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Thread ID: 103262 2009-09-17 00:13:00 Wanganui - got the h kenj (9738) PC World Chat
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811040 2009-09-17 00:13:00 Just announced. Stupid bastards!!

Ken
kenj (9738)
811041 2009-09-17 00:16:00 That is ridiculous!! Morons.

www.stuff.co.nz
wratterus (105)
811042 2009-09-17 00:16:00 wanganui wanganui wanganui wanganuiwanganui wanganuiwanganui wanganuiwanganui wanganuiwanganui wanganuiwanganui wanganuiwanganui wanganuiwanganui wanganuiwanganui wanganui GameJunkie (72)
811043 2009-09-17 00:21:00 As a point of interest, a while ago I heard one of Newstalkzb news readers pronounce Te Kauwhata as Tay Cow Farter. Fair go!!!


Ken :thumbs:
kenj (9738)
811044 2009-09-17 00:28:00 What will happen next is that radio/tv news announcers will start pronouncing the name as "fhanganui". Then the local Maori will start complaining it is the wrong way to pronounce it.

"There is also common ground on the issue of pronunciation. As the NZGB point out, to the untrained ear, there is less distinction between the local Ma-ori dialect pronunciation of ‘Whanganui’ and the pronunciation of ‘Wanganui’, than there is if ‘Whanganui’ is pronounced using the ‘f’ sound common to other areas of New Zealand."

www.hrc.co.nz/.../07-Sep-2009_10-58-18_Subm_on_spelling_Whanganui_0809.doc

as they used to say in The Archers....just you wait and see........
Terry Porritt (14)
811045 2009-09-17 00:29:00 Another case of bowing down. NZ should just rename itself to 'old spineless'. rob_on_guitar (4196)
811046 2009-09-17 00:30:00 No surprise there.

Now how about all you white fella's get the hell out, this is Maori country.

hows your insulation Bro?
Metla (12)
811047 2009-09-17 00:32:00 I suppose there will be hs for africa now. prefect (6291)
811048 2009-09-17 00:32:00 Perhaps this website should now be written as Press Wh1

I note that Maori people pronounce the word Maori in many different ways !
Digby (677)
811049 2009-09-17 00:34:00 Right now would be an excellent time to disband the Geographic Board. Metla (12)
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