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Probably New Zealanders too.
  • And if anyone reading this wants to get a better understanding of pronouncing Māori words, it's got some similarity with Japanese. Here's a tip:

    a = ah
    e = eh
    i = ee
    o = aw (as in hawk, but not USA's 'hock')
    u = oo (as in ew but less of the 'e')
    wh = f
    The r consonant rolls a bit, so it's like a very soft d sound.

    And when vowels are close together they tend to kind of mesh into one, like 'ai' into 'eye.'

    So the word whanau (family) is pronounced fah-know, and kaimoana (seafood) is k'eye'-maw-ah-nah. And the Māori word itself is maah-aw-ree, but we'd let you off if you said mow-ree (as in mowing the lawn) because you're at least making an attempt.

  • IYKYK
  • It'll be in reference to Putin's press releases (?) where he was super-imposed onto a greenscreen background to look like everything was normal in the Kremlin.

    In some of the videos/livestreams you could occasionally see for example his hand phase through something that should be in the foreground.

    This pic will be a photoshopped joke about that.

    (I'm not an expert in Russian affairs or memes)

  • TIL of The Business Plot of 1933, a failed attempt to overthrow FDR and install a dictator. Led by a covertly bankrolled Wall Street coalition of affluent businessmen
  • If anyone's got the time to listen to a podcast about it, there's one that came out recently called 'Let's Start a Coup.'

    Admittedly I haven't heard it myself, but one of the hosts is Justin Boland(?) who also hosts Stuff They Don't Want You to Know, and been a guest on Behind the Bastards, so I imagine it'll be quite good, and I'll be listening to it soon.

    Edit: I've finished listening to it, and it is indeed very good. Really funny and informative.

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