Accents
I can't believe that people mix up Australian and New Zealand accents. They pronounce their vowels completely differently. It's not that they elongate them, or shorten them, it's that they are completely different. So six comes out like sex, and step comes out as stip. I personally find it quite comical. I want to laugh when I hear New Zealanders.
New Zealand disturbs me because there is no adjective for their nationality. How do they get around that? They can't say 'I'm New Zealandan', it just doesn't exist. I find that completely and utterly wacked.
Despite the fact that it is the closest country to Melbourne and that every second person seems to come from there, I'm really not used to the New Zealand accent. We never hear it on TV, for example - we only hear British or American or Australian. I suppose that's why I find it so strange.
New Zealand disturbs me because there is no adjective for their nationality. How do they get around that? They can't say 'I'm New Zealandan', it just doesn't exist. I find that completely and utterly wacked.
Despite the fact that it is the closest country to Melbourne and that every second person seems to come from there, I'm really not used to the New Zealand accent. We never hear it on TV, for example - we only hear British or American or Australian. I suppose that's why I find it so strange.