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Jonas post #2

The first thing I noticed about the Kiwis was their English. It's hard to pinpoint what exactly is the special thing about the dialect they have, but it has a kind of soothing effect, to me at least. First, saying 'how are you?' in 'Kiwish' turns into 'ha waaaa ya?', with a heavy nasal intonation, second, their pronunciation of the letter i makes it sound almost like an e. So much so, that you easily think they said something else. An American I met in Auckland told me this story where he had been at a McDonalds somewhere in Auckland, and ordered Chicken McNuggets, the girl behind the counter asked him if he wanted 'six' -- he said yes.