On Saturday February 1, I started having a little fun with “speaking Nu Zild”, in which I explained that:
Although “we don’t commonly hear our own accents … 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 … [So] … I thought you might like to learn how to “pronunciate New Zild” all correct-like…”
Here’s “B”:
“B is for Bull: you know, what you get charged for ‘goods and services’.”
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Published on March 05, 2014 09:30