Tourism Revenue Boost Missed Deliberately

[LeftEyeNine]

Orgy crisis with the airport

Or-Gi Airport is renamed seeing the name connotes "orgy".

The name of the first marine airport of Turkey which is to be built in Ordu and is planned to operate for the cities of Ordu and Giresun caused a crisis. The distress emerged as the airport was named after the two cities. According to the report of Cumhuriyet newspaper, Ministry of Transportation changed the name to Ordu-Giresun Airport since "Orgy" meant "orgy" (where translation gets dukenuked) in English.

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I still see a missed opportunity.

[Papewaio]

I've been to Waipu (Why-poo) in NZ and Innaloo (In a loo) in Perth, Western Australia.

Some names stick, others just flush away.

[Vladimir]

Do they offer a red eye to Lesbos?

[gaelic cowboy]

Knock is the only one I have been too pity.

Odd & Unusual Irish Place Names

Knock Not an invitation to announce your presence but meaning hill, from the Irish cnoc.

Inch May or may not be a small place, however the name comes from the Irish Inis meaning Island.

Camp A town of boy scouts perhaps, or a Mecca for the flamboyantly gay? Sadly no, it derives from the Irish An Com meaning the hollow.

Swords Nothing at all to do with duelling at dawn, the name is from sord meaning well, so presumably there was one here once.

Ovens Though it may well be home to many cooks, the name comes from Uamhanna (mh is pronouced v in Irish) meaning caves.

Effin The name comes from the saint who founded the local church, Eimhín, or Evin.

Muff Not a furry hand warmer nor indeed a …. well, never mind, it is in fact a mispronunciation of the Irish magh, meaning plain.

Kill Not an invitation to murder, but a church (Chill) or wood (Coill).

Nobber Quiet there are the back!! It’s an English pronounciation of An Obair, meaning “the work”, said work being a moate around a Norman castle.