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[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 83 points 3 weeks ago

I thought kiwis spoke English.

[-] magikmw@lemm.ee 14 points 3 weeks ago

They do have a funny way of speaking it.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They say "LILILILILILI!" Then cut your throat with a thrown chakram that bounced off the throat of the guy beside you.

[-] Haus@kbin.earth 8 points 3 weeks ago

They do speak English, but in spoken Kiwi, they convert 75% of their vowels to a short i.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

And their short i's to a short e

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 10 points 3 weeks ago

All our vowels are just "u" (or schwa as I was once told).

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

My favorite author is a kiwi who writes In English and teaches it, but for all I know she sounds like the video

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

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