My name is Ella. I left my corporate office job in Sydney six months ago and I'm living here in LA doing I have no idea what. I decided to start a YouTube channel about a week ago. I'm really good at telling the difference between an Australian and a New Zealand accent because I grew up in Sydney with two kiwi parents. A kiwi is a New Zealander, if you don't know, not just a fruit.
“Butter” or “water”, we don't do that. “Butter, water, or refrigerator, water or car”. And then you need to pick up on the slang. So like, instead of saying "how are you going”, we say “how you going mate”. And instead of Australia, you gotta say “stralia” without the “Aus”.
So the main difference between Australian and New Zealand accent is the letter “i”. So an Australian would say “zix” as in like the number “six”. A New Zealander would say “sucks”. But if you say “six” in New Zealand, they’ll think you’re saying “sex” because that’s how they say the “e’s”.
我叫艾拉。六个月前我离开了在悉尼的公司办公室工作,现在我住在洛杉矶,我不知道我要做什么。大约一周前,我决定开设一个 YouTube 频道。我很擅长分辨澳大利亚口音和新西兰口音,因为我在悉尼长大,父母都是新西兰人。如果你不知道的话,“Kiwi”是新西兰人的意思,它不仅表示一种水果。
“Butter”和“water”,我们不这样说。“Butte、water、refrigerator、water 或 car”。然后你需要学点俚语。比如,我们不说“how are you going”,我们说“how you going mate”。我们也不说“Australia”,会去掉“Aus”直接说“stralia” 。
所以澳大利亚和新西兰口音的主要区别在于字母“i”,所以比如说数字“six”,澳大利亚人会说“zix”,新西兰人会说成“sucks”。但是如果你在新西兰说“six”,他们会以为你在说“sex”,因为那是他们说字母“e”的方式。