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New Name for New Zealand - Aotearoa


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15 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

I'm sure like me it was so long ago the main hazard was stray bits of foliage. I remember almost choking 😆

 

It was the '70s, people wore their hair much longer back then 😁

Technically, alcohol is a solution..

'It [socialism] poses a growing threat, however unintentional, to the freedom of this country, for there is no freedom where the State totally controls the economy. Personal freedom and economic freedom are indivisible. You can’t have one without the other. You can’t lose one without losing the other.'

"There is no such thing as public money, there is only taxpayers' money"

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

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Just now, sixgun said:

Iceland Foods was always Iceland Foods. It started in Shropshire in 1970. In 1989 in took over its the larger competitor Bejam which was based in the south, to create a national chain of shops.

So many useless facts in one day. Amazing.

I remember  Bejam as a kid...parents used to take me there to fill their state of the art and original freezer..I was always falling in looking for the Icepops and Jublees.....

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On 17/09/2021 at 17:54, LawrenceChard said:

There has been a petition to change the country's name to its original Māori name Aotearoa

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/14/new-zealand-maori-party-launches-petition-to-change-countrys-name-to-aotearoa

So we came up with a proposed coin design:

Although I can't help thinking Aotearoa sounds like some kind of disease.

 

Doug also provided a slightly adapted portrait of the Queen:

2022AotearoaMOCKUPwithtattooobvcrop.thumb.jpg.6050ec2d578035a653479dab3be6912d.jpg

Obviously, it is a Māori tattoo, but most people would think it was a Royal Mint striking error.

Second thoughts, perhaps it was caused by an outbreak of aotearoa.

It can probably be treated using a spot of milk.

Chards

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9 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Doug also provided a slightly adapted portrait of the Queen:

2022AotearoaMOCKUPwithtattooobvcrop.thumb.jpg.6050ec2d578035a653479dab3be6912d.jpg

Obviously, it is a Māori tattoo, but most people would think it was a Royal Mint striking error.

Second thoughts, perhaps it was caused by an outbreak of aotearoa.

It can probably be treated using a spot of milk.

Looks like our maj has finally decided on having a Tattoo....

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On 19/09/2021 at 05:10, LawrenceChard said:

What was India called?

 

It has a long history, and as with most names, and languages, it is a living thing that changes over time.

Indostan (Land of the River Indos / Indus), Hindustan, Bharat…

As someone with a casual interest in philology, I’m not averse to the changing of names when they happen naturally - I’m averse when they are done with a sentiment of resentment towards selective aspects of history. 

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On 17/09/2021 at 18:15, Stu said:

If we are forever changing place names, how will people know where to go?

Well, not forgetting to put it on maps would be a start.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapsWithoutNZ/

The Sovereign is the quintessentially British coin.  It has a German queen on the front, an Italian waiter on the back, and half of them were made in Australia.

 

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On 18/09/2021 at 01:03, Gordy said:

commonly pronounced by English speakers as /ˌɑːoʊtiːəˈroʊə/

How the hell do English speakers pronounce this? jeez, even Google and Alexa would struggle

Sort of : Ow tay a row a

The Sovereign is the quintessentially British coin.  It has a German queen on the front, an Italian waiter on the back, and half of them were made in Australia.

 

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