2y ago

MetService has city names in Te Reo for Maori Language week

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MetService - Te Ratonga Tirorangi

Wish there was an option to have this as default

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Jesus wept.
It's for one week people.
It's not like the places have actually moved, you still know where your town is.
- People really love to get their panties in a twist.
  Gasp, I have to learn a few new words! Woe is me!
  
  There's a grand total of two people who've said anything remotely negative about this, don't you think you're being a tad dramatic?
- Funnily enough, if you open the map all the names are in English, it's only the list on the front page that has changed.
  Typical token gesture really.
  
  Lol if it doesn't go far enough it's a token gesture, if it goes too far it's 'too confusing'. Can't win eh
Im in two minds about this. saying that, absolutely should be an option.
Maori names for areas I fully agree with as they had names before, but for individual towns that were European settlements and named accordingly it may be a bit harder as two close towns can have very different weather.
- I dunno, there are common names in both Māori and English. I don't see a problem with making Māori names more commonly known though actions like this at a time specifically intended to build the country's Māori knowledge.
  I think it's a different conversation from the decision to change the name of a town to be referred to a new name in both Māori and English.
  
  Oh, the ones that have both can absolutely have a name change for a week.
  My concern is places that never had a Maori name (as they were settled and named from europeans) being given a name for the sake of Maori language week that was never commonly used.
- Two points:
  Maori were pretty much all over before Europeans, in a lot of cases I'm sure they had a name for an area that later became a European settlement
  Even if they didn't, why should Te Reo be frozen in time at 1840? All languages evolve and take on new words and so on. Why shouldn't it incorporate new words for things and places that didn't exist before?
  
  That not really the point camper was making though, is it? If a town or city was initially named with an English name, how is it fair to rename that area, and expect everyone to know what you're talking about?
I don't think ill ever be able to adjust to the increased Maori language usage.
- It's just like anything, the more you use it the easier it will become
  
  The reason i said I wont be able to adjust is because I dont use it. If I see to much Maori I give up and go and look at something else.

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