The Kiwi accent [is] one of the most variable accents in the world… “Over the last 120 years every single vowel has changed its articulation, which I think is probably unheard of in any other accent.”
Via Major new study into how New Zealand accent changes in childhood.
Jessica Smith Thank you for the interesting link! As an Australian, I find NZ accents really varied – some sound almost the same as my own accent, while others are very different. It'd be neat to see how and why all that variation has emerged 😄
Miraz Jordan @jayeless I'd like to know more about it all too. I guess Kiwis are most famous for our “fush and chups" pronunciation…
Jessica Smith Haha, certainly over here, yes, but then I've had NZ friends insist to me that the way we pronounce it is "feesh and cheeps" 😉
Odd-Egil “Oddzthrash” Auran I don’t forget that Kiwi woman on the Graham Norton Show talking about “having six”, where he unraveled it’s meaning.
Odd-Egil “Oddzthrash” Auran She was in the audience, not anyone famous I don’t think 🤔