The Detail: Behind New Zealand's distinctive accent
RNZ's podcast The Detail spoke to Stuff's Keith Lynch and sociolinguistics professor Miriam Meyerhoff to discuss why we sound the way we do.
Source: stuff.co.nz
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RNZ's podcast The Detail spoke to Stuff's Keith Lynch and sociolinguistics professor Miriam Meyerhoff to discuss why we sound the way we do.
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