NBS PRONUNCIATION
Sir-I heartily endorse E. Russell Nolan’s comment on the pronunciation we hear daily on the air. May I suggest that criticism can also be applied to enunciation, which is usually as slovenly. Within a few hours the other day I heard Showpang, Pukini, Sibeelius, Moizywitch, and Chuckoffsky. Most of these gems were achieved by the same announcer. It is extremely unfair to the younger generation that this is allowed in a service that possesses more potential education value than any other modern entertainment facility. I have heard it said, in defence, that New Zealand is developing its own accent ("accent" itself being invariably mispronounced "ack-sent"). To that I reply that accent is intonation and lilt, not dialect. A Scottish professor can have a strong Scotch accent and yet speak perfect English. By all means develop a New Zealand accent, but so long as English dictionaries are used in New Zealand schools that must remain the standard of pronunciation, and should be adhered to by radio announcers until a standard New Zealand dictionary is pro-
duced.
H. M.
BRACKEN
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 367, 5 July 1946, Page 5
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181NBS PRONUNCIATION New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 367, 5 July 1946, Page 5
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