What's in a name?

[emerican_life]

http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/12/on-train-announcements-and-language-rights/Luke Lu discusses the unease many have felt at the inclusion of Mandarin station names in MRT announcements. I recall a time when things nearly spiralled out of hand with the introduction of hanyu pinyin

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[zenhiao]

you've hit the nail on the head.
this is not about making life easier for mandarin speakers but erasing our heritage and history.

when we first started building new towns we were happy to call them Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio. but then Nee Soon became Yishun, Peck San became Bishan and Au Kang became Hougang. Now they are trying to change the old names too!

we should fight this.

[emerican_life]

Thanks, Marc!!! Yup. I am going to share your comment above on my facebook, so more people can read it.

[mcbealism]

I wanted to like this, and then I realised it's not Facebook...

[emerican_life]

Lol! It is also on my fb (5 Dec)... do 'like' it there. :-)