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> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:46:34 +1200, Greg Procter ihug.co.nz>
> wrote:
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> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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> :>> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:49:50 +1200, Greg Procter ihug.co.nz>
> :>> wrote:
> :>>
> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:13:27 +1200, Greg Procter ihug.co.nz>
> :>> :>> wrote:
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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> :>> :>> :>> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:48:38 +1200, Greg Procter ihug.co.nz>
> :>> :>> :>> wrote:
> :>> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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> :>> :>> :>> :>> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:37:17 +1200, Greg Procter ihug.co.nz>
> :>> :>> :>> :>> wrote:
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> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>Terry Lomax wrote:
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> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> On Jul 12, 12:08 am, Sarah Czepiel cox.net> wrote:
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> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> > rest of us to the rantings of an horny bitch in heat.
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> Brits on antU take note: Sarah wrote "... an horny ..." Sarah often
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> tries to flame Brits on antU, then she writes like a Brit (not
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> pronouncing the leading "h").
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> > It isn't about understanding English.
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> Looks like Sarah is trying to be like the English.
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>
> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>She will have to learn the language first!
> :>> :>> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> :>> :>> That's actually amusing coming from you, Stumpy. You still maintain
> :>> :>> :>> :>> you're a Maori, right?
> :>> :>> :>> :>
> :>> :>> :>> :>
> :>> :>> :>> :>I maintain that I have sufficient Maori ancestry to be able to legally
> :>> :>> :>> :>claim to be Maori.
> :>> :>> :>> :>Does that bother you?
> :>> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> :>> Why would you think it might bother me?
> :>> :>> :>
> :>> :>> :>Why else would you ask a racist question?
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> How is asking if you're still claiming to be a Maori racist?
> :>> :>
> :>> :>
> :>> :>Why would my race be of interest to you, other than to satisfy your
> :>> :>racism?
> :>>
> :>> You made a reference to learning English. Is English the native tongue of
> :>> your people?
> :>>
> :>> :>> You got some friends in Dallas, Stumpy.
> :>> :>> http://michellemalkin.com/2008/07/09/dallas-county-official-black-hole-is-racist/
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> :>You come from a nation that has inherently racist attitudes,
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> "A car manufacturer (IIRC Ford) was forced to take off their New
> :>> :>> Zealand television commercial featuring sumo wrestlers being silly
> :>> :>> because members of New Zealand's large (no pun intended) Tongan
> :>> :>> community complained that the commercial was making fun of their
> :>> :>> culture. Turns out they thought the grossly overweight wrestlers were
> :>> :>> Tongans in diapers. " - NZer Robert Feigel
> :>> :>
> :>> :>That would be _Tongans_. That would be people from the nation of Tonga.
> :>>
> :>> Very good Stumpy, except these Tongans were living in New Squealand.
> :>> [You'd think you could read and comprehend 6 lines of English...]
> :>
> :>
> :>More Tongans live in New Zealand than in Tonga - we're nice people,
> :>Sarah, so if they feel offended by yank companies we allow them to say
> :>so.
>
> And you think I have an objection to that?
>
>
> :>> :>> :>and you have demonstrated racist biases, so what else should I think of you?
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> So to answer to my question, you Maori's speak the Queen's English?
> :>> :>
> :>> :>My Maori's what?
> :>>
> :>> :>Presuming that you don't have a grasp of the use of apostrophies, the
> :>> :>answer to the question you probably intended to ask is that there are
> :>> :>three official New Zealand languages, each of which is acceptable
> :>> :>officially.
> :>> :>We may speak whichever one we are comfortable with in any official or
> :>> :>Governmental situation (schools, universities, hospitals, Government
> :>> :>departments etc) Of course, in conversation with private individuals the
> :>> :>language of communication must be negotiated, as with anywhere in the
> :>> :>World. The Queen's English is the most widely used here in New Zealand.
> :>>
> :>> Lotsa words, not an answer to my question.
> :>
> :>
> :>You're asking me to answer for 400,000+ individuals.
>
> Nope. Is English spoken by Maoris? Simple question you seem unable to
> both comprehend and answer.

>
> :>> Do you Maoris speak the Queen's English?
> :>
> :>
> :>Some of us do, some don't.
>
> Finally.

>
> :>> I'm guessing, NO, since you don't comprehend even a modicum of it.
> :>
> :>
> :>You're really bad at guessing, Sarah!
> :>
> :>Most Maori speak the Queen's English, but a considerable number don't.