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| Thread ID: 97696 | 2009-02-24 05:43:00 | Whanganui or Whangavegas? | Sweep (90) | PC World Chat |
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| 750991 | 2009-02-25 07:02:00 | The illogicality came from the twats (mostly missionaries) who wrote te reo Maori down in the Pakeha alphabet. There is no such thing as a pakeha alphabet, Just like there is no such thing as a silent H in Maori. Hence there is no h in Wanganui. But really it just shows their are plenty of people with nothing better to do then make themselves miserable over petty and pathetic non-events. Which in turn costs the rate payers and tax payers of NZ hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. Whipty-****ing-doodah. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 750992 | 2009-02-25 07:17:00 | Whipty-****ing-doodah. shouldn't that be "whipty fhucking-doodah" |
plod (107) | ||
| 750993 | 2009-02-25 07:23:00 | And the English language is so perfect? Beauchamp street in Wellington is or was pronounced beecham. We have a name like Penelope which is not pronounced like Antelope. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 750994 | 2009-02-25 07:25:00 | If Michael Laws is against it then I'm in favour of it. www.linz.govt.nz I've made 2 related submissions about a couple of my local place names here in Wellington; one English and one Maori. Martynz |
martynz (5445) | ||
| 750995 | 2009-02-25 07:30:00 | I I've made 2 related submissions about a couple of my local place names here in Wellington; one English and one Maori. Martynz What would they be? |
plod (107) | ||
| 750996 | 2009-02-25 08:09:00 | There is no such thing as a pakeha alphabet, Just like there is no such thing as a silent H in Maori. Hence there is no h in Wanganui. (snip useless rant) (snip ditto) There was a Pakeha alphabet the last time I looked, and it hasn't gone away. And of course the h in Whanganui is not silent. It is just unvoiced. Sorry the distinction eludes you. But then I am not surprised. No doubt Michael Lawless is one of your best buddies. |
John H (8) | ||
| 750997 | 2009-02-25 08:57:00 | Its ok Michael Laws hasn't got any buddies. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 750998 | 2009-02-25 09:25:00 | And of course the h in Whanganui is not silent. It is just unvoiced. Sorry the distinction eludes you LMFAO. Anyway, You don't live here, Nothing to do with you, Spell it however you wish, Say it however you wish, Unvoice it anyway you wish. What matters is what the people of Wanganui want to call the town in which they live. These people are New Zealanders, Living in New Zealand, Not a race of Non-Maori speaking Pakeha. Lmfao x 10. That crap is damn funny. I assume you refer to your home town by the name it was known as before colonisation? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 750999 | 2009-02-25 17:50:00 | I say let them put the H back in Wanganui!! How would you pronounce it though is open for discussion ... Hwanganui Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 751000 | 2009-02-25 19:00:00 | Does anyone know of anything similar for Whakatane? These days it's always spelled with the H but many locals pronounce it without it. A map from the 1800s that we have at work lists it as "Wakatane", as does the Treaty of Waitangi. | Nermal (7077) | ||
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