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Post by johnloony on Nov 1, 2014 2:02:26 GMT
I wouldn't mind if they changed the flag by adopting a new one, or removing the Union flag from the corner, or making it more distinct compared with Australia, but I am very much against the silly black/grey fern design.
Any national flag should be straightforwardly defined and easily drawn by a reasonably competent child. Stripes, triangles, stars, circles are OK but a multi-fronded thingy would be too fiddly.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 9:28:12 GMT
I wouldn't mind if they changed the flag by adopting a new one, or removing the Union flag from the corner, or making it more distinct compared with Australia, but I am very much against the silly black/grey fern design. Any national flag should be straightforwardly defined and easily drawn by a reasonably competent child. Stripes, triangles, stars, circles are OK but a multi-fronded thingy would be too fiddly. Mexico? Portugal? bhutan? |
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Post by Penddu on Nov 1, 2014 11:45:21 GMT
Wales!
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Post by Richard Allen on Nov 1, 2014 12:18:56 GMT
He said "any national flag". |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 12:28:43 GMT
He said "any national flag". Y ddraig coch is the national flag of Wales. |
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Post by Khunanup on Nov 1, 2014 15:44:11 GMT
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Post by johnloony on Nov 1, 2014 16:27:50 GMT
I wouldn't mind if they changed the flag by adopting a new one, or removing the Union flag from the corner, or making it more distinct compared with Australia, but I am very much against the silly black/grey fern design. Any national flag should be straightforwardly defined and easily drawn by a reasonably competent child. Stripes, triangles, stars, circles are OK but a multi-fronded thingy would be too fiddly. Mexico? Portugal? bhutan? Mexico, Portugal, Bhutan, and indeed Wales, are all examples of countries which have incorrectly decided to adopt flags which do not adhere to the necessary criterion which I mentioned earlier. |
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Post by iainbhx on Mar 24, 2016 8:03:11 GMT
New Zealand had voted to retain the old flag 57-43. Some of the highest votes for the old flag were in the Maori electorates.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 24, 2016 12:01:12 GMT
New Zealand had voted to retain the old flag 57-43. Some of the highest votes for the old flag were in the Maori electorates. The reaction of the Change campaign is marvellously po-faced and delusional. |
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Post by john07 on Mar 24, 2016 14:26:25 GMT
56-44. You would think that would mean that the issue was decided. Irony alert. Wait until the Silver Fern party sweeps the next NZ election. |
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Post by markgoodair on Mar 24, 2016 14:40:18 GMT
If its not broken don't mend it.
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Post by hedgehog on Mar 24, 2016 19:52:40 GMT
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Post by Andrew_S on Aug 22, 2016 18:22:40 GMT
Interesting that the Maori electorates voted very heavily to keep the current flag. (Incidentally I've recently learned that the correct pronunciation of Maori is to pronounce the "r" more like a "d"): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_flag_referendums,_2015%E2%80%9316#Result_by_electorate |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2016 18:26:47 GMT
(Incidentally I've recently learned that the correct pronunciation of Maori is to pronounce the "r" more like a "d"): Only if you accept that the "correct" pronounciation is the one used in their own language. |
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Post by neilm on Aug 22, 2016 23:44:35 GMT
(Incidentally I've recently learned that the correct pronunciation of Maori is to pronounce the "r" more like a "d"): Only if you accept that the "correct" pronounciation is the one used in their own language. Indeed. I never pronounce København as the locals do, for example. What the hell do they know? |
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Post by johnloony on Aug 23, 2016 2:39:23 GMT
(Incidentally I've recently learned that the correct pronunciation of Maori is to pronounce the "r" more like a "d") Strange interpretation of a "d". As far as I know, the r in Maori is like a flap (a single trill-sound). What is the source for your d-theory? |
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Post by uhurasmazda on Aug 23, 2016 3:22:32 GMT
(Incidentally I've recently learned that the correct pronunciation of Maori is to pronounce the "r" more like a "d") Strange interpretation of a "d". As far as I know, the r in Maori is like a flap (a single trill-sound). What is the source for your d-theory? Yes, this is closer. It can sound a bit like a D to the unfamiliar ear, but it's really sort of a short, flat trill. Of course, most Māori can't really be bothered to correct innocent British expats who insist on saying "M-ow-ree" and "T-ow-poe" (Taupō) and "Ngarer... ererah?" (Ngāruawāhia). Although blood has come perilously close to being spilled over the spelling and pronunciation of Whangarei and W(h)anganui. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Aug 23, 2016 6:28:03 GMT
I've always thought that the chorus of The Lion Sleeps Tonight could be mistaken for a list of placenames in New Zealand.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 9:31:14 GMT
Only if you accept that the "correct" pronunciation is the one used in their own language. Indeed. I never pronounce København as the locals do, for example. What the hell do they know? To me the correct pronunciation in a language is the one traditionally used in that language, not an attempt to imitate the local pronunciation. Its silly when Danes (or Brits) try to imitate, say, the Japanese pronunciation of Tokyo. |
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