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@lemuria@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent
I personally like to minimize name changes as much as possible because usually, the current name Just Works and I don’t really think it’s worth it to break muscle memory or replace signage and stuff. Marginally related; what is it with American stadiums being named after big companies? And when the naming rights expire, people just have to get used to the new name??
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@flamiera@kbin.melroy.org on kbin.melroy.org Open parent
I roll my eyes everytime a stadium is named after some company, it's just a reminder of how radioactive capitalism is in america.
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@tourist@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent
Seeing Cape Town Stadium get renamed to DHL Stadium pissed me off so hard This might sound silly, but going to that stadium, I felt an indescribable sense of community with everyone who showed up to support whatever artist/band/sports team was there . So many people, with a shared interest, in one place. Since I live further out of Cape Town, I rarely get to experience that. That piss yellow logo DHL logo everywhere ruined the experience so fucking much. KINDLY REMEMBER YOUR GLOBAL CORPORATE OVERLORDS WHO ARE NOT SORRY FOR KEEPING TICKET PRICES HIGHER THAN THEY NEED TO BE. ALSO, FUCK YOU. REMEMBER TO GAMBLE.
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@lemuria@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent
Speaking of South Africa, what do people in the Eastern Cape call that large city? You know… that city that got renamed?
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@tourist@lemmy.world · Dec 09
Come to think of it, I don’t hear about it as often as I probably should. Government officials, the news and people in other professional contexts call it Gqeberha, frequently struggling with the click sound, even when a “k” sound will suffice. Otherwise, I still hear people call it “P.E.” “Port Elizabeth” was still kind of a mouthful People I meet from the Eastern Cape just say they’re from “the Eastern Cape”, because unfortunately most people don’t know where Nxuba or Makhanda is. Hell, a lot of people think Gqeberha/P.E. is the capital city of the Eastern Cape. (Bhisho is the capital)
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