• rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 days ago

    I think we can use this opportunity to rename these bodies of water after indigenous names. I’ve heard that some people in Mexico are now calling the Gulf Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl to celebrate their indigenous history. We should rename the lake to a name chosen by the Ojibwe

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        Ontario is a colonial derivation of an indigenous word. Your own source provides 2 potential options for indigenous names: Ontarí:io and Skanadario

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          What’s the difference between a (bad connotation) “colonial derivation” and a (neutral connotation) “transliteration?”

          Remember, there was no native writing system and therefore no original orthographic form to be faithful to. “Ontario” and “Ontarí:io” are damn similar, so who’s to say “Ontario” wasn’t just a reasonable 17th Century transliteration from the time before diacritical marks were a thing?