▲ 43 ▼ Homeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too long (i.stuff.co.nz) submitted 3 years ago by z2k_@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments I guess they didn’t want people to end up calling it P Road
[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ditto every street name in Wales. You should come to Aberdare, most of our street names are simple English words 🙈 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Aberdare I admit I was making a poorly informed guess about street names in Wales. Wales came to mind as NZ's currently rolling out bi-lingual road signs. Wales is held up as a model of successful deployment. A certain demographic are unhappy about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 years ago It's all good. It just made me laugh when I was reading your post, surrounded by streets with names like Brook Street, George Street, Market Street, Wind Street, and Hill Street :D Oh, and ignore the whiners. Our national park just changed its name from The Brecon Beacons to Bannau Brecheiniog, and I had an English woman telling me that it was discriminatory to a Welsh man she knows who can't speak Welsh... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Aberdare I admit I was making a poorly informed guess about street names in Wales. Wales came to mind as NZ's currently rolling out bi-lingual road signs. Wales is held up as a model of successful deployment. A certain demographic are unhappy about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 years ago It's all good. It just made me laugh when I was reading your post, surrounded by streets with names like Brook Street, George Street, Market Street, Wind Street, and Hill Street :D Oh, and ignore the whiners. Our national park just changed its name from The Brecon Beacons to Bannau Brecheiniog, and I had an English woman telling me that it was discriminatory to a Welsh man she knows who can't speak Welsh... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 years ago It's all good. It just made me laugh when I was reading your post, surrounded by streets with names like Brook Street, George Street, Market Street, Wind Street, and Hill Street :D Oh, and ignore the whiners. Our national park just changed its name from The Brecon Beacons to Bannau Brecheiniog, and I had an English woman telling me that it was discriminatory to a Welsh man she knows who can't speak Welsh... permalink fedilink source parent