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Snowdon / Snowdonia

(31 Posts)
M0nica Sat 01-May-21 10:18:24

Let the Welsh call it what they wish and let other people speaking different languages call it what they wish as well.

Should we insist that the French call our capital London instead of Londres, our country England not Angleterre.

Every country should decide the official name of everywhere in there country, what others call these places is irrelevant.

Australia and Ayers Rock/Uluru is not an eqivalent. The indigenous people do not live in their own country separated from the rest of Australia. It is the Australian incomers recognising an important religious and ritual site of the indigenous people which is in the legal entity that is Australia.

Delila Sat 01-May-21 10:11:23

If the Welsh are in favour of going back to original Welsh names, I am too.

Casdon Sat 01-May-21 10:11:09

Changing the official name back to Welsh is fine with me, but I don’t think it will change in everyday use from Snowdon for many years. We’re luckier in mid Wales Anniebach, I don’t think they will change the name of Pen y Fan.

grandMattie Sat 01-May-21 10:03:33

I've got no problem with that - think Mumbai/Bombay or Madras/Chennai; Beijing...

The difficulty is knowing how to pronounce it!

Whitewavemark2 Sat 01-May-21 10:00:43

A rose by any other name etc.

I don’t mind one way or another.

Anniebach Sat 01-May-21 09:58:56

Anyone support the campaign to change the English names of
Snowdon back to its original name Yr Wyddfa, and Snowdonia
National Park back to Eryi ?

Australia changed Ayers Rock to Uluru in 1993