Sounds of New Zealand English - DRESS vowel

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[sollariuum]

English is not my native language, and because of that, I think have a “mix” of accents but I mainly pronounce the words with an american accent. Still, for me the kiwi accent is just so beautiful and I really wanted to try and see if I can pronounce stuff like they do 😅

[jbrregious]

Just like tagalog and bisaya in the philippines.

E sounds becomes i sound.

[Kim_A-Yeong_]

When you do Dress vowel, you need to take the 'E' sound long like "PEEN" and when you do Kit vowel you say it faster like "PIN". There are many differences but for the people who don't know the New Zealand accent will not understand it easily. Like the word "Best" was faster like 'E' but the word "Beast" was longer like 'EE", even "Bed" was faster but "Bead" was longer.😊👍🏻

[惠-td]

Thanks for sharing this video. I am going to NZ this month, and i find i need to work on more on this vowel.

[mzie_]

I apparently have an American accent despite living in New Zealand my whole life. A lot of my teachers and friends have pointed it out and made fun of me :, )) so here I am



Awesome video by the way! It's very informative :)

[rifkiabdinegara]

I like very much, thanks for your good video

[zippyvegas]

Ive been away 25 years and think this dress vowel has happened during this time.
It was always the i vowel that lynn of tawa or karen hay noticably used [fush chups]. Am i wrong ?

[olgasam]

The phrase: “ My pen is on the desk” makes me laugh, if I say it fast

[martinkullberg]

If I speak english, it is qua vocabulary learned from tv, but qua pronounzation dutch, and in scool I was tought Brittish English, and in spelling I sometimes innovate based on wordflow cause there are difrences between the american and Brittish one.

[emileduvernois]

At 6:15, you say "common example as well", with a totally different vowel in the word "well". How come ? In many other varieties of English, the E in "well" is the same as the E in "red", "pen", "ten", "seven", and all the examples you give.

[PSH]

Omg, I have to turn on the subtitles to get her. 🤷 Btw, I love newzelend accent. Love from India.

[roscomcfarland]

Can you do one about the bizarre R as in “no don’t go there” kiwi: “narr dorrnt goarrh theeah”

[yuxian]

This is so hard every e is replace with the i, i cant understand cuz i speak american accent .

[fernandomilicich]

I like the kiwi accent, something similar as british and non rothic accent

[都築重広]

Alabama accent and kiwi accent when mix sound good

[danichang]

You're the bEst :)))
xDDD (wordplay)

[thisisdak]

The way you pronounce "wednesday" is totally different to how I used to know it.

[KateChopin]

The most interesting aspect of this is not the obvious, what we hear, but how it has come about historically. As a linguist, explanation is essential. Description is not enough.

[beatle]

The background music is annoying and unnecessary.

[holditmust]

I think men's should check their owm deck after 40 years old
Cuz 40s old deck should be really soft and rotten
No matter who is on it will become a huge dangerous
And no one wants to sit on it