ENGLISH ON THE AIR
Sir,-I hope the ZB stations will accept the following as constructive rather than destructive criticism. But some of us are proud of our mother tongue and feel a rather nasty jar on hearing advertisements such as these: Twelve tablespoon-fuls to every packet. Different to any other you have bought. If any girl or boy wants they can get it at the desk. He is an amiter (amateur) racer. If I was going to buy a certain product it would be ‘ I have been told that this kind of thing is accepted now; but it can never be accepted while we are British and proud of our country and of our mother
tongue,
(MRS:)
N.
DAVIDSON
(Timaru).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 123, 31 October 1941, Page 4
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120ENGLISH ON THE AIR New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 123, 31 October 1941, Page 4
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