If you’re a New Zealander who has spent time overseas, you’ve probably had someone comment on the way you speak: that swallowed e and flat i, the whole fush and chups thing … the rest of the world thinks we pronounce our vowels a bit funny.
Even as a researcher of the Kiwi accent, it took me a while to wrap my head around the fact that “here” and “hair” aren’t supposed to rhyme.
