"NOO ZILLAND"
Sir,-I am writing to differ respectfully from your correspondent Isabel M. Cluett on the current political pronunciation of the name of our Dominion. It is, I submit, not exactly as she indicates, but actually "Ner Zillum." The final consonant is a bi-labial, and not a nasalised linguo-palatal; this would be made clear by visual, as well as by closer oral, observation. In the case of any controversy arising in the matter, I shall Fequest a photoeraphic finish.
PARSON
(Christchurch).
Sir,-Your correspondent Isabel Cluett is quite right: "Noo Zillan" is a sort of political sound which is spreading among the uneducated. I would like her to listen to 3ZB station and hear one of our announcers direct us to places in our city we have never heard of-firms in "Snasf Street, or "Snalbans" or even in "Har Street Crarschurch." It is about time some of these people had a refresher course in English if radio announcing is not going to degenerate into a veritable slang.
R.
CHAMBERLAIN
(Fendalton).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 500, 21 January 1949, Page 5
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