Is it me or did the Irish give us the coolest regional accents?

[Taverner]

Classic Brooklyn, LonG EYE-land, Baaaastan and now I'm learning the Classic NoLa accent is a product of the Irish as well.

Not only did the Irish save civilization, but they gave us some cool ass accents too!!!!!

Up the Irish!

[foxfeet]

1. That hard "R" in Appalachian English is pure Ulster.

[Taverner]

2. Give me an example of it being used...

[foxfeet]

5. I took Irish language lessons for twenty weeks a couple of years ago.

My teacher was from Ulster. I could hear the similarity in his accent when he spoke English. One example would be the word "redder." Both the first and especially the last "Rs" are neither rolled (as in Spanish, only briefer) nor softened (as in Boston "Pahk the cah in the yahd.") "Redder," spoken very slowly, almost sounds like "uuredduur." Your lower jaw moves upward when pronouncing the "R." That's very typical of Appalachian English, at least in West Virginia where I grew up.

[dgibby]

9. 'where' sounds like whir

and 'there' sounds like thir, in western Va where I grew up.

[Taverner]

16. So does the uniquely American pronunciation of "R" come from Ulster?

I've always wondered why we are the only place where R's are pronounced they way they are.

[Jade Fox]

3. Classic Brooklyn is wonderful.

[The Wielding Truth]

4. I tought you myght enjoy dis. It's a wee off the subject but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADUQWKoVek

[lildreamer316]

6. How about the Outer Banks of NC?

It's a trip. They are called the 'Hoy Toyders' (High Tiders). That's how they talk. Although I think it may be more a product of an English regional accent than an Irish. Soooooooo many shipwrecks off that coastline....

[HEyHEY]

7. Don't forget the Newfie accent

[Tektonik]

8. The Irish had to be good for something other than alcohol

:P

[HEyHEY]

11. Hey, we're good at writing and hating too!

[Tektonik]

13. eww James Joyce

[HEyHEY]

14. I must admit, the dubliners was a hard read.

[lost-in-nj]

10. I always heard

lonk I-lind

thought it was

Italian!!!


:shrug:

who knew!!!


lost

[trof]

12. It's 'Law-uhn GYE luhn'. 'BAHS-thun.'

And the true NOLA sounds very like Brooklyn.

[tiddlywinks]

15. i thought maybe the ulster 'r' you were talking about

was like when JFK would say warsh the car (just for example)
I hear my father who was reared in SC say "warter" almost but not really

and all the 'ow's? lost my friends.

pillow - pilla
willow- willa
yellow-yella
window- winda

I've heard myself doing it too