Posted on 03/06/2019 5:54:14 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
The Cook Islands in the South Pacific is considering a name change to reflect its Polynesian heritage.
The nation was named after British explorer James Cook who landed on the islands in the 1700s.
A committee is considering 60 options in Cook Islands Maori including Rangiaroa, meaning Love from the Heavens and Raroatua which translates as We Stand Under God.
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“Fred”
They should change their name to Fred Islands.
I’m in!
“Rhodesia” became “Zimbabwe” ... it wasn’t a good change.
Jus’ sayin’ ...
Well, Hawaii (insert apostrophe right between the I’s) was the Sandwich Islands, after the beautiful sandwiches on the beach there...
Cook Islands is lot easier to remember and better for marketing if they rely on tourism.
I can’t blame them at all. Both options are excellent!
Rangiaroa — “Love from the Heavens”
Raroatua — “We Stand Under God”
Do they have a word that means “except for that white guy, we’d still be pooping in a jungle.”?
and using banana leaves for you know what!
>>Do they have a word that means “except for that white guy, we’d still be pooping in a jungle.”?<<
Craptocivia.
They should change their name to Fred Islands.
Their islands, they can name them whatever they want, to include "Fred." Though I would prefer "Wilma."
Visited Rarotonga in 1984 (as a young teenager with my family). Rarotonga is the main island in this group and a very nice, lovely place that had no TV or any of the urban built up areas that Hawaii does and even celebrities go down there to visit and are not immediately recognized and mobbed down there like they would be in other places.
Do they have a word that means “except for that white guy, we’d still be pooping in a jungle.”?
AND,,,,we’d never have learned to write and read....
“Rhodesia” became “Zimbabwe” ... it wasn’t a good change.
The name change was nothing compared to the political change. When it was Rhodesia, they produced more food than they could eat. They were also technologically advanced to the point of manufacturing color TV’s, which for the era was quite an accomplishment.
That all went south. Rhodesia sort of became an early Venezuela.
Speaking of south, South Africa is in the process of doing the same.
And 50% of our nation want to take that same road to destruction, being blindly led by total morons like AOC.
I went to one of those Hawaiian smorgasbords, what do they call them, a tuna, and they put on this dance production.
A bunch of half naked guys hopping around saying “Hey!” and sticking out their tongues.
Reminded me of my family reunion.
They were supposed to be fierce warriors. The dancers, not my relatives. My relatives aren’t very fierce. Our family crest is a chicken running from a Redcoat.
Fred, I think, anyway, is a somewhat fierce name.
India got on this schtick about fifteen years ago when a Hindu nationalist party decided to ditch all of the British city names like Bombay and Calcutta for Indian ones. All it did was confuse airline passengers and make a bunch of maps obsolete.
I have spoken with Indians who all continue to call it Bombay.
Yet another name change to remember?
Bombay became Mumbai
Calcutta now has a different spelling
Peking became Beijing.
Burma became Myanmar.
Congo became Zaire and then back to Congo again.
Upper Volta changed their name, I don’t know the new name.
It’s hard to keep up with everything.
Man-eater Islands ?
Some of the folks down at the home look forward to your slides at noon.
Danger Island, a part of the Cooks, changed its name from the rememberable to the forgettable.
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