The world. Discovered by New Zealand in the 1970s. Photo: Kyle Glenn on Unsplash Lingwistics is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I can’t tell you how much I love that we live in a multicultural world. The one I grew up in, a farming community near Auckland in the 1960s, was barely even
To my midwestern US ears, New Zealand always seems to pull all vowels toward /i/. Everything goes toward front and tense. The name Kiwi is appropriate.
"Chicken counter" gave me a good giggle this morning!
To my midwestern US ears, New Zealand always seems to pull all vowels toward /i/. Everything goes toward front and tense. The name Kiwi is appropriate.