A Little Fun: Speaking “New Zild”

We don’t commonly hear our own accents, but I’m told New Zealanders — or “Kiwis” as we often refer to ourselves — are popularly held to have reduced the English language’s vowel 5 sounds to approximately 2.5.

Be that as it may, I thought you might like to learn how to “pronunciate New Zild” all correct-like…

Starting at the very best place, i.e. the beginning, with “A”:

“A is for Uh” – a sound commonly used when pausing in mid-speech…

This, of course, would mean that “Asantir”, in the Wall Of N...