Avenuer
Senior Member
I am witholding it until it's publicly announced, but it starts with a 'W'.
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erudyk_29
Active Member
Waskahikan, maybe?
Avenuer
Senior Member
Nope, but good guess.
fjordgard
Active Member
Do we know WHEN we might know the new name?
archited
Senior Member
Hey, When could be the new name!
Avenuer
Senior Member
That unfortunately, I'm not 100% sure of.
Barnaby
Senior Member
The new name is obviously West Village.
Gronk!
Senior Member
What is West Village in Cree?
SMayo
Active Member
I'm nervous about the new name. They are setting themselves up for a bad reveal by doing almost no public consultation.
I'm sure its not the same selection process as the city ward names, but as an example if you look at those names chosen I don't think theres any racism in someone saying they hope its a name they can pronounce. Some of the names are great,but for example Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi is objectively hard to pronounce and spell and would effectively stop businesses from using the neighborhood name in their names/marketing.
That being said I'm glad they're moving on from Oliver and I'm sure it will be a good name.
I'm sure its not the same selection process as the city ward names, but as an example if you look at those names chosen I don't think theres any racism in someone saying they hope its a name they can pronounce. Some of the names are great,but for example Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi is objectively hard to pronounce and spell and would effectively stop businesses from using the neighborhood name in their names/marketing.
That being said I'm glad they're moving on from Oliver and I'm sure it will be a good name.
Barnaby
Senior Member
I think that changing a neighbourhood name is pretty confusing unless it happens organically over time. Oliver is a good name, and that has nothing to do with the history of its namesake, whatever that is.
You can remove references to the person that the neighbourhood was named after, but I think time largely does that on its own. I say this, because I don't know the first name of this Oliver person that people are upset about.
You can remove references to the person that the neighbourhood was named after, but I think time largely does that on its own. I say this, because I don't know the first name of this Oliver person that people are upset about.
strata
Active Member
I agree.
(Frank) Oliver does not hold the exclusive rights to the name Oliver. I think the push had the right intentions, but feels like an overreaction.
(Frank) Oliver does not hold the exclusive rights to the name Oliver. I think the push had the right intentions, but feels like an overreaction.
Gronk!
Senior Member
David A
Senior Member
Oliver is historical, but controversial and doesn't mean anything to someone who doesn't know local history. I like West Village because it is simple, sounds nice, is understandable, not controversial and gives some directional context.
I have a bit of an issue that we need to wait for the government to come down from the mountain like god to Moses and pronounce what we must use. The lack of public consultation and involvement is particularly irksome here.
Sometimes names just evolve based on what people use, so if we start using this, maybe that is what it will become.
I have a bit of an issue that we need to wait for the government to come down from the mountain like god to Moses and pronounce what we must use. The lack of public consultation and involvement is particularly irksome here.
Sometimes names just evolve based on what people use, so if we start using this, maybe that is what it will become.
