The Kiwi accent [is] one of the most variable accents in the world… “Over the last 120 years every single vowel has changed its articulation, which I think is probably unheard of in any other accent.”

Via Major new study into how New Zealand accent changes in childhood.

@Miraz Thank you for the interesting link! As an Australian, I find NZ accents really varied – some sound almost the same as my own accent, while others are very different. It’d be neat to see how and why all that variation has emerged 😄

@jayeless I’d like to know more about it all too. I guess Kiwis are most famous for our “fush and chups” pronunciation…

@Miraz I don’t forget that Kiwi woman on the Graham Norton Show talking about “having six”, where he unraveled it’s meaning.

@odd Heh. I wonder who that was?

@Miraz She was in the audience, not anyone famous I don’t think 🤔