And in other news, sometyping I typed up while internetless...

[conuly]

OMG! This is, like, so cool!

I’m watching one of those design shows with my mom (hey, it’s a nice change from icky news on the election), and I’m about to criticize the woman on the show (the one who is getting a new den) for talking like she swallowed a thesaurus when I noticed something – she said “den” like “dan”! So of course I freak and start talking to my mom about how OMG cool this is, and how it’s a sign of some sort of vowel shift, or something, and she does it again! And then she says “done” but it’s not “dun” it’s “dahn”. Eeeeee! So I’m freaking out, and going into minor linguistic glee when I realize that I have *got* to post this. If I don’t, I’ll never forgive me. So here I am, posting. I’m such a geek.

*runs back to see if there’s any more*

Oooooh! There was! She says "rilly" instead of "really". Sooooooo cool. And she says the short oo (like book) where I'd use the long one (like boo). But I've heard that before, right Xigs?

Comments

[elfster.livejournal.com]

I wonder what you'd think on hearing a typical New Zealand accent :p. Heard one?

Fush and chups!

[codeman38.livejournal.com]

Dunno whether Connie has or not, but between the interviews with Peter Jackson I've seen and the Kiwi prof I had for musicianship several years ago, I know precisely what you're referring to. :)

Re: Fush and chups!

[elfster.livejournal.com]

Yup the tupical Nyew Zullnd accent can have emphasis put in strange places too (not to mention missing out vowels altogether) but no where near as bad as Richard Taylor ugh o.O.

Apparantly I sound more Australian than Kiwi... odd.