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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:06 pm
by Scone Lover
Don't tell me, they sound Scottish!
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:16 pm
by blondie95
no ha ha ha ha i know what a South African accent sounds like!
Went to Wicked uesterday and one of the characters in it I swear sounded more Irish than Scottish!!!! he was scottish but im telling you there were times it was very Irish
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:52 pm
by Scone Lover
Highland Scottish and northern Irish do sometimes sound alike but then that isn't too much of a surprise really is it?
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:28 pm
by blondie95
well no, i find the further north the socttish the much more obvious is becomes!
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:29 am
by Scone Lover
I found myself in Govan in Glasgow once and found that I didn't understand a damn word anyone said. That is the only time I have been beaten by a regional accent although the black country tried hard.
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:34 am
by englishangel
On our honeymoon we met a couple from Gateshead and we couldn't understand a word the husband said. His wife must have been used to it because she translated everything half a sentence behind.
That is the only time I have been totally stumped. My husband from Yorkshire was also stumped and he had shared a house for 2 years with three guys from Sunderland.
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:16 pm
by blondie95
yep in cyprus this April, we got chatting to a man and his mum from Newcastle, his accent was so strong his own mum who was geordie as well had trouble understanding him and had to translate for us! but then they said my accent in particular was hard to understand and i just have a non discript well brought up accent!