truthseeker
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I think it's something to do with wanting to communicate as well, when I am trying to make myself understood I am more likely to mimic the other person's accent rather than jabber at them and then they have to say 'what?' all the time.
Actually the ability to take on accents willfully or unwillingly is a sign that you are musical, all to do with the ear.
I don't understand how people pick up accents - do they consciously decide to speak differently?
My sister has lived in the US since she was 19 (20 years now). Other than short stints abroad of a few months at a time I've always lived in Dublin.
My mother & sister's husband can't tell us apart on the phone as our diction, accent, intonation etc are still identical.
Absolutely! That sounds so fabulous Lex.
Marion
I know what you mean?!!?!!? And as for the exclamation marks, well ... !!??!!??... But it's really silly when they start actually putting question marks at the end of their sentences in emails?
yah - we know the Luas is rilly grate in Dundrum - Duh!Try getting the Luas to Dundrum - really grates on the ears after a few minutes!
Slightly off thread againbut ever notice how posh people from all parts of Ireland have the same accents? Cracks me up.
Slightly off thread againbut ever notice how posh people from all parts of Ireland have the same accents? Cracks me up.
I know. Though I say it myself, I speak quite well but I often revel and smirk in a private linguistic and urbane victory when I hear these fools who think they 'speak proper' ridiculously overpronouncing (and actually mispronouncing) many words and phrases. In their attempts to 'poshify' everything they end up speaking this garbled nonsense half the time.
the greatest fakes and wannabes can put on any old accent to assume another or create a deluded ego, do not try and tell us that these people are wonderfully artistic ppl,
+1. I sometimes listen in bewilderment to newsreaders on some radio stations and I have absolutely NO idea what they are saying, they garble words so much in an attempt to sound 'posh'...I hear these fools who think they 'speak proper' ridiculously overpronouncing (and actually mispronouncing) many words and phrases. In their attempts to 'poshify' everything they end up speaking this garbled nonsense half the time.
Yes Mrs Allen Jnr has a very grande accent, despite living in Cork! But she is a great cook, I love her recipes, so I make exception.
However, there's another blonde woman (also with a couple of long-standing Cork connections), whom I can't bear to listen to as the accent is like so like false posh. Don't want to mention any names here as other half is in the legal profession and I don't want any more like penalty points from Brendan like uuumm.
Rachael Allen ...If she hadn't been there in full colour on the box performing the action she was describing to her guest cooks, I'd not have had a clue what she was telling them to do.
I'd still watch her though
Is the hair also fake blonde?..........However, there's an0ther blonde woman (also with a couple of long-standing Cork connections), whom I can't bear to listen to as the accent is like so like false posh. Don't want to mention any names here as other half is in the legal profession and I don't want any more like penalty points from Brendan like uuumm.
Is the hair also fake blonde?
I saw an episode of Rachael Allen's BBC cookery series on a Saturday morning over the Christmas holiday. Apart from ballooning to pneumatic Nigella-like proportions, her accent is very difficult to understand. If she hadn't been there in full colour on the box performing the action she was describing to her guest cooks, I'd not have had a clue what she was telling them to do.
It's hard to describe - "cut" sounds half-way between "cot" and "cat". American? Irish? West-Brit? RTE-ish? Take your pick.
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