Homeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too long - eviltoast
It might be the traditional Māori name for the location but it's too long and impractical, say residents of a new Whakatāne subdivision.

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

  • Ozymati@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    If I can say shmutzfangmatten then I can say Papakangahorohoro. I bet half the people complaining wouldn’t be if they were trying to name it for a (hypothetical) historical German doormat factory instead of giving it a perfectly cromulent Maori name (I think something to do with earthquakes?).

    • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      I definitely couldn’t pronounce shmutzfangmatten though, and I doubt most of NZ could either. I also think there would be a similar push back if you tried to name a street that.

      Kinda a ridiculous hypothetical to be honest.