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 | | New Zealand is in many ways similar to Australian English, but bad is sounded as 'bed', and the 'a' of town undergoes the same treatment. |
| | The first colony dates back to the 1652 occupation of the cape of Good Hope by Jan Van Riebeek on behalf of the Dutch East India company, to be followed by the settlements of Dutch farmers, who essentially spoke a dialect from the Netherlands. |
| | Later, the 2nd Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902) extended the cultural influence British Empire to the southern tip of the continent. |
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