Internet Name Gaffes
Snopes.com just penned a funny article about unintentional Internet name gaffes, where a company puts two words together, adds a dotcom at the end, but ends up with a surprise. “Powergen Italia” becomes Power Genitalia and “Pen Island” becomes Penis Land. They mention one I had discovered myself, and had written about in my personal blog a few months back: “Experts Exchange” becomes Expert Sexchange. A few years ago I, too, had a brush with this: My site “Writers Cam” unintentionally turned into Writer Scam. Needless to say, I dropped the “s” altogether, making WriterCAM.com.
