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Town of Asbestos, Que., changing its name

Journal by Gaaark

From the A-Rose?-by-any-other-name dept.

The town of Asbestos, Quebec, Canada has decided a change of name is due:

"There is really a negative perception around asbestos," Mayor Hugues Grimard told CBC News, referring to the widely banned mineral that was mined there for more than a century.

"We have lost businesses that don't want to establish themselves here because of the name."

The name-change discussion has been brewing for some time, he said. Over the last few years, officials have tried to improve the town's image with a new slogan and colours.

But, try as they might, the name is loaded with negative connotations, the mayor said.
"It's really the perception that you have to change," Grimard said. "

"Others suggested a range of replacement names, from the serious to the humorous.

Suggestions included Ville des Trois-Lacs, Nobestos, Amianteville, Asbestos 2.0 and Poumontousse (a play on the French words for lung and cough)."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/asbestos-quebec-change-name-1.5375703

MY suggestion? Asbestos McAsbestosFace.
What do you think? Put this to 4chan for suggestions? Nah... SoylentChan!

 

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