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How to speak Irish.

Whale.... Oil.... Beef.... Hooked


Say it fast :-D :-D :-D :-D :-S

Begorrah! (Gaeilge!)

I prefer 'Wenglish' really! :-S

You need to see this! (Beware - foul language - I think!)

https://footballburp.com/stories/video-northern-irish-ref-colourfully-tells-players-to-calm-down-in-cup-final/

Many students aim for a neutral accent model – referred to as RP (Received Pronunciation) or BBC English, but the reality is that a lot of native speakers in the South of England (including most of our teachers) tend to switch constantly between RP and an accent closer to ‘estuary’ English. :-S

The problem is, Dermot, if those in he South West spoke in the dialect their grandparents used, many 'interlopers' would find it hard to understand them!
Even I can do genuine 'West Country' that many would find difficult to understand.
For example, If I were to say 'Snozzle', would you know what I meant/to what I was referring?

As for those in the South East well:
Estuary English
noun
(in the UK) a type of accent identified as spreading outwards from London and containing features of both received pronunciation and London speech.

It's (sort of) the way they speak anyway!

'Devon Dialect' by Ellen Fernau is my current occasional reading material.

Sir Francis Drake who hailed from Devon had to appoint a translator to communicate at the court of Elizabeth I.

That's the fump of the story. :-)

A couple of my Cornish ancestors were MP's - one (not an MP) was even on a boat with Drake.
I can only presume they spoke both Kernewek (Cornish) - which both Bretons and Devonians could understand, and English.

'Snozzle', by the way is St Austell.