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| Thread ID: 113437 | 2010-10-20 02:26:00 | Maori language dying - is it really a problem though? | wratterus (105) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1146409 | 2010-10-25 22:45:00 | Maori Language printed on the New Zealand Passport. . makes it unique |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1146410 | 2010-10-25 22:48:00 | Maori Language printed on the NZ passport is irrelevant tokenism. It serves no useful or practical purpose, apart from being a PC sop to Maori. |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 1146411 | 2010-10-25 23:21:00 | Maori Language printed on the NZ passport is irrelevant tokenism. It serves no useful or practical purpose, apart from being a PC sop to Maori. We are surrounded by and will continue to be so if left to the likes of PC . |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1146412 | 2010-10-25 23:31:00 | Maori Language printed on the NZ passport is irrelevant tokenism . It serves no useful or practical purpose, apart from being a PC sop to Maori . :lol: Yes, if you took the English off the Passport I wonder how far you’d travel? Probably wouldn’t get out of the country, let alone into another . :lol: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1146413 | 2010-10-25 23:34:00 | Tokenism - Perhaps many NZ's don't realize any significance that hundreds of our cities/towns are named in Maori . Probably spoken/referenced everyday . Similar to British and Irish cities/regions . Perhaps their citizens might have pride in any significance of their meanings, and might have a deeper insight in their heritage and language . If a foreigner (e . g . an American) asks a New Zealander (as in any race) what does "Tauranga" or "Taranaki" mean? How would a NZ citizen reply? Should it's meaning be explained? Would it be irrelevant? Surely early generation NZ's might want to identify with their home town, even if it has a Maori name . . . meaning a bit of language/history research . |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1146414 | 2010-10-25 23:57:00 | Its makes puke when I see all the maoris stuff in my passport, I am European English heritage. I would rather have it in the language of diplomacy French. Although Metla will no doubt disagree. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1146415 | 2010-10-26 00:00:00 | Maori is a dead language and if the govt ever bought it back into as compulsory education, I wouldnt be checking the homework! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1146416 | 2010-10-26 00:01:00 | It would be nice to just have a living language, not that bothered about which one, I personally like Danish especially spoken by a lovely lady | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1146417 | 2010-10-26 00:05:00 | It would be nice to just have a living language, not that bothered about which one, I personally like Danish especially spoken by a lovely lady Danish isnt that nice IMO, they swallow the vowels!, the loving tongue is apparently Spanish. I learnt a little while living there many many moons ago!... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1146418 | 2010-10-26 00:25:00 | Maori is a dead language and if the govt ever bought it back into as compulsory education, I wouldnt be checking the homework! I would tell my son he did not have to attend these classes. F**k the government and f**k the compulsory aspect. This is where the backlash would start I think, might gain momentium with the silent majority. |
DeSade (984) | ||
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