ANNOUNCERS' VOICES
The Editor, "The Listener." Sir,-"Visitor" considers that "Daventry English" is clear King’s English spoken to carry well over the wireless. He is entitled to that opinion, even if it is wrong and it certainly seems strange to claim that New Zealand speech is a corruption of pure English. I presume Scots, Irish, Yorkshire, Dorset, Devonshire, and other dialects are likewise degenerate. Philologically, however, it is "Daventry English" which is the bastard dialect, like the French of "Stratford atte Bow." Yours, etc.,
CIRCUMFLEX
Auckland, May 31, 1940.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 50, 7 June 1940, Page 12
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88ANNOUNCERS' VOICES New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 50, 7 June 1940, Page 12
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