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Homeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too long (i.stuff.co.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by z2k_ to c/newzealand

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I guess they didn’t want people to end up calling it P Road

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[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh my god - just give up. Its not that hard a name to spell when we have places like Foveaux Strait, Balmacewen, Corstorphine just to name a few non Te Reo name that are 'hard to spell' or are a 'mouthful'

[–] Ilovethebomb 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those are also a mouthful, and are probably a hassle for the people that live there. I don't see how that makes creating a headache for these people acceptable?

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 0 points 1 year ago

How is using our only codified written language a headache - really?