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Homeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too long (i.stuff.co.nz)
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I guess they didn’t want people to end up calling it P Road

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[–] Ilovethebomb 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a valid point that names for subdivisions can be very unoriginal, the worst is the nautical themed ones, there's just so many.

[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Tree-named streets everywhere.

[–] evanuggetpi 4 points 1 year ago

Having lived in Gulf Harbour I totally agree