Kiwi English

[transemacabre]

I'm trying to watch some of the Spartacus TV series, which is filmed in New Zealand and stars a whole buttload of Kiwi actors, and I'm totally befuddled by the dialogue. No matter how much I strain, I'm only understanding like one word out of every five. I don't understand why I don't understand Kiwi accents. I know they're speaking English, but it's like the unfamiliar vowels and rhythm throw my brain into a tizzy. Does anyone else have problems like this?

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[navisx.livejournal.com]

It's mostly just a vowel substitution really, Kevin becomes Kivin, Fish becomes Fush, once you get those two down you'll be laughing. But I'm an Australian so I kind of automatically understand them, but hopefully that helps.