Sir,-since-er-when-er was the little word "er" (which spattered the broadcast exhorting us to speak "correct English) adopted into the English language? I agree with the second speaker that the "Oxford accent" is looked on as a dialect by the other English universities even if it has snob value, and I would recommend that if New Zealand wants to adopt an easily understood form of _ English, free from dialect, Latin roots and modern jargon, they should seek it from Maoris of the old school. I have never elsewhere heard English more beautifully spoken and handled to express deeper thoughts than from this quarter. Meanwhile, I am quite satisfied to hear any form of New Zealand accent as long as it is spoken unselfconsciously and is expressing an individual opinion,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 928, 24 May 1957, Page 11
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