Comments on: Change Dominica To Dominique

By: BLACKMAN

BLACKMAN — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:20:40 +0000

I am African American,(mixed with everything out there) a traveler and very out going… I had my first encounter with a Dominican while stationed at Fort Bragg… I immediately asked the young lady I was trying to pick up “Como Esta” and very politely she told me “not DR”… I was intrigued by the name which I had never heard of and did my research.(Not just for the lady either) I now know it to be a very beautiful island with a lot of history. As an outsider I would have to agree either keep Dominica or change it to its original name out of pride and heritage not because people confuse it with DR… As for tourism, in due time the country will get its recognition it has way too much to offer not to.

By: Jslight

Jslight — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:02:52 +0000

wtf? you honestly think this thread is useful in anyway? why the f**k would anyone want to change Dominica to Dominique just because it gets confused with the Dominican Republic? ppl refer to Dominican Republic as DR now fyi and more people are getting to know the diff between the two as Dominica is becoming more and more familiar on the international Map. stop making yourself seem like a disgrace to Dominicans who actually know what they’re about

By: mikey j

mikey j — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:58:42 +0000

Don’t even bother to try to change Dominica’s name because it’s not going to happen and it will never happen. You all people who are debating about changing Dominica’s name are just waisting your time because I believe truthfully that you all are being paid to tarnish beautiful Dominica (the nature island of the caribbean) name to satisfy the corrupted, evil rich trouble makers out there. So please find something constuctive to do like reading a book or hlping your kid with his/her homework.

By: H.J. Winston

H.J. Winston — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:19:33 +0000

We can site all day and night explaining why the name Dominica belongs to Dominica and us “the people.” The fact of reality is Dominican Republic has millions of people living there and all over the world promoting the name and country. Now tourism there is bigger and better getting more visits than Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad and all the Lesser Antilles put together. How can we compete with that? In few words, as a weaker and smaller individual (island) we might just have to lick our wounds and stand out stronger with a difference. Name change is just one thing that needs change on this island, we will need new subjects for the rest…

By: inclaire

inclaire — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:25:31 +0000

Yes if we have to change i think we should just add Waitikubuli /Dominica, we should not change but we should start using Waitukubuli, when we address letters write Dominica, Waitikubuli and get the world used to our original nale. tall is her body, that is so beautifull . rather than Dominica which denotes the day the invaders set foot on our lovely land, thank God for our Carib descendant who defended victoriously. Yes WAitikubilu she should be called.

By: Joel Halfwassen

Joel Halfwassen — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:58:35 +0000

I think Waitikubuli is a great idea!

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:30:53 +0000

After circling all these wagons, the best you could come up with is “Nature Island”? That makes sense to you?

By: Nigel Ferguson

Nigel Ferguson — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:18:10 +0000

I think it might be preferable to rename the country Waitikubuli, the original name for the country prior to the arrival of the colonialists.
This name change would attract a lot of coverage in the news worldwide and it could help generate more tourism.
The island has apparently been referred to as Waitikubuli for several thousand years, so why feel the need to choose between Dominica or Dominique, names which have only been used for 500 years or so.
As some other contributors have mentioned, most people in the world don’t give a damn anyway.
Waitikubuli - “Tall is her body” - is a wonderful descriptive phrase, and once anyone sees the island, it will stick in their memories.
Dominica is definitely, in my opinion, female, in the sense of “fertile”, “fecund”, etc. Does anyone every refer to Dominica as “The Fatherland”?
So, Waitikubuli, “TALL is HER BODY” would be very appropriate.
In my humble opinion.

By: boldface dominican

boldface dominican — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:34:44 +0000

Our name is quite fine just the way it is. As Dan said, the fewer people who find this country the better. You see what they did to Jamaica right? Please we ad the name first. I live in the USA and I send mail to my mom all the time and she gets it. I have never once had any of my mail sent to the Dominican Republic. Plus I like when I have to explain where my country is , its starts a good conversation especially in my classes. In America only the good travelers know much about the geographic position of many countries in the world. No offense but they don’t spend much time worrying about little things as this. We could change the name to something other Dominique and they still wouldn’t know who or where we are. Live it just like that, maybe if the foreign affairs minister and those in government would spend more time advertising and promoting or country to the rest of the world, rather than wining and dining young Dominican women, other people of this world would know about this island.

By: michael

michael — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:36:33 +0000

Anyone who is insisting that the beautiful island of Dominica name should be changed has no knowledge of history to understand that Dominica got it’s name before the Dominican Republic and Haiti seperated when they were both called Hispaniola. Those who are asking for Dominica name to be changed are really sabotagers who realized that Dominica is gaining recognition over the Dominican Republic. REMEMBER the true Dominicans are from Dominica and the natives of Dominican Republic are really Hispaniolans or Santo Domingos.