This long Vancouver road will be renamed šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street

[CdnFox]

This long Vancouver road will be renamed šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street this summer | Urbanized

 

No joke.  šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street.

So when someone on that street has a medical emergency, what chance do you think the first responders are going to have of understanding where the hell they are? Will they be trying to type that into their gps? Will they even have a clue how it's pronounced?

THIS is an example of woke. A left wing idea that is so off the charts rationally that it's going to get people killed in the name of ideology. 

[herbie]

On the other hand, no one will ever forget where that street is. If your Uber driver doesn't know, get our right then and there.

[Legato]

2 hours ago, CdnFox said:

This long Vancouver road will be renamed šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street this summer | Urbanized

 

No joke.  šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street.

So when someone on that street has a medical emergency, what chance do you think the first responders are going to have of understanding where the hell they are? Will they be trying to type that into their gps? Will they even have a clue how it's pronounced?

THIS is an example of woke. A left wing idea that is so off the charts rationally that it's going to get people killed in the name of ideology. 

Emergency,,,, what's your address.......

666 šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street

Stop swearing, this is a crank call...."click"

[CdnFox]

1 hour ago, herbie said:

On the other hand, no one will ever forget where that street is. If your Uber driver doesn't know, get our right then and there.

No one will ever know! And it's a big long street so it's not going to help

No even real estate prices on that street are about to go down I'm quite certain

[Venandi]

11 hours ago, CdnFox said:

THIS is an example of woke. A left wing idea that is so off the charts rationally that it's going to get people killed in the name of ideology. 

And at best, it's a "White Boy Herb" idea that has nothing to do with reconciliation. Actually, it's a cheap deflection that tends to annoy people who weren't previously annoyed, it even has the potential to create backlash among those who actually support legitimate action toward rectifying legitimate problems. 

Just ask a native, there are far more pressing issues. FN folk that I know are more torqued about things like fishing rights, water supplies and medical access than they will ever be about what townies name their  roads.

 Got that water thingy sorted out yet? No... but we renamed your road, it's now called "Manwhosipsalot." 

It's the same as thinking veterans are deeply moved by renaming a road "The highway of Hero's." Most could care less, in fact, they see it a cheap form of placation that actually backfires (at least it does with me).

Want to impress veterans? Give that retired gunner the hearing aids he needs and stop jerking him around....you know damn well why he's deaf.

And so do we!

Who do the Herbs of the world think they're fooling with this stuff?

 

 

 

Edited Sunday at 10:51 AM by Venandi

[ExFlyer]

Gotta keep the indigenous happy LOL

[herbie]

Specially if they own a good chunk of developable land in Vancouver you do. No less valid a name than Trutch was.
Of course making the slightest effort to not offend them on a daily basis is such an outrage to you guys.

[CdnFox]

2 hours ago, herbie said:

. No less valid a name than Trutch was.

It is in no way shape or form even remotely as valid as trutch was. And i think even your addled childish brain realizes that.

It's got nothing to do with native or non native, nobody can use that.  if we called the street тысукаатвояматьшлюха in your family's honour it would be just as useless and i haven't got anything against russians. It's not usable to english or french speaking people and those are our official languages, and it's just plain dangerous 

But once again "you guys" Freak out the moment anyone dares to raise even the slightest legitimate concern about some woke ídiocy that's popped into your teeny tiny echo chamber brains.  Which is why you couldn't come up with a single counter argument other than 'white man bad'. 

[Nefarious Banana]

On 6/15/2025 at 12:58 PM, herbie said:

Specially if they own a good chunk of developable land in Vancouver you do. No less valid a name than Trutch was.
Of course making the slightest effort to not offend them on a daily basis is such an outrage to you guys.

Indians having a laugh at all the woke herbies . . . betting they just made up that jumble to see who'd bite. 

 

[cougar]

On 6/14/2025 at 4:43 PM, CdnFox said:

No joke.  šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street.

 

I wonder where this alphabet came from and if it is the same for all Indian bands.

I will not ask if they can read "šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm", because I am sure they can't.

 

Just found this:

https://fpcc.ca/resource/orthographies/

All seems complete mumbo-jumbo.

Maybe I should click on the 'apply for grants" button and ask them for $1mil to develop my $#@**&%$ language?

Edited Tuesday at 11:12 PM by cougar

[cougar]

55 minutes ago, cougar said:

Just found this:

https://fpcc.ca/resource/orthographies/

 

A very interesting site I gave you above.

Take a note here on page 19 - Financial Summary

https://fpcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AnnualServicePlanReport.pdf

They managed to spend $10 mil in salaries and benefits administering programs / grants of $50 mil.  They have zero surplus or deficit.  The salaries and benefits they paid themselves were $2.5mil over the budget.   In other words, whatever they were left with, they took it all.

[CdnFox]

2 hours ago, cougar said:

I wonder where this alphabet came from and if it is the same for all Indian bands.

I will not ask if they can read "šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm", because I am sure they can't.

 

Just found this:

https://fpcc.ca/resource/orthographies/

All seems complete mumbo-jumbo.

Maybe I should click on the 'apply for grants" button and ask them for $1mil to develop my $#@**&%$ language?

I found this information:

The syllabic writing systems used by some First Nations in Canada, particularly the Cree, were developed by the missionary James Evans in the mid-19th century. He adapted elements from Pitman's shorthand and possibly Braille, creating a system where each symbol represents a syllable. This system was then adopted and adapted for various Indigenous languages, including Ojibwe and others. 

 

While some First Nations languages did have pictographic or other forms of symbolic representation, the syllabic systems developed by Evans were a significant step in creating formal writing systems for these languages. These systems were not derived from an existing alphabet, but rather from a combination of existing shorthand and potentially other writing systems, adapted to represent the sounds of Indigenous languages. 

 

So near as i can tell, some white guy took virtually every language style that nobody uses ever and mashed them together to get this monstrosity, 

 

Presumably it's very important for the first nations to have a while european invent their written language to differentiate themselves from the white european writing basically everyone else uses 

[cougar]

1 hour ago, CdnFox said:

 

These systems were not derived from an existing alphabet, but rather from a combination of existing shorthand and potentially other writing systems, adapted to represent the sounds of Indigenous languages.

Looking at the language advisors they are looking for, it seems like some BC indigenous languages use different sets of symbols to others:

We are looking for people who represent one of the following language groups.
• Anishnaubemowin (Salteau),
• Nēhiyawēwin (ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ) (Plains Cree),
• Danezāgé’ (Kaska)
• Éy7á7juuthem,
• SENĆOŦEN / Malchosen / Lekwungen / Semiahmoo / T’Sou-ke,
• She shashishalhem,
• Nłeʔkepmxcín,
• Secwepemctsin,
• Ski:xs,
• Diitiidʔaatx̣,
• Oowekyala, Xenaksialak̓ala / Xa’’islak̓ala (In regulations as: àenaksialaÇala / àa’islaÇala

In any event, my take is our Federal and Provincial governments are spending millions of dollars to fund First Nation groups to then come up with this real horseshit that nobody can read or pronounce, not even the last 10 indians from a tribe they represent!

It is so appalling and shocking that I am lost for words.

 

[WestCanMan]

On 6/14/2025 at 4:43 PM, CdnFox said:

 

No joke.  šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street.

 

 

Operator: "911, what's your emergency?"

Left4rd Man-bun: "My sister-wife needs an ambulance. She seditiously put her hand on the stove again."

Operator: "What's your address?"

Left4rd Man-bun: "2121 šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street."

Operator: "Can you spell that?"

Left4rd Man-bun: ***grunting***

Operator: "Is everything ok? What's going on?"

Left4rd Manbun: "I'm taking her to Oak street."

[WestCanMan]

15 hours ago, cougar said:

I wonder where this alphabet came from and if it is the same for all Indian bands.

The First Nations had no writing systems before the Europeans came - they were a true stone-age people.

Whatever they're using as an 'alphabet' now is just made up. 

Edited 17 hours ago by WestCanMan

[Legato]

11 hours ago, cougar said:

Looking at the language advisors they are looking for, it seems like some BC indigenous languages use different sets of symbols to others:

We are looking for people who represent one of the following language groups.
• Anishnaubemowin (Salteau),
• Nēhiyawēwin (ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ) (Plains Cree),
• Danezāgé’ (Kaska)
• Éy7á7juuthem,
• SENĆOŦEN / Malchosen / Lekwungen / Semiahmoo / T’Sou-ke,
• She shashishalhem,
• Nłeʔkepmxcín,
• Secwepemctsin,
• Ski:xs,
• Diitiidʔaatx̣,
• Oowekyala, Xenaksialak̓ala / Xa’’islak̓ala (In regulations as: àenaksialaÇala / àa’islaÇala

In any event, my take is our Federal and Provincial governments are spending millions of dollars to fund First Nation groups to then come up with this real horseshit that nobody can read or pronounce, not even the last 10 indians from a tribe they represent!

It is so appalling and shocking that I am lost for words.

 

That's interesting stuff.

I presented the article to some of my native friends who are Ojibway and Mississaugas.

None had a clue of how to pronounce the word. One of the band council ladies is going to check with with the elders and try to shed some light.

[Nefarious Banana]

Many of the Indian languages have no pronounced  'r' . . . 

Keremeos . . . interior Salish meaning 'three winds' is an exception in their language. 

The street name and the names along the road to Squamish are a native joke on white folks . . . 

[WestCanMan]

2 hours ago, Legato said:

That's interesting stuff.

I presented the article to some of my native friends who are Ojibway and Mississaugas.

None had a clue of how to pronounce the word. One of the band council ladies is going to check with with the elders and try to shed some light.

It's probably just some BS made up by left4rd manbuns who are guilt-stricken due to their cisgender whitey status.

"I chugged some D to get some special interest group/minority status but it just made matters worse, because I was accused of cultural appropriation. I actually had to shave my head to stay in the cult. Thank god I didn't toss salad or I woulda had to shave my eyebrows too. So anyways, I invented an alphabet for some natives, and now I'm not considered a cisgender cracker-ass colonialist anymore. Now I can hire Mexicans and other darkies to do my gardening and housework for less than the minimum wage."

1 hour ago, Nefarious Banana said:

The street name and the names along the road to Squamish are a native joke on white folks . . . 

I wanna get a temporary tattoo in Chinese characters that says "stupid cracker" and show it to Chinese people, just to see how they react 😂

[cougar]

3 hours ago, Legato said:

None had a clue of how to pronounce the word. One of the band council ladies is going to check with with the elders and try to shed some light.

Elders?  They should ask Buffy Sainte-Marie - this purebred Indian , who I have no doubt will be able to read all words in all dialects!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_Sainte-Marie

We really have to ask ourselves what's wrong with our government propagating this insanity to the detriment of Canadians.  It won't be long before the FN's start asking for our houses, or telling us to move off their lands.

I could have fixed it all very quickly, if I were in power.