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| orion Senior Member United States Joined 7021 days ago 622 posts - 678 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 1 of 5 24 November 2006 at 1:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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This is something I have always wondered about. Are these really Gaelic accents? In other words if a native Gaelic speaker learns English, would their accent in English resemble the accents Irish and Scottish people have? If so, I find it fascinating that these accents have been retained for centuries, even though there are hardly any native Gaelic speakers anymore.
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6909 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 5 24 November 2006 at 5:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Although I don't really hear the accents as "Gaelic" English, there is some influence according to Wikipedia (more in Irish English):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_English 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kitty Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 6558 days ago 43 posts - 45 votes Studies: Spanish, German*, English, French Studies: Latin | Message 3 of 5 17 December 2006 at 7:18am | IP Logged | ||
if you ever go to ireland and go in an old irish pub and wait till some of the guest are a bit drunk ("guinness is good for you haha ^^) then go and ask them for some old irish stories, they will be happy to tell and with the time and the alcohol you will be surprised of the english changing into a very interesting (sometimes hard to understand) accent - there you have irish english :) (yes a very "practical" tip but believe me it's true!) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| orion Senior Member United States Joined 7021 days ago 622 posts - 678 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 4 of 5 20 December 2006 at 2:42am | IP Logged | ||
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Sounds like fun! I would love to sit in an old Irish pub and listen to the old timers tell stories.
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| orion Senior Member United States Joined 7021 days ago 622 posts - 678 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 5 of 5 20 December 2006 at 2:43am | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for the info, very interesting reading! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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