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6th January 2022, 10:39 AM
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Re: Place names as used by those who live in them.
There is a village very close to me called Apse Heath, generations of kids fro that village have frequently gone with a black indelible pen and added a tail to the P, the council then come and paint out the additive, be less expensive if we just went with **** Heath, lol
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forgot the link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apse_Heath
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6th January 2022, 09:51 PM
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Re: Place names as used by those who live in them.
Well we live in Blackheath, but mostly known as Bleakheath, because of its Inclement Weather.
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7th January 2022, 12:13 AM
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Re: Place names as used by those who live in them.
We lived in Blacktown, there was some who wanted to change the name, but a partition by the locals put a stop to it, many Aboriginals live there, one was a mate he was happy to keep the name.
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7th January 2022, 05:38 AM
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Re: Place names as used by those who live in them.
In Queensland, where else, there is a stadium named the 'Niger Brown stadium.
Of course the WOKERS said that has to go, but they lost.
Problem was that was his real name.
Similar in Ireland a manager pulled up for calling one of the workers Paddy.
went to court, he won, Paddy was the registered name of the man.
Why do we live in such a complicated world made worse by WOKE. A complete bunch of W**ERS if you ask me.
Happy daze John in Oz.
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7th January 2022, 11:44 PM
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Re: Place names as used by those who live in them.
John,
The woke crowd really just need to get a job, apparently they have nothing else left in their lives but to complain.
I’m this close to ignoring all newscasts to avoid the regurgitated bull$hit that we are fed. I have a t-shirt with an emblazoned message that say’s “You are confusing me for someone that might give a $hit”. Roll a joint and switch off, it’s all over.
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10th January 2022, 02:04 AM
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Re: Place names as used by those who live in them.
Originally Posted by
Ivan Cloherty
Why change a system that has worked perfectly well for hundreds of years, I have no problem with Spanish speaking countries calling England, Inglaterra, or French speaking nations calling Great Britain, Gran Bretagne etc etc.
Having worked in China (and other countries) even the Chinese understood (as do the Japanese) that other nationalities would not understand their national alphabet and put names in English as well, I never saw them in Spanish or French etc. As in all ventures away from your homeland then it is up to the individual to ensure that they are properly equipt both materially and common sense wise to ensure that they know where they are going.
Thanks Ivan for adding to the original discussion.
English is the international language of travel as we all know but I'm not debating language or politics or wokeness (if that's the term). All the places on your charts had geographical coordinates. The numbers for those longitudes and latitudes do not change regardless of them being written in Arabic or Chinese figures. It's one place. Why give it multiple names ? Your example of the Chinese alphabet along side an English translation is a good example of my point. ie. 武漢 in Cantonese translates to Wuhan. One name , the one the locals use. It's not some fictitious place name that doesn't exist except for being printed on a map.
As for purchasing local paper maps you will be hard pressed to find them as Google has cornered the market. It all on an App on a phone. I don't own a smart phone but as I never know where I'm going I can't get lost.
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