Kia ora and welcome to !newzealand, a place to share and discuss anything about Aotearoa in general
Rules:
FAQ ~ NZ Community List ~ Join Matrix chatroom
Banner image by Bernard Spragg
Got an idea for next month's banner?
Request for an online New Zealand English Dictionary.
Hi i am an not native English speaker and i am interested how some words are spoken in the kiwi accent. Usually the online dictionaries provide either an Brittish or american English pronounciation. If you know any goood sites let me know. Thanks.
Like someone commented on your other post, I'm not aware of any NZ English dictionary. Spelling is generally done with UK English spelling (with a lot of American spellings leaking in these days), but in terms of pronunciation I don't know of any consolidated dictionary.
Often you can search up certain words on youtube videos just by searching for "NZ pronunciation of [word]. The wikipedia page here might help as well, but it's pretty technical.
There are also videos like this one, that try to teach an NZ accent by focusing on sounds that make it unique, though her speech in that video sounds to me like someone trying to do an NZ accent rather than a native one, but it might still help.
Happy Friday everyone! (And Happy Eid if you celebrate)
Anyone got any exciting plans for the weekend?
Just bought an escooter (Xiaomi 5) from PB. With the gas prices as they are I'm hoping it will pay for it's self pretty quickly.
Nice, from the reviews it sounds like you've made a great choice! Just reading the PB Tech page, the thing has indicators, a headlight, tail/braking light, and ABS brakes as well as regen brakes. Fancy!