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Frank
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mothra wrote on Oct 5 th, 2022 at 11:41am: Brian Ross wrote on Oct 5 th, 2022 at 11:39am: Frank wrote on Oct 4 th, 2022 at 9:08pm: AusGeoff wrote on Oct 4 th, 2022 at 7:39pm:
In my opinion, we shouldn't be totally erasing Anglo names
that were given to geographic formations or localities that
were—and are—historically important to the vast majority
of the current and largely white (-ish) population whose
ancestors originally settled here and made the country what
it is today, shedding a lot of sweat and tears doing so.
Why can we not simply hyphenate ancient and modern names?
Kunyani-Mt Wellington; Moreland-Merribek; Uluru-Ayers Rock;
K'gari-Fraser Island; Grampians-Gariwerd National Park;
McKenzies-Mikunung Wira Falls; Tumbulong-Darling Harbour;
Wadjemup-Rottnest Isand; etc etc etc.
And if we need to get overly-pedantic about all this naming
stuff, who gets the "right" to name something or somewhere?
Consider for example that Mt Wellington, Ayers Rock, the
Grampians, MacKenzie Falls, the Blue Mountains, the Olgas,
and Rottnest Island were all in existence thousands of years
before the Aborigines invaded the continent.
(Yes, yes... I know it's a frivolous argument. but all the same...)
I object to Aborigines using the Latin, white European alphabet. What's wrong with using their own???? If they are really first nations they should each use their own first national alphabets. Not too much to ask, is it?? I object to Danes using the Latin alphabet. They should be using Runes. Any use of the Latin Alphabet indicates a paucity of national pride. Tsk, tsk, tsk...  LOL! Very stupid, Bbwianesque attempt at analogy. Runes were not Danish but Germanic and Celtic, used from Ireland to the Baltics. If Aborigines were serious about returning to their pre-1788 ways they would have developed their own writing system. But that would be ridiculous, of course, since they do not, and never had, a literate culture. Literacy is something entirely alien to pre-1788 Aboriginality. The spelling K'gari (pronounced gurri) is preposterous. Why not just write Gurri if that's how they say it? Are they catering for (the nonexistent) Kalahari bushman linguistic and typographic influences? Changing names is like pulling down statues by people who cannot sculpt them. Add the Aboriginal name by all means. But going around changing names by erasing post-1788 names is deliberate cultural vandalism by people boiling with resentment. Needless to say, most Aborigines do not speak or understand Butchulla, not even most of the Butchulla tribe. Another gesture calculated to maintain division. Bbwianesque.
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