AUSTRALIAN SPEECH
| Sir,-May I say a word in defence of the typical Australian and his speech? If "Tolerance" imagines that those voices and the drawl of the players in "Dad and Dave" are typical he is much mis-taken-ludicrously so! With the exception of a minority in the city areas, the Australian speech differs very little from
that of New Zealanders, especially since the children of: most country farmers attend city colleges for several years. Having spent three years at one of these, and visited several country homes in "back blocks" districts, my subsequent experience of life in New Zealand has found little difference in these matters, although the outlook and characteristics of typical Australians are rather markedly different from those of this coun-
try.
V.H.
COLE
(Paparoa),
SWEARING ON THE AIR Sir,-During the last week or so I have noticed in the plays from Commercial stations a good deal of swearing. There were as many as five words in two plays one evening. I won't lower your’ paper with exact details! You probably wouldn’t print them anyway, so why do we have to suffer them over the wireless? What I want to know is, is it necessary for these to be included in the plays? I’m sure the story wouldn’t suffer in any way. One play was on at 8 p.m. and even at that late hour many children would still be up. They are taught in the home, school, or church, that it is wrong to take the Lord’s name in vain, but if this is continued, how can we expect them to obey this teaching? We are very strict in other thingsespecially the YA stations, so why take liberties in this respect?
H.
D.
(Milford).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 318, 27 July 1945, Page 16
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287AUSTRALIAN SPEECH New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 318, 27 July 1945, Page 16
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