renaming of cities, airports, etc...
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
In Kerala (my state in India), they renamed a lot of cities back to their original Malayalam versions and it was a pain in the ass. For example, Trivandrum's official name is now Thiruvananthapuram (hope I spelled it right). Regards, Nish
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? Yes it does - in Ireland we had to have an act of government[^] to officially banish the name "Dingle" and instead replace it with "An Daingean". :doh: '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
Hi Simon, You have company here. India is the king of renaming cities, roads, everything. It is th easiest way for politicians to show that something was done during their time. Most cities in Kerala were renamed, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta were renamed, now they are trying to rename Bangalore. There is no stopping them. After renaming the cities continue to be messed up and unable to provide basic living standards. Renaming twice - now that has not happened so far :-)
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In Kerala (my state in India), they renamed a lot of cities back to their original Malayalam versions and it was a pain in the ass. For example, Trivandrum's official name is now Thiruvananthapuram (hope I spelled it right). Regards, Nish
My blog : Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET
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Hi Simon, You have company here. India is the king of renaming cities, roads, everything. It is th easiest way for politicians to show that something was done during their time. Most cities in Kerala were renamed, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta were renamed, now they are trying to rename Bangalore. There is no stopping them. After renaming the cities continue to be messed up and unable to provide basic living standards. Renaming twice - now that has not happened so far :-)
Regarding the airport, the government passed some law that said that airports would be named after the city and not a person. However they've changed the law so they can change the airport name too. Just seems such a waste of time and money. Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
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"Myanmar Shave"... just doesn't have the same ring, does it? :)
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Hi Simon, You have company here. India is the king of renaming cities, roads, everything. It is th easiest way for politicians to show that something was done during their time. Most cities in Kerala were renamed, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta were renamed, now they are trying to rename Bangalore. There is no stopping them. After renaming the cities continue to be messed up and unable to provide basic living standards. Renaming twice - now that has not happened so far :-)
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Hi Simon, You have company here. India is the king of renaming cities, roads, everything. It is th easiest way for politicians to show that something was done during their time. Most cities in Kerala were renamed, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta were renamed, now they are trying to rename Bangalore. There is no stopping them. After renaming the cities continue to be messed up and unable to provide basic living standards. Renaming twice - now that has not happened so far :-)
Vivek Rajan wrote:
Most cities in Kerala were renamed
Not most, all of them I guess. Regards, Nish
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
Many of the squares, streets, etc. were renamed here in Slovakia and Czech Republic after 1989, even some town names, but not much since. No wonder they renamed them, they had names such as Lenin's, Red Army streets, dozens of Soviet Generals' streets, etc. :) Rado
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
Bombay -> "Mumbai" Madaras -> Chennai They were planning on changing New Delhi to "Hastinapur" and Amadabad to "Karnavatinagar" If you think about it, it's all the same. The city object remains in the heap, it is just that the pointer variable in the stacktrace is different :laugh: - Malhar
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
I think locations should be named using GUIDs. It's so much easier to remember (and index)
108b0750-82d6-11da-a72b-0800200c9a66thanVatsala Bai Desai Chowk. And it makes for scintillating cocktail party conversation too."Sally and I had a WONDERFUL time in
4a320b25-c869-4442-b6c3-eec1bd443a5a. We visited thea6d09623-6d36-4302-9282-bb05fb6d415bin, sailed down the4a320b25-c869-4442-b6c3-eec1bd443a5a, and went skiing in the7717d6fc-48db-46d3-8bfd-f91ea39b913b."/ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
East Germany, after 'reunification' with West Germany. "Almost everything" (it must be above 50%) of streets, schools, named buildings, settlements and at least one major town were renamed - if available to the name it had before Commie or Nazi time. Mainly "unsuitable names" were removed, but there are many places where reason went overboard. For me, who grew up with other names, it is still confusing, I'm often actively "translating" to tne new name, as if it were a language used infrequently. Plus side: now many streets have a small sign telling a bit about the person they were named after.
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What about renaming twice in 10 years?
If you make it a regular event, it could attract some tourists. [edit] Interesting thread you started here [/edit]
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
It happens everywher, maybe not to the extent of renaming cities, but more often streets, parc, monuments or other landmarks. cities change name when something extraordinary happens ( end of USSR, end of apartheid, ... ) in the case of SA, I would assume that it was easier to just use a generic name at the beginning of the changes, and after a while, start using famous peoples names ( as a recognition ). as for the question if it's wise to spend money on that instead of other things, I would say, from an external point of view, that it's not well spent, at least not now ( IMO )
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I think locations should be named using GUIDs. It's so much easier to remember (and index)
108b0750-82d6-11da-a72b-0800200c9a66thanVatsala Bai Desai Chowk. And it makes for scintillating cocktail party conversation too."Sally and I had a WONDERFUL time in
4a320b25-c869-4442-b6c3-eec1bd443a5a. We visited thea6d09623-6d36-4302-9282-bb05fb6d415bin, sailed down the4a320b25-c869-4442-b6c3-eec1bd443a5a, and went skiing in the7717d6fc-48db-46d3-8bfd-f91ea39b913b."/ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
not every person on earth is a geek ;P you prolly would comeup with some utility to map GUIDs with the orignal namees?
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I think locations should be named using GUIDs. It's so much easier to remember (and index)
108b0750-82d6-11da-a72b-0800200c9a66thanVatsala Bai Desai Chowk. And it makes for scintillating cocktail party conversation too."Sally and I had a WONDERFUL time in
4a320b25-c869-4442-b6c3-eec1bd443a5a. We visited thea6d09623-6d36-4302-9282-bb05fb6d415bin, sailed down the4a320b25-c869-4442-b6c3-eec1bd443a5a, and went skiing in the7717d6fc-48db-46d3-8bfd-f91ea39b913b."/ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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"Myanmar Shave"... just doesn't have the same ring, does it? :)
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
We don't get too much of that where I live in the United States. What we do is tack on additional, equivalent names. For example, the primary east/west route through my town (Xenia, Ohio) and the next major city (Dayton) is U.S. route 35. In various places, it is also known as East Main Street (in my town), the Korean Veterans Memorial Parkway (a stretch between here and Dayton), and so on. There is one major street in Dayton that has five names over the course of its length. Every little two-bit municipality along the way changes the name of their stretch.
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In South Africa, there was a wave of renaming in the mid-1990s, but it's starting to happen again and I'm interested to find out what the international view is. The 2 latest renaming proposals are to change the capital's name from Pretoria to Tswane. The other is to change "Johannesburg International Airport" (was Jan Smuts in 1990's) to "Oliver Thambo International Airport". My issue is not the actual renaming, but rather the following: - it makes SA look unstable in political terms, I think - the several billion Rand that will be used to change these names should rather be used to curb the crime and corruption in our country. Does renaming happen in other parts of the world? What about renaming twice in 10 years? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
Funny you should mention something like this today, although my take on this is (probably) a lot less significant than renaming a city... The Ottawa Senators[^] used to play at the Palladium. Pretty cool name. Then they renamed the building to "The Corel Centre" after Corel[^] (yes, that Corel) paid a few million dollars to have their name displayed in big fat letters on the building and on the ice (at a time when they were already bleeding cash). As of today the building is now known as the "Scotiabank Place". How exciting... :zzz: I'm not even a hockey fan. But this is sad.
