21 Oct
2010
21 Oct
'10
5:28 a.m.
2010/10/21 Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>:
Chris Nighswonger schreef op wo 20-10-2010 om 13:56 [-0400]:
horowhenua (haw_raw_fen_oo_a)
If you want some more confusion, the 'r' can be more like a 'd' (or perhaps 'rd',) rather than a rolled 'r' (but if you don't do that, it's not a big deal, you'll just sound like you learnt Māori in a different part of the country ;)
And yeah, 'wh' is pretty much the same as 'f' (again, it has regional differences, but I don't think you really need worry about that :)
I'm sure this doesn't help you at all...
So, my fav part of this is the presumption that how Robin pronounces an 'r' or 'd' is well known by many readers. For the record Robin's consonants have a sort of Scots-Chinese quality. -reed