I wonder if it is sopossed to be read with an ancent like "village pook"

Posted by: Mike at September 1, 2004 10:33 AM

Mike: If it's anything like most Pacific Island names, I think it's pronounced "pookeh".

Posted by: codeman38 at September 1, 2004 11:13 AM

...so? Theres a city on Grand Cayman (of the Cayman Islands) called Hell...they have their own post office.

Posted by: Jon at September 1, 2004 01:59 PM

_@_v - then there's this town in austria...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/graphics/austria2.jpg

Posted by: she-snailie_@_v at September 1, 2004 10:31 PM

Jon: There's also a town in Michigan named Hell. In fact, it's relatively common for Hell to freeze over. :)

Posted by: codeman38 at September 2, 2004 01:33 PM

This reminds me of when the UK tabloid press followed the Duchess of York on an island-hopping jaunt around South-East Asia. The fact that Phuket is pronounced "poo-ket" didn't stop them using the headline "Where the Phuket is Fergie?"

BTW, I liked the "Bitte - nicht so schnell!" on the Austrian sign ...

Posted by: David at September 11, 2004 06:34 PM

Very funny, Codeman...

Posted by: Carly at January 16, 2005 07:59 PM

I visited thst Hell place in Cayman... sent out postcards... "I'm in Hell. Wish you were here."

Posted by: Lucky_Jack at August 12, 2005 11:41 AM

in Austria thare is a village named f*cking

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp

Posted by: nat at February 13, 2006 03:55 PM