Northern Irish Accent | Belfast Accent

This video looks at 20 words Northern Irish people say.
#northernirishaccent #northernirelandaccent #belfastaccent
Today will help you understand native speakers of English better.
The Northern Irish accent can be extremely confusing.
It is important as many natives:
a) have tricky accents
b) speak quickly
c) have difficult slang
d) use language that is not heard in the classroom, on the news or on KZbin
🕒TIMESTAMPS🕒
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Where are you from?
0:35 - Great Britain & Northern Ireland
1:23 - Why is it important to understand variations of English?
1:54 - Daily Question
2:03 - 20 words!
3:49 - Outro
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[@AlsActionEnglish]

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[@GRIMSBONIAN13]

Shut yet Gob I heard a lot

[@paulweir7122]

@@GRIMSBONIAN13 Shut yer gub, not gob.

[@morris4490]

I need not subtitles of understanding your Northern Irish accent though. ’coz Ye ken whaurt Ah’m fer. Matey😂

[@morris4490]

@@paulweir7122 HAUD YER WHEESHT(Scots)

[@paulpayton8238]

I still find it funny when my in-laws say do you want a wee poke meaning icecream haha 😄 god love ya all

[@suhailanwaarahmadshafiai5732]

I heard 'wee' everywhere. Wee man, wee look, wee bag, just a wee about myself.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Do you mean when you've been in Northern Ireland?

[@suhailanwaarahmadshafiai5732]

@@AlsActionEnglish Yeah i'm studying in Dublin and i went for a road trip to Belfast last time. Lovely place!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@@suhailanwaarahmadshafiai5732 Absolutely! Where are you from? How do you find Dublin?

[@jen6893]

Wee = little

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Not only this - there's so much more to it...

[@rmhjules7295]

I LOVE Northern Ireland and the accent is lovely! He’s beautiful too

[@ayishamindset1111]

hes cute

[@trishbresolin8212]

My grandmother was from Belfast. She's been gone a long time so it's a treat to hear you speak.

[@sarahkidder2539]

I adore the Northern Irish accent. My grandparents who I lived with were from Belfast. I am extremely proud of my Northern Irish background. Even though I was born and raised in Canada, it is a huge part of my identity. I can pick the accent out anywhere - I can tell when someone is from Belfast specifically vs. from somewhere else in N.I. I’ve been working on my accent but it’s a tough one to emulate. Great videos - thanks for sharing!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Hey, and welcome to the channel! I'd be interested to know how you can tell that someone is specifically from Belfast? It definitely is tricky to emulate.

[@jonathanaldecoa1099]

Sarah Kidder that’s fantastic!!! The Belfast accent is fantastic!!!

[@FFACanineWelfare]

I had a Belfast accent, even though I’m from Newtownabbey, it’s definitely more broad than anywhere else

[@GRIMSBONIAN13]

My Granny was from Belfast.

[@GRIMSBONIAN13]

@@AlsActionEnglish say Belfast lengthening the Fast

[@freyam1362]

I find this fascinating because my dads from NI, but my Mother is from the republic and I live in the south with her, but all of my dads side of the family live in Antrim so it’s interesting and funny when we go up to visit them to hear their accents and how different ours are! My grandmother has a very strong one haha. My friends get me to imitate the accent sometimes too😂 I’m not amazing but I’ve picked up on a lot of their pronunciation and how they say things and all my friends down south are obsessed with the northern Irish accent -they love it!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

What do you find are the main differences either side of the border? What about the similarities?

[@jopalmer4432]

​@@AlsActionEnglish I'm currently rehearsing for a writers workshop performing a Monologue written by a fellow actor. It's based on his NI grandmother and I would love some feedback on my accent 😊

[@tumijasmin3739]

I’m from Northern Ireland but I have a “posh” accent and it’s acc so funny watching this

[@AlsActionEnglish]

What exactly is a posh NI accent? How do you consider mine?

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@@laurahamilton9652We all probably have a cross of some sort. What exactly makes a truly authentic accent?

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@@laurahamilton9652 Absolutely! Norn Iron all the way (:

[@Evelleyes85]

I'm the same, I'm from Antrim, but I'm called posh all the time. Antrim is definitely not posh. Lmao.

[@jonnywatton1603]

Is the accent Downpatrick direction not quite posh? Lisburn I'd consider to be posh too. You speak very proper Al but I'd imagine you might lay it on a little thicker if you weren't trying to help others around the world understand you

[@GiaGRitter]

I'm obsessed. This accent is so friendly and beautiful!

[@vanjaskoric]

Ever since I visited Belfast a couple of years ago, I have been obsessed with the NI accent! What a great place and amazing people. Thank you for this video, brought back great memories.

[@aodhanmaccuinneagain7413]

I was born in Belfast and moved to the states when I was 15, i'm 22 now, and even to this day people still comment on my accent and how it doesn't sound like an Irish accent you may hear in a film or tv.

[@butchreed213]

your not from here catfish, your a plastic paddy!

[@paulpayton8238]

Love the Northern Irish accent I lived in Northern Ireland for 10 years, grand 😀 all the best Paul p England 🇬🇧

[@hectorlabbe]

Absolutely fascinating!!! First time ever hearing the NI accent. Hope to visit Belfast one day and find out where my great grandmother was coming from... Cheers from Montreal 🇨🇦 Thank you for the video!

[@irishbrummie01]

“Are you from Ireland?” “Yes” “What part?” “All of me”

[@Toconnica]

Alastair is a quare geg so he is, like

[@AlsActionEnglish]

BEEZER!

[@FFACanineWelfare]

I’m from NI but live in England now and I’m just teaching my kids how we speak... it’s quite funny hearing them try and copy it. That’s what brought me to your videos. I said “your wee ma’s a geg so she is” and they thought I said I was gay 😂😂

[@brenainnmacthomais]

@@FFACanineWelfare OMG! 🤣

[@shanieg7031]

Being mixed and having half of the Irish bloodline its so amazing to learn things about ME😁. I just love it. Thanks

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Anytime! What about the other half?

[@josongs5928]

Also, please don't stop or end your site. I studied at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and you way of presenting this material is professional, clear, and 'spot on grand' Always, Jo

[@CH-to5ry]

My grandpa and his family are from NI, he moved South Africa but never lost his accent. My mom and I grew up in SA and I realised that he is probably the reason why I say about 14 of these words/phrases naturally

[@lol-ib8yl]

Haha, I love this! I’m from England but my ex boyfriend was from Norn Iron. It reminded me of all the times I went to Belfast. It’s a lovely city and I love the accents there. Such nostalgia in watching this. Thanks for the great video :)

[@AlsActionEnglish]

You're welcome! There's an entire series of (now) over 30 videos if you're into nostalgia. Where were you in Belfast?

[@kennethgibson1265]

I love that we use the term baltic to mean cold, it's like the use of a regional stereotype that is totally fair and not really meant to be derogatory, just an accurate description, no one from a baltic country is going to argue with that.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Having lived in one such country for three years I can vouch for it!

[@newbris]

I first learnt it in Geordie land. Great word.

[@newbris]

Learnt a few new words, thanks. Surprising amount of crossover with Australian, and more obviously, northern English.

[@autumnkinz]

I've traveled to NI on 6 different occasions - mostly Belfast, but also the northern coast, Portaferry/Downpatrick and then to Derry this last summer. So many different accents and sayings from every area! I find Belfast accents the easiest to understand. When I watch Derry Girls, I have to have subtitles on! The word I learned on that show is "wains." I'd never heard that in reference to children before. I'm from Texas, but feel like Northern Ireland is my home away from home ❤

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Amazing! Do you have family from Norn Iron? Why do you think you find the Belfast accent easiest? And have you been able to watch my Derry Girls playlist?

[@patarnold4134]

I just watched Derry Girls and could only understand half of what Aunt Sarah was saying.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@@patarnold4134 You mustn't be from Norn Iron?

[@patarnold4134]

@@AlsActionEnglish No, I'm American. I understand Dubliners just fine!

[@riof.7947]

Btw it’s “Wee-Uns”

[@yolbrennan859]

love Belfast ppl, they are the most hospitable friendly ppl in the world. I travelled 50 countries, not a single country can compete.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Beezer! Have you considered working for the NI tourism sector?

[@yolbrennan859]

@@AlsActionEnglish why not✌

[@johnlavery6116]

Thank you .please do come back.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@T D Many people it appears. Why the dislike?

[@paulweir5031]

@T D From which shitehole do you come ?

[@zHumanfactor]

To my ear (when I was working and living in Belfast many years ago), when the locals spoke, it always sounded like they were asking a question (even when they weren't). It seemed there would be an upward inflection at the end of any statement. I always found that interesting. :)

[@rosamcdonald1221]

Oh yeah, it's definitely true. I used to joke that it was why my phone calls always lasted so long, it's really hard to finish a call when every statement sounds like a question 😀

[@caitlinmccann5243]

I love how most of us are just watching our own accent and sayings and we can definitely already speak English 🤣

[@MURPHY030]

Pffft yep

[@vincentmcnabb939]

The words that really show the distinctive Ulster accent are 'eight, date, great, gate, mate, wait, etc. Also the heavy vowel sounds in 'how, now, brown, cow'. The lilt is also very distinctive with a tendency to 'uptalk'. As most frequently seen with the Scots, many speakers often swap the past participle for the past simple in the common vernacular, e.g. 'I saw' becomes 'I seen' with frequent use of "have went' instead of 'have gone'.

[@talals6881]

I am not from Ireland but used to study in it. So i came here to listen and keep the connection between me and the years I have lived in Dublin

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Welcome! Great to have you on board, where are you from?

[@paulweir5031]

Dublin, which isn't in Northern Ireland.

[@MICHAELCAMPBELL69]

What has Dublim got to do with N Ireland accent? I am confused!!!

[@rescuerhonda0164]

Love it! My grandmother was born in Glasgow 10/31/1909 and was given to the Salvation Army at birth. Through Ancestry I found her birth parents and they were from Tyrone. It all made sense to me since I have felt Ireland in my soul for decades. I was born and raised in Southern California. I went to see the movie The Commitments on a date and I was doubled-over with laughter throughout it, but my date didn't laugh once. When it finished I asked him if he didn't find it hilarious and his reply was that he couldn't understand what they were saying!

[@josongs5928]

Grand work thank you for doing what you do you make such a difference always and sincerely Jo

[@user-xq8oc2eq1s]

I'm visiting Northern Ireland, truly a beautiful country with great people ❤️

[@karrinajj08]

im from Belfast and it's so funny to have someone point out how things are actually ment to be pronounced

[@AlsActionEnglish]

How things are 'meant' to be pronounced is a matter of opinion. There's no correct way to speak - providing communication takes place then that's the most important thing. What do you reckon?

[@karrinajj08]

@@AlsActionEnglish true... funny how words are pronounced by others in comparison to ours is what i meant (ment) lol

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Yeh, the Queens English - RP seems to be the way some/people think we're 'meant' to communicate...

[@orlacurran5241]

I’m from NI but I was wondering What about “ats us nai”

[@jude07041]

Orla Curran#OC that’s us now

[@goomba1000]

This was really interesting! I actually learned something new!

[@angeloangelo1169]

Thanks for this lesson. I would like to learn more.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

What would you like to learn more about?

[@alabamaholly]

I’m from the South US and we use faff and grand! I find this so fascinating. Thanks Al, your accent is gorgeous!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Seriously!? I thought these were exclusive to NI...

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@Heinrich Himmler 100% the same grand, it's island wide as far as I know.

[@butchreed213]

his accent is fake, mines real!

[@rjjjones6955]

I knew Does my head in Eejit Faff Fegs Gob Grand Grub

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Beezer!

[@macblackadder93]

When I was in Portadown in which it's a half an hour drive from Belfast, there was a shop with a sign saying Norn Iron.

[@nl5607]

Let’s go for a wee dander. Lol like and subbed ✌️😎

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Dander away ;)

[@MURPHY030]

Yes this is very true I'm northern Irish and am very proud of my country I personally call myself northern Irish 😀 😄

[@paulweir5031]

If one does something correctly the outcome will be perfect, here is a Norn Irish phrase which says that in a weird way; I remember it being used by snooker players: ' If I had've hit it right it would have went '.

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Hello Al. When i was studying in Edinburgh, Scotland i noticed the usage of the word "wee"; like " I'm going out for a wee while". Thank you Al for your channel. Excellent channel. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 I have subscribed to your channel.

[@heyitsmesam1997]

These videos are so good mate 😩 I'm from Sweden and during undergrad my school had an exchange program with QUB, I had the pleasure of interacting with some of the Norn Iron lads on campus, had many good laughs with them 😁 they sadly all disappeared after the program came to a halt due to brexit 😢 I'm actually considering QUB for my masters since it's such a good school but the fact that it's almost twice as expensive as pursuing a masters in an EU university nowadays is rather disappointing 😪 wish you all the best!

[@paulweir5031]

Do N. Irish people still use oxter as a term for the armpit? If someone had imbibed too much alcohol and needed assistance in walking, then a friend on either side would support him by linking his arms; this was known as ' oxter cogging '.

[@paulweir5031]

On Bullseye last night one of the prizes was an electric racing car game: this reminded me that Scalextric in Northern Ireland was pronounced Scalectrix by all my contemporaries, but not by me of course!

[@Sorter_123]

“ I’ve got a sore gob from the fight last night “ typical Irish ☘️ 😁😁😁😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@greengreen4251]

I love you.. Here from Leeds learning your accent xx

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Hey, what are the differences between the accents?

[@silviasanchez648]

Dander was one of the words that took me longer to realise what it was about. Baltic is also used in Glasgow.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Have you grasped it now?

[@georgejob7544]

Huv ye goat a hawd o it ! 👍

[@silviasanchez648]

@@AlsActionEnglish Aye!

[@silviasanchez648]

@@georgejob7544 Ye, it became clearer as I got used to it :-)

[@alexmckenzie8491]

That was grand! Thank you. I'll use it with my Russian student.

[@paulweir5031]

' I'm the coolest and the fruitiest ice lolly you've seen, And I'm cool and fruity ice with a heart of ice cream '. Quencher and Joker, 3d each.

[@ivequitsorry1630]

good wee video i allready speak it and i live in the wee county of belfast and im proud

[@paulweir5031]

Day and daily: heard this on Newsline recently, for the first time in yonks. Usually spoken as day'n'daily it means, obviously, happening every day - but not in a good way, eg, ' I hear that dog barking day'n'daily '.

[@mcgoodle]

"Banjax" is one of the best words I've ever heard. Here in the deep South of the U.S. the equivalent would be "toe up", as in "this here computer is toe up." (torn up, i.e. broken).

[@tommccrory201]

A lot of immigrants arrived in the southern states in the late 19th. Century. I am sure some Irish slang words exist there , even today. By the way. Gob is Irish Gaelic for mouth.

[@Chiaroscuro22]

In Australia we use the word “cactus”. “I heard your computer shat itself.” “Yeah mate, it’s totally cactus.”

[@sergiikhaliman6487]

Great videos, keep going))

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Thanks, keep commenting ;)

[@paulweir7122]

Back home a four wheeler made out of old bits of wood and pram wheels was known as a ' guider ', remember? The back wheels were larger and the front were on a central pivot which had the steering rope attached; the driver sat on the main frame and placed one foot either side of the pivot to help control the steering. The American soap box cart is a much more upmarket version but we had some fun on our rudimentary vehicles. I'll bet that kids nowadays would be too embarrassed to be seen on one. Happy days.

[@patkyle2601]

I'm from Northern Ireland. Lots of people say I'm quite posh

[@AlsActionEnglish]

...and do you think you are?

[@paulweir5031]

He/she doesn't seem to know, Al.

[@snakesballs593]

Also Irish but live in Australia my wife loves it when I Say no one Understands 🤣

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Is she an Aussie then?

[@snakesballs593]

She is from the Philippines

[@strawbearie_bunnies]

Family is from northern Ireland proud of it. And also proud of my selkie fae family too

[@frankbray9416]

Even before he started into the 20 words I had to listen very carefully to understand everything he is saying. Canadian here from southern Ontario.

[@gankygerry8005]

Im from the more agri part of the country and i struggle to understand my own da at times, heard him insult my mate the other day by saying "For all the price of a cabbage"

[@danielplayfair3596]

Let’s go for a walk before the rain comes, I live in Carrick and it is always raining

[@AlsActionEnglish]

🎵I wish I was in Carrickfergus

[@danielplayfair3596]

Al's Action English great song

[@CraigyGInDaHut1993]

At least you dont live in Larne.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Whatever is the matter with Larne?

[@danielplayfair3596]

Al's Action English it’s like ballymena and Wales had a baby

[@ajayempee]

Good man yourself. Crackin' video, I use every word myself (except bake and beezer) ☮️

[@MrCharlesWidmore]

Great videos, I'm originally from Crumlin but have been living in Rochdale this past ten years! I'm literally drained having to repeat myself 2/3 daily with regards to my accent! If I'm out in public and say something, everyone will stare at me as if I've got ten heads......and that's before I produce Ulster Bank notes to pay for something - a complete nightmare Alastair! 😓

[@barbararodgers518]

I knew a girl that when she was telling someone something she said to someone would start the conversation with "here be's me..." ( instead of saying "I said...)

[@GRIMSBONIAN13]

I just realized why I am a terrible speller. My Granny was from Belfast. My mom used to say this is how they pronounce this in Belfast. I would spell words as I heard them.

[@jesbrimer3096]

Hi, I've been watching your videos on how to speak with a northern Irish accent to help write a character born in Northern Ireland. All your videos have been really helpful and I enjoy listening, but I was curious if you have any tips how to write the accent because I want to show verses telling. For example in my writing, "...she said in her Irish accent." Again thanks. Your videos are great!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Hi, are you an author then? What exactly do you mean? How to spell/write certain NI words and phrases? Or how to report what was said?

[@jesbrimer3096]

No, I'm not an author but I'm trying to be. :) I think tips on phrases or even behavior would help me as a writer. Like for example I live in south in North America. Here it's not uncommon for people (esp older age) to pat someone on the shoulder or be huggers. So I guess a combination of behavior and phrases. I have a notebook I jot notes from your videos. Thanks you again!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

All the best with this endeavour! The best way to understand the Northern Irish is to come and observe them in their natural environment. It's hard to explain behaviours in the comments section of KZbin 😂

[@paulweir5031]

Bloodlands Series1: Episode 1. A character uses the term " earywigged " but the subtitles couldn't cope with our variation and came up with merely wigged. Some subtitle errors are funny but not so much so for people who depend upon them.

[@LD-wm7jm]

Half of these feed into Scottish and Welsh english, for some reason loads of these phrases have found themselves in the Scouse accent/vocabulary of which I am a native speaker.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Hey! Perhaps it's because of the close proximity between Liverpool and N. Ireland. Which ones are commonly used in your neck of the woods?

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@@LD-wm7jm Makes complete sense - just slight variations in pronunciation. Very cool indeed; I am a huge fan of regional dialects in the UK!

[@LD-wm7jm]

Fair enough mate, I really need to go over to Ireland and see the place, both the Republic and Northern Ireland. I hear we scousers get a good rap there hahah

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@@LD-wm7jm Aye, definitely get yourself over here and see if the rumours are true ;)

[@lukeplaysdaxbox6914]

Half of the northern Irish words are originally from Scottish words

[@jomcloughlin]

I'm a Scottish lass. My man is from norn iron lol.. most of these words are from Scotland. We took them ore and now they norn Irish me came backed and bucked us...

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Haha, I hope you don't feel aggrieved!

[@danielplayfair3596]

Al's Action English these are from the plantation

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@@danielplayfair3596 Could you please expand on what you mean?

[@marylaura6366]

My Momma Falls Rd 1927 born... Belfast 13 Waterford St.. What a history I have..

[@Nicole.92]

😂 I’m from cookstown + I’m literally tittering away at our accent 😂 like you I’m also proud of my country + where I’m from!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

"How to do a Cookstown Accent"

[@leeforlazy]

Can u talk about some northern irish culture, like the lifestyle of people, culture etc

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Yes, of course! Watch this space.

[@FFACanineWelfare]

Nothing better than the northern Irish spirit

[@paulweir5031]

@T D And on what pray do you base your sweeping statement? Speaking for myself; I have memory second to none, can work out days of the week with their dates, going back hundreds of years, in seconds and can defeat teams on University Challenge; and that's before I start bumming myself up.

[@paulweir5031]

@T D Your grammar is appalling, you ill educated git. From what craphole were you dragged up?

[@paulweir5031]

@T D The plural of sailor is sailors; once again you show your lack of education.

[@billgregg7671]

I’ve been away from Belfast 45 years or so. I’ve maintained my accent but last year in Belfast I was identified as Canadian for the first time ever. I suppose over the years my accent now has a Canadian twang.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

How did that feel being identified as a non-native?

[@shamrock4500]

My Granddad was from Belfast, we never realized he had an accent, until years later when people starting asking us where we were from, it confused us, but we had adopted his accent, and never noticed, we were born and raised Canadian.

[@billgregg7671]

@@AlsActionEnglish sorry for the tardy reply . To be honest the more often I visit the more I realize I have become Canadian and feel like a tourist. All be it one with a sort of native accent.

[@uuw_]

@@billgregg7671 Was born in canada but both my parents are from Northern ireland and i also moved back here when i was 8, im 18 now and still have my canadian accent, super weird lol

[@UncleSambo]

I am From East Belfast and this video is just craic.

[@jenna_baker]

wow i am swooned 😂 i've only gotten to see Dublin a couple times and wasn't crazy about the accent like i am for yours! funny that the accent changes every 20 kilometers in the UK, though 😅

[@mkdcg]

I had a boss once who asked if I wanted to go home early, but I couldn't understand him. Not sure if he was Irish or from Northern Ireland, but he had quite a potty mouth. Dropped F-Bombs every 3 words.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Not understanding is definitely common and not everyone has potty mouths!

[@lizzrobb2313]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Norn Iron

[@Crazed-oi3bs]

🇬🇧 they don’t have the Northern Irish flag. rip

[@lizzrobb2313]

@@Crazed-oi3bs please explain more of what u mean .🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Crazed-oi3bs]

@@lizzrobb2313 The flag of Northern Ireland, the one with the red hand.

[@AllSheWroteTheatre]

I have to learn a northern Irish accent but my family is from the republic so it’s proving difficult but these videos are helping so thank you :)

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Why is it proving difficult?

[@AllSheWroteTheatre]

Al's Action English the piece of text I need to learn doesn’t have many of the sounds or words I’ve learnt from this channel in it so I’m still struggling to work out how to do it in the accent

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@@AllSheWroteTheatre Do you have some examples in particular? Somewhere in this playlist 'all' the features of the Northern Irish accent should be covered in detail.

[@AllSheWroteTheatre]

Al's Action English I didn’t realise there was a full playlist I’ve only watched about five videos🤦🏻‍♀️ it’s things like “it was a terrible wet day”. I’ll watch the other videos now, thank you

[@luddite2702]

Why would you want one.

[@Shoo21676]

Tbf we say ten of those words on the main land but thanks for the video was very interesting informative😊👍❤

[@moegreene1823]

Greetings from California. We sometimes will use "shut your beak", but it would definitely sound much cooler with the Northern Irish accent. I remember hearing Ulster hooker Rory Best telling the referee once, "he knade 'im" after one of his players got kneed while down. It just sounded much fuller (and slightly satisfying) when I said it like he did. Cheers!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Greetings! Shut your 'beak' or shut your 'bake'? Rory Best is an absolute legend; he's retiring after the World Cup in Japan. Glad to see a US rugby fan!

[@moegreene1823]

@@AlsActionEnglish I just assumed "bake" is how "beak" is said! Either way, love the accent, it's one of my faves, and so is Ulster rugby. SUFTUM!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@@moegreene1823Not sure, I thought it was legitimately 'bake' Anyway, it's a classic. Stand up indeed! Semi-finals are soon (:

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Are you from the Republic of Ireland?

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@Heinrich Himmler Yup

[@somekindofme03]

I come from Germany and here, too, there are many accents or dialects, even if the schools try to teach and speak "Hochdeutsch=Accent Free German". Where I live, most people speak a Berlin accent, which does not belong to the North German dialect or accent.. There are up to 20 dialects here in Germany, so german is not always german. Every language has its facets. For me, english is sometimes difficult to understand or to translate because there are other idioms or, as you have often said in the videos, many different types of slang. In all languages there are words they can have two or more completely different meanings depending on how you stress it or what context it is in. An example comes to mind when I think of the words "turkey", "Race" or "polish". When it comes to pronunciation, I still have my problems with the words: through, though and squirrel. Struggle is real.

[@lisapope1523]

Is there much of a difference in accents just over the other side of the border? Trying to find out for a friend who has relatives from Armagh and Monaghan coming over to Scotland to settle and the surname has several different spellings which I think must have been due to the accent - does Moan sound like Moon more in a Northern Irish or republic Irish accent? This was in the mid to late 1800's so the accent may have been slightly different then?

[@MabelleHouse0204]

This was so interesting! I love learning new dialects 🥰 I’m from the South East of England so my accent and dialect is pretty boring!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

I'm pleased to hear this - new dialects are superb. What makes you think your accent / dialect is pretty boring? Many would no doubt disagree...

[@MabelleHouse0204]

Al's Action English I guess because my accent is fairly neutral. I’d describe it as a sort of contemporary RP though not nearly as posh at the Queen!!

[@lauramccullough8888]

Aye what's the craic mate your from up the the motorway from me 😂I'm from larne so it's wild here

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Beezer down here in the Big Smoke. Wild Larne indeed, ferries and all that!

[@padraigmckenna938]

I used to live on Glynn Road millbrook station Road Ballygally BallyVallagh Coast Road all over Larne have they got electricity and running water now....

[@benamini5701]

I love Belfast Accent. I like how they finished the sentences, to me it seems some Mexicans do the same too. English is not my native language so probably I don't know what I'm talking about.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Thanks for your insight. How would you describe the Belfast Accent as finishing sentences?

[@benamini5701]

@@AlsActionEnglish That tone in the end of most sentences. It's difficult to describe.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

@@benamini5701 Agreed! Seeing if you could do a better job than this end.

[@shadowpup0960]

I used to live in Belfast

[@AlsActionEnglish]

...how did you get out?

[@shadowpup0960]

@@AlsActionEnglish we moved about 3 years ago

[@paulweir5031]

Suhail says that he heard wee everywhere. In the Miracles' hit I don't blame you at all , there is the phrase "" was just a wee drop of rain "" : I wonder how Smokey thought of that ?

[@AlsActionEnglish]

We all may wonder...

[@paulweir5031]

What about slider? Is it still used for an ice cream wafer? I believe in Britain it is used as a term for a small burger in a soft roll , but I can't say that I have ever heard it used as such. Wick: describes something useless or crap. Never heard baltic used in Co.Down or anywhere else.

[@jamesegerton7178]

Bout ye!! This video is absolutely beezer! Up Belfast!!

[@AlsActionEnglish]

I'm dead on mate! Think there's more of these ones to come!

[@CellyAndriani]

I ❤️ Northern Ireland I was visit my friends in Belfast Moneymore and Dessertmartin 👍🌸

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Which is your favourite of these three places?

[@peacehope7365]

I was born in NI, Enniskillen. NI heritage for centuries. Sadly moved to England aged two, so I lost my accent, and sound totally English. I like to think there's another version of me in a parallel universe who grew up there and kept the lovely accent 😊

[@nerieutb]

I am from Spain and I lived there for a year and I got the accent. You are still in time, you'll be grand!! 😂 I was also living in the south in Co. Cork, working with farmers... And god, that was iimpossible...

[@rw8996]

Northern Irish people just aren’t Irish (not part of RoI) or British (not part of GB). We are Northern Irish which has been a separate country for almost 100 years. It is weird how people don’t know they’re separate when they weren’t together when these people were alive. I love this video.

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Perfectly put! Glad you enjoyed the video - there's a series if you're interested and haven't come across it.

[@paulweir7122]

Drawing a line across a country doesn't stop people identifying with their homeland. The people of the Korean peninsula are all Koreans irrespective of the side of the border in which they were born. All the people of Vietnam are Vietnamese, as they were before the country was reunified, whether or not they are from the south or the north. Both my maternal grandparents were born on the island of Ireland, in the 19thC, but my mother hailed from Co.Down, post partition. She certainly wasn't Northern Irish! To finish; after 1947 did some people from the Indian subcontinent refer to themselves as East Pakistani and West Pakistani or just Pakistani?

[@paulweir7122]

On the subject of nationality, I've just remembered this piece of nonsense from Wikipedia. The actress Kim Thomson was born in Bath to a Scottish father and an Irish mother, but she is referred to as English!!

[@rw8996]

Paul Weir Yes, if they were born before 1920 then certainly they could simply identify as Irish if they were born in the land area now known as Northern Ireland. I’m Northern Irish, my great great great grandparents would’ve been just Irish. Just because other places such as North and South Korea simply call themselves Korean doesn’t make that the same for us. ‘Northern Irish’ is neutral to Unionist & Nationalist, it’s just fact.

[@rw8996]

Paul Weir Well yes, I believe your Nationality is where you are born, Bath is in England, therefore she would be English. Would you prefer to describe her as Scotirish?

[@rebeccawhite5012]

A lot of these are common in Australia also

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Really?

[@adrianek12102008]

Im finding people in the northern counties of the republic speaking kinda northern iron accent too, ie county Louth. I love NI accent, when I first arrived in Ireland many years ago, and I heard NI man I genuinely thought this is not English speaking person. I thought it’s Finnish or maybe Norwegian lol. I couldn’t understand a single word. Now I get like 90% or more including slang lol. Great channel thanks 🙏

[@emilydonnan867]

Coming from Northern Ireland this is so true

[@aceofjase9176]

Yea, but can you say "H" heheheh😂😂

[@AlsActionEnglish]

Of course ;)

[@fuzzasco4896]

That's not how you pronounce "H", mate. You're supposed to pronounce it as: "H".

[@jomcloughlin]

Aechhh

[@johngurlides9157]

In Norn Iron, H is pronounced "aych" by our lot and "haych" by that other lot.

[@paulweir5031]

I was educated by " that other lot " and have always pronounced it as it should be , aitch . From where did you get the spelling aych ??

[@paulweir5031]

Question: What's a Hindu? Ballymena answer: Cluck, cluck, cluck.

[@paulweir5031]

Re snooker: when the object ball is struck against a side cushion then pocketed on the opposite side commentators call this shot a 'double', but in N. Ireland we always called it a 'cross'. If the ball travelled twice then it was a 'double cross'.

[@1annafire]

I love Belfast and the Belfast accent.

[@davidmccarter9479]

That is stickin’ out, so it is.

[@oman115]

Mate, I knew you were from Belfast the moment you started talking 😅

[@AlsActionEnglish]

What gave it away?

[@lechamfaster8090]

Excellent, needs more the Northern ireland accent, miss words sometimes