VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, [3] ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 18:41:45 12/26/01 Wed
Author: shawn meades
Subject: Re: Imperial Canada Projects
In reply to: Ronald Dykeman 's message, "Re: Imperial Canada Projects" on 15:47:04 08/21/01 Tue

>>I'm afraid I was less than luke warm to your ideas
>>from the outset.... but if you think for one minute
>>BCers would ever contemplate changing the name of our
>>province... dream on!!!
>>
>>You're obviously based in Ontario!!
>>
>>Actually, I am not based in Ontario. I live in
>Arizona, USA. I have met some people from BC who
>wouldn't mind changing its name. My proposal is to
>rename it Omineca, after a mountain range up near the
>BC, Yukon line. You have to admit, Omineca is a much
>snazier sounding name than British Columbia! Think
>about it, when British Guiana first went on its own
>from Britain, they weren't going to keep that name
>were they? Personally, I think they could have done
>better than Guyana, but they made the effort to change
>it. It is long overdue for BC to do likewise.
> All the best,
> Ronald Dykeman
>>

I think BCers should have some say in the name of their province. If you want to make it a policy to cahnge the name- that's fine- but I don't think you should go so far as to actually pick out the name yourself. Providing it as an example is fine, but I wouldn't go any further- there are a lot of rivers, mountain ranges, and geographical distinctions in BC, so it's not like the new name is obvious, and there's no alternative.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]
[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.