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Originally Posted by HarryT
One of the most annoying I've encountered recently was a narrator who pronounced "Maori" as "Ma-OR-ri". What kind of an idiot doesn't know how "Maori" is pronounced?
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The pronunciation that irks you so much is not far off the accepted standard here, where Te Reo Māori (the macron matters) is an official language. Correct pronunciation of Māori words, including the word Māori, is becoming increasingly important here in Aotearoa. There are also regional variations in pronunciation, several of which do sound very much like Maa-OR-ri.