Tuesday, September 14, 2004

What's In A Name? - Sending The Wrong Message

1. "Name change for Little Dicker chapel"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1099090.html>
"The pastor of Little Dicker chapel has changed its name because too many
 'depraved' minds found it funny"

2. "Rude message found on Aero bars"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_907988.html>
"According to a source at the factory in York, the words 'S**t bar' appeared
 where the Best Before date and code would normally be printed"

3. "Slang crosses up GM"
   <http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/10/16/227790.html>
"A General Motors executive yesterday admitted that the future Buick model --
 which is set to debut late next year -- will be re-named in Canada after GM
 learned LaCrosse is a Quebec slang term for masturbation"

4. "'Colourful' acronym forces Iraq army name change"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200306/s887364.htm>
"The planned force was originally entitled the New Iraqi Corps, whose initials
 in Arabic produce a colourful synonym for fornication"

5. "Family sick of living on Butt Hole Road"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_831848.html>
"They say people posed for pictures outside their house in Conisbrough, many of
 them with their trousers dropped"

6. "Wyo. seeks name change for 'obscene' road"
   <http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031121_481.html>
"County Road 6FU southwest of Cody got its name in 1980, when Park County
 adopted an alpha-numeric road naming system"