poppets

how will he perform better with an iron stuck up his bum , poor man, but hey what ever tirns you on

karonious

The amount of starch he uses - has a lovely crease and stands up of its own accord (the ironing of course...)

poppets

dear god woman don't say things like that i nearky spat me tea out on the laptop
i'm off shopping tomorrow maybe i'll get some starch ................ for my ironing of course

karonious

Comes throughly.......recommended

poppets

but how does he feel about the crease

karonious

Says it's a pain in the arse!!!
(shall we carry on with this in the Bar? I think we have hijacked long enough )

karonious

Sorry, to return to the reason for the thread....you can finish a conversation the same way as you start it, with


Kia Ora

Jack The Lad

You are really are going for a complete life change then Dave?

Paladin

Numpty!

Bo-Jangles

You won't! It doesn't matter one jot how you pronounce the names, because hardly anbody else can either. Most will pronounce things the way that they know it, with differerent stresses on different vowels, even newsreaders, weather forecasters and radio presenters will pronounce the same place differently. You can have a three way conversation and all three people will be talking about the same place, e.g. Whangerei (Fanger-ray, Fonger-ay or Wonger-ay) and all of them will pronounce it differently. Most Kiwis of European descent, especially older ones make no allowance for Maori pronounciations and if you are in any doubt and dont want to sound like a tit, just say it as you think it sounds; people will still know what you mean.

We had a huge debate in our office the other day on how to say the word Powhiri, I know it as Po-fe-ree (not unlike Pot Pourri) but not one of them said it the way I had been taught and some of them just sounded downright ignorant; as if they were deliberately pronouncing it wrongly or couldn't care a less anyway.

Bo-Jangles

You won't! It doesn't matter one jot how you pronounce the names, because hardly anbody else can either. Most will pronounce things the way that they know it, with differerent stresses on different vowels, even newsreaders, weather forecasters and radio presenters will pronounce the same place differently. You can have a three way conversation and all three people will be talking about the same place, e.g. Whangerei (Fanger-ray, Fonger-ay or Wonger-ay) and all of them will pronounce it differently. Most Kiwis of European descent, especially older ones make no allowance for Maori pronounciations and if you are in any doubt and dont want to sound like a tit, just say it as you think it sounds; people will still know what you mean.

We had a huge debate in our office the other day on how to say the word Powhiri, I know it as Po-fe-ree (not unlike Pot Pourri) but not one of them said it the way I had been taught and some of them just sounded downright ignorant; as if they were deliberately pronouncing it wrongly or couldn't care a less anyway.

SarahB

...and what about Otahuhu? I've never heard it pronounced the same way twice. Some people say it as its spelt. I was taught to say O-tar-a-hoo.... when I worked there..... but actually its supposed to be said Aw-tah-hoo-hoo with the stress on the tah.

Bo-Jangles

On the radio traffic news they say ORRRRR TAH HA HOOOOOO and most 'everyday' people say Ode-ahoo.

SarahB

lol.... it just gets worse the more you try saying it!! I'll just give up gracefully and avoid saying it.