Talk:Georgina Beyer

message: this is interesting http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000EAA4D-51E3-1357-B0D883027AF10017 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.109.252.196 (talk) 14:19, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I came here to find out what other acting Georgina had done beside "Jewel's Darl"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317761/, and I couldn't find even that. She was also in "A Death in the Family" and two episodes of "Inside Straight"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079910/?ref_=tt_cl_t2--Hugh7 (talk) 00:29, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acting 

message: The reversions of my amendments are inappropriate because it has made the grammar worse not better, and whoever did it has removed my corrections of fact.  Also "mayor" is pronounced by everyone with a "kiwi accent" in New Zealand as "mare", and it is extremely rude to say that it is only uneducated people!  If there is no further comment about this I will change it back.
Kiwimw 11:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the wording about mayor/mare to what I hope you both can accept as a compromise. I don't think it is acceptable to say only "uneducated" people use that pronunciation. See also Talk:Tim Shadbolt for a similar discussion.-gadfium 21:34, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

text: I asked my partner, NZ born from several generations, what position Dick Hubbard occupied, so she would pronounce the word without feeling self-conscious. There were definitely two syllables in her reply. I have also heard native-born New Zealanders pronounce the word with one syllable, but with an elongated "a". I'm not drawing any conclusions about their educational levels on this basis.-gadfium 07:50, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

text: No denigration intended. I made a mistake by assuming that those with a education would properly pronounce words such as 'mayor'. Of course, those with an education would be more likely to pronounce it correctly, no?
130.195.86.36 02:32, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never heard anyone pronounce mare with two syllables. Perhaps you're confusing it with filly?-gadfium 02:20, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Thanks for the explanation.-gadfium 21:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm not going to contest it further. My main reason for getting involved was to remove the "uneducated" bit.-gadfium 07:58, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Did a quick ask around in my family of what political position does Sir Barry Curtis hold, everybody answered "mare". Plus to answer the question of "uneducated", everyone in my family is highly educated (done top level university studies). We are also all born in NZ, the first person in my family to arrive in nz arrived in the 1800's. Think I only hear may-or on tv etc... ? Mathmo Talk 10:28, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *coughcough*125.238.231.103 14:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Also, who even started saying mayor was pronoucned with two syllables? The original editor didn't say that at all. Most editors here seem to be making trouble.125.238.231.103 14:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amendments by anonymous IP address 

message: Not only is a single pronunciation of "mayor" and "mare" standard in New Zealand, it is probably standard throughout the English speaking world excepting the United States (OK, I wouldn't hazard a guess about Canada).  The largest high quality dictionary I have at hand, a Collins Robert English-French, French-English, gives exactly the same IPA spelling for the two words. In short, calling for a citation seems excessive. (Witbrock 02:22, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree and have removed the need for a citation.  Enzedbrit 00:21, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to add my 5c, although it appears to be no longer necessary: I recently completed an M.A. in Applied Linguistics (with Distinction) at VUW, during which I spent a considerable amount of time transcribing NZ English into IPA. I can confirm that the pronunciation of "mayor" and "mare" is identical in standard NZ English, regardless of education level.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.82.80.116 (talk) 03:19, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

text: There does however appear to be an exception for "mayoral" - journalists repeatedly pronounce the word "mayorial", particularly with reference to the Auckland street name.Royalcourtier (talk) 21:26, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation of Mayor

message: An editor deleted :Category:New Zealand erotic dancers and stated in the edit summary that there was no information in the article to suggest the application of such a category. The article states, "Adopting the name Georgina, she became a stripper and prostitute working in nightclubs and on the street." The erotic dancers category is the category for "strippers". The "polite" term to use for "strippers" is "erotic dancers", which is why it is used for categories. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:42, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: My mistake. Sorry.-gadfium 19:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem. I thought there may have just been a confusion with the terminology of "stripper" vs. "erotic dancer". It's not always 100% transparent that that's the classification system. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:29, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Erotic dancer category

message: Hi,
This section seems inconsistent with Jenny Bailey's article.  She was in office May 2002 – May 2008, and predates Georgina Beyer.  Is this section based on some very technical reading of 'Mayor', or should it be updated?
7daysahead (talk) 19:07, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Beyer was elected mayor of Carterton in 1995, so I'm not sure what you're getting at. The Drover's Wife (talk) 20:01, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: "7yearsbehind" comes to mind. Schwede66 21:26, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  World's first openly transsexual mayor 

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