Saskatchewan considering name change?

[Surrealplaces]

Apparently there is a committee looking into the feasibility of it.....seriously

http://www.cbc.ca/thisisthat/news/2012/09/19/saskatchewan-politicians-attempt-to-rename-province-to-something-shorter/


Some of the names considered by the committee (who may or may not have been on drugs)

Sasker
Prairie Land
Rider Nation
Golden
Saskacan
Cansask
Flatland
Wheatland
Oatario


Here's a couple of my own suggestions:

Prairiestan
Potashia
WheatNeuf
Citizen Grain
Dust Virginia

My personal favorirte
East Alberta :cool:

[vid]

What do you expect from a province with an NDP government?

I like how Ontario is on there and then scratched out. :)

Good idea for what to call Saskatchewan people: Saskatchewonks

[Boris2k7]

Sasquatchewan

[Doug]

How about hip and Gen Y like Sask@cha1? Probably still too long for the average attention span.

[RyeJay]

Odd. <---Their new name.

[river that calls]

On the off chance that any of you think this is actually real, I'm going to point out that This is That is a satirical program.

[dsim249]

What do you expect from a province with an NDP government?


Also in the off chance you're being serious, NDP hasn't been in power since 2007.

[PoscStudent]

On the off chance that any of you think this is actually real, I'm going to point out that This is That is a satirical program.

Did you notice how premier is spelled premiere?

[armorand93]

Lets just go Borg on them, and assimilate Saskatchewan to the Manitoba collective.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!

[Nantais]

North Montana
West Manitoba
Or what about the South Northwest-Territories ?

[SignalHillHiker]

If Saskatchewan changes its name, will Is till be able to refer to people from there as Sasquatches?

[fenwick16]

It is not a bad idea to have an easier name for foreigners to remember if Saskatchewan wants to promote itself as a more international destination.

I think that Saskatoon would be a good name for the entire province. It is an easy name to pronounce, remember and spell (every time I type Saskatchewan, I have to double check the spelling). Having a new provincial name of Saskatoon would have a resemblance to the current name of Saskatchewan.

[Coldrsx]

Melonville

[Acajack]

North Montana
West Manitoba
Or what about the South Northwest-Territories ?

The way things are going around there, East Alberta would probably the most
à propos these days.

[vid]

The way things are going around there, East Alberta would probably the most
à propos these days.

Considering the demographics, it would probably be more appropriate to call Alberta "West Saskatchewan".

Also in the off chance you're being serious, NDP hasn't been in power since 2007.

I was totally making a joke. :P I know that the Saskatchewan Party (which would have to change its name) is in power there.

[RyeJay]

I was totally making a joke. :P I know that the Saskatchewan Party (which would have to change its name) is in power there.

I don't get it. How would this be inherently NDP related?

Was the basis for the joke your dislike of the NDP?

[vid]

No, I was mocking how everyone calls NDP governments wasteful when this kind of thing isn't specific to any particular political party.

Whenever I make a joke around people from the prairies is just goes over your heads. Is there something I am missing about your culture?

[Surrealplaces]

On the off chance that any of you think this is actually real, I'm going to point out that This is That is a satirical program.

They had Lyle Hansen on the radio yesterday. It actually seemed real....

[The_Architect]

Saskatoon, just to confuse Americans further.

[MrChills]

Awesome news! Hopefully I will now be able to spell the name of this new province

[capitalist]

this just proves how useless, terrible, un-trustworthy, and pointless the CBC is.

[vid]

this just proves how useless, terrible, un-trustworthy, and pointless the CBC is.

Because it has a satire programme?

I... nevermind.

[jd3189]

I think it has a cool name already. Saskatchewan. But, if it must, I would rename it Macdonald. For those who want to know why, read back into your country's history.

[SignalHillHiker]

If I had to suggest names, I'd choose:

1. Queensland
2. You're Welcome for the Universal Healthcare
3. Rectangle
4. Krajina

[vid]

Saskatchewan isn't a rectangle though. It has that serrated bit on the southeast part.

A lot of people don't know this, but Flin Flon is located in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and the Saskatchewan portion is to the south, not the west.

[SignalHillHiker]

:previous:

I hope you don't think you're getting paid for correcting me so much. I appreciate it but... lol :D

O.K., how about...

3. From Sea to Shining Sea :D

[vid]

A mari usque ad maria

[MTLskyline]

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[vid]

Did not know that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was personally responsible for accrediting debit transactions. You learn something new every day.

[Acajack]

this just proves how useless, terrible, un-trustworthy, and pointless the CBC is.

Yes I would much rather have them simply spouting the messaging of the government of the day. That would serve us well.

[itom 987]

Saskabush

[blacktrojan3921]

At first I was like D=... Then I was D8... Then we were all XD...

[Dmajackson]

Why don't we just rename all the provinces? :P

Carbonator
Oil$and
Royal Flatness
"Dude, Where's my Car?"
Not the Centre of Canada
"Parler en francais"
Drive-Thru
Traffic Tickets are headline news
Halifax and surrounding farms
Screech Rock

If you want to go political ...

Not Alberta
Harper's only care
Alberta Jr
Rebellion
Swingers
Third Time's the Charm?
War of the Three Cities
Screwed by Confederation
Left on the Right Coast
ABC easy as 123


Of course these are all just jokes so don't kill me. I'm sure being a Maritimer Harper will do that anyways. :)

[isaidso]

Saskatoon, just to confuse Americans further.

On the same theme, we could always rename Saskatchewan 'America'. It started off as a continent, then a country decided to use the name, so why not a province too. Kidding aside, I like the name 'Saskatchewan'. Sure beats 'Prince Edward Island. BORING!

[matt602]

Albertatoba.

[isaidso]

Southwest Nunavut.

[Hardhatdan]

Former Communist Republic of Saskatchistan

[SignalHillHiker]

Why don't we just rename all the provinces? :P

Carbonator
Oil$and
Royal Flatness
"Dude, Where's my Car?"
Not the Centre of Canada
"Parler en francais"
Drive-Thru
Traffic Tickets are headline news
Halifax and surrounding farms
Screech Rock

If you want to go political ...

Not Alberta
Harper's only care
Alberta Jr
Rebellion
Swingers
Third Time's the Charm?
War of the Three Cities
Screwed by Confederation
Left on the Right Coast
ABC easy as 123


Of course these are all just jokes so don't kill me. I'm sure being a Maritimer Harper will do that anyways. :)

Ha! I like those.

My suggestions:

BC: Ethical Marijuana
AB: Newnewfoundland
SK: The Flatlands
MB: Red Sea of Traffic Lights
ON: Canada
QC: Quebec
NB: Land Bridge
PEI: Spudland
NS: Halifax Regional Municipality
NL: Province of Alberta Department of Labour

[Bigtime]

You can't change the name, it would cripple the Genuine Saskatchewan Sealskin Bindings industry!

[Cowtown_Tim]

I'm partially to 'East Alberta', but if we're going to go through a name change to make it easier for Americans, then 'Montana North' it is. That said most Americans have no idea where Montana is so how about 'Way the hell north of Texas'

[kw5150]

Why I refuse to live there.......so boring this is all they can think of for fun.

[MolsonExport]

Womanitoba

[DizzyEdge]

You can't change the name, it would cripple the Genuine Saskatchewan Sealskin Bindings industry!

http://circa71.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/mikesuperdaveandfuji.jpg
http://circa71.wordpress.com/tag/super-dave-osborne/

[freeweed]

I'm partially to 'East Alberta', but if we're going to go through a name change to make it easier for Americans, then 'Montana North' it is. That said most Americans have no idea where Montana is so how about 'Way the hell north of Texas'

Yeah.. not to start up yet another "hyuk, 'murcans sure don't know their geography" thread, but...

Whenever I'm asked where Calgary (or Alberta) is, I used to resort to "we're just north of Montana". After enough blank stares (well over 50% after several hundred people this year alone) - now I tell them NE of Seattle. That seems to click in a bit better.

[circle33]

Why I refuse to live there.......so boring this is all they can think of for fun.

You refuse to live there (against great pressure I'm sure) because a CBC satire program? Such a man of principles you are.

No boring places, just boring people.

This program, which is basically a radio version of "The Onion" seems to fool people all the time. The livid phone calls that came in in response to the US businessman who wanted to turn Stanley Park into a NASCAR track serves as testament to this.

[freeweed]

Womanitoba

As the old joke went back when they first proposed changing the name of the "Museum of Man and Nature" (which has long since been changed anyway):

Personitoba.

[go_leafs_go02]

North North Dakota.

I know, it's more northwest, bust Northwest North Dakota sounds odder

[Surrealplaces]

Yeah.. not to start up yet another "hyuk, 'murcans sure don't know their geography" thread, but...

Whenever I'm asked where Calgary (or Alberta) is, I used to resort to "we're just north of Montana". After enough blank stares (well over 50% after several hundred people this year alone) - now I tell them NE of Seattle. That seems to click in a bit better.

And if that fails....north of the US sometimes works :haha:

[MolsonExport]

North North Dakota.

I know, it's more northwest, bust Northwest North Dakota sounds odder

North-by-Northwest Dakota sounds mysterious (a la Alfred Hitchcock)

[JHikka]

The head of the committee spelt Premier with an e on the end. Clearly he must have difficulties spelling Saskatchewan as well. :P

[Surrealplaces]

The head of the committee spelt Premier with an e on the end. Clearly he must have difficulties spelling Saskatchewan as well. :P

What would expect from people that have trouble counting to 13 :haha: (thought I'd rub that one in a bit)

[wacko]

A mari usque ad maria
A mari usque ad mare

I love correcting people from Thunder Bay on their Latin. :D

[vid]

A mari usque ad mare

I love correcting people from Thunder Bay on their Latin. :D

A mari usque ad maria is considered a potential "new" motto for Canada to reflect the growing importance of the Arctic ocean in our economy. It translates to "From sea to seas."

I love correcting people from Saskatchewan on their lack of knowledge of semi-current national affairs. :D

BTW, Winnipeg is nowhere near as bad as Thunder Bay with the traffic lights. This is a Thunder Bay "expressway":

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8174/7952732052_7a99f8b9c6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/7952732052/)

We have one controlled intersection for every 950 people. Winnipeg would have to have nearly 800 controlled intersections to match that. This particular street has four controlled intersections on a two kilometre stretch. The fourth one was just behind me when I took that photo, and that cross street has another three traffic lights over its next 700 meters.

I mean seriously, we stick traffic lights mid-block here!

[SignalHillHiker]

:previous:

Geez... can you even call it an expressway then? It's just a regular street?

[Blader]

Since the citizens are often called stubble-jumpers, I'm in favour of renaming the province 'Stubble'.

Hey it was my home province till my mid 20s, so I'm allowed!!

[SignalHillHiker]

I thought they were called Gappers?

Could we call it The Gap?

[vid]

:previous:

Geez... can you even call it an expressway then? It's just a regular street?

It doesn't have any parking lots exiting onto it, so it is more express than the other roads.

It was going to be a freeway, but the government cancelled the project because we didn't vote for them that year.

[dsim249]

No, I was mocking how everyone calls NDP governments wasteful when this kind of thing isn't specific to any particular political party.

Whenever I make a joke around people from the prairies is just goes over your heads. Is there something I am missing about your culture?

Probably because often your jokes can easily be mistaken for ignorance.

You're probably missing that people don't expect someone from Ontario to know anything about Saskatchewan politics, and vice versa, of course. So people can easily be caught off guard.

In this case, I think Ryejay just really likes the NDP. haha.

[vid]

Probably because often your jokes can easily be mistaken for ignorance.

You're probably missing that people don't expect someone from Ontario to know anything about Saskatchewan politics, and vice versa, of course. So people can easily be caught off guard.

In this case, I think Ryejay just really likes the NDP. haha.

A reasoned and logical response! :hug:

Thank you, kind sir.

[Canadian Mind]

Why not go with one of the old district names before the Alberta Act drew the current provincial boundaries in 1905?

[dennis]

The head of the committee spelt Premier with an e on the end. Clearly he must have difficulties spelling Saskatchewan as well. :P


spelt
noun
a wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used chiefly for livestock feed.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spelt

[ciudad_del_norte]

Why not go with one of the old district names before the Alberta Act drew the current provincial boundaries in 1905?

I've actually thought before that I wish what is now Alberta had taken the name 'Athabasca' instead, it is way more fun to say
Saskatchewan is a fun one... although it never really occurred to me that it was hard to say/or spell until I realized some of the creative ways people say it.

Just call it all it 'Province of Regina'. That's a name that tends to perk a lot of people up if they don't know what you are talking about. :)

[Acajack]

spelt
noun
a wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used chiefly for livestock feed.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spelt

Please tell us you are joking about not knowing that spelt is British English for spelled and is perfectly correct English.

[dennis]

I was. I forgot to place the emoticon. Sorry. The same link defines the verb.

[Xelebes]

Please tell us you are joking about not knowing that spelt is British English for spelled and is perfectly correct English.

I quaft the idiocy and not only was I burnt, but I also learnt the depravity, for which is the only way I could have dempt the quality, of the thoughtlessness.