Comments on: Lost in Translation Experiences: Destination Mix-up and Language Labyrinths https://www.pipeaway.com/lost-in-translation-destination-mix-up/ mapping the extraordinary Wed, 12 Mar 2025 15:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Ivan Kralj https://www.pipeaway.com/lost-in-translation-destination-mix-up/#comment-46755 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 16:14:02 +0000 https://www.pipeaway.com/?p=11804#comment-46755 In reply to Alexa.

Regarding Austria-Australia, it is true that the best way to deal with destination mix-up is to embrace humor.
About your friend, how did she manage to confuse Kansas City with St. Louis?
Oh my, our minds! 🤣

]]> By: Alexa https://www.pipeaway.com/lost-in-translation-destination-mix-up/#comment-46748 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 15:30:16 +0000 https://www.pipeaway.com/?p=11804#comment-46748 When I was in Austria the gift shops all had t-shirts that said Austria not Australia in some cute and funny way. Also I have a real life story. I moved to Kansas City, Missouri a few years ago and a friend flew into visit and booked her flight into St. Louis (3.5 hours from Kansas City). That was a fun pick up!

]]> By: Ivan Kralj https://www.pipeaway.com/lost-in-translation-destination-mix-up/#comment-46732 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 12:29:48 +0000 https://www.pipeaway.com/?p=11804#comment-46732 In reply to Heather.

Hey Heather!
I’m thrilled to hear that the article had you in stitches! 😄
The mix-up between Birmingham, UK, and Birmingham, Alabama, sure adds a unique twist to the world of travel confusions.
At this moment, I have no idea how does assigning airport codes work. Could it be that Alabama scored a better deal due to alphabet? Alabama before UK? :))
In any case, there surely is some kind of power play behind.
Being at the right place at the right time makes all the difference.
I always find it funny that Croatia Airline’s designator code is – OU.
I guess all earlier letters were already taken.
Speaking of Croatia, due to some of my previous websites hosted on Croatian domain .hr (in Croatian, Croatia is called Hrvatska), many international colleagues just assumed I was from Hungary.

]]> By: Heather https://www.pipeaway.com/lost-in-translation-destination-mix-up/#comment-46687 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 05:54:40 +0000 https://www.pipeaway.com/?p=11804#comment-46687 Oh my goodness….I was dying reading this article. My first chuckle was the photo of the kangaroo and welcome to Austria. Having just returned from Australia (and I’ve been to Austria), this was hilarious. I guess I can kind of see how the celebs make those mistakes (even though some were 😳). They are in so many time zones and destinations night after night. The Budapest/Bucharest was funny! But my absolute FAVORITE is the mixup of Birmingham, UK and Birmingham, Alabama. I’m from the latter and I can only imagine their dismay. I’ve often thought it very interesting (since B’ham, AL as we abbreviate it, came after Birmingham, UK) that Alabama scored the BHM airport code. I straight-up snorted with laughter when reading that! I do love so many of your post subjects!

]]> By: Ivan Kralj https://www.pipeaway.com/lost-in-translation-destination-mix-up/#comment-46559 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 10:06:32 +0000 https://www.pipeaway.com/?p=11804#comment-46559 In reply to Courtney.

Hey Courtney!
So glad you enjoyed the article, especially given your own travel mishaps!
Thanks for sharing your story for this list of hilarious experiences abroad!
i.

]]> By: Courtney https://www.pipeaway.com/lost-in-translation-destination-mix-up/#comment-46499 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:58:28 +0000 https://www.pipeaway.com/?p=11804#comment-46499 these are hilarious!

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