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i i — . ' ■ rDUNEDIN, Dec. 3. "Not dull but luove serior.s," was tlie rv|)ly giveu by an Kuglish couple visiting Dunedin, to the question: "Are New Zealandors dull anu gloomy ? ' ' Elal'orating the ronmrk the wit'e sai'l tlieir lirst iinpression was that New Zeahuulers did not laugh very often "Oi course," slie said with a sniilc. "during tlie war tliings were so grim tliat we had to laugh or else give up tlie gliost. Probabiy because oi thi. we developed a ratlier over-rated pitcli oi nierriment. " She had been speaking to an English wouiuu who had been in New Zealam ior about a year, slie said, and thi womau agreed witli what slie had said Her daugliter, who had lived in New Zealand for some time, frequently ro priinanded her witli, "Don't be so fiivoious, mother. ' ' The man 's view was: "I am inclined to tliink New Zealandors take our iittle jibes more seriouslv than they are meant. Oue niisses tlie Coeknny sense oi humour whio]) is typically Britisli and not iound in anv other countrv. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 December 1947, Page 6
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