You'll never believe what the wokies in Canada just renamed this street to be more inclusive of indigenous people

Not The Bee ^ | June 23, 2025 | Harambe Harambe

[Red Badger]

So the City of Vancouver, Canada, just got super woke and changed the name of a street that was previously called "Trutch St," to...

Well, just watch the video, because I can't do this.

VIDEO AT LINK...........

Šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmsəm Street.

Apparently, it's pronounced "sh-MUS-quee-um-AW-sum," which in English translates to "Musqueamview," after the "Musqueam" people.

A Musqueam elder celebrated their little "decolonization win," saying:

It's a great feeling to actually see the name being changed, regardless of the political issue, just to see our language out in the public eye where people are living, it's a really, really heartlifting feeling. Our youth can see it, we can see it, that our language is finally out in the open rather than stifled.

Say it with us! Šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmsəm!

The reactions are what you'd expect:

@UnsureKris/X

🤣🤣🤣 Another diversity win for Canada!

[Red Badger]

SHHH MUSK BE UM AWESOME!.............

[griswold3]

Who is colonizing whom?

[mjp]

When Canada becomes the 51st state, Trump can change the name back

[suthener]

Why didn’t the Indians, I mean native Americans, I mean native Canadians name it that when they built the infrastructure? Oh yeah...

[Red Badger]

They call them ‘First Peoples’ up there...............

[Honorary Serb]

Oh bosh!

[Dr. Sivana]

Just be glad they aren't Welsh!

At least the Welsh stick with the Roman alphabet. My wife's first name (Gwendolynn) comes from the Welsh. I looked up variants, and some of them don't have anything we would recognize as a vowel. Lots of Gs and Ws.

[Red Badger]

That would be a stumper on Wheel of Fortune..................

[AnAmericanMother]

W is a vowel in Welsh. “Double U.”

So is “Y” - that’s also true in English, of course (sometimes).

[gymbeau]

“ They call them ‘First Peoples’ up there............... “

First Nations, actually. Just as stupid.

[Red Badger]

Sounds better. Whatever happened to ‘indigenous peoples’?..........

[Dr. Sivana]

W is a vowel in Welsh. “Double U.”

I know, that is why I described it as nothing "WE WOULD RECOGNIZE" as a vowel. I have seen English books what all list "W" along with "Y" as a vowel, acting as part of a diphthong in words like "how" and "saw".

[glennaro]

S&M Street fits.

[LouAvul]

Pity someone who moves there and suddenly needs to dial 911. “Yes sir, what’s the address?”

[gymbeau]

“ Whatever happened to ‘indigenous peoples’?.......... “

I guess they got indignant.

[Red Badger]

Too hard to spell probably............😏

[gymbeau]

“ Too hard to spell probably........... “

Could be, what with the state of education.

[CraigEsq]

“W is a vowel in Welsh.”

Which is why “cwm” is an actual word accepted in Scrabble, and I think the only English (ish) word that uses a w as a vowel.

[AnAmericanMother]

Bit of a stretch in English - but that ok.

[minnesota_bound]

In Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lake Calhoun has been officially renamed Bde Maka Ska. This Dakota name translates to “White Earth Lake” or “Lake White Earth”.

Since no one can pronounce it they still call it Lake Calhoun.