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

  • BlueÆtherA
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    1 year ago

    with the eye’s on it in the media and people like you getting upset over it - I doubt it, unless you/they are deliberately being obtuse

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      1 year ago

      That is a spectacularly out of touch comment to be honest, not everyone spends hours reading the news and arguing about it with strangers on the Internet, you know.

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        1 year ago

        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’

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          1 year ago

          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?

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            1 year ago

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