A MAORI ANOMALY.
Sir, —One of the finest things the eariy missionaries did for this Maori was to make his language phonetic and save him from such orthographic* atrocities as they have in Australia, e.g., Wooloomooloo. But can anyone inform rue why Te Kooti is not spelt Te Kuti ? We do not spell Te Kuiiti as Te Kooiti; then why the "oo" in the famous old rascal's name, instead of the phonetic "u"? Tapapa, Okoroiro. J. A. Hodges.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20491, 17 February 1930, Page 12
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78A MAORI ANOMALY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20491, 17 February 1930, Page 12
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