The bad thing about website domain names (or the good thing depending on your point of view) is that something that sounds quite innocent in one language may not be so innocent in another. Or the letters may just run together in ways the website creator may not have intended.
Just a few examples from the blog www.11points.com . Go give it a peek when you leave here.
lesbocages.com
Officially: LesBocages.com, tree service in the Brittany region of France.
Unintentionally: LesboCages.com, your source for locking up your out-of-control local lesbian.
freebase.com
Officially: Freebase.com, a social database about things you know and love.
Unintentionally: Freebase.com, the online destination when you can't find your crack pipe.
sydneytherapist.com
Officially: SydneyTherapist.com, the website of Tanya Koens, a sex therapist in Sydney, Australia. (No word if she is affiliated with Tobias Funke.)
Unintentionally: SydneyTheRapist.com, home page of a guy named Sydney who just can't stop telling his stories about rapin'! (No word if he is affiliated with Tucker Max.)
nobjs.org
Officially: NOBJS.org, North of Boston Jewish Singles 40+ -- "a great place to meet interesting, charming and enthusiastic single people with whom you can get together and have fun."
Unintentionally: NoBJs.org, the site for women in committed relationships.
blackhatebook.com
Officially: BlackHatEbook.com, a guide to black hat SEO, "the technique of building and promoting a website using unfair, sneaky, sly and underhand tactics which often break search engine guidelines." (Just to stick it to these people, I made their link above a rel="nofollow".)Unintentionally: BlackHateBook.com, a guide to being a racist, for the rarely-seen literate racist.
oldmanshaven.com
Officially: OldMansHaven.com, cabin rentals in Old Man's Haven near Hocking Hills (Ohio) State Park, home of Old Man's Cave.
Unintentionally: OldManShaven.com, 'cause when they're dragging on the ground, they should be hairless.
nycanal.com
Officially: NYcanal.com, a resource for info on and travel to all of New York's beautiful canals.
Unintentionally: NYCanal.com, a resource for info on and fissures in all of New York's less beautiful "canals."
americanscrapmetal.com
Officially: AmericanScrapMetal.com, "a B2B-based scrap metal recycling expert" in Texas.
Unintentionally: AmericansCrapMetal.com. And we piss awesomeness!
actionpaintballsac.com
Officially: ActionPaintballSac.com, an 880-acre paintball course located just outside of Sacramento.
Unintentionally: ActionPaintBallsac.com, which is either a Japanese game show or a high-energy booth at Key West's FantasyFest.
ladrape.co.uk
Officially: LaDrape.co.uk, a company that "continues to innovate quilted bedspread design and manufacture, leading the field for almost 20 years, supplying major hotel groups, cruise ships and interior designers internationally."
Unintentionally: LadRape.co.uk, where we rape guys while using properly British terms like "lad." After the rape's over we toss the little bugger's body in the boot, sod off to a bog and dump the duff.
budget.co.ck
Officially: Budget.co.ck, for all your Budget Car Rental needs on the Cook Islands.
Unintentionally: Budget.co.ck, because in this economy, who can afford full-priced cock?
yankeedog out.
The Queensland Government owns the rights to www.queensland-the-dumb-state.com.au. They figure if they make up the jokes it saves them uppity book-larnin' communist south of the border types doing it for 'em.
ReplyDeleteThat's brilliant, but I am not convinced that all of them were unintentional.
ReplyDeleteI bet some one was just trying to help.
ReplyDeletethese are the same kind of people who would prank call Moes and ask for to speak to Maya Dikertz and her husband Al Coholic..
ReplyDeleteYarbo-Sounds like 'Queensland' is an Australian slang word that means 'Tennessee'.
ReplyDeleteNaut-The foreign websites possibly are unintentional. The American ones, hmm. It DOES attract notice.
Bangar-Some help!
AK-Yeah, and Moe catches those little bastards, he'll cut 'em up and toss 'em in the river.
Oh, and are you in line for the governorship up there in The Last Frontier?
I feel sorry for local businessman MikeHunt.com
ReplyDeleteNat-Yes, and also Mike Rotch would have a problem.
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