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| Thread ID: 149741 | 2021-04-13 22:14:00 | I have no use for a cave man language | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1476404 | 2021-04-13 22:14:00 | I heard someone say, just recently, that everyone knows and uses maori words daily. Well I do know some maori words - you can't help knowing some maori words as they are used by TVNZ and others fairly often - but I don't use maori words - English is my language and I have no use for maori words and have no inclination to use them. TVNZ announcers - Simon Dallow in particular - mumble on with some maori (I assume) phrases that I have no idea what they mean and I imagine that the majority of viewers would not know what they are mumbling about either.:groan: So why do they do it? Just to be PC? Let's speak English which is the language that the majority of NZers understand. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1476405 | 2021-04-13 22:24:00 | ... English is my language and I have no use for maori words and have no inclination to use them. . but you dont seem to mind all the French, German, Latin words in the English Language ??? Maori is an official Language in NZ . So better get used to it :) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1476406 | 2021-04-13 23:20:00 | I always get a chuckle when watching sign language . SWMBO growls at me for laughing about it . :) Then, I showed her this one . . . . . . . . be/5iqjGCLXQyA" target="_blank">youtu . be Caution! This may offend you! Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1476407 | 2021-04-13 23:24:00 | I heard someone say, just recently, that everyone knows and uses maori words daily. Well I do know some maori words - you can't help knowing some maori words as they are used by TVNZ and others fairly often - but I don't use maori words - English is my language and I have no use for maori words and have no inclination to use them. TVNZ announcers - Simon Dallow in particular - mumble on with some maori (I assume) phrases that I have no idea what they mean and I imagine that the majority of viewers would not know what they are mumbling about either.:groan: So why do they do it? Just to be PC? Let's speak English which is the language that the majority of NZers understand. The title of your post suggests that one way to solve your problem might be to re-calibrate the way you see the world and how other people live. |
Jayess64 (8703) | ||
| 1476408 | 2021-04-13 23:26:00 | but you dont seem to mind all the French, German, Latin words in the English Language ??? At least I know what all those words mean. I learnt them all at school. But I have no idea what all those maori words mean. And it does not make any difference that it's an official language. NZ Sign language is also an official language and I have no idea what all those gestures mean either, but according to you I had "better get used to it." Well, I'm not going to get used to either of them. Neither language has any relevance or use to me and I don't think that maori, being an official language, is understood by anyone just because it is an official language. But from your attitude, it seems that you may be in the minority and you understand maori. Well, good on you. But I am NZ European and English is my language and I have no use for a cave man language.:rolleyes: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1476409 | 2021-04-13 23:32:00 | I always get a chuckle when watching sign language . SWMBO growls at me for laughing about it . :) Then, I showed her this one . . . . . . . . be/5iqjGCLXQyA" target="_blank">youtu . be Caution! This may offend you! Ken Very good, Ken . At least I understood that sign language . :lol: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1476410 | 2021-04-14 01:32:00 | The shut up about it. You don't have to talk about it when you said you "don't care". The world wouldn't stop for you. | DrNum (17574) | ||
| 1476411 | 2021-04-14 01:43:00 | Maori is an official Language in NZ . So better get used to it :) And English is not. :) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1476412 | 2021-04-14 03:25:00 | I have no use for a cave man language.:rolleyes: kiriweti tawhito kaikiri |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1476413 | 2021-04-14 03:28:00 | I always get a chuckle when watching sign language. SWMBO growls at me for laughing about it. :) Then, I showed her this one....... youtu.be Caution! This may offend you! Ken Cant find it now, But remember a Clip where Kevin Bloody Wilson (Aussie comedian) was taking the Piss out on the Signer at one of his concerts, he was saying he kind of feels bad for the signer, but its fun giving him a hard time with all the foul language and jokes, and the cameras turned to the Signer guy who was signing what was being said, he was cracking up laughing at the same time. |
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