Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 29, 2023 4:28:05 GMT 12
LAWYER SLAMS OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR INCLUDING MĀORI KUPU
Lawyer Lynell Tuffery Huria (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine) told The Hui host Julian Wilcox the move was inappropriate.
"Our kupu are turning up in the Oxford Dictionary - part of the English vernacular. It's not appropriate for our kupu to be in the Oxford Dictionary at all. Because we are just being more and more assimilated and that's not what we want," Huria said....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/03/lawyer-slams-oxford-english-dictionary-for-including-m-ori-kupu.html
Lawyer Lynell Tuffery Huria (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine) told The Hui host Julian Wilcox the move was inappropriate.
"Our kupu are turning up in the Oxford Dictionary - part of the English vernacular. It's not appropriate for our kupu to be in the Oxford Dictionary at all. Because we are just being more and more assimilated and that's not what we want," Huria said....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/03/lawyer-slams-oxford-english-dictionary-for-including-m-ori-kupu.html