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submitted 2 years ago by z2k_@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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

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[-] Ozymati@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

If I can say shmutzfangmatten then I can say Papakangahorohoro. I bet half the people complaining wouldn't be if they were trying to name it for a (hypothetical) historical German doormat factory instead of giving it a perfectly cromulent Maori name (I think something to do with earthquakes?).

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