Speaking up about accents

  • Ed Wyatt
  • Doug Cameron
  • Emmaline Lear
  • Felicity Cox

    Press/Media: Press / Media

    Description

    It's possibly one of the most unique reasons to end up in court, getting riled over a TV ad that's poking fun at the Kiwi accent, but that's exactly what happened to New Zealand expatriate Max Barrett this week.

    He was so upset by a furniture ad featuring two animated kookaburras saying "Yeah, bro" and "Choice, bro" with New Zealand accents he showed up at the TV station that played the ad, abused the staff and assaulted an advertising executive.

    The story goes to show just how protective people are of their accents.

    Period13 Jul 2012

    Media contributions

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    Media contributions

    • TitlePronunciation
      Degree of recognitionNational
      Media name/outletRN Drive
      Media typeRadio
      Duration/Length/Size22min55sec
      Country/TerritoryAustralia
      Date13/07/12
      DescriptionIt's possibly one of the most unique reasons to end up in court, getting riled over a TV ad that's poking fun at the Kiwi accent, but that's exactly what happened to New Zealand expatriate Max Barrett this week.

      He was so upset by a furniture ad featuring two animated kookaburras saying "Yeah, bro" and "Choice, bro" with New Zealand accents he showed up at the TV station that played the ad, abused the staff and assaulted an advertising executive.

      The story goes to show just how protective people are of their accents.
      Producer/AuthorJulian Morrow
      URLhttps://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/panel3a-speaking-up-about-accents/4129942
      PersonsEd Wyatt, Doug Cameron, Emmaline Lear, Felicity Cox
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    Keywords

    • accent
    • pronunciation