Hoddy Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I wonder if anyone else saw the news item which said that the town of Eu was seriously considering changing its name because it was losing out on tourist business because it did not show near the top of the list on Google searches ?The first result in a search on the name of my own nearest town, Domme, offers to find me a professional dominatrix anywhere in the world.This set me wondering if there are any other changes in names or words that are happening because of the need to be easily found on the internet. Are there other examples out there ?Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Maybe they could change it to Erstwhile Union? or Easily Upset? or Extremely Unbalanced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Spare a thought for those living in Condom.Very difficult to leave apparantly [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Economically Unstable? Eventually Useless? Evil Ursula? Elegantly Upward? Embellished Undertakings?Eu-logy? the art of naming nondescript French Towns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Didn't the Greek Island of Lesbos want to change its name last year and got turned down http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7376919.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 If they get away with it, then expect a flood of name changes. Other Greek Islands like Zante will want to change because they come too far down the alphabetical rankings. And as for places like Pratt's Bottom, Littlehampton etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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