Fun With Names! Feat: Florida
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- This is exactly how I think Florida named all of its cities.
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"This is DeLand and over here is Daytona."
"What about that awkward spot in the middle?"
"Del...tona??"
I was waiting for it, as I'm currently sitting in it. The jokes write themselves here.
Gold!
"What idiot came up with that idea?"
"Bary... so DeBary goes here!"
🙋🏼♂️ Hello from Seminole County.
and par for the course Deltona is not between the two.
And here we have Daytona, Daytona Beach, South Daytona, and for the fun of it... Port Orange.
... Ormond, Ormond by the sea, Ormond beach.
The fact that you mention Deland and don't use the dad joke that it is next to DeWater....
Cause it's kinda not. Like I'm sure some of it is but it's pretty land locked
I think the first Dad to make that joke was named Bary, which is why DeBary is next to the water (St. John's River & Lake Monroe), but still close to DeLand. 😜
I live in DeLand, I’m a student at the college there, and I can confirm, the only nearby water is DeLeon Springs and that one pond by the bakery but that joke is still 100000000% valid. Except my mom always says ‘DeSea’
DeLand of the living dead - graduated high school there.
Didn’t think about it like that😂
"Say it in cursive" is my new favorite
I lost it at that one!🤣
Had me dead ngl
I'm so glad someone brought up yeehaw junction, the fact that that's a name lives in my head rent free
Back when it was safe to visit Miami, I used to go through Yeehaw Junction twice a week. Mostly because the directions were simple, take SR60 east till YeeHaw junction, get on the turnpike going south and then drive an hour and a half at 110MpH.
Never been there myself but I was always amazed to see the Yeehaw Junction sign whenever traveling down I4. I never thought that it could be a place that actually existed.
It’s proper name is jackass junction. Some map makers changed the name because “jackass” wasn’t politically correct. And that was before political correctness was popular!
@@iwontliveinfear drive 110 mph your story checks out LOL, my ex-wife couldn't get over how fast they drive in South Florida.
@@Kdog4660 one of the first times I made that trip was in 2007. I was driving a 1985 Ford Taurus wagon. I got pulled over by a Florida Highway Patrol officer. He asked, "Ya know how fast ya were goin' sir?"
I honestly answered, "Nope, my speedometer pegged at 80, and I was still accelerating for a good 10 minutes after that happened."
We had a good chuckle over how old my car was, informed me I was going just over 105, and he let me off with a warning.
As a Niceville native, I would like to add that Niceville was originally called Boggy
And home to the best mullet festival in the country. The fish, not the hairstyle, though Blake Shelton did play there a lot in his up and coming days.
Please do as many states as you can! Louie will be an adventure that no one will forget! ⚜⚜⚜⚜🇺🇸🇺🇸🍻🍻
Omg yesss, Louie does not even have counties!! We have parishes. Lol
@@mysadending Yes we do! I bet even Ben may mispronounce half of them. He needs to consult us before making the vid to find out the correct way to say our towns & parishes.
Omg yes
@@killersopinion1829 nah I want to hear him try to pronounce some of our cities blind 😂
The upstate New York/ Long Island towns gonna be crazy 🤣
"my two ethnicities- Spanish and swamp."
I am sent 🙃🙃🙃
There's a little place near my hometown called Wimauma, and for the longest time, I thought it was a native name, like Okachobee or Thonotasassa. Imagine my surprise when I found out it was named by a postmaster, and its a mashup of his three daughters' names, Wilma, Maude and Mary!
So many towns in Florida were named by a postmaster who had to give the US Mail a name for the mail stop. I dont think many if them took it seriously, thinking it would be changed later or moved when the logging had been exhausted, etc. Florida has had dozens of "mashup" names too, which were created by the mail to make mail delivery easier before the Zone Improvement Program was launched. Names like "Del-Tona" "Tam-iami" "Orla-mpa" "San-lando" and my favorite, "Tril-acoochee"
ayyy!!! wimauma represent! (although i tend to just call it “downtown parrish”)
@@SD40Fan_Jason and then there is Jupiter (named after a planet named after a Roman god), Naples (named after a city in Italy), and Kissimmee and Loxahatchee (named after two of the rivers that are in the state and were named by the Native Americans), Hollywood (not the one in Los Angeles, CA)
@@JustinVanTrump Jupiter was named by Henry Flagler when he named each of his stations along that part of the coast after planets. This way his line could be called the first Transgalactic railroad. No, seriously look it up! You can't make this sort of thing up.
The city of Pompano was named such because a pair of surveyors stayed at a hotel in the area that served good Pompano for dinner and thus they wrote it on the map. Of course so many coastal cities are named for their inner-coastal adjacent towns, so Pompano Beach was named after the inner town of Pompano.
So outside of Lancaster, PA you go from Fertility, to Bird-In-Hand, to Intercourse, before cutting south to Paradise. I’m going to admit that I almost crashed I was laughing so hard.
And you have Jim Thorpe if you head North of Intercourse. That was the town I wound up as my starting point when I went both tubing down the Susquehanna River and Class 3 White Water Rafting.(depends on the time of year and release of various Dams on Mountain Towns from snow melt).
You forgot blue ball!
Don't forget the random California, Indiana, and Nebraska.
And Wyoming
All Though the state is name after the pa town
"A Town Called Christmas" was a Doctor Who Christmas Special
Also a town in Florida lol😁
My thoughts when I heard that. XD
I wish the Christmas in Florida was like the town in Doctor Who. In reality IT’S the one that should be called yeehaw junction
There really a town called Christmas?? Here in Florida???...wow..never knew..I live in Miami...so I didnt know that part
@@jeanbeaughan115 Christmas is on highway 50, east of Orlando.
Went through there once on a ramble.
FL: that’s Cuba
Gov: no, no. It’s part of Florida.
FL: Ugh, fine -it’s Miami.
The most real part of this video.
And this is Miami Beach North Miami North Miami Beach
@@Cal90208 Miami hates itself but likes the name
@@buddermonger2000 Lol
South Florida *is* North Cuba.
@@aionval2734 South Florida is South Florida and has nothing to do with Cubans besides all the pollution and crime
Florida is such a trip, y'all 😂
I'm kind of holding out hope for New Jersey. When Pokemon Go came out, BuzzFeed had a quiz called "Is it the name of the Pokemon or town in New Jersey" so I feel like there's some potential there
I’ve lived in Christmas, FL, Davie, FL, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and I live in Orlando, FL now - I love this series!!
I was born in Fort Lauderdale. My mom currently live in Lauderhill. I been in Davie(aka pretty much the racist town in Broward County). I'm surprised he didn't mention Plantation North Lauderdale or Town N Country.
I see Ben Brainard I like the video even before watching
"Try saying it in cursive"
OMG, I laughed SOOOO hard at that!
Eau Galie too.
I am honestly really happy someone mentioned Niceville no one recognizes it except people who live there or have family near there
Lol every time I say where I’m from, I’ve resorted to just saying “in the Destin- Fort Walton beach area” and that does the trick
My father used to have his class reunion in niceville, oddly the school he graduated from was not in niceville.
I just have to say that I’m from in between pensacola and Panama city
You should do one for Massachusetts, with all its wonderful pronunciations of cities and towns 😂
Westboro, southboro, northboro, but no east?
Don't forget Worcester
@@zacksefchick9535 which is apparently pronounced Wooster or Wuster for those who don’t know
@@Altaree1 Don't forget West, North and East Brookfield but no South
@@willku9000 no it's wustah
I loved this. I have lived in Niceville since '93. Just moved to Ft. Walton Beach. I love your skits. I have binge watched quite a few now.
"Let's call this one Laurel Hill" "that's not a hill either" "ok well let's give it's school a hobo mascot"
Got to love hobos!!
Oh lord, I graduated from there, back when they still had a high school 😂 when my parents moved us there from out of state I went into shock. Nice people, but I am related to far too many. I watch these and laugh because I live so far away now and he nails this state perfectly as well😊
@@margiestevens2384 They do have a high school lol. I graduated from there too, quite recently.
Swag request: I now need a pin that says "Why are you the way that you are?" Please?
A T shirt would be better.
OMG THIS IS SO TRUE XD
So do you think Florida (The character) Even knows that he has the second largest and most badass statue in America, Pegasus and Dragon?... because to be fair it does seem like something awesome someone would get on a bender and not know they have it until Rediscovering it some time later in a closet and going “WHEN DID I GET THIS?! IT’S AWESOME!!!”
I’ve seen it in person. It’s amazing
@UCmtbvSRuNAB5CddduyXIhMw Hallandale Beach Florida. Right next to Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino. Aside from that it’s pretty hard to miss
ROAD TRIP!
@@HerLeenest HELL YEAH
@@HerLeenest seriously though, it’s huge. The phrase Kaiju Battle comes to mind
When gov said Celebration was worse, my friend asked “how did he know?” Last year our highschool competed against theirs (and others) and Celebration made the awards ceremony last almost 2 hours longer than it should have because they wouldn’t shut up and stop celebrating (their one 3rd place trophy) our highschool took most of the first places home. Then we got home around midnight because of them.
Now I'm kind of disappointed West Palm Beach didn't make an appearance as a false hope for Gov...
Like "oh look there are palms there and it's by the beach" "there you go, that makes sense!" "and this here is Jupiter" "where the heck do you see a Roman god?" 🤣😜
You expect Florida to know the names of Roman gods?
FL: And this is Jupiter
D.C. (internal screeching)
FL: NASA says Jupiter is the biggest planet. So I named a town after it
@@LynTheAce
FL: "I've heard there's a guy named Jupiter, his wife's Juno and she's a b**ch... This is Juno Beach!" 😜
And what about the fact that West Palm each is on the EAST coast? Lol!
@@RebeccahKahn I still think that Hollywood & Sunrise need to switch names for that exact reason
@@RebeccahKahn At least its by the water, there is Royal Palm Beach west of West palm Beach thats nowhere near a beach....
"Winter Garden, Winter Haven, Winter Park, Winter Springs"
I suppose if you want to have a community of snowbirds, that's one way to do it.
They're all in Central Florida surrounding Orlando along with Christmas. Winter Park (Center), Winter Springs (North), Winter Haven (SSW), Winter Garden (West), Christmas (East)
As a man born in Celebration. I approve this message
Oo we need one of these for North Carolina, they’ve got some weeeeeeird city names over there
I’ve been to Yeehaw Junction. Fun fact: it used to be called Jackass Junction.
😂 Florida and Louisiana are my favorite characters
If you plan to do more states with fun names, I suggest looking into PA's city names. Apparently we hold the record for "most funny city names" who knew? There's Bird-in-Hand, Climax, Hazard, Jugtown, Intercourse, Noodle Doosie, Paradise, Puseyville, Punxsutawney, and Rough and Ready, and there's probably much more than that, these were just what popped up on google cause I only knew a couple.
Jim Thorpe
Which was formerly Mauch Chunk
when youre Indialantic I feel so special since we're a very small town
Florida: The Chaos Pokemon. Florida lacks common sense but is overly popular for its beautiful location.
It’s a Dragon Type.
I know I’ve already mentioned in other comments this but Google “Pegasus and Dragon statue”
I live that he started with my hometown: Nice Town, Nice Folks, Have A Nice Time!
As someone from Titusville I'm hurt that Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, and Christmas got in but we didn't. We have NASA!
I agree wholeheartedly
Yeah but your city name at least makes sense historically. You could be “Edgewater”. Or what’s a “Bithlo”?
Isn't that cape Canaveral?
NASA is in Cape Canaveral ;^)
If it had been Titsville, it would've made the video.
You should look into Yeehaw junction's history and do a video on it. Or maybe about the truck going through the dinner, that was pretty wack since I pass the ruins every time I go to my grandma's house
I fucking adore this. I kinda want you to do more states and point out cities that exist for no reason. Like how there's a city called Texarkansa on the Texas-Arkansas border that belongs to both states kinda, or how there's a place called Hell in Michigan, or- literally could go on for hours
I need a part two of florida just naming all the parts of Orlando
Surprised there wasn't a part for the Keys.... Good stuff!
I'm from FL. You did perfect!! I was laughing the whole time!! And I've been to almost every one you named!! Yee haw!!
As a Florida resident for the last 25 years I found this hilarious because because I never realized how funny the city names are.
You gotta do New Mexico because I wanna see how they justified naming a town Truth or Consequences
I’m from Cuba and I live in Miami! He was on point!
Surprised you mentioned Two Egg, since it's basically the size of two eggs
New to your channel and binge watched, some several times. These are just pure gold. I think you wrote you've gone thru 31 states. Cant wait to see the others against. NY, TX, FL, LA, and AK. Good Luck!
I was so happy when you did Howey in the Hills the same why my husband talk about it every time we drive through there!
“Davie, move on”. Sounds about right tbh.
All of this! I swear I have had most of those thoughts go through my head living here. Especially all the Winters lol. Know people from both Cocoa and Cocoa Beach and that was spot on. You're def right that there is just too much to hit everything. I love Ybor City, Mims, and Bithlo.
isn't a proper florida video without someone mentioning Yeehaw Junction 🤠
Is it bad that I feel Florida in every sketch?!
As a fellow floridian I love all of this
God. Damn. It. I cant stop watching your content. This one takes the cake
I truly feel that this is how Florida named cities especially the ones with the beaches. You hit us right on the head and yes Miami is a part of Cuba that broke off and stuck. 🤣
All of the Winters! Love it and they’re all right next to each other.
If by right next to each other you mean, less than an hour drive between them, then yeah I guess. 🙄
@@SD40Fan_Jason buhahaha way to take everything literally. Relative to the size of the whole state they’re in close proximity to each other.
Is that better for you?
Dude I don't know how I stumbled across your videos but these Town names it's fucking hilarious it's one of the best things I've seen in a long time
The Clearwater part got me 🤣🤣 gonna ignore it for how much longer Gov??? Lmao!!
St. Augustine!! My hometown. I got so excited for that.
Lol. Thank you so much!!! I love these video's. Please never stop.
Can’t wait to hear the Texas version!
Me either.
Well done, Mr. Brainard! Laughed entirely too hard at this one. Even if you did leave out the one that really makes people go “huh?”, Kissimmee. (Kiss-a-me) 😆
The beaches, though! Hahahahahaha! I kept thinking my retreat was in Panama City, but noooo, it was in Panama City Beach. ❤️ 🏖
We need a Louisiana name episode, but just make sure you have better captions then coach Orgeron does! Geaux Tigers!🐯
I'm so happy that I came across these videos.
excited to see what he does for massachusetts!
i'm from orlando, this is just amazing!!!
The Cocoa and Cocoa Beach one is so accurate I lost count how many times I've had to explain they are two different places separated by a place called Merritt Island
just saying, even though you didn't mention sarasota, i giggled when you said yeehaw junction because my roommate and i drove through there, got pictures and everything, on our way to one of your shows
The Miamis slayed me. Even if Miami Lakes didn't make it in (my dad worked there when we lived in Plantation). Also, Davie is the next town over from where I grew up - loved the rodeo there. Also love the lightning round on names!
I am so proud you are from Florida!
Love it. I'm from Taft a small town in Orlando, Fl. And i love the way you protray Fl. I'm so glad I came across your sketches give me some laughter during this hard time in my life. Keep up the good work and keep the sketches coming.
Ha! I remember when Taft was an acronym thanks to the railroad I worked for.
Yusssss!!! New ep!
Melbourne Beach!! It’s my actual favorite vacation spot.
Cities in Volusia county, North to south: Ormond by the Sea, Ormond Beach, Ormond, Daytona Beach, South Daytona, Daytona Beach Shores…
As someone who was born in Winter Park and raised in Orlando, this made me super happy XD
The bit about Orlando reminds me of Dallas, TX. John Neely Bryan is attested to have named it for "my friend Dallas," but no one knows who that friend might have been. Dallas *County* was probably named for Polk's VP (it was named at the same time as Polk County, which was explicitly named after the president), but the city was named a few years before, and there's no record of Bryan ever having met that Dallas. The WPA Guide to Dallas mentions four candidates for the city's namesake, but we'll never know for sure. This is the sort of thing that happens when you let a madman found a city.
I was hoping for the old joke from central Florida "if you oviedo, you gotta Paola before you can mount Dora." And yes, as you drive certain main roads. You go through them in that order.
Omg you said Two Egg 🥺 No one ever talks about us !!!!
Well you are only one of like three residents there...
As someone that grew up in Clearwater, we just ignore the downtown area-except Christmas when there is a Christmas tree light design on the building
You do Missouri names! You can talk about how all the small towns are named for exotic places, how we have a Cape that advertises itself as "the only cape not on the water," and how we have our own Kansas City right across from Kansas' Kansas City. Bonus points if you mention the tense relationship between St. Louis and St. Louis County.
Edit: I just remember that we literally have a town named Peculiar.
Oh! You’ll have so much fun pronouncing Texas towns and cities.😂👏🏻
No Kissimmee? 😂
Even DC at the start like :Do I have to.
I appreciate the part in the middle, as a celebration resident. (Celebrating needs a city to itself)
OMG!! I live in Casselberry which is right next to Winter Springs. I've been wondering about all the winter my entire life. Winter Park is nice.
Yeah, not gonna say you 'forgot' it, but my town (Stuart Fl) has a funky story. It used to be called Potsdam, but when he was looking for a location for his next hotel, Henry Flagler said he wouldn't build it in a town called Potsdam. This news got to town the morning of the day he was to come through town. In a panic, the town council measured the sign by the train tracks that said welcome to Potsdam, and went searching for a replacement. The only sign that fit was from Stuart plumbing, so that's the sign they used. We didn't get the hotel anyway. The plumbing business is still family owned to this day.
Flagler initially called his Railroad the Celestial railroad with Towns such as Venus, Saturn and Jupiter along the way. Jupiter is the only one left with an Celestial name.
@@SD40Fan_Jason I didn't know that, but I do know about Jupiter (it's, like, half an hour south of Stuart, and I go to church there)
@@Zander2212 a quick search for Celestial Railroad will tell you more than you wanted to know!
Your sketches are hilarious, I mean it. They leave me howling!🤣😂
Glad to know Michigan isn't the only one to give a town the name Christmas.
Me a Floridian: wHo hAtH sUmMoNeD mE?
I notice that you didn't even attempt those towns that only a true Floridian can pronounce! But I enjoyed it!
The part about Cocoa and Cocao Beach reminds me of two towns near me called Round Lake and Round Lake Beach. I was getting the covid vaccine at Round Lake High School and locked my keys in my car. I found out one side of the school is in Round Lake, and the other in Round Lake Beach. I was parked on the Round Lake side, so the officer there was able to call dispatch to get an officer to come unlock my car. If I was on the other side of the school, I would have had to call a tow truck.
“do the bottom part and call it a day” “oh no, that’s Cuba” is so accurate
Also when people get all of the Miamis mixed up it’s so funny. Like, Miami Beach is NOT Miami, there is a DIFFERENCE 😭
Please do others like this your a genius man
1:23 Don’t forget North Lauderdale and Lauderdale Lakes
Deland...... next to de sea...... lol
Thank you Bob and Tom lol
Hahahaha! You rock Bruh! Keep up the good work!
Spent my time growing up in niceville/crestview!!
You're series is one of the highlights of my week
Being from Florida this is literally the best!! 🤣
I lived in Florida for ten years. It's so true...
I love this! This is now the best video on RUclips! 🤣
Being born in raised about 20 minutes from yeehaw junction.... I LOVE this whole skit
This needs to be a series lol. Especially with any southern state, this would be gold. There needs to be some jokes about Paris, London, Jerusalem, Palestine, and Little Italy that are all small towns in Arkansas. Not to mention other ones like Possum Grape, Bald Knob, Fifty-Six, Weiner, and Flippin.