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Similar story: "World Taekwondo, called the World Taekwondo Federation until June 2017, is the international federation governing the sport of taekwondo and is a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).[2] The body was renamed in June 2017 to avoid the "negative connotations" of the previously used initials WTF." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Taekwondo
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I guess if monetized properly big part of those 100 people could live off the name alone. It's also sad to see this tiny cultural artifact go just because few people are inconvenienced. The stone roads and tiny alleys in the old town are inconvenient yet we don't go bulldozing it all down.
Spoken like a true entrepreneur. But you know, there are people out there, in small villages that have quiet lives that nobody ever hears about and they are perfectly happy. I'm really amazed at all the "We can monetize this" and "It's free publicity" statements here. How about admiring these people for their wish to maintain tranquility in the village the know and love? Edit: quite - quiet
Kumamoto in Japan has a similarly bad name in Swahili. If you break the city's name into 2 four-letter words, you get vagina (kuma) and hot (moto) in Swahili. Thankfully, Swahili speakers are not going to harass this city's residents anytime soon.
In Norway, we've got a place called Hell; you pass through it on the way from the town of Trondheim to its airport. A friend of mine was born in a place called Time on the southwest coast, and quips after just about every flight that he was born in Time and had to go through Hell to get wherever he's at. Oh, and as a special treat for the Germans reading this - a former colleague's last name was Ficken. He did not en…
So, how long will it take for some internet subgroup to use the verb “to fug”? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fug : *Sound shift from fuck. Interjection fug Euphemistic form of fuck. quotations ▲ - 1985, Herbert A. Applebaum, Blue Chips, Brunswick Pub. Co., page 126: It's always somethin' or other. Ah, fug it. I'm away now. - 2012, Drew Campbell, Dead Letter House, →ISBN: Oh fug. Whad a mess. - 2015, Lynn Lindquist,…
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GP didn't say taking pictures, but that the sign was being stolen. I do not know if this is true in the specific case but I have met idiots who stole street signs, so this seems at least plausible.
I live about 5km away from Fucking. Their signs are _regularly_ stolen, even despite their countermeasures. They even stopped replacing way signs ( | Fucking > ) that were stolen.
The brewery might lose some business long term, but for now they surely benefit from another lap in the news machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking_Hell
So, how long will it take for some internet subgroup to use the verb “to fug”? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fug : *Sound shift from fuck. Interjection fug Euphemistic form of fuck. quotations ▲ - 1985, Herbert A. Applebaum, Blue Chips, Brunswick Pub. Co., page 126: It's always somethin' or other. Ah, fug it. I'm away now. - 2012, Drew Campbell, Dead Letter House, →ISBN: Oh fug. Whad a mess. - 2015, Lynn Lindquist,…
https://www.google.com/search?q=spurdo+fug
:DD
Kumamoto in Japan has a similarly bad name in Swahili. If you break the city's name into 2 four-letter words, you get vagina (kuma) and hot (moto) in Swahili. Thankfully, Swahili speakers are not going to harass this city's residents anytime soon.
In Norway, we've got a place called Hell; you pass through it on the way from the town of Trondheim to its airport. A friend of mine was born in a place called Time on the southwest coast, and quips after just about every flight that he was born in Time and had to go through Hell to get wherever he's at. Oh, and as a special treat for the Germans reading this - a former colleague's last name was Ficken. He did not en…
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How do you think they can monetize it? How do you monetize random strangers coming to your town, taking photos of themselves in sometimes "lascivious poses" with your sign and sometimes stealing it? What's the business angle there? It's a tiny village. Such places often have a real sense of community that you don't have elsewhere. Injecting a lot of sexual nonsense into their little town because of the name likely fe…
> " How do you think they can monetize it? " Presumably the same way Hell, Michigan did. Apparently they sell souvenirs and hold events.
Unfortunately they were a bit late with that, the beer that uses the village as it's namesake, Fucking Hell, is from a business a few miles over the border in Germany. (they surely won't rebrand though)
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meanwhile in Turkey, Batman can be found.
Turkey has bad city names even in its own language. Along the north coast, you will find a town called Çarşamba (Wednesday), which if you continue to drive for a few hours is followed by a town called Perşembe (Thursday).