Talk:Tim Shadbolt

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[edit] Rhyming?

In Shadbolt's accent, the words 'where' and 'mayor' rhyme.

Is this unusual for NZ English? I'm from England, and over here the two words almost always rhyme. Loganberry (Talk) 03:25, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

I've spent almost 40 years in New Zealand, and I think it's unusual for these two words to sound as similar as Shadbolt made them in that advertisement. He may have done so deliberately. It is common to pronounce 'mayor' as 'mayer', but Shadbolt said something closer to 'mare', with only one syllable (but a long 'a' sound). Perhaps rhyme isn't exactly the way to phrase it. Other kiwis who remember the advert can comment; maybe I'm misremembering it.-gadfium 03:39, 13 September 2005 (UTC)