A History of the New Zealand Accent

[@RaymondMclean-od8yp]

The best thing about being a New Zealander living in Australia is that sex o’clock comes around twice a day👍👍👍

[@plazma1215]

So is your Dad a Dud?

[@bridiemcloughlin8326]

I first read this as reference to the "6 o'clock swill", but very very good 😉😉😉 I think I'm the only kiwi whose NZ accent gets stronger across the ditch.

[@godfearingheathen]

You mean sucks o'clock.

[@Luke12vs48]

The best part of this video was seeing our sadly missed Billy T James. As a mixed Maori/European ageing NZ'er, I loved Billy T's confidence in who he was and learned a lot from his ability to laugh and share humour based on the failings on both sides. imo not all of the examples in the video portray authentic HZ accents. ie.while greatly entertained with Ginette McDonald's portrayal of "Lyn of Tawa" in 70+ years of life I don't recall anyone else actually speaking like her and let's be honest, Billy T often exaggerated to extremes 😂

[@7TheBeAllAndEndAll7]

Gorgeous!!!!! Thank you. I'm an Aussie. I LOVE New Zealanders. They're gorgeous people. Warm, friendly and very funny.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

I was just talking to a Kiwi who lives here in Australia a few hours ago. I can still hear her Kiwi accent. We have great fun trying to talk to each other with each others accent lol.

[@joshuaburgess5702]

I’m from Southland, and we definitely have a strong connection to our Scottish roots. Obviously rolling our R’s like you said, but we say “wee” and “aye” and other “Scottish” words and phrases are common too. We’re a bit more rugged down here, so our speech is a little less refined

[@tr1n1ty501]

do they really not call things 'wee' up north? I thought we all did that

[@joshuaburgess5702]

@@tr1n1ty501 oh really? I guess they do 🤷‍♂️ i always thought it was a Southland/Otago thing

[@tr1n1ty501]

@@joshuaburgess5702 I mean it makes sense that it is, and I've never heard my North Island friends say it but I never really thought about it

[@joshuaburgess5702]

@@tr1n1ty501 yeah all my mates from the north island don’t say it (or I haven’t noticed) but I remember living in Christchurch and not hearing it either. So as far as my experience, definitely a Southland thing 🤷‍♂️ you from Invers?

[@skuzza405]

@@tr1n1ty501 far north here - nah, never heard anyone local call refer to anything anything as "wee", at least not as much as southerners

[@yoloswaggxd4574]

I find that we tend to under pronunciate our “L” at the end of words. Eg. Milk: Mih iwk. Tail: Tay iew. The same habit can be found with the letter “R” but it is not as prominent. Eg. Car: Kah, Rather: Rah the.

[@progneeber]

L to w is also pretty common in both Scottish and Southeast English working class accents so you would find them between Glasgow and Edinburgh but also around the London area. I do it.

[@DingoJitsu]

Ain’t nobody saying mih iwk

[@yoloswaggxd4574]

@@DingoJitsu I’d say it’s more prominent in Pacifica accents. Maybe try saying hill?

[@DingoJitsu]

@@yoloswaggxd4574 totally unrelated, but I’ve noticed kiwis won’t pronounce the first i in a word but will always pronounce the second one. Take the word fishing for example. The kiwis have a lot of explaining to do lol I think they’re putting it on

[@testifyallisrevealed6141]

OMG. I remember this every morning waiting for the station to start. This and kiwi good night

[@newzealandstories5621]

For me it was in the school holidays with nothing to do so I would wait for TV to start. I got very familiar with this intro.

[@testifyallisrevealed6141]

@@newzealandstories5621 ❤️ keep em coming brother mean!!!👍

[@LeightonPearson]

It’s going to be interesting how over the next 30-40 years our accent diverges here in Auckland from somewhere say in Palmerston North. Where though there is a lot of Indian immigrants in Auckland; Chinese and other South East Asian immigrants are more common. I’ve already seen a difference in how the accent is changing. Most of my friends are Second Gen Asian and there is definately a difference between how they talk and I talk; but also; more similar than different. It’s really cool to see that change take place right in front of me.

[@nickstevens3139]

This video doesn’t explain why Kiwis say fush and chips.

[@2024mhs]

Interesting observation @ Leighton.

[@MinorityRespecter88]

They're all going back

[@sonnyday6830]

God!! I miss Billy T James

[@Brucemcleod2345]

I’m thinking bloody hell, thick as a plank and dull as dishwater are sayings said in my family which are also said in SE England. However playing in a school pipe band and going to Highland Games was pretty normal in the South. When I moved away people used to laugh whe I said ‘wee’ purple, girl, birthday, “curtain”, “burger” and “church.

[@rhysrautjoki7207]

Interestingly, there are regional differences in the Maori language, which naturally developed over time. For example, many kiwis know Wanganui will be pronounced Whanganui if you are not from Taranaki.

[@MrWillt100]

It always was Whanganui but the Pakeha changed the spelling to, as usual suit themselves.

[@ajbro6428]

​@@MrWillt100 hope that's not a pain for you mate it suits me cheers

[@MrWillt100]

@@ajbro6428 Righty tighty aye matie.

[@goonfish1704]

@@MrWillt100I love hearing you guys bitch about Pakeha as if you have a single leg to stand on. None of the foreigners your government representatives have let in will EVER side with you. Have fun with changing street signs cuzzy bro, cause I’d say those days are numbered.

[@ClintEaston-vx7un]

There was even Scandinavian Settlement from Norsewood to Eketahuna

[@patrickmurphy589]

God Bless the Kiwis. Total bloody vowel dodgers.

[@suepercy8390]

Really informative and well presented. Do you do the ship videos that my husband loves so much.

[@margaretp1465]

Linguistic difference around the country are more about the words and expressions we use than accent, eg crib v batch, etc. A lot of that comes from the predominant culture of the settlers in any particular area. Otago/Southland residents use more language with its roots in Scotland and the North of England.

[@0P9ine]

I find their pronunciation of E in words the biggest difference. First time I remember recognising the Kiwi accent was when this chick said bin/been when she was trying to say Ben

[@leeroy77]

He may be "did" ... Maybe he did, or maybe he didn't. What did he actually do?

[@saliadee2564]

So it's basically exactly what it's always sounded like to me - 55% Aus, 35% Scot, 10% ???

[@dub_h7900]

Mixed with a maori twang

[@goonfish1704]

@@dub_h7900faaaah chur ow ghee

[@seanotm_]

The new zealand accent, a weird mesh of the Aussie, British, and Maori accents, gotta love it!

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

The British say chips not chups

[@dub_h7900]

​@@dcmastermindfirst9418exactly that's were the maori mix comes in you see😂

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

@dub_h7900 No other former colony says chups so it's definitely NZ

[@michaelbarrington1429]

Thanks for mentioning the Māori accent

[@ajbro6428]

ok whitey

[@dannyboi3225]

Another Aussie here. We’re always thinking about you little brother

[@laurie8857]

Interesting, I didn't realise there was a big influx of Australians immigrating here bc all my Grandparents are from the UK. Makes me realise I've only learnt indigenous history

[@newzealandstories5621]

It's usually completely overlooked despite being really obvious. Like the US and Canada, there was a lot of free movement in the early days of the two countries. NZ was even adminstered by the NSW govt for a while until it became a dominion.

[@goonfish1704]

The NZ education system is designed to ignore a huge amount of our important history, and put emphasis on propping up a certain underachieving demographic.

[@albusfr]

Simon Bridges sounds like such a knob

[@NZKiwi87]

Coz he is 👍 😂

[@bremCZ]

His accent doesn't change that.

[@dub_h7900]

Sounds like he likes nob

[@williamk6267]

I do think there is a distinct difference between the north island and the main land in the modern area, especially the rural south, most prominent in pronouncing Maori place names etc, seems to be a trend to pronounce them them in te Reo where in the south they are pronounced in our regular accent.

[@sethreidnz1]

I thought people only called the South Island the mainland as a joke. At least I only did that to rile up north islanders.

[@user-mr7mf9ui3x]

Such a well made video

[@Jazz_Tamatea]

I miss Billy T James man

[@flippa_da_boss9998]

me too cuz

[@gd5066]

I always thought the kiwi accent had a touch of the Dutch accent at times. Especially certain people with their vowels.

[@newzealandstories5621]

Really? I've never thought about that. Which vowels in particular?

[@haydengoodall6767]

So when Strayans are mocking how we spake, they're really taking the piss out of themselves. Like an inside joke. Makes me feel chipper. 🙃

[@newzealandstories5621]

Yep, the we'll see who's got the bigger deck!

[@markwillies4330]

Always thawt New Zealand was just a province of Australia and now its been confirmed.

[@HashBrownDoyler]

my mate got a hand job and that make him feel chipper

[@jungleng]

I even remember in primary in the 80s, for some reason we learned aussie songs like waltzing matilda, kookabara sits in the old gum tree. Even our bible studies books had aborigine characters. I guess we still had a lot of aussie imports. Dinky diaries were popular and they were aussie, click goes your seatbelt was from aussie.

[@simonmaher1989]

It’s gotta be the crookest sounding English speaking accents about!

[@mattyallen3396]

Why have a pic of Seabiscuit?

[@4evaavfc]

Billy T was joking.

[@ajbro6428]

almost like he's a comedian aye

[@brianna9047]

My dad calls me a big galah

[@newzealandstories5621]

My nan used to say it a lot too.

[@tonymorgan9240]

THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OZZIE AND NZ ACCENTS OZIE IS CHEEPS NZ IS CHIPS ?????

[@carolynclitheroe3588]

Or CHUPS

[@bremCZ]

@@carolynclitheroe3588 No, never. It's chəps.

[@thiskiwigal]

​@carolynclitheroe3588 never chups. There's a distinct difference between our pronunciation for example of Chips and Cups. Or between Sips and Sups. The only person I have ever heard 'seriously' speak like that is Lynne of Tawa and she's a comedienne deliberately doing the extreme accent we are accused of. 😂

[@Eduananoqutadra]

@@carolynclitheroe3588 whch go will wth fsh

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

More like chups 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jamescrydeman540]

Laziness in a different way that produces the North American accent.

[@Albanach-je1nk]

You should be Scot and being called a Saccanach by K1W1 or a Strail Yin .

[@newzealandstories5621]

?

[@oman115]

1:17 You can't convince me that that man didn't say "sex minutes"

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@masterheke7339]

[@tearohanuipeneha1942]

Load ofcrap

[@kimn9802]

Being mistaken for a Kiwi is one of the most annoying things for Australians when they're travelling overseas.

[@jasoncallen8413]

They should be thankful it's a compliment

[@kimn9802]

@@jasoncallen8413 Compliment is pronounced insult...😆

[@fraserwilliamson9507]

Rob Muldoon famously said when challenged about people leaving NZ that it raised the mean intelligence of both countries.

[@jasoncollins6160]

I see what you did there😋

[@kimn9802]

@@jasoncollins6160 Still true though...😎

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Explain why kiwis say chups or sux instead of six.

[@maxmaxim171]

Most likely evolved from the accents of the early Scottish settlers.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

@@maxmaxim171 Something like that

[@dub_h7900]

​@@maxmaxim171nah its the maori accent coming in to play

[@1legend517]

Don't copy Australia. We have a terrible accent.

[@honahwikeepa2115]

Only the swear words are the same.

[@ajbro6428]

😂😂😂

[@TheOne-er7nk]

The ANZAC accent is just the English lower class accent... but drunk... (Fact).

[@brucegibbins3792]

An ANZAC accent does not exist as such. Various distinct regional accents exist in Great Britain.There are Celtic languages that are undergoing a revival. However, there are several regional accents as well has earlier Welsh and Scottish accents. Chaucerian era English is barely recognised and understood by modern ears. The English language continues to change because it's a living language that is forever being influenced from emmigration and Television shows from other countries. With Australia and New Zealand, their common language is English but their accents are markedly different.

[@dub_h7900]

No it ain't aotearoa just re colonized the brittish language and made it sound better😂

[@andrewshanaghan797]

Wow how did you manage to find such crappy video footage?

[@MinorityRespecter88]

Did you have to choose the 3 most annoying human beings alive for the thumbnail?

[@zacharypoirier6477]

Not an enjoyable accent after hearing it for so many years

[@goonfish1704]

I’ve got a solution for you… leave!

[@D0NTREPLY]

there's 2 accents: the polynesian accent (maori, samoan, tongan etc) and the broad european accent. thats about it.

[@newzealandstories5621]

It's a bit more complex than that. The stereotypical Maori accent is quite different from the stereotypical Samoan/Tongan accent. Samoans and Tongans will tell you they don't sound exactly the same either.

[@ajbro6428]

yarn

[@ajbro6428]

get that horse off the thumbnail

[@Paradoxical124]

It’s very annoying, that’s all I know

[@danieleyre8913]

A lot of NZ accents sound stupid and lame and/or gay. But there’s no point in me getting annoyed over it as there’s nothing that can be done about it.

[@goonfish1704]

Gay would be the word that summarises the entire country these days.

[@danieleyre8913]

@@goonfish1704 Or just where you come from…

[@goonfish1704]

@@danieleyre8913 hah, clever! Too bad I’m from the same place as you, New Zealand, the first country to legalise all things gay. Keep voting labour though, I’m sure they’ll make NZ straight again LOL

[@danieleyre8913]

@@goonfish1704 Ah no. New Zealand is a big diverse country with lots of different regions and locales. Hahahaha at how you think that I even bore or that a political party can make things more gay or straight, talk about low-IQ…

[@danieleyre8913]

@@goonfish1704 Ah no. New Zealand is not one homogeneous entity. If you are from some lame backward rural hellhole then we are not from the same place. Hilarious how you assume what party I vote for (that’s something important to you) and think that political leadership has any effect on people’s sexual orientation. Or that NZ was ever “straight”. Have you spent time away from the farm lately?

[@bradwaghorn8955]

The NZ accent is the most grating accent in the English speaking world.

[@rorzario]

Great-ing accent

[@user-mb7vy5xm5r]

Have you ever heard some Australian and American accents?

[@ekspatriat]

Northern Ireland accent is chalk scraped on a blackboard.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Agreed. They sound like they've all had minor strokes 😂😂😂😂

[@Sharon-yk7xm]

The most hated pm jucinda ardern of nz

[@tonylove4800]

The names Massey, Forbes, Holland, Muldoon , Shipley, mean anything to you?

[@figz1]

Jeez, let it go why don't you?

[@flamencoprof]

Troll account if ever I saw one.

[@ajbro6428]

​@tonylove4800 Cindy the horse is the worst

[@flamencoprof]

@@ajbro6428 Troll account if ever I saw one.