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What is the difference between New Zealand Accent and Australian Accents?

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Olive landon

Olive landon

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Olive landon
Olive landon, Health science specialist, Master of Health Science (MHS), Logdon, Utah

Answered Oct 26, 2020

For people who don’t understand the New Zealand accent and Australian accent, they always say there is no difference between them. The main difference between them is how they pronounce
words.

The Australian accent came from their exposure to different dialects during colonial times. They are different varieties of Australian dialects that include broadly associated, generally associated, cultivated associated. The Australian accent is a mixture of British and American English. In an Australian accent, Kiwi will pronounce the word ‘hatch’ with a silent letter ‘H.’

New Zealand accent came from Britain because most of the New Zealand immigrants came from the British Isles. In New Zealand, ‘I’ for something like a ‘u.’ An example is pronouncing flush instead of fish.

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L. Hawkes

L. Hawkes

L. Hawkes
L. Hawkes, Teacher, Memphis

Answered Oct 07, 2020

It can sometimes be confusing to know the difference between the accents of those who live in New Zealand and those who live in Australia. Australians tend to put more emphasis on their vowels, which means that they can make the vowel sounds, particularly the (ee) sounds more often.

When you hear New Zealanders speak, you would hear them emphasize they're (uu) sounds more. There are some words that may be similar, but there are also some obvious words that will let you know what type of accent you are hearing. New Zealanders might say “Sydney” as “Sudney.” Australian will pronounce it as “Sidney.”

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Barry Mclean

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Barry Mclean, Sales Manager, MBA, Ewa

Answered May 01, 2020

Although for people who would be listening to the two accents for the first time, both New Zealand Accent and Australian Accents might sound very similar, however, there are some differences between the two. One of the major differences in the way some words are pronounced when you listen to people using the two accents.

For instance, most New Zealanders pronounce some words with letter 'H' silently, while the same words will be pronounced by Aussies with letter 'H' coming out very loud. Another difference is that New Zealanders are fond of pronouncing some words by switching the vowel in the word for another vowel.

For instance, a typical New Zealander will pronounce fish as fish. In contrast, this problem is not usually encountered by Aussies when pronouncing the same words. Another difference is that the Australian accent consists of both British and American English, whereas the New Zealand accent is being shaped by some British dialect.

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