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Support for changing B.C.'s name on the decline: poll (www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com)

submitted 3 months ago by LimpRimble@lemmy.ca to c/britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca

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[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

im in the camp that if there was a good local name, and it was polled, i would totally vote in favor of a rename. I've lived in a couple towns now with native names, and really prefered it over.. Campbell River for example.

That said, this is so far down my list of priorities...

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah I'd support a name change to something better, but I'm not much interested in a discussion of what 'better' is.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Personally I don't care for it is or isn't a native name, but I do dislike British Columbia. I can live with it but if it were out up to a vote to change it I would say go for it.

I hate that it's:

So long
Two words
Refers to other geographical places

I would much prefer a simpler name like Alberta or Manitoba. Fuck Saskatchewan though I need to pull out the dictionary for that one half the time.

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Definitely agree about point C

We are not British, not related to miss Columbia, republic of Columbia, ect