"Snodland" sounds more like a video game (of the colourful platform/puzzle variety) than a place in the south of England, though, apparently, that's what it is.
"Snodland" sounds more like a video game (of the colourful platform/puzzle variety) than a place in the south of England, though, apparently, that's what it is.
Yeah, there are some pretty funny placenames over here.
The late Brit author Douglas Adams (http://www.douglasadams.com/) had some fun with our placenames in his "Meaning of Liff" books. His idea was to allocate them to describe things which we currently don't have a word to describe.
Adams didn't give an explanation of Snodland, but I personally think that Snodland is something similar to Wimbledon, but on the "dark side".
http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~gavcos/liff.html
And I was wondering whether there was an ancient tribe named the Snods who lived in the south of England, and from whom people named Snodgrass are descended.
Ahh, but are they Snoddish or Snodge?
High Snod or Low?
My last name is Snodgrass. Sounds like I need to visit Snodland.