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Some of the expats I knew who lived there didn't bother with the long "a".Well known place in Hong Kong. The "a " is pronounced long, as in "aaaaaahhh".
In Ballymena they would reply : "I cannae go any quacker!"I heard about one that was renamed Quack Quack. the owner figured that no-one would stand on a pontoon and shout at him
No. It’s painted on the bow as well!is there a letter missing
There used to be a boat on East coast called Payday. That caused a few panic calls to the coastguard too.I once saw a boat called, MAYDAY, the coastguard used to give him a hard time, he changed the name after 6 months or so.
Surely that should have been Ship Happens.....I can't find my photo of a small German boat 'Shit Happens'
Even though the well known picture was a bit dodgy, it seems that there were two ships called Titan Uranus. See Titan Uranus Hoax – Solved – Maritime Accident Casebook The first one is still on Marine Traffic, position unknown, despite having been scrapped sixteen years ago. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:922319/mmsi:-7614252/imo:7614252/vessel:TITAN_URANUSThe famous ship "Titan Uranus" ISTR was a photoshop fake but there is a Wana Bhum registered in Bangkok.![]()