NEW ZEALAND ACCENT
Is this evidence: of the, begini^ng iof the New Zealand accent? In' his port, submitted in Jiine, 1877, the Kew.' William Colenso, Inspector of School*, wrote: — - 4 "In a few of the country sOhools a bad unnatural tone is common in ReatU ing; while in a few others a most ro* markable and peculiar emphasis is laid against the last word of a sentenco, which sounds ludierous. I have strivea zealously against all such peculiarities, and I hope not wholly in vain.- 1 hav« been pleased in observing that a mark* ed improvement in most of the schoolt has taken place during the year ' in Writing, both in form and mannei. of writing; as well as in its* correctnesi from Dictation. It is highlj giratifying to riotice how . rapidly " and ' correctly many of the Boys and Girls geflerally per'form their " Arithmetic,"
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 94, 7 May 1937, Page 38 (Supplement)
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144NEW ZEALAND ACCENT Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 94, 7 May 1937, Page 38 (Supplement)
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