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This is just a random arrangement of geometric shapes from Microsoft Office.
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:obvious best pick Came here to post this
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Feb 16, 2018 06:05
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In a turnaround of Labour taking the best bits of Green policy. It looks like Julie Anne Genter is copying Jacinda.
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Feb 18, 2018 05:12
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This new thing about it being classist to point out that Simon Bridges' bad accent is bad, is dumb as hell cf. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/101547703/national-ignores-lyn-of-tawa-at-its-peril https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/19-02-2018/simon-bridges-has-a-strong-new-zealand-accent-got-a-problem-with-that/
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Feb 19, 2018 10:14
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Still not the dumbest thing I have read in NZ news today. That honour goes to Kate Hawkesby having a cry about people being mean to rich old white men.
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Feb 19, 2018 10:38
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I don't know if I've heard Simon bridges speak but hating on someone for their accent is super classist hth Unrelated but the new Colmar Brunton has Labour on fourty eight percent. Jesus. voiceless anal fricative fucked around with this message at 10:57 on Feb 19, 2018 |
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Feb 19, 2018 10:55
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Ghostlight posted:Wifi landscape kiwi is close enough for me Is that a Mario hill with a tumor
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Feb 19, 2018 10:56
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exmarx posted:This new thing about it being classist to point out that Simon Bridges' bad accent is bad, is dumb as hell quote:This frustrates those who would like National to become more expressly libertarian. The good news for those people is that there is already a well-funded and visible platform for libertarianism. It is called the ACT Party and it received 13,075 votes in the last election.
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Feb 19, 2018 12:08
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bike tory posted:I don't know if I've heard Simon bridges speak but hating on someone for their accent is super classist hth I was speaking on the phone with a rather irate fellow from Hamilton who claimed I was a foreigner due to my RP accent, and claimed all I existed to do was to steal kiwi resources and starve his children. Well, I mean, if I didn't have the motivation before... He also claimed the Earth was flat, but given he's from Hamilton I was slightly more inclined to give him a free pass as far being batshit was concerned.
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Feb 20, 2018 04:58
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Well why do you have an RP accent if you grew up in NZ? Isn't that basically only an accent they teach to people who are learning English (as a second language) anyway?
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Feb 20, 2018 05:36
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Good question, I think I adopted it in my early teens when I realised that people were less likely to beat the poo poo out of you if they thought you were an exchange student.
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Feb 20, 2018 05:53
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That just leaves even more questions..
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Feb 20, 2018 06:05
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I dunno, I think it answers a few.
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Feb 20, 2018 07:30
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Sounds like our friend has a 'refined' accent aka Australian 60's sitcom english Tonight is the first time I've ever actually seen anything on parliament TV. Tamati Coffey kicking arse, his is the only speech so far that has had the slightest relevance to the law in question. Otherwise the debate is about the level of a grey forum flame war with all the swearwords taken out. I think Kris Faafoi decided to play with his kids or his yo-yo or something instead of practising his speech because his delivery was absolutely dire.
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Feb 20, 2018 08:32
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WarpedNaba posted:I was speaking on the phone with a rather irate fellow from Hamilton who claimed I was a foreigner due to my RP accent, and claimed all I existed to do was to steal kiwi resources and starve his children. So you are surprised people think you are from a different country despite the fact you have deliberately affected the accent of a different country
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Feb 20, 2018 08:54
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"Why aren't you enacting groundshaking legislative changes on this day, exactly 87.3 working days approximately into you're term of government. Are you out of ideas, labour failiures?"  = Literally every single opposition speech so far, it's really boring.
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Feb 20, 2018 08:58
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Wandle Cax posted:So you are surprised people think you are from a different country despite the fact you have deliberately affected the accent of a different country I wasn't surprised, but pay attention: bike tory posted:I don't know if I've heard Simon bridges speak but hating on someone for their accent is super classist hth Besides, that thing I thought of in my early teens? It helped - I didn't have any bones broken for all of my high school years.
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Feb 20, 2018 10:01
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https://twitter.com/deltablues_king/status/965814089560674304 this guy's an idiot pig & would probably be worse than collins here's simon bridges speaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD2JKoKGrjA
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Feb 20, 2018 10:16
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WarpedNaba posted:Besides, that thing I thought of in my early teens? It helped - I didn't have any bones broken for all of my high school years.
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Feb 20, 2018 10:27
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Also I'm dumb as hell so what's an RP accent?
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Feb 20, 2018 10:37
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Received Pronunciation - it's a British accent.
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Feb 20, 2018 10:42
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Charles 2 of Spain posted:Honestly interested in this New Zealand high school where you get the bash for speaking with a New Zealand accent. Havelock High, where I got the bash for being weird before a rumour went around that I was from out of the country. By the time one of my teachers pointed out that I was kiwi, I'd already figured out a hiding spot in the crafts building with a couple of computers and a lockable door.
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Feb 20, 2018 10:45
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That's sad and I had a pretty lonely time at high school too Still it's pretty weird that kids would beat you up as a local but when they thought you were british they were like oh well that's ok then, he's weird but it must be a british thing, perfectly understandable, go about your business
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Feb 20, 2018 10:56
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exmarx posted:here's simon bridges speaking: Oh actually I remember this interview, I had heard him speaking. I guess I couldn't remember his accent because it isn't remarkable, it sounds like a pretty average kiwi accent to me. So I don't get it, what is there to either criticise OR defend about it?
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Feb 20, 2018 11:15
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Bridges is stupid because of the things he says and does, not the manner in which he says and does them.
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Feb 20, 2018 18:32
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Wandle Cax posted:That's sad and I had a pretty lonely time at high school too High school kids are idiot cunts? Fwiw I had an actual legitimate foreign accent as a kid, by the time I got to high school most people couldn't spot it anymore and I didn't see any difference in the way I was treated (hint: badly). I literally got made fun of for reading books because literacy is for losers or something. Edit: speaking of schools Could it be? A government that actually...cares about the public...? It's a strange sensation. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Feb 20, 2018 |
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Feb 20, 2018 19:24
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exmarx posted:https://twitter.com/deltablues_king/status/965814089560674304 Let's not forget his links with Cameron Slater and Simon Lusk.
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Feb 20, 2018 19:54
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I get asked about my accent sometimes and where I'm from even though I'm just a boring pakeha. Apparently I talk a bit weird. 
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Feb 20, 2018 19:57
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bike tory posted:Oh actually I remember this interview, I had heard him speaking. I guess I couldn't remember his accent because it isn't remarkable, it sounds like a pretty average kiwi accent to me. So I don't get it, what is there to either criticise OR defend about it? It's just a really exaggerated awful sounding accent, but Key had a terrible accent too and people seemed not to mind so yeah I don't know what the fuss is Wandle Cax fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Feb 20, 2018 |
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Feb 20, 2018 21:08
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Ratios and Tendency posted:I get asked about my accent sometimes and where I'm from even though I'm just a boring pakeha. Apparently I talk a bit weird. Same. I blame listening to Thomas the Tank Engine audiobooks in my formative years.
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Feb 20, 2018 21:12
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Wandle Cax posted:It's just a really exaggerated awful sounding accent, but Key had a terrible accent too and people seemed not to mind so yeah I don't know what the fuss is It is a distraction technique. Tell everyone not to hold his accent against him now everyone is busy saying they don’t care about his accent and not talking about this terrible policies etc. Sounds like a Lusk/Slater style play.
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Feb 20, 2018 21:20
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Slavvy posted:Edit: speaking of schools There are literally no details in that article as to the content of this "biggest shakeup to education since 1989" beyond a bit of speculation and some meaningless buzzwords like "21st century education" so I'll reserve judgement until details come out. Chipkins listens to the sector (a little bit anyway) so I'm at least a little bit hopeful, though. On accents I took on more of an American r sound in my mid-late teens because I played videogames with Americans and it was an easy way to make myself more intelligible. Its not super pronounced or affected or anything but it's been really helpful now that I'm living overseas. I've been asked occasionally which part of the states I'm from, but only ever by kiwis.
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Feb 20, 2018 23:00
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Charles 2 of Spain posted:Received Pronunciation - it's a British accent. Cool.
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Feb 21, 2018 00:22
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Midget Fist posted:Cool. Speaking of plummy accents, my mum was a radio interviewer when she was younger and has always said she interviewed the Beatles and Monty Python in 1964, so I randomly sent in a request to RNZ archives yesterday and got a reply back with a link which goes live tomorrow! I'll post it here. Nz Radio was all about the RP back then.
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Feb 21, 2018 02:11
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bike tory posted:There are literally no details in that article as to the content of this "biggest shakeup to education since 1989" beyond a bit of speculation and some meaningless buzzwords like "21st century education" so I'll reserve judgement until details come out. Chipkins listens to the sector (a little bit anyway) so I'm at least a little bit hopeful, though. I don’t think there are any details yet. He wants to have a complete review of the education sector. There probably will be massive changes but what they are hasn’t been put forward yet.
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Feb 21, 2018 02:11
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the cabinet paper's been proactively released http://www.education.govt.nz/assets...nd-Overview.pdf
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Feb 21, 2018 03:51
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Wandle Cax posted:That's sad and I had a pretty lonely time at high school too Teachers came down way harder on people who beat up
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Feb 21, 2018 04:55
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exmarx posted:the cabinet paper's been proactively released http://www.education.govt.nz/assets...nd-Overview.pdf This is much better, I'll be really interested to see what comes out of the summit.
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Feb 21, 2018 05:17
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Oh hey, Marlon has a new album out. http://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morning-becomes-eclectic/marlon-williams-2018-02-12
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Feb 21, 2018 07:34
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Yeah, it's real good
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