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Macron note

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • 16 minutes ago
  • 1 min read

Hori put them wherever he felt was appropriate as a native speaker. He was all about dialects, and thought the dictionary wasn't perfect. Te Aka is good, but I'd run all the reo dialogue by him for Shipwrecked. Checked what I've already put in there with him; it was solid. - Why say this? I'm getting sick of RNZ etc. telling me how to pronounce the word Māori. In the South Island, it has a darker colour (more like mouldy). Maaori is still a Western transliteration, and the current pronunciation isn't the only one.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
15 minutes ago

A macron in Māori isn't always two metrical feet. It's simply a longer foot. That's why my rhythms are so funky in the song cycle: that's how it alters English.

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
14 minutes ago
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RNZ: it's not Maari! I suck at making my 'o' sound Māori, but at least I use it. Maaori is the bog-standard pronunciation, even without a rolled r.

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