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One News: Kiwi Accent Video

UPDATE: Added some annotations for international viewers!

One News report on how the New Zealand accent has changed noticeably over the last 30 years.
Broadcast date: 24 May 2007
Reporter: Lisa Glass
Presenters: Simon Dallow, Wendy Petrie
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Comments on "One News: Kiwi Accent"

wooooo go nz im 100 ...
wooooo go nz im 100 percent kiwi neva even left the counrey :) and i have? got a accent and i lov it

@thefreakysurgeon ...
@thefreakysurgeon it is :P?

I want to go to New ...
I want to go to New Zealand so? f**kING bad!! It seems like such an awesome place!!

Passarinha?
Passarinha?

@yarekhunt ...
@yarekhunt Respect.Only an idiot(english speaking off course) wouldn't be able to understand a Kiwi.?

Jeez! I'm a Yank ...
Jeez! I'm a Yank from "New Yawk" and I understand Kiwis perfectly clear! How thick does one have to? be to not be able to understand such a slight accent?!

damn. that trainee ...
damn. that trainee reporter was hooottt?

Its a little hard ...
Its a little hard to understand them but? british accent is harder

NZ accent is? ...
NZ accent is? awesome! My kiwi friend sounds like a pretty even mix of British and Aussie. What's not to a like!? I love both those. American here btw. Pretty interesting stuff, how a country's accent has gotten stronger over time, less "english" more NZ as the country drifts more from England and becoming more confident in itself/independent minded...w/e Cool stuff and I love the kiwi accent1

accent can be sexy? ...
accent can be sexy?? im too? sexy for you.. i hate oz accent ..

the guy made a ...
the guy made a power point? project of it. loll

@jdean892 If you ...
@jdean892 If you think the NZ accent is bad, you should hear the Australian one! Gut-wrenchingly awful, especially the 'Ocker' and country? accents.

@Divanvanryneveld ...
@Divanvanryneveld ur also a dick ^^ australia for the f**king win?

But if a kiwi ...
But if a kiwi accent means mispronouncing English words then screw it. I'm from windy welly.?

Best thing I got? ...
Best thing I got? from this video is that they're teaching people that it's okay to have an accent in broadcasting school. Am I the only person who finds it stupid that every single anchorman/reporter seems to have the same damn voice? Why do people think that's necessary? Look at all the big names in the news industry. They don't have to speak like they're talking to children. It's especially funny in the south, because it's so obvious when you try to hide it. So used to "y'all" all day...

as a kiwi, i ...
as a kiwi, i sometimes think...do i have a kiwi? accent? i dont find it sexy, but i think that is because it is all around me :P

I loved how the ...
I loved how the last guy is? like "Do I?"

@AtemRehema who ...
@AtemRehema who gives a fuk wat? u are or wat ur proud of. if ur ego wuznt deflated u wudnt need 2 dafend wat u kno 2 be tru. which iz da kiwi accent iz uglee. FACT!!! :)

@konfuchsia at ...
@konfuchsia at heart even you know you have an ugly personality. That's why you continue to seek attention by stating your close-minded opinion, and putting down a country and its accent, in the vain effort to inflate what I'm assuming is your deflated ego. I? AM a New Zealander, and I am proud of my accent!

@kewlklutzklan1 cuz ...
@kewlklutzklan1 cuz fuktardz like u whine when u get told a few home truths. now datz a? FACT!!! :)

@kewlklutzklan1 ...
@kewlklutzklan1 yeah & i wonder why it was blocked? LOL :L

@stuwieNZ no, you ...
@stuwieNZ no, you fuktard. I made another account because? my previous was blocked. now that's a FACT! :)

@kewlklutzklan1? ...
@kewlklutzklan1? funny how you made another account just to stick up for yourself LOL thats a FACT!

@konfuchsia I know ...
@konfuchsia I know they have a 'strange englishy accent' so people can understand what they're saying, and also,like the video says, because they used to have to sound like the queen.And stop saying FACT, because it's not a fact, its just your opinion, silly. But some older people also sound like the people on the? news and I think they sound gay (: Lol. But anyway, new zealander's don't have an ugly accent, really ..no-one does it just depends on your own opinion. To me NZ'rs have cool as accent

@stuwieNZ and ur a ...
@stuwieNZ and ur a retard. da difference iz, i? can change. FACT!!! :)

@kewlklutzklan1 ...
@kewlklutzklan1 lololol your Konfuchsia! what a prick? :L :L

@kewlklutzklan1? ...
@kewlklutzklan1? LOL! look who's talking!

@stuwieNZ dude da ...
@stuwieNZ dude da NZ accent iz? FUGLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

@konfuchsia NZ? has ...
@konfuchsia NZ? has an amazing accent go get your ears checked ..

@lllllllllll10 the ...
@lllllllllll10 the reason newsreaders have 'strange englishy accents' is so viewers can understand what they're saying. and the reason people can't understand what nz's say? is because they have an ugly accent. FACT!!! :)



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