Rust-Oleum 2x white color name change

[ebinmaine 67,766]

Navajo white is now gloss Cottage white. That's directly from Rust-Oleum.

 

 

[Lee1977 6,682]

Looks like the woke bunch got to them, can't use any Indian names.  Wonder how far this will go, how about the Braves, or Chiefs I believe thoes are Indian names. 

[Handy Don 12,281]

 

 

16 minutes ago, Lee1977 said:

Wonder how far this will go,

IMHO, this will go slowly but quite far and only in certain cases where the naming is strongly positive for the affected segment of the population will it remain unchanged.

Edited September 19 by Handy Don

[ri702bill 8,387]

What next?? Does Kevin have to remove the "Tin Indian" on his '57 Pontiac 4 door???????

[Handy Don 12,281]

19 minutes ago, ri702bill said:

What next?? Does Kevin have to remove the "Tin Indian" on his '57 Pontiac 4 door???????

Both the sculpture and the use of a Native American chieftan's name for the brand itself! 

Edited September 19 by Handy Don

[ri702bill 8,387]

Two more... are not Indian head cents and Buffalo nickels (With the Indian on the obverse) still valid US currency ????

[SylvanLakeWH 25,618]

1 hour ago, Handy Don said:

 

 

IMHO, this will go slowly but quite far and only in certain cases where the naming is strongly positive for the affected segment of the population will it remain unchanged.

Interesting... Or actually go the other way... changing back to native american names... eg Great Smoky Mountains highest peak... just yesterday...

 

Just search "changing geographic place names". 

 

Ongoing massive Federal and State effort regarding place names...

 

Maybe paint companies should just go with pantone codes... should be safe until AI takes over and mandates another system...

[ebinmaine 67,766]

Just now, SylvanLakeWH said:

Interesting... Or actually go the other way... changing back to native american names... eg Great Smoky Mountains highest peak... just yesterday...

 

Just search "changing geographic place names". 

 

Ongoing massive Federal and State effort regarding place names...

 

Maybe paint companies should just go with pantone codes... should be safe until AI takes over and mandates another system...

 

 

Mt Washington in NH is rightfully being changed as well.  

[Mike'sHorseBarn 2,999]

15 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Interesting... Or actually go the other way... changing back to native american names... eg Great Smoky Mountains highest peak... just yesterday...

 

Just search "changing geographic place names". 

 

 

This is a thing I did not know and now that I read it I don't know how to pronounce it.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwohi

[ebinmaine 67,766]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington#:~:text=Before European settlers arrived in,of the Concealed One").

[ebinmaine 67,766]

34 minutes ago, Mike'sHorseBarn said:

don't know how to pronounce it.

 

 

Nothing wrong with that.

We shouldn't expect ourselves to be able to pronounce words and phrases from any of the indigenous North American languages any more or less than we would any other speaking tongue that is not of our upbringing.

 

It's also very important to remember that, just like many other languages such as English, there are Regional dialects.

 

Here in Maine there's a section of Route 25 named Pequaket Trail. 

 

Trina is a descendant on both sides of her family of that native group.

 

She has learned over the years that it can be pronounced different ways and be correct.

 

Pee-KWAH-kett and PIG-wakkitt  are acceptable pronunciations along with several variations combining those two.

[MainelyWheelhorse 506]

59 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Nothing wrong with that.

We shouldn't expect ourselves to be able to pronounce words and phrases from any of the indigenous North American languages any more or less than we would any other speaking tongue that is not of our upbringing.

 

It's also very important to remember that, just like many other languages such as English, there are Regional dialects.

 

Here in Maine there's a section of Route 25 named Pequaket Trail. 

 

Trina is a descendant on both sides of her family of that native group.

 

She has learned over the years that it can be pronounced different ways and be correct.

 

Pee-KWAH-kett and PIG-wakkitt  are acceptable pronunciations along with several variations combining those two.

@ebinmaine That is true in many other areas of Maine as well. I’ve had relatives who are native Mainers mistaken for Australian on the coast when they worked there due to pronunciation. 

[ebinmaine 67,766]

12 minutes ago, MainelyWheelhorse said:

@ebinmaine That is true in many other areas of Maine as well. I’ve had relatives who are native Mainers mistaken for Australian on the coast when they worked there due to pronunciation. 

 

 

I can see that happening.  

[8ntruck 7,034]

Regional accents. I grew up in Michigan. The folks who grew up in the upper peninsula have a distinctly different accent than those who grew up in the lower peninsula.  We lived in Kentucky for a number of years and noticed the same difference between east and west.

 

In both cases the rythm, phrasing of the speech, and pronunciation of words was distinctive.

[rjg854 11,393]

They change Mount McKinley in Alaska to mount Denali

[SylvanLakeWH 25,618]

33 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

Regional accents. I grew up in Michigan. The folks who grew up in the upper peninsula have a distinctly different accent than those who grew up in the lower peninsula. 

 

In both cases the rythm, phrasing of the speech, and pronunciation of words was distinctive.

 

Love dem pasties...

 

Say yah to da UP eh... 

[953 nut 55,393]

5 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Ongoing massive Federal and State effort regarding place names..

That is very nice of them but don't our elected officials and public employees have some actual work to do on behalf of the citizens regardless of their heritage?

[kpinnc 12,175]

Those who fail to remember their history are doomed to repeat it. 
 

Remembering something is not necessarily admiration of it nor reverence. Often times it is to remind us how many horrors we are capable of when we lose our way. 
 

 

Edited September 20 by kpinnc