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Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 05:43:32 JST Evan Prodromou
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  Tim Bray (timbray@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 05:43:33 JST Tim Bray
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  There's been quite a bit of discussion about this. It would be advantageous to computer programmers to keep “BC”. Of the alternatives presented, my favorites are “Bella Coola”, the name of a remote town with interesting etymology, and “Bountiful Chinook”.
  
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  Tim Bray (timbray@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 05:43:34 JST Tim Bray
  
  They’re thinking of changing the name of Powell River: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/name-change-powell-river-divide-1.7145873?cmp=rss
  OK, but how about we do “British Columbia”? It’s a horrible name, picked by Queen Victoria in 1858, and the locals hated it even back then.
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    Proposed name change sparks 'huge division' in Powell River, B.C. | CBC News
    
    Powell River, B.C., has been at the centre of a heated discussion between its city council, the Tla'amin Nation, and several residents over whether to change its name.

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