Russell Haywood Wow that’s just next level ignorance
2010s: New Zealand English Endangered?
January 6, 2020
By AHNZ
Marcus Lush’s talkback show is so late (this audio from 11pm, 24 October) that he gets real callers rather than the on-message voice actors of prime time radio slots. Here is a fascinating cultural clash between Lush and some indigenous South Islanders.
Listen as the Auckland immigrant, Lush, tries to colonise his elders by bullying them! English-speaking New Zealanders have our own spelling, own pronunciation, own points of view just like Maoris do. Rather than embrace or even celebrate that people like Lush want to shut it down, to colonise and replace it. Isn’t it interesting how these are frequently the same people who say they love ‘diversity’ and hate ‘colonisation?’ Guess it depends who is being colonised.
“Marcus Lush is on the right side of history, and on the side of the historic revitalisation of te reo…Te reo brings us together as New Zealanders, whatever our background.”– Māori Language Commissioner Rawinia Higgins; The Spinoff
I know this duel is going on but it’s another thing to hear it spoken out loud like this. Seems to be a north/south split but our schools and universities and media has very much picked the side of the newspeak. I think Mainlanders are happy for others to say ‘Mouldy’ (Maori,) or ‘Monaco’ (Manukau,) etc. if they prefer but draw the line at being told what to do; Live and let live! Of course this radio argument is no debate but a jousting clash of contrary views. He says this, she says that…
What is needed is an intellectual and moral defence of New Zealand’s diverse cultures and dialects. That’s something I take responsibility for and am working on with Anarchist History of New Zealand.
Funny how the thread was shut down AFTER all this abusive stuff. and after someone (Myself, and others) pushed back
Not to shut us up, I think. But to shut up the abusive blow-back toward us, probably. Which amounts to the same.
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Ref. Ethnomasochism
Image ref. Newstalk ZB
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William Topia I neva listen to zb talk, but thats about to change😆😆
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Bob Malcolm Farkin goblins hha 🤪
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Bydand Gordon Ignorance an racial insensitivity alive an well
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Murray Smith why is marcus surprised?
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Bydand Gordon Ah eh ee or ou if you cant enunciate the ancient tounge your not soverign jus a tourist
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Jarrid Plows
She just said she was 93? A classic example of entrenched racial ignorance/arrogance/racism. The 2nd caller just needs to be called out for what she really is…. a blatant uneducated racist. The first being just another product of that era and upbringing….. Another dinosaur…. The second is a product of a lack of upbringing…… Another racist redneck… -
Dennis Rawiri Gooo the ABs 🖤🇳🇿🏉.
10 weeks till Xmas 🎅🦌 🌲.-
Frank Arona I Oopee Ho Cusss,go!!! the ABs
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Dennis Rawiri Frank Arona Ae marika .. Tautoko.
Kapa O Pango Aue Hii.
🖤🇳🇿🏉.
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Judith Gurney Oh God! Marcus SHUT-UP!
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Malcolm Sinclair Judith Gurney oh dear another one
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Justin Tilly inflexible old people – unwanting to change what is entrenched in their past. I can see their red necks from here………
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Malcolm Sinclair Justin Tilly not all older are inflexible
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Stephen Hammerton Very interesting, this just goes to show how language evolves, what we hear and learn as a child is quite different to what our grandchildren will hear and learn, consider how your own grandparents pronounced some words, English,Maori or other languages.
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Maureen Wood It’s what they have been taught
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Ramona McGaughey It’s not ignorance its arrogance….
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Nell Smith-Hughes Pig headed Mainlanders – geeze – they need to get their heads out of the 50’s
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Aylene Price My pronunciation of Maori is woeful but I do try. That is some next level racist rubbish from the second caller. Actually it was from the first caller as well, but she’s ancient and will be dead soon, the second caller was young enough to know better.
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Rick Giles These Southlanders have not had their language colonised and don’t want it to be. Why should they?
Can’t anyone here relate to that?
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Richard Hall I agree with both Nicky and Mary.
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Morehu Morehu Richard Hall nemime bub make urself a cuppa cocoa
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