Friday, October 28, 2005
Fun Irelander Feature - Accents
Here's an extract from a conversation I had a few days ago with a nice enough chap in the pub:
Me: So where are you from?
Him: I'm from Cork.
Me: (Deep breath) Oh right.
Him: Whereabouts are you from?
Me: Dublin.
Him: Are ya?
Me: Yeah, why?
Him: Well, you don't sound like you're from Dublin. You don't have a Dublin accent.
Me: (Suppressing rage) Oh.
I was deeply hurt. I've always felt my Northside accent was quite prominent. Not long ago, I met a friend of a friend from the North who made my day when he said that my Dublin accent was noticeable unlike my mate's. Now I don't know what to think. Bloody Corkonians...
What about yourselves? Is your accent noticeable or not?
Me: So where are you from?
Him: I'm from Cork.
Me: (Deep breath) Oh right.
Him: Whereabouts are you from?
Me: Dublin.
Him: Are ya?
Me: Yeah, why?
Him: Well, you don't sound like you're from Dublin. You don't have a Dublin accent.
Me: (Suppressing rage) Oh.
I was deeply hurt. I've always felt my Northside accent was quite prominent. Not long ago, I met a friend of a friend from the North who made my day when he said that my Dublin accent was noticeable unlike my mate's. Now I don't know what to think. Bloody Corkonians...
What about yourselves? Is your accent noticeable or not?
# posted by United Irelander @ 1:43 AM 
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