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Old 11-Feb-2006, 12:34 PM in reply to kall's post "Re: Maori welcome goes wrong."
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Arrow Re: Maori welcome goes wrong.

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Originally Posted by kall
Isn't it actually Maōri?

That would elongate the "o". The macron is placed above the "a".

Most new intellectually-based texts have dropped the macron and have the spelling Maaori. For the phonetics I guess.

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