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[-] Haus@kbin.earth 8 points 5 months ago

They do speak English, but in spoken Kiwi, they convert 75% of their vowels to a short i.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

And their short i's to a short e

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 11 points 5 months ago

All our vowels are just "u" (or schwa as I was once told).

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