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Sam at BLAG
Sam at BLAG
@blag@typo.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@quixoticgeek Had to look it up for myself, and bingo, Dominic Roussel has photographed the street signs on the pin.

Personally I'd have put This Street above That Street for a more authentic linguistic treatment, but that's just being picky about this.

Street signs on a pole in white text on green with the streets that cross at this intersection being called That Street and This Street.
Street signs on a pole in white text on green with the streets that cross at this intersection being called That Street and This Street.
Street signs on a pole in white text on green with the streets that cross at this intersection being called That Street and This Street.
Megan Lynch (she/her)
Megan Lynch (she/her)
@meganL@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@blag @quixoticgeek What really stands out to me about this phenomenon is that the world is chock full of streets named after men. Very few are named after women. But rather than take that opportunity, they'd rather just have it be generic.

#Sexism #PlaceNames #Maps

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