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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I thought kiwis spoke English.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They do speak English, but in spoken Kiwi, they convert 75% of their vowels to a short i.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And their short i's to a short e

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

All our vowels are just "u" (or schwa as I was once told).

  • Nuw Zulund
  • Fush und chups
  • Uh nu, u'm buchd, u'm buchd us.

Source: https://youtu.be/3cPs2SzShNc?si=H3OnlZLbnRJCZqzS

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

My favorite author is a kiwi who writes In English and teaches it, but for all I know she sounds like the video

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

The say "LILILILILILI!" Then cut your throat with a thrown chakram that bounced off the throat of the guy beside you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They do have a funny way of speaking it.