Town in Montana changes its name to Banff Alberta Canada

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Żoso

Up next, the city of Fort Worth changing its name to Alexis.

brb Going to downtown Alexis.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Ah. Like clockwork. another "This is That" thread.

Don't the voices give it away at all? They're so... stereotypical Canadian. Everybody like Marge Delahunty or Mike from Canmore.

I have listened to it at work on the radio, and people will come over all irrate about whatever the sketch is about. "Bah, soccer with no soccer ball, they're taking the nanny state too far!"

I don't hear voices for every wen link I click.

Uhh...do...do you?

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

Even worse, I remember hearing of someone booking a flight to Sydney, and ending up in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

That happens every freaking summer, then they get put on their front page of the paper and given the key to the city!

Ugh

Edit: Here's a link from the Cape Breton Post in 2008, and another from 2009

http://www.capebretonpost.com/Living...-Cape-Breton/1
http://www.capebretonpost.com/Living...wrong-Sydney/1

And a story from 2002:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...va-Scotia.html


To give the other side of the story,

Sydney, NS = Canada
Sydney, NSW = Australia

if you don't know of the 20,000ish city on the eastern coast of Canada and are planning a trip to New South Wales, I guess I could see the confusion and mistake. However, the end destination being Canada should be a tip off that you're booking the wrong airport.

[Sr. Mints]

(Shameless self-promotion)

I went ahead and wrote a follow-up on Thursday: Southern Alberta town changing its name to Kirby Montana in a bid to keep people away.