Comments on: New Zealand accent explained (video) http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/03/17/new-zealand-accent-explained/ Germany 101 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 42317 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/03/17/new-zealand-accent-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-239 42317 Mon, 19 May 2008 09:53:23 +0000 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/03/17/new-zealand-accent-explained/#comment-239 I've had good lessons there... one of my language teachers was from Auckland (like, in NZ), and initially I was wondering what "disks" she was talking about, in what kind of "bid" she was sleeping, and what "writs" would be doing on a ship. Only when she talked about "dith" I did eventually understand that "Kiwis" habitually turned the short [e] into [I]. At the same time I had Australian English comparisons by watching "Rocko's Modern Life". :-) I’ve had good lessons there… one of my language teachers was from Auckland (like, in NZ), and initially I was wondering what “disks” she was talking about, in what kind of “bid” she was sleeping, and what “writs” would be doing on a ship. Only when she talked about “dith” I did eventually understand that “Kiwis” habitually turned the short [e] into [I].
At the same time I had Australian English comparisons by watching “Rocko’s Modern Life”. :-)

]]> By: tessa http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/03/17/new-zealand-accent-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-117 tessa Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:08:46 +0000 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/03/17/new-zealand-accent-explained/#comment-117 very interesting. also loved the joke. i will try to tell it to someone, but i'm sure my accent will be lousy. since you are living in germany, i thought you might find this interesting...you might have already seen it. it's a joke about the german coastguard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD4roXEY8hk cheers! very interesting. also loved the joke. i will try to tell it to someone, but i’m sure my accent will be lousy. since you are living in germany, i thought you might find this interesting…you might have already seen it. it’s a joke about the german coastguard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD4roXEY8hk
cheers!

]]> By: David Monroy http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/03/17/new-zealand-accent-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-90 David Monroy Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:40:16 +0000 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/03/17/new-zealand-accent-explained/#comment-90 This video is the first time that I see the difference between those two accents XD I actually thought you where German (your accent is so like Michael Schumacher’s) as I had never heard a New Zealand..er… before…actually I thought Australians and people from New Zealand had the same accent…Nice to know that they don’t because I have an Australian friend (we where friends here in Colombia but he left to his homeland) and sometimes when I call him, his brother answer and MY GOD!! Is so hard to understand him!!! So, is nice to see that they are the only one that have the ability to speak and not being understood XD .... by the way! this is my favorite video!! XD This video is the first time that I see the difference between those two accents XD I actually thought you where German (your accent is so like Michael Schumacher’s) as I had never heard a New Zealand..er… before…actually I thought Australians and people from New Zealand had the same accent…Nice to know that they don’t because I have an Australian friend (we where friends here in Colombia but he left to his homeland) and sometimes when I call him, his brother answer and MY GOD!! Is so hard to understand him!!! So, is nice to see that they are the only one that have the ability to speak and not being understood XD ….

by the way! this is my favorite video!! XD

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