Maggie Astor: It's not that the name itself is funny, but on the NY Thruway in Rockland County, there's an exit sign for Nyack and South Nyack that says: Nyack So Nyack I drive by it when visiting a relative, and every time I think "Nyack. SOOOO Nyack." Like the Nyackest that Nyack can be.

It's not that the name itself is funny, but on the NY Thruway in Rockland County, there's an exit sign for Nyack and South Nyack that says: Nyack So Nyack I drive by it when visiting a relative, and every time I think "Nyack. SOOOO Nyack." Like the Nyackest that Nyack can be.

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There's an off-ramp sign on I-5 in Washington that is the name of two towns, so it says TOLEDO VADER. I've been trying for years to formulate the right joke for it, but I keep trying. It might take an actual Star Wars fan LOL

And as someone who grew up in Rockland, I can also say that the pronunciation of “Nyack” is a bit of a shibboleth.

Ha, I guess I'm surrounded by native New Yorkers because I've never heard it mispronounced. Guessing outsiders say the Ny as a single consonant sound?

That’s what they default to as a first guess, yes!

I love how the painted warnings on various NY highways appear to say “bridge low trucks no”

I’ve reported from Weed, California.

Ah, favorite datelines, another great topic! I like Starr School, Montana, and Tuba City, Arizona, but neither of those are as good as Weed.

omg i say it like mike myers in so i married an axe murderer says “harriet. sweet harriet.” lol

That’s So Nyack

On I-81 north of Scranton, PA, there's a sign that says "Endless Mountains Region / Next 6 Exits." Like, how far apart are those exits?

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