Example of this is whangerai is pronounced wang-er-ai in local Maori dialect apparently
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Like Magic Sent: Tuesday, 18 November 2003 3:19 p.m. To: Multiple recipients of list offtopic Subject: RE: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: RE: How do you spell Delphi? The problem with Maori language is that every tribe had it own dialect as a result of a decision by a group from one tribe - smallish but full of political activist - they have rammed their pronunciation on to everyone - regardless of correctness. Some words are regional only but have been mangled by the generic PC pronunciation. It is a minefield that caused major disputes amongst Maori tribes in pre & early European times and because it is PC no one is allowed to question it. - my hobby horse, you may have guessed Maurice -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Allan, Samuel Sent: Monday, 17 November 2003 12:50 p.m. To: Multiple recipients of list offtopic Subject: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: RE: How do you spell Delphi? Are they maori names? Because if they are, then surely the locals when they were named were maori? So surely the maori pronunciation is correct? And the current locals simply can't even pronounce the name of their own town right :-) That's like going to live in Paris then saying that seeing as you are now a local, and you say it Paris then that is correct pronunciation, never mind that the French say it Paree. (Or differently from me anyway). So unless they are not maori names, then the maori pronunciation is correct, and good on the TV presenters for trying. -----Original Message----- From: Robert martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17 2003 12:10 p.m. To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: How do you spell Delphi? > Coming from that region they should be pronounced ohm-aru, and > Tim-aru, might not be the PC way to say it, but surely the correct > pronunciation is the way the locals say it. > Agreed, I think it is pronounced wront on TV. > As for Delphi, I seem to remember that the correct pronunciation - according > to key people at Borland is del-fee. It is a US thing to pronounce > words that end in "I" as an "I" eg sem-i The last borland thing I went to, Richard Vowles was calling it 'i'. Thats why I thought it must have been the offical line. Rob Martin Software Engineer phone 03 377 0495 fax 03 377 0496 web www.chreos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sugrue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:51 AM Subject: RE: [DUG]: How do you spell Delphi? > Coming from that region they should be pronounced ohm-aru, and > Tim-aru, might not be the PC way to say it, but surely the correct > pronunciation is the way the locals say it. > > As for Delphi, I seem to remember that the correct pronunciation - according > to key people at Borland is del-fee. It is a US thing to pronounce > words that end in "I" as an "I" eg sem-i > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Robert martin > Sent: Monday, 17 November 2003 11:20 a.m. > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: Re: [DUG]: How do you spell Delphi? > > >Although Oamaru and Timaru seem tio have that problem with TV > >presenters 'Maori izing' there names. How Oamaru becomes O-Oamaru on > >TV is beyond me, > >Im sure very few people living there pronounce it that way. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- - > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Offtopic List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe offtopic" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/offtopic%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Offtopic List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe offtopic" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/offtopic%40delphi.org.nz/
