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The Picard Maneuver @lemmy.world

1w ago

Naming your daughter after an Australian state

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Yeah, naming your daughter Northern Territory is a big oof.

Tasmania sounds like an acceptable name.
- "Tassie" sounds like a great name.
  
  Reminds me of Cassie and Tassie in Letterkenny.
  
  Sounds like a stripper, to be honest
- Yeah, right? Didn't even have to mess with the map that much.
- Id assume their parents were hippies, but it could play.

- You sir, are a scholar and a gentleman!
- maybe it's just me and my color blindness but that color for Victoria is far too similar to the surrounding water
  
  Victoria is a light pink, the water's blue so a big difference for non-colour blind me. They do look similar in shade though, but I'm not great at judging.
  
  I'll make you a map in 7 other colorblind safe colors if you want
  
  Do you not have colorblind mode enabled on your device?

Western Australia, stop bullying your younger sister South Australia.

You take my daughter Queensland out of your goddamn mouth!

New South Wales sounds kinda cute 🥰
- Chubby chaser chiming in.

Northern T. Smith
- ...that's capital T. smith with a capital T!..

.... or Territory!
Its State or Territory!
Ya missed a bit, ya heathens!
- I will turn this car around right now, Jervis Bay Territory!
- We're a territory, we had a referendum years ago after we got told off for being the first place in the world to bring in voluntary euthanasia laws by our lovely government in Canberra.
  Referendum failed we remained a territory and can't govern ourselves fully.

...and Australia is like, WTF mate.
- I get your joke. We're old now.
  
  sad sigh :(
- But they’ll die soon…fkn kangaroos.

If the territories count, there’s a whole new world of opportunity. I have met a Christmas, and cocos or keeling sound kinda cute (albeit not my taste). I feel like Cartier and ashmore would show up in name shaming groups.
Although to be fair, they’re not on the map
- Cartier sounds like a surname. Ashmore isn't that bad really, a tad old fashioned perhaps.

If we’re accepting time zones, Lord Howe Island is in play

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, GO TO YOUR ROOM!

"Newswa" or something isn't the worst I've heard.
- Neusa is a common woman's name where I live.
  
  Noosa is a brand of yogurt where I live.

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