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

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[–] cloventt@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s a cool name, but I agree its too long for a street. Would make a good name for a park or a reserve or something in the area. To me an ideal street name is around 2 or 3 syllables. “Acacia” is a pretty crap name too though, better to pick something with a connection to the land and the people.

They mention they’re arranging a hui so hopefully a decent compromise can come from that.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bah, I've been living on "Geschwister-Scholl-Straße" for years and Papakangahorohoro isn't any more complicated really.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Turun@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Probably not, unless you like to name your streets in German.

The siblings Scholl were part of the White Rose resistance group in WW2 and were decapitated (aged 21 and 24) for spreading anti war propaganda.