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[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 days ago (10 children)

I thought kiwis spoke English.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And their short i's to a short e

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days 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

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