Nasal Intonation Confined To Sports Announcirg
To the Editor. Sir,-There is very little lip laziness or jaw laziness among New Zealand announcers, so final consonants come through clearly. Vowel purity is not always respected, however. A week or so ago a lecturer told her listeners how to make veal "pay" by preparing it for the oven, not for the market! Of course, she concluded by saying ‘"good-bay." Now, the correct phonetic spelling of these two words is pah-ee and good-bah-ee. Nasal intonation is confined to sports announcing especially of wrestling. It markedly increases towards’ the north, becoming very noticeable from Auckland. Nasalisation in New Zealand is the characteristic speech affectation.
-I am, ete.,
F.
BROS
Oamaru.
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Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 4, 4 August 1933, Page 15
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