Linda I mean the way a Kiwi pronounces words .. they tend to shorten them or cut them short and so Jack who is just learning to spell really .. writes them as he says them..... Plant they do not say the E. I suppose we do say ' urth' too in that case and that was a bad example ! Of course I cannot think of a suitable word now !!!
The Aussie accent is closer to the English as you had lots of English sent to Australia and you do use similar words apart from the obvious Aussie ones .. Arvo, Barbie, chokka, etc but then I tend to use soem of those words too seeing as I Am an Aussie ....................... hahaha and have lived there
Maybe if I had lived in USA for any length of time I might speak like Linda :0 Or maybe Linda might speak like me :0