User talk:Wensminime

In 2006 or 2007 a contributor asked how to pronounce the word "Maori" (This is the people group in New Zealand from Hawi-iki who arrived to New Zealand first (or second only to the Moriori people group.) Arriving in at least seven waka (or large canoes or boats)) I am reliably informed that the correct way to say "Maori" is like the word mouldy only it is "mou-ree." This from a teacher at Taihape College who also told us that Taupo should be pronounced Toe-paw...Europeans have mispronounced much of the language for decades or more. A definitive and simple way of pronouncing Maori vowels would be most helpful as my children are constantly correcting me and I continue to stuff up. I am like tone-deaf to how Te Reo (the Language) should sound. Can anyone help?Wensminime (talk) 10:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)