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.
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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.
The New Zealand accent is a potpourri of international diversity, and it continues to evolve.
It's undeniable that New Zealanders have a distinctive sound - but why?
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