Pronounce it right

Issac Luke calls out commentators for incorrectly pronouncing 'Māori' during All Stars broadcast

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Former New Zealand and Māori representative Issac Luke said he felt compelled to watch last Saturday's All Stars match "on mute" after Fox Sports commentator Greg Alexander repeatedly mispronounced "Māori". Māori men's coach David Kidwell says it will be important to rectify the pronunciation or hire the right commentators before the next game Luke was among many people to call out Fox Sports and Channel Nine's commentary boxes, along with the ground announcer, on social media for incorrectly addressing the men's and women's Māori players. Although it was not all personnel in the commentary, with Andrew Voss and Billy Slater saying Māori correctly, the Rabbitohs premiership winner said it was noticeable enough to make him and his family "furious" while watching the match. "It was pretty disturbing," Luke said. "I almost watched it on mute." ... Te Reo Māori (Māori language) has a deep history and meaning with no translation to English, as some Australians have been taught. Pronouncing Māori as "mow-ree", is seen as lazy and disrespectful. ... The other component that was widely noticed throughout the community was the way "Māori" was being spelt — without the macron above the "ā". ... "A lot of people run into difficulties pronouncing Māori when they don't understand the vowel sounds. "The 'ā' is similar to the 'a' sound in the English word 'are'. "In Te Reo Māori it is very common to have two vowels together. This is a vowel blend. The 'ā' and 'o' together in the word Māori are blended but the macron elongates the 'ā' sound. "Then you roll the 'r'."

For the record, I'm totally fine with this. I see it as analogous to mispronouncing someone's name. It's okay to slip up, but if you don't change after being corrected, it's less okay.

Technically, I think the 'r' sound is tapped rather than rolled, but I don't think we really need to get too technical here.

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