Wow I am so impressed. I have never heard any non-Kiwis who could grasp the Kiwi accent that way. She obviously has a fantastic ear for sounds and the way she could switch between Aussie and Kiwi was equally impressive.
The only time I heard it done well from a foreigner was Anthony Hopkins in The World's Fastest Indian it's funny as he is hitting an Otago accent so the only part that sounded off was actually being more correct for the movie character.
+sophiesocks11 Maybe exaggerated the pleasantries but maybe that's just because I live in Auckland and everyone is slightly ruder there. She totally nailed the accent though
First American I have ever seen do a truly great NZ accent. Its extremely rare for anyone to be able to do a New Zealand accent and i think coming from the American tonality its even harder than say a Brit or Australian. well done. I'm from Auckland so i can tell this is not some cheap parlor trick accent this is a very well crafted precise accent you have built.
I was born in Christchurch & been here in OZ for nearly 50 years & I can't have conversation in a NZ accent. Granted a few words slip out here & there with a Kiwi twang to it but her being an American; well done!
So good . I am originally from the UK and have been living in New Zealand for 10 years, spending the last 6 as an actor. I have a kiwi speaking audition coming up today and this has really helped. It's hard work, but thanks again Amy for the valuable advice!
I'm Australian so I've heard so many Kiwi accents and can always pick one, and you just do it perfectly. I've never heard anyone do the Australian or Kiwi accents so well. I'm absolutely amazed. You just sound so natural and then you suddenly speak in an American accent and it's crazy!
At first I thought she was a Kiwi teaching us about a Kiwi accent, then I thought she was an Aussie teaching us about a Kiwi accent and then she brought out the American accent and I was totally confused. Truly amazing.
Best impression of a New Zealand accent ever! So many people in the States tried to have a go at doing my accent but always ended up sounding like a mashup of Australian and South African...
There are so many different sub-accents within NZ. There's a southland one, a Waikato one, an Auckland/Wellington one, and even a cricket one. The accent Amy shows us here is very much a "New Zealand Broadcaster" accent. It's so good it's quite surreal. The part that really gets me is at 3:57 when she says "ok?". The infliction and everything is absolutely perfect.
The fact you have the "I" sound down is amazing, not a lot of non kiwis can get that sound correct they tend to pronounce it like an Aussie which to us sound like an "E"
Awesome! My husband is from New Zealand, and also lived in Australia, and thinks you're accents for those countries are spot on. He didn't believe me when I told him you were from here (the US). Keep up the great teachings!
+Anax100 Yeah because a South Christchurch one sounds a lot different to an East Wellington one. Come on there aren't any differences at all in our accents.
@@uchihahikaku1630 There exists a broad New Zealand English: compare Simon Bridges to Bill English. Then compare the youth of south Auckland to anyone from the Southland region. I agree that the majority of us have a very small degree of accent variation but there certainly are outliers. I'm from the Manawatu region, and I now live in Auckland; people often ask me where I'm from.
Thank you sooooo much for this video! I had a voice acting audition sent to me by my agent that called for a New Zealand accent. I almost passed it up, as I didn’t feel confidant. But after watching this video, it all made more sense. I went for it, sent my audition in, and very quickly received an email back from my agent saying, “Chris, good to know you can do a convincing New Zealand accent!” A thousand thank you’d for sharing your expertise and breaking it down in such a clear and concise way. 🙏🏾 Wishing you the very best!
Congruent with your note about the way Kiwis order in a coffee shop or whatever, I've noticed in my watching of American, New Zealander, Australian, and Canadian cooking shows (Masterchef, mainly) that Kiwis seem to be culturally the nicest people. We say that Canadians have a pathological cultural niceness, but I've not noticed much of a difference in the behavior of ordinary Canadians from the behavior of ordinary Americans on such shows, and even the Australians don't seem that vastly different, but the New Zealanders seem just utterly sweeter, friendlier, and nicer to each other than any of the other English-speaking contestants. Of course I know it's a TV show, and it's dangerous to generalize too much, and so forth, but within the culture of the show and the contest, there's quite a discernible difference.
Strangely enough, myself and i know of many other Kiwis who have a strong love for Canada, and i have met other Canadians who feel the same as you about New Zealand. I feel we are connected somehow.
Amy that was perfect! Your video has been shared on a popular radio station in New Zealand. Reason on all the kiwis commenting here within the last 24 hours :)
Starting the video in a kiwi accent was great. actually thought you could be a kiwi yourself. so refreshing to hear it done with respect and not overexaggerating.
Wow, the way you switch accents is incredible to hear. It sounds so natural... Like when someone affects an accent you can usually always tell it is put on but with you it is just so seamless, so awesome!
@ 1.02 I bet you were so proud of yourself for remembering the medical terminology. That genuine happy smile and tilt of the head back says so. Well done.
Amy you are incredible. I LOVE doing accents and must say am pretty good at them. But that is a New Zealand accent that is probably better than mine! And I was born raised and live here! It is my accent! I am also glad to see that your approach seems similar to mine except you are able to explain. Embody the accent. I just imagine my self as being from that place and do that.
Hey, thanks for this! I study German and French and have taken phonetics & diction classes in both, and it's way easier now that I know IPA to distinguish between accents, but videos like this really help hone it in.
Haha I'm from wellington too, I know exactly where you worked your accent is so perfect you sound so normal, it shocked me when you started talking in your normal accent !
Every country has its own accent which brings an extra flavour to the language. Travelling in England, a Kiwi girl told me that the English gave her a strange look after hearing her accent. But I love the accent though I am not a Kiwi.
I'm from the South Island in New Zealand and you sound like your from Wellington down in the south we roll our r's more but yours was really good I've listened to a lot of people try our accent and your by far the best 👍
@@Rooxie973 And as far as the nationwide thing goes, yeah it would have been about 150 years ago and there are old recordings of people who grew up during those times you can still hear today. New Zealand is about the only country that can track its accent with recordings from basically the beginning of its existance. Check this out. ruclips.net/video/ccGgcmE0D68/видео.html
What she says about New Zealand pleasantries is so true! I didn't realize it fully until she explained it. We had a guy from NZ working here in the Midwest with a bunch of us Americans, and every time you saw him or he needed to consult with you about something, it wasn't just a "Hey, I've a question for you" and etc. It was, "Hey, how's it going?" And he would come about to the point of consultation so gently and sweetly that it made you feel like you were his best friend.
I'm genuinely impressed by this. I love doing accents, I'm a bit of a parrot, and my mum is Aussie, dad is a New Zealander with a very neutral accent. I've mastered a few accents, to the point where people can ask me to do a specific region of South Africa, Republic of Ireland or Northern England (I can't figure out Manchester or Newcastle though. Geordie is just incomprehensible). But even though I've got Kiwi blood in me, and I've been to New Zealand more often than anywhere else, I could never wrap my head around the accent. I always got stuck on the way the "i" becomes a "u" sound. My cousins would make fun of me if I dared to try my version of the accent, but I'd swear at them in German, which normally put a stop to that. Anyway this video, 9 years old be damned, might help me practice my NZ vocals. Thank you!
This is so true. Kiwis like to exchange niceties before they actually discuss what they are after whether it's a face to face or phone based conversation. They are very polite, generally. They would always say, "Yes, please." or let your pass car with a big smile or let you use an unconsumed parking ticket.
Very impressive example of the middle register (perhaps higher) of the urban kiwi accent. Enjoyed it very much. Loved all of the little tidbits (moolk/milk, flowuh/floor, ketch'n/kitchen, 'vehnts/events).
I don't normally watch things posted on my wall on Facebook but this certainly peaked my interest. As a Kiwi I have to say that you have nailed this as about as perfectly as you can. Well done.
90% there, which is kind of incredible. little micro sounds of british/australia in there, some words abit forced (but that's super nitpicky at this point) but absolutely the best nz accent i've ever heard from a foreigner.
this is probably the most accurate video of a non-Kiwi doing a kiwi accent, man I swear if people saw you around in the country people would think you were a kiwi
not sure how well she did with the new zealand accent bc i'm american, but from what it sounds like she's amazing!! plus i watched her vid on american accents and she nailed mine (midwestern). i live near STL so it's a little more dialed back but the smaller cities sound JUST like her impression. impressions are a true talent!!
You sound great! I needed to learn an accent for theatre class, and you helped a lot! You're very pleasant to listen to, and your tips are very helpful. Thanks and great job!
Hmmm... as a New Zealander I'm honestly not sure how to describe. But for me, I feel like 'No' is more like a 'Noe', if that helps? Like, not 'NoEee', but the same as how I pronounce 'Though'. That really makes no sense. I'm sorry.
spot on. not just the accent, which was very very guhd, but also the tendency towards banter before transactions. my mum does that heaps. well-observed and thanks for the hint of home.
my goodness. It's impossible not to instantly adore this woman! She does completely nail the accent, but what she really gets right is the 'pleasantries'... and it is really cute... at least until you're in a hurry in a supermarket and spot the shortest checkout queue only to wait while the nanna in front of you takes 10 minutes to purchase her bottle of milk and denture adhesive, and makes the checkout girl an honorary granddaughter.
We have a pretty tough accent to imitate, but she is the best I've seen. The only area I think she misses is on the country itself! It's pronounced more like 'Nyu Zullund", I don't know any kiwi that actually says 'Zeal'. Also, she doesn't mention that all 'tu' sounds become a 'chu/chew', and 'du' becomes 'ju/jew'. Eg- 'Tha rint us jew on choose-day'
Thank you so much for this video! I'm a student and I have a course on different accents and varieties of English. And gosh was I lost with this one! As a foreign speaker I find English accents hard to notice/find the differences, but your videos are very helpful xx
One thing I noticed about New Zealand, is that in Aukland, a lot of people say their i's like a really sharp "i" sound, really like and "eee" sound just shortened right down (similar to a white south african Johannesburg accent). But some accents it's more of a short "e" sound, and others it's the more typical "u" sound, like "fush and chups".
Very good. I've lived in Australia and New Zealand so I can detect both accents... The way 6 is pronounced is usually a good differentiator... roughly...Australians say 'sex' while Kiwis say 'sux'
Hi, i have been watching cricket since childhood. A LOT OF CRICKET. And i often listen to Aussie, Brit and Kiwi commentators speaking on the sports channels. I have grasped a lot since early age but i often mix it up while speaking. Whenever i try to speak in Kiwi accent, i end up speaking some sort of a Brit-Aussie mix accent. That's one huge problem and i don't know how to rectify that. Please help me, if you can.
Wow I am so impressed. I have never heard any non-Kiwis who could grasp the Kiwi accent that way. She obviously has a fantastic ear for sounds and the way she could switch between Aussie and Kiwi was equally impressive.
Then your a clown
she hs a ozzie acent stands out lihe a sore toe ????
The only time I heard it done well from a foreigner was Anthony Hopkins in The World's Fastest Indian it's funny as he is hitting an Otago accent so the only part that sounded off was actually being more correct for the movie character.
Great comment!
Oh man, Hopkins didn't sound anything like a Southlander. His accent in that movie was all over the shop.
When she switched back to American I was like holy crap
Hockey Lyfe lol
ME TOO
ME TOOOO WTF
She sounds 100% kiwi. Incredible really
Same!
Why am I watching this? 😂 I'm from New Zealand and already have one 😂
Same aye lol
GirlOnTheScreen P same xD
How did she do here
same xD
She nailed it, literally would never tell she wasn't a Kiwi
I come from New Zealand and if you used that accent in New Zealand I would swear you were a New Zealander. You would fool everyone!
Jase Stewart same!
More or less it's the same.
yep. more than me. I'm a kiwi but everyone wonders where I'm from now. lol
As a New Zealander can I just say how satisfying it was to hear that 'good' - you nailed it!
+sophiesocks11 Maybe exaggerated the pleasantries but maybe that's just because I live in Auckland and everyone is slightly ruder there. She totally nailed the accent though
+wobbly868 Born and bred ;)
People are just noticeably nicer outside of Auckland
wobbly868 I thought I had an eye lash on my screen and I kept on trying to rub it off then I realised it was your pic😂
Haha.... Personally I thought it was quite wrong. At least, where I am no one says good like that "x3
Good grief! I just found out that you are American lol. Your New Zealand accent is better than mine and I am a kiwi.
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I got that said to me when I moved to Melbourne from Perth & New Zealand lady said that my accent was better than hers.
😂😂
As a Kiwi myself, her NZ accent sounds slightly British to me.
Same
First American I have ever seen do a truly great NZ accent. Its extremely rare for anyone to be able to do a New Zealand accent and i think coming from the American tonality its even harder than say a Brit or Australian. well done. I'm from Auckland so i can tell this is not some cheap parlor trick accent this is a very well crafted precise accent you have built.
Also we’re not really exposed to Kiwi accents so it might be kind of hard to do it
I'm very impressed, and I remember the gold lounge cinema. Even her way of describing it while using simple language is very, very kiwi.
I was born in Christchurch & been here in OZ for nearly 50 years & I can't have conversation in a NZ accent. Granted a few words slip out here & there with a Kiwi twang to it but her being an American; well done!
Omg you totally nailed our accent lol. It's crazy how you just switch between accents. Amazing!
Haha, that's very easy if you just know another accent/dialect.
God knows how I ended up watching a 5minute long video on somebody impersonating my accent but FINALLY somebody got it right! haha Nice job!
+Ethan Scarlett funny finding you here rofl
+Ethan Scarlett Bullshit.
+Ethan John lol what the hell haha strong reply
***** She seems fake to me...like she is mugging it up to the camera and looking at herself
lmao sams
This has to be the best New Zealand accent I have heard from a non-New Zealander! Nice!!
Thanks for being the first impersonator that did not say we say "fush and chups"
Anonymous Questioner I agree, everyone knows it is really fesh and chups.
***** funny
*****
No thanks, already eaten. Thanks for the kind offer though.
+BattleScones Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed
Dreaded Kane Aussies love to rip on the Kiwis.
So good . I am originally from the UK and have been living in New Zealand for 10 years, spending the last 6 as an actor. I have a kiwi speaking audition coming up today and this has really helped. It's hard work, but thanks again Amy for the valuable advice!
I'm Australian so I've heard so many Kiwi accents and can always pick one, and you just do it perfectly. I've never heard anyone do the Australian or Kiwi accents so well. I'm absolutely amazed. You just sound so natural and then you suddenly speak in an American accent and it's crazy!
She is a linguistic genius! So clever! So amazing. I want more!! Who's watching in December 2024?? ~ Gen 🧚
Aww thanks! You'd be surprised - still quite a few people! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
She does accents so well I have no idea which one she is!
Nia Miller ikr!
At first I thought she was a Kiwi teaching us about a Kiwi accent, then I thought she was an Aussie teaching us about a Kiwi accent and then she brought out the American accent and I was totally confused. Truly amazing.
Best impression of a New Zealand accent ever! So many people in the States tried to have a go at doing my accent but always ended up sounding like a mashup of Australian and South African...
and the *fush and chups*
There are so many different sub-accents within NZ. There's a southland one, a Waikato one, an Auckland/Wellington one, and even a cricket one. The accent Amy shows us here is very much a "New Zealand Broadcaster" accent. It's so good it's quite surreal. The part that really gets me is at 3:57 when she says "ok?". The infliction and everything is absolutely perfect.
The fact you have the "I" sound down is amazing, not a lot of non kiwis can get that sound correct they tend to pronounce it like an Aussie which to us sound like an "E"
Awesome! My husband is from New Zealand, and also lived in Australia, and thinks you're accents for those countries are spot on. He didn't believe me when I told him you were from here (the US). Keep up the great teachings!
Your smile is truly heart touching.
Gold Lounge! Yeah man. Crazy times.
omg nailed it. This is the best I've seen a non local do. The accent though is kind of more a West Auckland though. Still, really impressive :)
+Anax100 Very Pascal from Outrageous Fortune. Though a lot of people in and around Wellington speak very similarly, in my experience.
How on Earth does it sound like a West Auckland accent?
+Lottie Lameko an*
+Anax100
Yeah because a South Christchurch one sounds a lot different to an East Wellington one. Come on there aren't any differences at all in our accents.
@@uchihahikaku1630 There exists a broad New Zealand English: compare Simon Bridges to Bill English. Then compare the youth of south Auckland to anyone from the Southland region. I agree that the majority of us have a very small degree of accent variation but there certainly are outliers. I'm from the Manawatu region, and I now live in Auckland; people often ask me where I'm from.
Thank you sooooo much for this video! I had a voice acting audition sent to me by my agent that called for a New Zealand accent. I almost passed it up, as I didn’t feel confidant. But after watching this video, it all made more sense.
I went for it, sent my audition in, and very quickly received an email back from my agent saying, “Chris, good to know you can do a convincing New Zealand accent!”
A thousand thank you’d for sharing your expertise and breaking it down in such a clear and concise way. 🙏🏾 Wishing you the very best!
Congruent with your note about the way Kiwis order in a coffee shop or whatever, I've noticed in my watching of American, New Zealander, Australian, and Canadian cooking shows (Masterchef, mainly) that Kiwis seem to be culturally the nicest people. We say that Canadians have a pathological cultural niceness, but I've not noticed much of a difference in the behavior of ordinary Canadians from the behavior of ordinary Americans on such shows, and even the Australians don't seem that vastly different, but the New Zealanders seem just utterly sweeter, friendlier, and nicer to each other than any of the other English-speaking contestants. Of course I know it's a TV show, and it's dangerous to generalize too much, and so forth, but within the culture of the show and the contest, there's quite a discernible difference.
Strangely enough, myself and i know of many other Kiwis who have a strong love for Canada, and i have met other Canadians who feel the same as you about New Zealand. I feel we are connected somehow.
well spoken brav, New Zealand is an amazing place it live or / visit
Pure Energy ©™ Awwww shucks! ;-)
Roger Barraud
ok dad
@@RobbyAnalog new zealand and canada are literally best friends
very accurate... I like the NZ accent.
Amy that was perfect! Your video has been shared on a popular radio station in New Zealand. Reason on all the kiwis commenting here within the last 24 hours :)
First video of yours i've seen, was entire convinced you were just speaking your own accent. Very good job!
This sounds perfect. Got the New Zealand accent down!
She hit the mark on our coffee ordering process. New Zealanders certainly take time to stop and smell the roses :)
I can just feel my anxiety bubbling at the thought of trying to slow down :"" D
Starting the video in a kiwi accent was great. actually thought you could be a kiwi yourself. so refreshing to hear it done with respect and not overexaggerating.
Not many people can put on the Kiwi accent but you're really good !!!!
Wow, the way you switch accents is incredible to hear. It sounds so natural... Like when someone affects an accent you can usually always tell it is put on but with you it is just so seamless, so awesome!
@ 1.02 I bet you were so proud of yourself for remembering the medical terminology. That genuine happy smile and tilt of the head back says so. Well done.
Amy you are incredible. I LOVE doing accents and must say am pretty good at them. But that is a New Zealand accent that is probably better than mine! And I was born raised and live here! It is my accent! I am also glad to see that your approach seems similar to mine except you are able to explain. Embody the accent. I just imagine my self as being from that place and do that.
I'm a south islander kiwi and you were doing the north island accent.
+Cupcake1241 I am from the south island and that is how everyone sounds to me. Maybe you should call it everywhere up from gore accent.
Hey, thanks for this! I study German and French and have taken phonetics & diction classes in both, and it's way easier now that I know IPA to distinguish between accents, but videos like this really help hone it in.
Damn..the way you just switch accents like that. Awesome!
Brilliantly crafted. Just wow
Haha I'm from wellington too, I know exactly where you worked your accent is so perfect you sound so normal, it shocked me when you started talking in your normal accent !
Every country has its own accent which brings an extra flavour to the language. Travelling in England, a Kiwi girl told me that the English gave her a strange look after hearing her accent. But I love the accent though I am not a Kiwi.
You nailed kiwi AND Aussie accent. Brilliant! I’m Aussie and u transitioned seamlessly between the 3 accents!
When you were living in New Zealand did you speak in your Kiwi accent?
If I were Amy I would have changed my accent every night I went out. Especially in Wellington
Flawless!
I'm from the South Island in New Zealand and you sound like your from Wellington down in the south we roll our r's more but yours was really good I've listened to a lot of people try our accent and your by far the best 👍
Its cause of our scottish heritige if your from otago southland and southern cantebury its more noticeable for the north islanders to notice
@@haydendunlop6617 The rolled r was once a nationwide thing.
@@bremCZ What, 150 years ago? I've never heard anyone speak like that in any existing audio recording
@@Rooxie973 People from parts of Southland still speak like it today so you should easily be able to hear it.
@@Rooxie973 And as far as the nationwide thing goes, yeah it would have been about 150 years ago and there are old recordings of people who grew up during those times you can still hear today. New Zealand is about the only country that can track its accent with recordings from basically the beginning of its existance.
Check this out.
ruclips.net/video/ccGgcmE0D68/видео.html
What she says about New Zealand pleasantries is so true! I didn't realize it fully until she explained it. We had a guy from NZ working here in the Midwest with a bunch of us Americans, and every time you saw him or he needed to consult with you about something, it wasn't just a "Hey, I've a question for you" and etc. It was, "Hey, how's it going?" And he would come about to the point of consultation so gently and sweetly that it made you feel like you were his best friend.
Amazing job done, very helpful, thanks for sharing
OMG, it's like you're inside my Wellingtonian head!
I'm genuinely impressed by this. I love doing accents, I'm a bit of a parrot, and my mum is Aussie, dad is a New Zealander with a very neutral accent. I've mastered a few accents, to the point where people can ask me to do a specific region of South Africa, Republic of Ireland or Northern England (I can't figure out Manchester or Newcastle though. Geordie is just incomprehensible). But even though I've got Kiwi blood in me, and I've been to New Zealand more often than anywhere else, I could never wrap my head around the accent. I always got stuck on the way the "i" becomes a "u" sound. My cousins would make fun of me if I dared to try my version of the accent, but I'd swear at them in German, which normally put a stop to that. Anyway this video, 9 years old be damned, might help me practice my NZ vocals. Thank you!
Hahaaa awesome! Yeah I feel you, it’s a bit of a brain twist, but worth the effort!! 🩵💙 ~ Amy
This accent is actually super attractive.
I think I need to learn more about the accent from you in NZ (Christchurch). :) Nice video.
Nice styles.
First class instruction. I think that I have bought movie tickets from you, Amy, while you lived in Wellington! Ships passing in the night...
Wow. You're really really good. Most people just make us sound like slightly softer Aussies. Well Done! Love it
This is so true. Kiwis like to exchange niceties before they actually discuss what they are after whether it's a face to face or phone based conversation. They are very polite, generally. They would always say, "Yes, please." or let your pass car with a big smile or let you use an unconsumed parking ticket.
Very impressive example of the middle register (perhaps higher) of the urban kiwi accent. Enjoyed it very much. Loved all of the little tidbits (moolk/milk, flowuh/floor, ketch'n/kitchen, 'vehnts/events).
I don't normally watch things posted on my wall on Facebook but this certainly peaked my interest. As a Kiwi I have to say that you have nailed this as about as perfectly as you can. Well done.
WOW, such a good video, the best one i have seen yet. Also she's really nice, where as other people just complete make fun of our accent
90% there, which is kind of incredible. little micro sounds of british/australia in there, some words abit forced (but that's super nitpicky at this point) but absolutely the best nz accent i've ever heard from a foreigner.
this is probably the most accurate video of a non-Kiwi doing a kiwi accent, man I swear if people saw you around in the country people would think you were a kiwi
Very good !! Thanks
Wow Amy, you are amazing! I've never heard someone so flawlessly switch between accents so accurately!
I LOVE this channel! Keep going!!! Love from NYC!
Hey I live in Wellington and have always gone to the Readings Gold Lounge for like the last 12 years at least.
not sure how well she did with the new zealand accent bc i'm american, but from what it sounds like she's amazing!! plus i watched her vid on american accents and she nailed mine (midwestern). i live near STL so it's a little more dialed back but the smaller cities sound JUST like her impression. impressions are a true talent!!
It's amazing how different can be... Ty
You sound great! I needed to learn an accent for theatre class, and you helped a lot! You're very pleasant to listen to, and your tips are very helpful. Thanks and great job!
Can you describe how how to say 'no'? I can't get the vowel right in words like: no, know, so
The 'o' sounds like about 3 different vowels. Thanks~
Hmmm... as a New Zealander I'm honestly not sure how to describe. But for me, I feel like 'No' is more like a 'Noe', if that helps? Like, not 'NoEee', but the same as how I pronounce 'Though'.
That really makes no sense. I'm sorry.
spot on. not just the accent, which was very very guhd, but also the tendency towards banter before transactions. my mum does that heaps. well-observed and thanks for the hint of home.
I lived there for a year. She is brilliantly accurate. Love her green eyes
I am mesmerised by this.
I love how all the Kiwis myself included get satisfaction from somebody getting our accent right
I'm from Palmerston North..New Zealand and would love to see the States one day!!!
Thank you mate I was about to move to New Zealand
I'm a NZer and I say Amy's reproduction of NZ accent/speech is indistinguishable from the genuine article. Extraordinary
Wow when did you work in the Cinelounge? I worked at Readings for 7 years 2002-2009. What a small world.
I'm a kiwi, your kiwi accent is PERFECT. you fooled me! well done I'm really impressed
my goodness. It's impossible not to instantly adore this woman! She does completely nail the accent, but what she really gets right is the 'pleasantries'... and it is really cute... at least until you're in a hurry in a supermarket and spot the shortest checkout queue only to wait while the nanna in front of you takes 10 minutes to purchase her bottle of milk and denture adhesive, and makes the checkout girl an honorary granddaughter.
I noticed that the "Kiwi" accent is very light and articulate, an sound that has a dance like quality; the Aussie accent is very chill and heavy.
Kiwi here.. yeah you nailed it. Best none NZer NZ accent I've heard.
Beautiful. The lesson was good too!
Wow that's spot on! You're good as! Forwarding this to all my Canadian friends.
sinnerlanj = center lounge
plizzin trees = pleasantries
tep : tip
tep wuttuh : water you get from the sink
*Cinelounge
tup:tip
jumbo - a pet name for a guy named Jim.
earlines - a company for airborne transport.
jimbo shrump - a large shrimp.
That's the old man pakeha accent your doing. Do the fucking maori accent. Bitch.
+משחקי מחזות סטיבן what would u no yahudi?
Outstanding Kiwi accent for a foreigner! I've never heard an American do it so well!
I am from NZ. Her accent is flawless.
This is probably one of the very few New Zealand accents I've ever heard attempted correctly. Well done
We have a pretty tough accent to imitate, but she is the best I've seen. The only area I think she misses is on the country itself! It's pronounced more like 'Nyu Zullund", I don't know any kiwi that actually says 'Zeal'.
Also, she doesn't mention that all 'tu' sounds become a 'chu/chew', and 'du' becomes 'ju/jew'. Eg- 'Tha rint us jew on choose-day'
+Aaron Horrell I just said that out loud, and you are right. I never noticed that before.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm a student and I have a course on different accents and varieties of English. And gosh was I lost with this one! As a foreign speaker I find English accents hard to notice/find the differences, but your videos are very helpful xx
The fluidity in which you switched from New Zealand to Australian to American broke my brain
One thing I noticed about New Zealand, is that in Aukland, a lot of people say their i's like a really sharp "i" sound, really like and "eee" sound just shortened right down (similar to a white south african Johannesburg accent). But some accents it's more of a short "e" sound, and others it's the more typical "u" sound, like "fush and chups".
Very good. I've lived in Australia and New Zealand so I can detect both accents... The way 6 is pronounced is usually a good differentiator... roughly...Australians say 'sex' while Kiwis say 'sux'
sooo spot on!
Your Aussie and NZ accents were both bang on. I legit thought you were kiwi first, then I thought you were Aussie when you switched! Well done!
Amazing how when switching accents the whole face changes as different facial muscles are used.
Love these videos. Thanks for posting Amy. You're amazing!!
Wow u are spot on! good job!
Awesome you totes nail it Amy.
Can't believe you only have 575k subscribers. Forget the linguistic talent, you deserve 5M just for your gorgeous smile!😍
Hi, i have been watching cricket since childhood. A LOT OF CRICKET. And i often listen to Aussie, Brit and Kiwi commentators speaking on the sports channels. I have grasped a lot since early age but i often mix it up while speaking. Whenever i try to speak in Kiwi accent, i end up speaking some sort of a Brit-Aussie mix accent. That's one huge problem and i don't know how to rectify that. Please help me, if you can.
You're really good! Thanks for doing these.
I know this video is old but you're talking about readings cinema job aren't you? I worked there as of about 1 month ago it just closed down