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New Zealand English, New Zealand English - Additional Schwa, New Zealand English - Chance dance etc, New Zealand English - Dialects within New Zealand English, New Zealand English - Dictionaries of New Zealand English, New Zealand English - Differences from Australian English, New Zealand English - Differences from British English, New Zealand English - Distinction between <span title=Pronunciation in IPA class=IPA>/eə/</span> and <span title=Pronunciation in IPA class=IPA>/ɪə/</span>, New Zealand English - Flattened 'i', New Zealand English - Lack of distinction between <i>ferry</i> and <i>fairy</i>, New Zealand English - Lack of distinction between <span title=Pronunciation in IPA class=IPA>/ɔ/</span> and <span title=Pronunciation in IPA class=IPA>/ɐ/</span>, New Zealand English - Letter 'h', New Zealand English - Letter 'l', New Zealand English - More/sure, New Zealand English - Māori influence, New Zealand English - Pronunciation of Māori place names, New Zealand English - Rising Inflection, New Zealand English - Schwa in unstressed syllables, New Zealand English - Short 'e', New Zealand English - Short 'i', New Zealand English - Spelling, New Zealand English - Unique New Zealand English vocabulary, New Zealand English - Unique and distinctive phrases, New Zealand English - Use of 'She' as third person neuter, New Zealand English - Vocabulary, New Zealand English - Vocabulary differences, Culture of New Zealand, New Zealand humour, Australian English
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ARTICLES RELATED TO New Zealand English - Spelling | | | |  New Zealand English - Spelling: Encyclopedia II - New Zealand English - SpellingWhere there is a distinct difference between British and US spelling (such as words like colour/color and travelled/traveled), the British spelling is universally found in New Zealand. New Zealand English sticks very closely to British English in spelling - even more so than does Australian English. Some Americanisms have begun to creep into the country through their exposure in mass media (such as "thru" for "through"), though these spellings are frowned u ...
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| | | | New Zealand English - Spelling: Encyclopedia II - New Zealand English - Māori influence Many local everyday words are not English at all, being traditional Māori language names for local flora, fauna, and the natural environment, and some other Māori words have made their way into the vernacular.
The dominant influence of the Māori language (te reo Māori) upon New Zealand English is lexical. An 1999 estimate based on the Wellington corpora of written and spoken New Zealand English put the proportion of words of Māori origin ...
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| | | | New Zealand English - Spelling: Encyclopedia II - New Zealand English - Dialects within New Zealand English Most Kiwis speak Newzild "as she is spoke": geographical variations appear slight, and mainly confined to individual special local words.
One group of speakers, however, hold a recognised place as "talking differently": the South of the South Island (Murihiku) harbours a "Celtic fringe" of people speaking with a "Southland burr" in which a trilled 'r' appears prominently. This dialect is also rhotic; that is, speakers pronounce the 'r' in "bird", "work", and so on, while other New Zealanders do not. This southern area fo ...
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| | | | New Zealand English - Spelling: Encyclopedia II - New Zealand English - Dictionaries of New Zealand English The first comprehensive dictionary dedicated to the species of English spoken in New Zealand was probably the Heinemann New Zealand dictionary, published in 1979. This work, edited by Harry Orsman, was a comprehensive 1300 page book covering English as spoken in New Zealand, with information relating to the usage and pronunciation of terms that were both widely accepted throughout the English-speaking world and those peculiar to New Zealand. The book included a one page list of the approximate date of entry into common parlance of many terms found in New Zealand English but not ...
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| | | | New Zealand English - Spelling: Encyclopedia II - New Zealand English - Differences from British English
New Zealand English - Flattened 'i'.
The most noticeable difference in pronunciation is probably the flat "i", so that "six" is pronounced in a way sounding like "sucks". This is a part of the vowel shift that has occurred in New Zealand.
Below, the latter word is how the former word sounds to the ears of a non-New Zealander:
pan → pen
pen → pin
pin → pun
peek → peck
Note that many of the differences listed below are avoided by New Zeal ...
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| | | | New Zealand English - Spelling: Encyclopedia II - New Zealand English - Unique New Zealand English vocabulary There are also many non-Māori words that are unique to New Zealand English.
The following are shared with Australia:
arvo – afternoon
chips – "cold chips" as in US "chips" and UK "crisps", and "hot chips" US "french fries" and UK "chips".
footy – football (usually Rugby Union or League, rarely soccer).
G'day/ Gidday – standard New Zealand greeting ("good day").
lolly – any sweet (candy). Iced lollies are "ice blocks".
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| | | | New Zealand English - Spelling: Encyclopedia II - New Zealand English - Differences from Australian English Although foreigners can find it hard to distinguish the New Zealand dialect from the Australian, there are differences in the pronunciation of vowel sounds, which are considerably more clipped in New Zealand English. (Canadians face a similar problem, frequently being mistaken for U.S. Americans by non-North Americans.) The main distinguishing sounds are the short 'i' and 'e', as well as words like "chance", as des ...
See also:New Zealand English, New Zealand English - Spelling, New Zealand English - Māori influence, New Zealand English - Vocabulary, New Zealand English - Pronunciation of Māori place names, New Zealand English - Unique New Zealand English vocabulary, New Zealand English - Unique and distinctive phrases, New Zealand English - Differences from British English, New Zealand English - Flattened 'i', New Zealand English - Additional Schwa, New Zealand English - Distinction between /eə/ and /ɪə/, New Zealand English - Lack of distinction between /ɔ/ and /ɐ/, New Zealand English - Lack of distinction between ferry and fairy, New Zealand English - Rising Inflection, New Zealand English - Use of 'She' as third person neuter, New Zealand English - Differences from Australian English, New Zealand English - Short 'i', New Zealand English - Short 'e', New Zealand English - Chance dance etc, New Zealand English - More/sure, New Zealand English - Schwa in unstressed syllables, New Zealand English - Letter 'h', New Zealand English - Letter 'l', New Zealand English - Vocabulary differences, New Zealand English - Dialects within New Zealand English, New Zealand English - Dictionaries of New Zealand English Read more here: » New Zealand English: Encyclopedia II - New Zealand English - Differences from Australian English |
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