“It is refreshing to one's ear to hear English somewhat decently spoken, and the absence of the Australian accent also charms us,” was a remark made by Mr. Peter Bousfield, an English landscape painter, who is visiting Christchurch. “Throughout New Zealand one gets a much purer accent than in England itself,” added Mr. Bousfield. “No Cockney English is spoken here —the reverse is the case in the Old Country—and, indeed, you New Zealanders speak better English than is heard in England.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19455, 14 October 1937, Page 4
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