Irish accents, why do some people say they sound American? (train, German)
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i know theres no north american accent, but every accent in north america sounds different from an irish accent, and neuling, try scouse (liverpool), weegie (glasgow and lanarkshire) and brummy (birmingham and west midlands) i sometimes can't understand them!
Brummy sounds kind of cute Never heard of the Liverpool dialect I guess.
There are a lot of BBC comedy programs here on TV, sometimes I hardly understand what they say. But it varies a lot from actor to actor.
i know theres no north american accent, but every accent in north america sounds different from an irish accent, and neuling, try scouse (liverpool), weegie (glasgow and lanarkshire) and brummy (birmingham and west midlands) i sometimes can't understand them!
I just got back from Birmingham and wow was it hard to understand some of the people.
Now, wait til you try to read their texts ; my nieces live there and I just cannot read their texts at all.
There are several Irish accents. Some of them sound quite American. Where I grew up in the Bronx, you could tell an Irishman from an American because the Irish sounded more like a regular (midwestern) American than the thick, Bronx accent.
There are several Irish accents. Some of them sound quite American. Where I grew up in the Bronx, you could tell an Irishman from an American because the Irish sounded more like a regular (midwestern) American than the thick, Bronx accent.
The New York accent as well as other Northeastern accents descended from Irish accents. That's why the New Orleans accent sounds more like the Philadelphia accent than like southern accents, because NOLA was the only Southern city that got large numbers of Irish immigrants in the 19th century like the Northern cities (and San Francisco) did.
Brummy sounds kind of cute Never heard of the Liverpool dialect I guess.
There are a lot of BBC comedy programs here on TV, sometimes I hardly understand what they say. But it varies a lot from actor to actor.
i think the accents in britain are a one off, honestly i know different cities have different accents, but in britain, take liverpool and manchester (only 30 miles apart) they sound like completely different, then you go just up the road from manchester then you have another completely different accent in leeds! lol
I am an American living in Spain and we met an irish family while at some friends' house and I can tell you that the mother and father spoke with the expected Irish accent but the kids spoke with accents that sounded like they were from the upper midwest or somewwhere in the U.S.
Some Irish kids probably speak like Americans 'cause they think it's cool But some just aquire the accent from watching American t.v. shows and movies from when they are little to their teens.
American accents and Irish accents are not similar. lol. I am born and raised in Florida with family ties throughout the American South. I have been exposed to every American accent from Seattle to Miami and have never heard an American accent even slightly similar to Irish.
Standard American English has much more pronounced Ls, Rs, and Ts than English Accents in Europe. Southern American English doesn't pronounce several letters, but it is still very distinct from Irish accents.
Americans and Irish tend to love their Rs. lol. American's also pronounce "Th" in a very difficult way. I always took for granted the American "Th". Its actually an extremely difficult sound for many English and non-English speakers to pronounce. It uses much more tongue movement than most sounds.
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Never heard of the Liverpool dialect I guess.
