a hill, while the great bear clawed at the hill making all the vertical marks it's renowned for... or something to that effect... I'm rusty on my lore. So, not the dwelling place of the bear... but rather a place shaped by it.
I am not familiar with the Tooth of Time rock, though I can surely reach it in 6 hours or less (provided there are no car accidents or major road construction between here and there). (checking Google Maps) Maybe I'll be taking a road trip this weekend!
Durdle Door looks like fried chicken. Now I'm hungry. Edit: Also in food related rock formations we have Pancake Rocks here in New Zealand. They're named because they look like stacks of pancakes. Not original but still delicious.
Grand Tetons (Wyoming/Idaho, Teton Spanish for breast) Old man of the mountain (new Hampshire, anthropomorphic side of a face that fell down a few years ago) Mesa (small plateaus) is just Spanish for table Narrow mesas are called "hoodoos" or "fairy chimneys". Hoodoo is based on the same word as voodoo.
We have "Devil's spittleful" near Kidderminster, derrived from The Devils Spadeful, from a legend that states the devil dropped a spade full of rock on his way to Bewdley to attempt to dam up the Severn.
New Hampshire HAD a mountain which, when viewed from one side, looked like a man’s head, called the Old Man of the Mountain, and was featured on the state quarter in the 1990s (over a ten year period, the US Mint produced five quarter [25 cent coins] designs honoring each of the 50 states in the order they joined the Union), and a few years later it collapsed due to natural causes.
In Thai we has "Phae Mueang Phi" (Pronounce more like Pae Mueang Pee) forest park. Famous for the unique rock formation that look like a little grand canyon. If common Thai speaker heard the name, It will literally means "Goat of the ghost realm". So I think it definitely deserve to be here as non English weird rock formation name. I did some research on the origin of the name and found unconfirmed explanation that it's an old regional words. As "Pae" usually means goat, But in that language it means grove or scrub forest. While "Mueang Pee" seems to have the same meaning as modern Thai but use in different way, Means "Ghost town" or "Ghost realm". But it seems to be use to describe that the place is no man land because it dry like a dessert. So, The name actually means "Deserted grove" but sounds like "Goat of the ghost realm" in modern Thai language.
Love the videos, the subjects and style of delivery, but I feel a few more well explored references to support the explanations would be good. Tom Scott had this epiphany a while ago, and I really respect him for doing that. You don't need to quite torture yourself a bad as CGP Grey does (See Tiffany), but some supporting evidence or even some critical analysis of those sources would really take your content to the next level.
I agree, this channel seems to want to push more content into a single video, but it would be amazing if there's fewer but more fleshed out entries to these style of videos. References and support would be phenomenal! Really enjoy the subjects and style too but the short time spent on each entry detracts from the experience.
The tallest peak of the Ko'olau mountains here in Oahu, Hawaii is named Pu'u Kōnāhuanui, which translates to "Mount Large Testicles". Note, it ain't some flowery metaphor. It really is Mount Big Balls. It got it's name from the legend of a giant who tossed his nutsack at woman who was fleeing him in terror. And that is the weirdest name for a rock formation here in Hawaii. Good luck getting that in a video and keeping it monetized though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dn%C4%81huanui
The greatest English cave name is in the town of Castleton. There's a cave formation known as 'Peak Cavern' , or more commonly/locally, 'the devil's ar*e' , as the locals believed that the sounds emenating from the cave could only have come from Satan's backside.
I'm actually surprised there has been no analogies to boobs in this video In Canada, the village Tadoussac is actually an Amerindian word for boobs (Tatouskak) because of the very breasty rock formations. The French name for that rock formation, either by pure chance or by common acknowledgement, is called "cap de la boule", or "boobie cape". And then there's also the very obvious example of Grand Teton in Wyoming, which literally translate from french into English as "Big Boob"
Out my way we have Titan's Piazza in South HAdley MA (on Mount Holyoke) No idea why it's called that. Also, Poet's Seat on Greenfield MA becuase the views inspired a lot of poetry. There are two Purgatory Chasms, on in RI and and another in Sutton MA, less than 10 miles from my house. There is the Rock House in West Brookfield, because native Americans used it winter quarters long ago. And there is a Sleeping Giant in Connecticut as well, and that looks more gianty than the one on Canada. A balance Rock in Princeton MA, which is where the glacier dumped a rock precariously balanced on another rock and finally, nowhere near where I live but how could you leave out the Troll's Tongue in Norway???
There is a famous mountain in Ukraine called "Bear mountain", because it looks like a huge bear drinking water (indeed, it extends into the Black Sea): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayu-Dag
It's too bad that the Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation in New Hampshire's White Mountains, collapsed a little over a decade ago. It would have been an excellent addition to this list.
It would ROCK if you preordered a copy of my upcoming book x
I don't pre order shit
Cute thumbnail callback!
Additionally, since trolls turn to stone when exposed to sunlight, nearly all rock formations in Norway have names related to what position the troll was in when turned to stone. With so many weirds mountains and rock formations in this country, naming and explaining these is probably the very origin of the troll myth itself!
If you’re into trolls keep an eye out for my next video!
@@NameExplain Speaking of trolls, that's what the 2% of Michiganians (or, less formally, "Michiganders") who live in the Upper Peninsula of the state call the other 98%. Why?
Because they live "under the bridge"!
Geology rocks but it does have some faults.
🥁*ba-dum-tss*
Angry upvote
As someone named after rocks, how dare you.
There are many layers to your statement
@@HopeRock425 you rock
In Germany, there are also very many rock formations attributed to the devil - most often single dark blocks reaching over the top of the forest. It was believed that the devil would use them in dark stormy nights for preaching to his followers. Therefore, they're called "Teufelskanzel" (the devil's pulpit).
welp, now i know what a pulpit is, i reckon :)
we have a couple places with the word "-sachs(en)" in it, which if i remember correctly has nothing to do with the Saxons (their name comes from a type of knife or something) but just means "rock"
Intriguing!
Norway we also have
"Troll tongue" ("Trolltungen"),
"The Troll ladder" ("Trollstigen"),
"The Pulpit" ("Prekestolen")
and "Seven sisters" ("Sju søstre").
In Santa Cruz, CA we have the “natural bridges” which are not connected to anything so I’m not sure why they aren’t natural arches
Great subject choice! Please don't ever stop making these videos! They're so much fun and very informational! Thanks very much for all you do.
I grew up looking at the Sleeping Giant - and literally have the range tattooed on my chest. I saw this video and immediately thought of home - but thought that you wouldn't mention it. Second one brought up - I'm impressed!!
Haystack Rock on the Oregon coast. It looks like a haystack kind of. Just don't let the tide sneak up on you and get stranded out there.
i assume _long ya men_ is exactly "dragon's tooth gate"
the word for dragon transliterates as _long, men_ is probably the same as japanese _mon_ namely 門 "gate" and _ya_ i assume is 牙 meaning a canine or sharp tooth
Correct. 龙牙门 (simplified)
There is a mountain in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, called “Dedo de Deus” (god’s finger), that look like this emoji ☝🏼!
This mountain is so iconic that appears on the state flag!
That's one original "thumbnail". You got it this time!!
"Long Ya Men" is Mandarin for "Dragons Teeth Gate", it is a direct translation.
"Kow Loon", an area in Hong Kong, can be translated as "Nine Hills" or "Nine Dragons".
"Hong Kong" is Cantonese for "Fragrant Harbour" as the island is home to many sweet smelling tropical flowers.
Off the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, that separates Lake Huron from Georgian Bay, in Ontario, is Flowerpot Island. The rock formations on the island look like flowerpots.
There is a mountain nicknamed "Sleeping Giant" when viewed feom a particular directiin in central Alabama. It originally given this nickname by native Americans.
There's a mountain in south west Colorado named Nipple Mountain. There is also Nipple Mountain Road and a drink in a brewery near there called Nipple Mountain Nip.
In Auustralia there os also Wave Rock because it looks like a crashing wave snap frozen, the Three Sisters, Twelve Apostles, Ularu (Ayers Rock) and Hanging Rock.
The Tooth of Time in NM actual got its name because it sits on the Santa Fe trail. In the time of the wagon trains, the caravans had to reach this rock formation before a certain time or risk being snowed in in the mountain passes further west.
was about to comment this myself; thanks for posting!
well, there's thousands of rock formations, like: singer, guitarist, bassist and drummer or singer/guitarist, bassist and drummer, and many others heheh
4:04 That is literally the English translation right there. Long = Dragon, Ya = Teeth, Men = Gate
On the Shetlands, near the village of Hillswick are some sea stacks called the Drongs which is of Old Norse origin meaning "standing pillar of rocks". Very close to them is an islet named Dore Holm that looks like a horse drinking from the ocean. My most memorable one is from the Isle of Lewis. "The Beast of Holm" near the shore of Stornoway. Very small and physically insignificant. But titled "the beast" because of all the maritime disaster it induced throughout history, including the Iolaire tragedy which saw many young men perished returning home from the Great War...
In Chile there are many rocky places with special names (like anywhere else in the world), like around the area of San pedro de Atacama where you will find the Valle de la Luna (moon valley) which has many interesting rock formations like the Three Marys, and amphitheater. There is also a place called Monjes de la Pacana, a valley with scattered tall pillars (Monks of la Pacana). In the Patagonia there is also the Catedrales de mármol, or marble cathedrals, which you reach by boat or kayak in a lake, it’s a series of caves and tunnels of marble where light and water create a beautiful experience. There is also a mountain where i go on holidays that is called ‘Mal tusado’ which means ‘bad horse haircut’ because it looks like a long mountain with many spikes all along so it’s like the hair in the neck of a horse that had a very bad haircut
Can't believe it! You mentioned a rock near where I live! I'm astonished.
Theres another place with devil in its name in Serbia. Its a rock formation called Đavolja Varoš meaning Devils Town because its appearance. And aloso theres a mountain peak named Babin zub or grandmother's tooth in english.
Zuma Rock looks a lot like Ularu Rock in Australia except for having steeper sides.
There is a road that leads out of Colorado into Utah that leads to Arches National Park and the views on the way there are amazing. Worth the trip!
Ooooh, that thumbnail explanation was worth it. Well played, good sir!
In German there is an idiom called "Der Zahn der Zeit (nagt an allem)" (The tooth of time (gnaws at everything)) . Is it possible that Spanish speaking countries have a similar idiom to explain the name of that rock?
I was skeptical about the joke in the thumbnail but I have to admit, it was a good one in the end ;)
I grew up in a city called Round Rock, a city that named itself after an anvil-shaped rock.
Brimham Rocks in Yorkshire has a myriad of strangely shaped rocks.
Dancing Bear, Anvil, Rocking Stones, Mushroom Rock and many other strange formations.
Australia does have some interestingly named rock formations:
The Twelve Apostles, a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria.
The Devil's Marbles, 'degraded nubbins' in the Northern Territory.
The Three Sisters, whose name comes from an Aboriginal legend, in the Blue Mountains near Sydney.
we’ve got the Three Sisters, Uluru, and that’s about it for interesting ones that come to mind
Devils tower in Wyoming.
The giants causeway in Ireland.
The dells in Wisconsin.
There's a few more interesting formations in Scotland both in English and when translated from gaelic.
For one thing we seem to have a habit of comparing rock stacks to the elderly - notably the 'Old man of Hoy' in Orkney and the 'Old man of Storr' in Skye. Adjacent to the latter is a spiraling pinnacle of rock called 'The Wizards Hat'.
If you're a keen mountain climber like myself then you'll also know that many mountain ridges in Scotland have a 'Bad Step' (a particularly tricky scramble up or down) and the somewhat notorious Aonach Eagach ridge in Glen Coe has the infamous 'Crazy Pinnacles' (presumably because you have to be a little crazy to climb them), whilst Am Bodach (at the start of the ridge) has a formation known as 'The Chancellor'.
Ben Alligin has the aptly named 'Horns of Alligin' and one of the most famous corbetts (2,500 - 2,999ft mountains) in Scotland is officially called 'Ben Arthur' but is much better known by the name 'The Cobbler'. At the top of the Cobbler is a formation known as 'The needle' that must be climbed through a hole in it to reach the true summit, hence when you tell people you've climbed the Cobbler they'll often ask if you 'threaded the needle'.
We also have the 3 sisters of Glencoe and the 5 sisters of Kintail
Liatach, the munro, has a sharp, narrow ridge known as 'Am Fasarinen' which translates to 'The teeth'
There's a few munros in the Cuillin on Skye that definitely have interesting names but perhaps the best are the 'Inaccessible Pinnacle' and 'Am Basteir' which translates as 'The Executioner' (look the latter up, you'll see why it deserves its name).
Perhaps the best of all though is a mountain in the Cairngorms with the English name 'The Devils Point' . . . The gaelic is 'Bod an Deamhain' and it does mean 'The Devils' . . . Something, but . . . Ahem . . . Not to put too fine a 'point' to it . . . 🤣🤣🤣
Long = dragon in Chinese, so that partly answers your question
The Coosa River flows over a rock formation in central Alabama called "The Devil's Staircase". It was particularly difficult to navigate, before the Dam was built.
you missed an amazing opportunity to include the Devil's Marbles in NT, Australia (correct name Karlu Karlu) :)
There’s a crevice at Rock City outside of Chattanooga called Fat Man’s Squeeze. That’s always amused me.
Not really a rock formation but a strange phenomenon involving rocks are the Wandering Stones of Death Vally
U forgot the glass house mountains, bungle bungles, three sisters, devils marbles and 12 apostles from Australia
in Sardinia we call trees "matta" ... which in italian means "crazy lady" :D
All the rocks in "Valle Della Luna" have a funny name (from the "turtles rock" to the "Mount Rushmore").
Look it up!
There is a german rock formation, which is quite popular. It is at the german island of Helgoland and the name of the rock formation is "Lange Anna" ("Long Anna"").
Whilst they aren't rock formations, and are in fact caves, a couple I like from UK are Wookey Hole in Somerset (I think) and Blue John caves in Yorkshire.
I can't remember where Wookey comes from, but I remember Blue John very well. It's thought that it's a translation from French, Bleu Jaune, which means Blue yellow, since the rocks in the cave are Blue and yellow in colour.
I only mentioned them since you mentioned a cave yourself, but a similar video on cave names could be interesting
Bear's Lodge in Wyoming has unfortunately been known as "Devils Tower" for decades. There was a reporter trying to chronicle the new lands obtained by the US Govt during the day and went to ask some of the natives who lived nearby about the rock formation. There was a game of telephone at play though, as the reporter spoke English and the person they had who spoke Lakota only spoke French, so they had to translate from Lakota to French by one translator and French to English by another.
So that's how it got the misnomer "Devils Tower", the actual name "Bear's Lodge" comes from the story of it's creation. From girls being chased by a great bear and with the help of a spirit being lifted up on a hill, while the great bear clawed at the hill making all the vertical marks it's renowned for... or something to that effect... I'm rusty on my lore. So, not the dwelling place of the bear... but rather a place shaped by it.
I am not familiar with the Tooth of Time rock, though I can surely reach it in 6 hours or less (provided there are no car accidents or major road construction between here and there). (checking Google Maps) Maybe I'll be taking a road trip this weekend!
Durdle Door looks like fried chicken. Now I'm hungry.
Edit: Also in food related rock formations we have Pancake Rocks here in New Zealand. They're named because they look like stacks of pancakes. Not original but still delicious.
Grand Tetons (Wyoming/Idaho, Teton Spanish for breast)
Old man of the mountain (new Hampshire, anthropomorphic side of a face that fell down a few years ago)
Mesa (small plateaus) is just Spanish for table
Narrow mesas are called "hoodoos" or "fairy chimneys". Hoodoo is based on the same word as voodoo.
We have "Devil's spittleful" near Kidderminster, derrived from The Devils Spadeful, from a legend that states the devil dropped a spade full of rock on his way to Bewdley to attempt to dam up the Severn.
New Hampshire HAD a mountain which, when viewed from one side, looked like a man’s head, called the Old Man of the Mountain, and was featured on the state quarter in the 1990s (over a ten year period, the US Mint produced five quarter [25 cent coins] designs honoring each of the 50 states in the order they joined the Union), and a few years later it collapsed due to natural causes.
I hve been there a few times as a kid, and remembered when it fell in 2003. It was all over the news here in Massachusetts
In Thai we has "Phae Mueang Phi" (Pronounce more like Pae Mueang Pee) forest park. Famous for the unique rock formation that look like a little grand canyon. If common Thai speaker heard the name, It will literally means "Goat of the ghost realm". So I think it definitely deserve to be here as non English weird rock formation name. I did some research on the origin of the name and found unconfirmed explanation that it's an old regional words. As "Pae" usually means goat, But in that language it means grove or scrub forest. While "Mueang Pee" seems to have the same meaning as modern Thai but use in different way, Means "Ghost town" or "Ghost realm". But it seems to be use to describe that the place is no man land because it dry like a dessert. So, The name actually means "Deserted grove" but sounds like "Goat of the ghost realm" in modern Thai language.
Love the videos, the subjects and style of delivery, but I feel a few more well explored references to support the explanations would be good. Tom Scott had this epiphany a while ago, and I really respect him for doing that.
You don't need to quite torture yourself a bad as CGP Grey does (See Tiffany), but some supporting evidence or even some critical analysis of those sources would really take your content to the next level.
I agree, this channel seems to want to push more content into a single video, but it would be amazing if there's fewer but more fleshed out entries to these style of videos. References and support would be phenomenal! Really enjoy the subjects and style too but the short time spent on each entry detracts from the experience.
Well the thumbnail wasn't lying
The Thumbnail for this video is a next level dad joke.
Rock on well done ☺️
We have an Arthur's Seat here in Australia, and plenty of other interesting named things. Stop dissing us lol
The tallest peak of the Ko'olau mountains here in Oahu, Hawaii is named Pu'u Kōnāhuanui, which translates to "Mount Large Testicles". Note, it ain't some flowery metaphor. It really is Mount Big Balls. It got it's name from the legend of a giant who tossed his nutsack at woman who was fleeing him in terror.
And that is the weirdest name for a rock formation here in Hawaii.
Good luck getting that in a video and keeping it monetized though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dn%C4%81huanui
This video reminded me of that duck rock formation and then some stupid people kicked it down so its no longer a duck :(
Why does Zuma Rock appear to have an upside-down Doge face right in the middle?
The greatest English cave name is in the town of Castleton. There's a cave formation known as 'Peak Cavern' , or more commonly/locally, 'the devil's ar*e' , as the locals believed that the sounds emenating from the cave could only have come from Satan's backside.
I'm actually surprised there has been no analogies to boobs in this video
In Canada, the village Tadoussac is actually an Amerindian word for boobs (Tatouskak) because of the very breasty rock formations. The French name for that rock formation, either by pure chance or by common acknowledgement, is called "cap de la boule", or "boobie cape".
And then there's also the very obvious example of Grand Teton in Wyoming, which literally translate from french into English as "Big Boob"
Out my way we have Titan's Piazza in South HAdley MA (on Mount Holyoke) No idea why it's called that. Also, Poet's Seat on Greenfield MA becuase the views inspired a lot of poetry. There are two Purgatory Chasms, on in RI and and another in Sutton MA, less than 10 miles from my house. There is the Rock House in West Brookfield, because native Americans used it winter quarters long ago. And there is a Sleeping Giant in Connecticut as well, and that looks more gianty than the one on Canada. A balance Rock in Princeton MA, which is where the glacier dumped a rock precariously balanced on another rock
and finally, nowhere near where I live but how could you leave out the Troll's Tongue in Norway???
Old Harry's Tower in the US???
Long ya men means exactly dragon's teeth gate
The Dedudo
Another devil? The Devil's Chair, which is in the Stiperstones in Shropshire.
Just clicked the video, but I'm assuming that the formation in the thumbnail is called a thumbnail. I guess we'll see if I'm right.
Yup
nice thumbnail
There is a famous mountain in Ukraine called "Bear mountain", because it looks like a huge bear drinking water (indeed, it extends into the Black Sea): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayu-Dag
It's too bad that the Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation in New Hampshire's White Mountains, collapsed a little over a decade ago. It would have been an excellent addition to this list.
It fell while the U.S. mint was releasing state-quarters, and that was New Hampshire's (if I remember correctly)
There's a rock formation in Poland called "Skurwysyn" which sounds like the Polish swearing phrase "z kurwy syn" which means "son of a bitch".
Pretty sure Long Ya = Dragons Teeth in mandarin
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0:45 Don't apologize for stupid puns! It's a linguistics channel anyhow. And you would spent too much time apologizing anyway...
Don't be shy about your rocks, rock joke. People need to be boulder when making jokes.
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