Americans React to An Irishman's Guide to the Irish Accent

[@andreab449]

Paddy is absolutely spelt with 2 d's. Some americans spell it Patty, which is a girls name, and especially here in Ireland is seen as disrespectful.

[@JustCallMeHen]

Thank you, I have been arguing about that since before St Paddy's day

[@andreab449]

@@JustCallMeHen i think its like that in so many different parts of america it would be hard to fix but i just explain as i go and usually people are respectful. ❤

[@JustCallMeHen]

@@andreab449 It is when they reply, "well that's how we say it," that bothers me. I have just taken my time to explain why not only is Patty incorrect, but also insulting to get that response. They use the excuse that Paddy is a derogative name for Irish people so they won't use that.

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

​@@andreab449 Some Americans celebrate bonfire night because they think Guy Fawkes was some kind of anarchist, not realising he were basically a religious extremist. They cock up all the holidays they import lol

[@andreab449]

@@wallythewondercorncake8657 i have to admit though, they do celebrate St Paddy's Day on a way bigger scale than even here, it's great to see. i just wish they would spell it CORRECTLY!!🤣

[@CazPea]

When I was a small child we moved from London to a new housing estate in the West Country. I’m English, but the 5 immediate families in my neighbourhood were Irish, their parents all had very strong accents, so I grew up understanding all types of Irish accents. I love Ireland, such lovely people and a beautiful place.

[@gallowglass2630]

You have to remember that ireland has only been an english majority speaking since 1800 so the irish language and the various dialects influences how we speak

[@neilgayleard3842]

How does it compare to Northern Ireland. Has it changed since independence.

[@101steel4]

​@@neilgayleard3842Northern Ireland is still part of the UK.

[@djs98blue]

@@neilgayleard3842the northern Irish accent, particularly re Belfast, tends to be a bit less lyrical and harder if that makes sense? But it’s still recognisably an Irish accent though not everyone in Northern Ireland identifies as Irish - I’ve met a fair few who identify as British.

[@colinmorrison5119]

Simon Roper did a video of the south English accent over time, going back centuries. When he got to c,1600, it sounded reminiscent of a Dublin-ish accent. I found it astonishing. The historical context wasn't lost on me. Under the Belfast Agreement, NI people can identify as Irish, British, or both, and claim passports of the same, something many took advantage of, especially after Brexit.

[@garethm3242]

Also that it's incredibly varied, given the tiny size of our island. I'm in Derry, and our accent has most if not all of the dominant words and phrases of the dialect of the island as a whole, but heavily influenced by Scots, owing to our proximity and history of emigration. Especially Glasgow, and the West of Scotland. (Every second word here in spoken conversion seems to be "wee" for example.) 'Tis pure mad, so it is!

[@chrisellis3797]

Saint Padraig = Paddy's Day. Even though loads of people use the anglicised Patrick it still gets called Paddy's Day. NEVER Patty

[@KaseyKaos]

Naomh Padraig if you're gonna use the gaeilge mais é do thol é.

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

Patty would be weird. I didn't even know this was a thing. I had a friend called Patrick Fitzpatrick, and we all called him Paddy Fitzpatrick or just Paddy Fitz.

[@kylemenos]

Don't mind that people have localisations of different speech. It's perfectly fine.

[@thesoul2sqeeze]

​@@kylemenosyou're an Irish person and you're fine with Americans calling it patty?! ...why ?

[@kylemenos]

@@thesoul2sqeeze Because certain areas have certain pronunciations in there local community. For example Japanese people can't pronounce R and Irish people don't pronounce H because it isn't in the base language or it's silent when placed after a T. It's correct for them to say Patty at home but if they come here and say it I ask for them not to. Basically, home field advantage.

[@garybarrett4881]

You have GOT to do a reaction to the Foil Arms and Hog “How to speak Dublin” comedy sketches! Foil Arms and Hog are a great Irish comedy group with a really funny KZbin channel.

[@neilreilly3966]

for the northside Dublin accent why did he choose an inner city junkie!?!

[@moorenicola6264]

Exactly, so cringe.

[@gallowglass2630]

Poor video considering it was done by an irishman. Pat Rabbitte he used for galway is from mayo and Michael D for limerick,probably only the cork ones were decent

[@MICHAELCAMPBELL69]

Because they are the majority

[@DerekTJ]

For the lolz!

[@DavidDArcy1975]

🤣

[@rmartin147]

Hello Lindsay and Steve, from Dublin, Ireland. You two are so warm, friendly and full of laughter. I absolutely guarantee you would have a brilliant time if you came to Ireland for a holiday.

[@seanok3498]

Delightful that you guys thought that gentleman spoke like a poet😂 He is an accomplished poet, and we are thrilled to have elected him as our President 😊

[@delgirldel]

No we are not. Speak for yourself. Miggledee picks up rent boys in the park.

[@Freethinker959]

No we don't he evil like the rest of the Irish government

[@ivandickson6063]

​@@delgirldelwith his gimpy leprechaun head on him😅

[@BiaMaith]

I think he's class, he makes a great figure head for the country. He plays perfectly to the stereotypical image many have of Ireland in a good way. We gain a lot by the world seeing us as a very friendly poetic people and Michael D as president really helps maintain that image. Apart from that I like him, he's a pure gentleman from all I've seen and heard over the years.

[@philbradshaw7650]

He sold the people out and allowed banks evict people, he's a dwarf prick

[@CatherineKitty480]

😂😂😂 love the reaction you guys. Don't worry we find it hard to understand each other's accent too living in Ireland 😂😂

[@tjay9646]

You can hear the Irish influence in the Liverpool (scouse) accent.

[@Caambrinus]

And in Newfoundland, New York, Boston........

[@duibhiruimaolmmhauid9039]

thats because there are so many of us in liverpool, at least the liverpudlians dont claim to be plastic paddys 😅

[@alexkeyes-hk6vp]

I think thats why the Liverpool accent is so insane compared to any other english accent. It's not far from north wales and than you have irish/scottish migrating to liverpool via the liverpool docks.

[@dobman2011]

Clear as day, heavily Welsh and Irish.

[@dobman2011]

@@Caambrinus Not sure about New York or Boston but many from Newfoundland don't sound Canadian at all. If they didn't tell you, you'd just assume they were Irish. It doesn't even sound mixed.

[@olliestevenson8068]

Irish here from the smallest county. Co louth the first Dublin guy was off his head 😂😂😂 and yes even ten miles from mine it's different some parts of Ireland I can't understand a word they are saying I went to Cork she couldn't understand me and I couldnt understand her there was a Polish man who had to translate for both of us so funny 😂😂😂🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@Badlander87X]

The Weee County The home of the StaaaBar

[@moorenicola6264]

Not even ten miles. I'm from Dublin and if I go two miles down the road the accent is different.

[@Badlander87X]

@@moorenicola6264 pretty much then you go to johnstoen in Naaavin and its little inner city Northside dublin . Or duleek is Northside dub aswell

[@ciaramc29]

Ardee, Dundalk and Drogheda all different accents in the wee county. I still have my Dub accent.

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

They're always off their heads. Lmao

[@karl-rconnon9974]

Why would you not believe the Irish guy saying it is spelled with 2 "D”s and not 2 “T”s. Calling it St Patties day is so so insulting, it’s always been paddies day and never patties day. That be like us insisting to you that your first president was Georgie Wishingtim even after you’ve tried to correct us. For the love of god please please please let more Americans know that saying “St Pattties Day” will immediately get you labelled as an outsider or nothing more than a Plastic Paddy. Yeah, it’s Patrick with a T but Paddies(Paddy’s) with two “D”s

[@101steel4]

They don't believe English spellings, so they're not going to Irish ones😂

[@rosincox9799]

Drives me mad .Most Irish people say the full name ,Saint Patrick !

[@Quessir]

Yes, it is. Patrick comes from the Irish name Pádraig, which as a nickname is Paddy. Paddy's Day is what we call it. Patty's Day means nothing. Patty is a woman's name. Every damn year we have to go through this with Americans who think Patty comes from Patrick.

[@Brian-om2hh]

I once knew an older Irish guy who was renovating an old isolated cottage. I kept an eye on the progress over the 12 Months or so it took to complete the work. I asked him how much all the work had eventually cost him. He said "oh, somewhere between a fair bit of money, and a fair lot of money"........ He used to say that even bad luck was better than no luck at all.....I loved his logic and his outlook on life. I once tried discussing politics on a fairly light scale with him, and he said " Oh, I can't be bothered with all dat"

[@gabschasse600]

I think not to " be bothered with all dat " is vey wise.logic concerning politics .😉

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@gabschasse600 He clearly thought so....

[@Dreyno]

Politics is your best avoided unless you’re fairly certain you share a political leaning with the other person. Things can turn nasty quickly. Especially nowadays.

[@norawhite6612]

Our President Michael D Higgins Born in Limerick, grew up in Co Clare and lived and Lectured in Co Galway. Now resides in the capital Dublin. He is also a poet and always on the side of the poor and disadvantaged.👍🇮🇪💖

[@ViDuhy]

Not anymore

[@NegativeAccelerate]

Taught my mum at university.

[@tonywalsh6054]

The 2 Dublin accents was not a reference to the county accants. It was a reference to Dublin city which is divided into North and South by the river Liffey.

[@Mt24855]

Yeah the island of Ireland is crazy you could travel minutes in any direction and youll find a different accent 😂 Ballymena is a wild one hay 😂

[@kylemenos]

I'm from Co. Kerry and the person he used for our accent is a politician that has a very different accent from the north of our county. Much like Cork the people who live in large towns have drastically different accents. The reason for this is when you speak in town, you do not want to be overheard. When you speak in a Rural area you want to be heard from far away and also you want your accent to travel to identify yourself as a local. You have to remember the reason why we have accents is a defence mechanism to associate ourselves with the clan and identify foreigners. Look back at a map of Irish clans and you'll see a reason for the different accent locations but disregard Cork Limerick and Dublin because they were captured by Vikings and British. Especially Lower Dublin as that was the First place Britain Invaded and settled. It became known as 'The Pale' from which we get the saying 'Going beyond The Pale'. Meaning to step into the unknown or walk into a dangerous area.

[@KathleenHorgan]

Totally agree. I'm from Tralee and even different neighbourhoods here have different accents.

[@andrearice2483]

Hi Steve and Lindsay, you need to watch Irish man with Bat in kitchen it's hysterical. Loving your videos

[@christina3959]

😂😂😂😂for sure

[@JeanBeech-gc4iw]

That kills me I almost wet my pants.😂😂😂😂

[@DeborahMcgee-t8c]

O that was so funny 😂

[@billyo54]

Hi guys. I'm from Tipperary and we have a North Tipperary and a South Tipperary accent. To make matters more complicated I live in East Cork which is different from Cork City (which is only a few miles away) and West Cork which is very different from both East Cork and the City accent is. And of course they're entirely different from Tipperary, either North or South. All these places are in a radius of less than a hundred miles.😂

[@brigidsingleton1596]

❤ My late maternal Grandad was born in County Mayo (in 1894) but by the time I came to know him as a child (I was born in SE.London in 1953) I'd guess he'd lost a little of his native Irish accent, especially as he'd moved to Scotland prior to WWI, where he and my Nan had my Mum, before moving down to London, England, though he must've kept enough of his native Irish for years as my Mum often spoke as an Irish woman... (Which I never did, despite my given name's being used a lot by Irish people: Brigid Mary... My Mum having a fondness for names of Irish Saints!)

[@withcoffey]

My dad is from the beautiful county Tipp. My grandad was an absolute gent but for the life of me I couldn't ever understand him. (Extremely think accent) Had all the typical Tipperary-isms tho - -thnx a "millin" etc Good times

[@declancorrigan2776]

TH is pronounced differently in the Irish language so in English you might hear TH as T as in Third will be said as TURD, This will be said as DIS. This is because in Irish the word Thuaidh (North) is pronounced Hoo-ig and from that example you can see the dh has a different sound also. In the Irish alphabet we dont have the letters K, Q, V, W, X, Y or Z so these sounds are made by combining letters (well K is pronounced like C in Cake) as in the name Méabh pronounced MAVE.

[@margaretbarclay-laughton2086]

What he calls a lost T is actually a glottal stop.

[@hanifleylabi8071]

The Dublin ones sound more like a breathy h to me, e.g but = buh

[@heraklesnothercules.]

Correct. It's so named because it's formed by closing the glottis. It's particularly prevalent if you're from the London area but now seems to be commonly used by the younger generation from anywhere in the UK. It's one of my pet hates, LOL.

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

​@heraklesnothercules. It's be'er than pronouncing the T's as D's. I'd rather have some "wa'er" than "wadder" 😂 I wouldn't be so bi'er abou' i' though.

[@trishloughman5998]

and the inaccurate 'deez and dohz' is a palatised t or d. Different sound altogether - a sound that comes from the Irish language. The Ds in 'Dún an doras' are not hard Ds, they are palatised Ds.

[@joeshea1010]

loved watching this, you're both very sweet and honest, god bless you both, and a long life to you

[@iandrew6347]

You should check out the Black Country accent it very interesting

[@angelagardner5230]

I know live in brum . My irish friend and i could not understand this black country accent what so ever. upper gorm or something like that

[@Mivs123]

Its said that the black country accent is the oldest accent in the UK 🇬🇧

[@Mivs123]

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[@stevenlagoe7808]

@@Mivs123 Yes, I've read that, being in the centre of the country, the Black Country had little influence from anywhere else accent-wise, so it became more and more pronounced. Apparently, it's the nearest thing to 'Old English' still in existence.

[@Caambrinus]

@@Mivs123There is, of course, no such thing......

[@jackcarter5101]

You should now react to the Irish language. The video is called "Monolingual Irish Speaker" by the channel An Ghaelige. It's about fisherman and traditional storyteller John Henry (1915-1998), the last known person who spoke ONLY Irish.

[@dp9862]

The Gaeltacht still exists and many still speak only Irish, you clearly haven’t a clue what you’re talking about.

[@jackcarter5101]

@@dp9862 There is no one alive today who is only CAPABLE of speaking Irish

[@DonnachaFoley]

Is é sin caipín

[@CianFlynn-ss7hi]

​@@dp9862they all speak english aswell as it has to be taught to them in school

[@paulc180]

I am a Welshman living in Wales, at 10:45 I had no idea at all what that chap was saying.

[@audience2]

That guys accent was so thick that even other Irish people would have to concentrate to understand him. He wasn't a good representative of his region's accent.

[@leonisaacson4224]

I'm Irish and hadn't a clue what he was saying, that's what it sounds like when you have ten pints of Guinness down your neck

[@wulfgold]

Michael D Higgins - totally the dude that's going to give you a Quest.

[@cupoftea2957]

💚🤍🧡

[@101steel4]

See if you can find some Irish travellers. Now that would be a challenge 😂 Do you like dags!

[@poppletop8331]

I luv dags, I'va lil black un.😉

[@BeckyPoleninja]

Yes it is spelt with 2 'D"s Patrick is spelt Padraig in Irish

[@reactingtomyroots]

I know it's spelled with 2 d's, I was referring to the fact that so many Irish people have told me that they consider it offensive to call it St Paddy's Day instead of St Patrick's Day. I'm sure that depends on the individual.

[@ThatGreatGuyJesus]

​​@@reactingtomyrootsnot a single person in Ireland would be offended by calling it Paddys Day, Paddys Day is the most common name for it I'd say St. Paddys would be weird, but not offensive. Patty's day is the one that'll drive people half mental. The commenters saying Paddys day is offensive are most likely not Irish

[@BeckyPoleninja]

@reactingtomyroots Calling an Irish person a Paddy has historical been used perogative, yes, and we don't do it, but saying St Paddy's Day isn't as it is the correct spelling. Although I would say over 90% say St Patrick:)

[@ViDuhy]

Hate it being called Paddy's Day

[@BeckyPoleninja]

@ViDuhy yes no one here (UK or Ireland) really uses it, just St Patrick's Day

[@stephaniehamilton6217]

Here in Northern Ireland we refer to "country" accents and people as "Culchie" or "Culchies" (plural) easier to pronounce than "rural", don't you think Steve???😊

[@neilreilly3966]

also boggers and welly warriors

[@colinmorrison5119]

My neighbour in my youth, in south Fermanagh, an old farmer, once said of the mad eejits from Belfast: "The red brick puts them mad."

[@Dreyno]

That term isn’t peculiar to Northern Ireland. It’s used all over Ireland.

[@gallowglass2630]

Thats all over the island not just NI

[@collettemchugh9495]

Check out the WAW that stands for Wild Alantic Way, or the Giants Causeway in the North of Ireland

[@traceymarshall5886]

The cork man: He is saying "the only thing we get used to the late nights again, but that will be that will be the thing, but sure what will be the harm we get used to it shall we will. but other then that, it is (t'is) good"

[@CianFlynn-ss7hi]

Im irish(waterford) and its funny, first time they played the clip i couldnt make out a work because of the volume but the second they turned it up i could understand it crystal clear

[@lisanelson9979]

I find our accents sort of musical. My neighbour is from the Midlands in the South and I could listen to him all day.

[@Dreyno]

Midlands accents are horrendous.

[@gudlisner501]

When tourists, usually British or American, start commenting on my Irish accent I like to remind them that as visitors they are the ones with the accent and they are the ones that need to engage in active listening.

[@colinmorrison5119]

Please ignore the northern accent clip - that kid was putting that accent on as a joke. You would rarely hear anything like that apart from remote rural regions in Mid-Ulster. There's a huge variety in NI - Belfast alone has several accents (you can tell East from West), the north coast sounds almost Scottish, and Derry is a thing all of its own.

[@Sevenlllllllegs]

Don’t think it was a joke, think he’s just pure cultchie. He’s a comedian now and still talks like that 😂

[@christopherluke8554]

Consider some thought to look at specifically Northern Ireland covering history, politics, geography, culture - it is fascinating. Northern Ireland has many beautiful cities to visit, its coastline is immense (I was there in November 2023) and I was astonished by the beauty of the coastline from Londonderry (Derry), Portrush, the famous Giant's Causeway, Ballycastle. Of course Belfast the capital of Northern Ireland is a very vibrant city full of history and culture and is worth doing a video on, and inland to city of Omagh. The political history of Northern Ireland is still contentious especially during the period of what is known as "the troubles" and the conflict between Irish catholic and protestant communities however it is very important to have a broad understanding of the history and to gain perspective. Christopher

[@colinmorrison5119]

There are three languages native (or at least have been there some time) in Ireland - Irish, English and the Ulster dialect of Scots. The latter has a big influence on the language, and is why the northern accents are so distinct. My own father had Scots words throughout his vernacular, and recently found out one, fornenst, is also used in Scots islands. As for religious identity, I'm happy to say Ireland, north and south, is rapidly secularising. We have a way to go but it's headed in the right direction.

[@tiedtheknotable]

I’m watching this and as each time they pause the video I get to thinking “Wait till you get to Cork and Kerry” 😂😂😂😂

[@jonnymac-xo2lo]

Accents are usually deeper with farmers lol

[@helenbailey8419]

😂😂😂there is a comedian called Michael McIntyre.He does a sketch on British and Irish accents..worth watching.

[@katiedunne518]

Would love a reaction to pronunciation of Irish names. Actress Saoirse Ronan has been questioned so much in interviews on pronunciation of her name and Irish names. It's very funny

[@moorenicola6264]

That's because people apply English language rules to a completely different language, Gaeilge.

[@HDEDITZZs]

As someone who is from Belfast, I am proud to say I understand everything they said…

[@kellyrobinson6752]

They didn't even show a Belfast accent sadly :(

[@HDEDITZZs]

@@kellyrobinson6752 :(

[@SuzieLady]

I have been raised mainly in North London so my accent is appropriate for this region but I hear a difference in a persons accent from South London, for sure! So that is one city over one river.

[@dianeknight4839]

I live in Yorkshire which is divided into 4 counties (previously called Ridings) each has its own variation. It is one of the hardest to learn for native and non native alike. For a real bit of fun, check out the Geordie accent.

[@ianleyburn6044]

Thanks for the reaction, it was hilarious but true. Even when you get the variations you have to remember there are variations within the variations. For example from where I live, in County Down, if you travelled 6 miles by car you would get a small difference in accents, but on the other hand when I get into my mates boat and go across the Belfast Lough to County Antrim I would start to hear a vastly different accent, very Scottish in its origin ( that’s why they, in County Antrim and small areas of County Down, are called “ blown away Scots Men “. Keep up the good work. I definitely had a good old laugh at this one. 😂😂

[@christina3959]

I love when you have your wife in your videos,she had such a lovely gentle presence 😊 from Dublin here. I can say its not jsut North and South side accents in Dublin. You have well spoken on both sides, a northside more grassroots dublin accent,southside more grassroots dublin accent, inner city accent, then more the border accents, and that all in Dublin, each county has so many variables. 🍀

[@emmamcdonald3410]

I think there's about 6 accents in Dublin roughly

[@christina3959]

@@emmamcdonald3410 stop it has me thinking about the different accents, you don't realise it until it's put to ya.Gas Really 😁

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

Morning Lord and Lady Roots 😊 I told ya it's bonkers over here for accents. All over our islands. My best friend lives 3 hours from me, in the West Midlands (of England, not Ireland) and when I recently stayed with her for a month, I felt like I was lip reading half the time. My accent is typical for the London area, although I'm not from London. My parents come from London, but I was born in West Sussex. To your ears, we'd all probably sound pretty much the same in the South East quarter of England, but there are subtle differences county to county. To my friend's family up in the Midlands, I apparently sound POSH! 😂🤣😅 Oh that was hilarious to me, I felt like royalty! No, I sound very far from posh. My 90 year old Dad says I'm "Rough as a badger's arse" and that's coming from a true Cockney. 😂 As I've said before, we struggle understanding people from different places over here, so good luck to any tourists! I listened to that Irish bloke talking a few times, and roughly translated he said, ¥•π$^π={°

[@tonys1636]

I was born in Surrey, my Father spoke with a RP accent, Mother a SE London one and I attended a private school until Dad retired then had to go to a local Secondary, quickly had to change my accent to a more SW suburban one to avoid being picked on and called "posh boy", the polite version. Accent now a bit of a mix and having lived in Ireland for 27 years more so now.

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

@@tonys1636 I went to a private school too for four years! I can speak more nicely with better pronounced words if I felt the need to, but in my own environment, yeah it sounds a bit Kat Slater (EastEnders) with a slightly reduced London twang...but still rough as a badger's arse! 🤣 Well done for blending into Ireland. God help you if they sound like that bloke in the middle, I swear I didn't pick out one single word...not even simple words such as, a, an, at, to, the, he, no, yes, I, I'm.....NOTHING! I almost believe he was thrown in for fun! 🧐 The bloke on the Gaza Water Aid ad sounded more Irish! 😂🤣😅

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

@@tonys1636 I went to a private school too for four years! I can speak more nicely with better pronounced words if I felt the need to, but in my own environment, yeah it sounds a bit Kat Slater (EastEnders) with a slightly reduced London twang...but still rough as a badger's arse! 🤣 Well done for blending into Ireland. God help you if they sound like that bloke in the middle, I swear I didn't pick out one single word...not even simple words such as, a, an, at, to, the, he, no, yes, I, I'm.....NOTHING! I almost believe he was thrown in for fun! 🧐 The bloke on the Gaza Water Aid ad sounded more Irish! 😂🤣😅

[@tonys1636]

@@tamielizabethallaway2413 Have not acquired a Cork accent but an Irish influence is noticeable when back home mainly due to phrasing and use of Cork words. My two youngest daughters had strong Cork accents when they moved back home, now have a local accent, one West Sussex the other SE Kent. My ex wife now has a strange one as living in Portugal most of the time.

[@alanbayles1218]

I'm an Englishman married to a Northern Irishwoman and she has a veeerry broad thick accent (known as culchie). When I first met it took a while for me to understand what she's saying. Now I'm fine (people say I'm starting to sound like her!) whenever we went over to England to visit my relatives I had to end up translating to my family what she was saying.

[@davidkeenan7420]

The Galway accent can be heard in a New York accent mixed with Italian.

[@tonygreenfield7820]

I noticed at the end he says "now is pronounced now" but the caption reads "niw". What I have frequently noticed is the pronunciation of any words containing an "ow" sound. As such, Now was pronounced Nie (or Nye), cow became kie, down was dine and house became hise (or Hyse) - the latter being pretty much how the Royals also pronounce house. Not sure where that is specific to however. I worked with a couple of Irish lads a few years ago. One was from Belfast and had an accent so thick you could cut it with a knife. The other was from a rural area with an accent so mild you could barely tell it was Irish. Apparently however to a fellow Irishman, the lad with the country accent had a really thick accent that the city boys could hardly understand......

[@conor1821]

Paddy is absolutely spelled with two D's. Unsure why you would think otherwise other than maybe misinformed americans trying to claim they're Irish and they get misunderstood for being actually irish which obviously they aren't. Confirmation from an irish man I promise theres two D's in Paddy. Words from a Galway man with apparently the clearest irish accent hahaha.

[@reactingtomyroots]

I wasn't disputing the spelling of Paddy for the purpose of the holiday. I was talking about how most Irish people in my past comments didn't like how Americans called the holiday St Paddy's day in the first place. Most seemed to only call it St. Patrick's Day.

[@thesoul2sqeeze]

​@@reactingtomyrootsbecause we know most of them don't understand why we call it Paddy's

[@conor1821]

@@reactingtomyroots Both are just as valid as each other to be honest.

[@68lyn68]

I'm UK and def prounce my ts butter is butter not bu er 😅 and water is not wa er😅

[@herstoryanimated]

Me too (I have a modern RP accent 😬)

[@Sturniolo_edits-m1l]

im from cork and your man was right about our pitch and feeling the need to say boy

[@dzzope]

It's deffinately not just county to county. You will generally find that towns will have a different accent to rural areas, even if they are only 5 mins away or similar to UK there can be a different accent village to village though often the difference is slight and you may not easily recognise it. And then there is pure farmer.. I still struggle with super heavy farmer accents and I live in rural NW(Donegal) I remember going to a shop in cork once (arrived late sunday for a weeks work), there was someone at the counter ahead of me and as they were talking to the cashier, I realised that they were actually speaking English, just in a cork accent 😂 The guy at the bar at 10:30 also had a stutter... not really a fair clip. The Galway accent wasn't a fair clip either.. the guy talking has been a public speaker longer than you or I have been alive.. He is annuncing things much clearer than many do.

[@mickmcarthur3485]

Haha 😂 Steve said when the farmer was speaking about the price he was getting for his cattle at the market that it looked like he was in a bar but it was actually in the Irish Parliament

[@neilreilly3966]

he was talking about the West Cork guy

[@68lyn68]

No he meant the accent before parliament the one in the pub😅

[@susanngobar3550]

For him,He was talking slowly that day😂

[@moorenicola6264]

​@@susanngobar3550Right. He was speaking in the Dáil but we've all heard the Healy Raes go full force and it's very fast!

[@leonisaacson4224]

Same thing,I'm sure more gets done in the bar over a few quite pints than on the floor,that's Irish politics for you,

[@helenroberts1107]

The missing T in the middle of words is another thing that changes where you’re from in Britain and Ireland. I always pronounce the t’s

[@pilibodonnchu3196]

It comes from the different dialects of the Irish language transferred to English .

[@nirish25]

If you want to know about Irish accents and in particular the Kerry accent and in particular west Kerry / rural Kerry where this sheep farmer is from then you need to look up The storyteller called Eddie Lenihan. He is probably Ireland's oldest and most credible storyteller and he distills down the origin

[@eimhearodalaigh7714]

You are channeling the Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 flag. The Irish is Green White & Orange

[@susandonaghy1971]

You need to watch Foil, Arms and Hog

[@neilgriffiths6427]

Grandma was from South-West Cork, when we went over there to visit friends of the family, I had a very hard time understanding the grown-ups, they spoke just like the guy in the pub, honest.

[@neilgayleard3842]

I am English it's always interesting to see the difference across the English speaking world. The more you look into it the more confusing it gets.

[@DazHotep6EQUJ5]

It is funny she said the Kerry accent sounded almost Indian. The Irish language shares words with Sanskrit which is the ancient language of India.

[@audience2]

The school child at 16:02 was doing an impression of that accent. He did a bunch of impressions.

[@MrFranKane]

I'm born and reared in Northside Dublin and travel all over Ireland daily for work... I haven't a breeze what most of my customers are saying to me, most of the time. There is way more than 60, there's at least 4 on the Northside alone. You should check out the Donegal accent... I love how they say chicken. Phonetically its Chuck-haun

[@carolineskipper6976]

It is fascinating how Iris and British accents vary so much over small geographical areas. I agree that the clip from Kerry was much easier to understand than the West Cork guy in a bar..... I wonder if he was speaking the rural/ farmer version.

[@FieldMarshalRommel23]

If you claim you’re Irish-American (whom some of the finest American are btw) and call St. Patricks Day, pattys day drop the Irish from your identity, otherwise I love you all. 😊

[@CreateLegacyIncome]

So funny watching this!! The west cork boys weren’t drunk! That’s the way they talk !

[@SevenEllen]

10:39 I thought he was stuttering. After three listens I caught "late nights" "you get used to that, some of it" and "but other than that", but he was speaking SO fast and kind of mumbling. He barely parts his lips.

[@rjflores438]

I love the North Dublin accent, when you go North of The Liffey, the accent is much broader. Having said that, Conor Mcgregor is from South Dublin but sounds like he is from the North of Dublin.

[@moorenicola6264]

The whole Northside/Southside divide is a fallacy. Most of the southside have that working class accent. It's more of an east west differential with wealthier areas being close to the coast with the odd exception like Castleknock. Tallaght, Crumlin, Ballyfermot, Lucan, Dolphin's Barn ... I could go on. All with large populations on the southside with strong working class accents. It's only south east Dublin on the southside that has a middle class accent and that is the same with north east with areas like Clontarf, Howth, Malahide, Sutton etc and when you go further north to North county Dublin areas like Skerries, Donabate, Rush etc. You only have to look at house prices to see where the well to do live although house prices are crazy everywhere at the moment!

[@tracyl1368]

Lol....understood the West Cork accent no problem......mind u have a head start as my late Mum was from West Cork, Bantry Bay......she lived in London for over 60 years and sounded as West Cork as the day she came to London in 1956.

[@philbradshaw7650]

Watch the Rubberbandits for a Limerick accent, Love/hate for a north Dublin accent, love/hates actors real voices for a south Dublin accent, Hardy Bucks for a Mayo accent,

[@jaysmith8199]

I watched The Wire ( one of the best tv series ever), and each time it took me a few to get the accent - subtitles used! Check out the south west english accent my loverrr 😄 (devon, cornwall and somerset AKA deb'n, korrnwoll and zumerzet)

[@djs98blue]

Yup and in SW England people drop t too

[@malenaie]

help if you thought 2 accents in 1 county was a lot there is more accents that the video didnt include!! in cork i'd say theres actually like 4 distinct accents (that i know of). the 2 shown in video, cork city & west cork but theres the so called "montenotti" accent, real posh one. then there's like a more neutral generalised accent that i dont really know how to explain but most people im around have it, for people who live in the suburbs of all those areas.

[@TanyaRando]

We call the mix of Welsh and English that you hear in Wales - Wenglish, and there are Wenglish examples on here if you were interested?

[@annemcginn1086]

A very commonly used Irish phrase that non-Irish find puzzling is "it's well for ya (you)", or "isn't it well for ya"!. This is used if something good has happened to a person, or is going to happen. If you told me you were going on holiday (vacation) somewhere nice, I could say "well isn't it well for ya" in reply. It's probably a direct translation from Gaelige.

[@zeroxox777]

"That sounds Indian" - wow. As a British I'd never have noticed that in a million years, but you are so spookily spot on I'm wondering how the two accents could possibly be so similar! Interestingly the Irish Prime minister (teosach or however u spell it) was or is half Indian. Forget his name but it will come to me.

[@101steel4]

Same as the welsh

[@gallowglass2630]

He is stepping down as PM this week

[@Cauin450]

There has been a rivalry between North and South Dublin for a long time. Let me give you for instance, there is a popular brand of cider over here called Bulmers/Magnars. Their most successful ad campaign was one where they literally just put on the poster 'Are you a Northcider?' or 'Are you a Southcider?' Their sales went through the roof! Dublin is also referred to as the Pale or the Big Smoke. And instead of being referred to as a city, people refer to it as Town. All the other cities in Ireland are known by their names. Also, Dublin means Free Port.

[@lancaster_fm1369]

Dublin comes from dubh linn or black pool

[@McCRBen]

We caught a bus from Dublin CBD out to Finglas on the North side. As we journeyed people getting on had a stronger accent. This that these and those turned into dis dat dees an does. I lived there for 18 years and am now in Australia. After two years of people not understanding me I decided I’d have to change the accent !

[@irishdeetalks]

Cork & Kerry accents are VERY distinctive.!

[@ltbot78]

16:14 thats a comedy skit of a North coast accent, you'd encounter 3 or 4 different accents in the 30 miles you'd travel too hear a Belfast accent, ( & belfast probably has 3 or 4 distinct accents.. ( 1.. Posh bt9) (2.. West) (3.. tinker) (4..everybody else)

[@colinmorrison5119]

I've heard linguists say Belfast has, or had, as many as 40! There are easily a dozen distinct accents. It depends how fine you slice it, it's a continuum!

[@Dan-B]

There’s a really interesting videos series (3 videos) “Accent experts gives a tour of U.S. accents” that goes into how features of many U.S. accents come directly from British and Irish dialects, as well as breaking down and explaining interesting features in U.S. accents from many different demographics. Definitely worth checking out!

[@bordersw1239]

Friends of mine - one parent Northern Irish, other French. Children moved to Wales when they were 9.

[@Felled-angel]

The kerry politician was actually clear speaking but the guy in the pub may have been in west cork but he had a kerry accent probably drove there too😂

[@sharongreen3003]

I live in the north of Ireland and i don’t understand some of those accents. 😂😂

[@dobman2011]

@@Melanie_7796 I know yeah, s bullshit imperial construct that doesn't really exist. Hence the poster stating he's from the north of Ireland.

[@Sevenlllllllegs]

@@Melanie_7796colonised Ireland

[@townsin11]

Here is a quick lesson on speaking Irish. 'Well, Oil, Beef, Hooked. You have to say it fast though.😁

[@reactingtomyroots]

😂

[@gallowglass2630]

Thats not irish they are all engtlish words

[@townsin11]

@@gallowglass2630 your kidding!😁

[@gallowglass2630]

@@townsin11 Being sarcastic

[@germulqueen3002]

As an Irish person; I find it interesting to hear your reaction to the various Irish accents we have & I have to admit that even I struggled to understand one or 2 of those accents! As for the man you thought sounded like he'd an Indian accent; he's a politician. He WASN'T in a pub/bar at all; he was speaking in Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament) which is the equivalent of your House of Representatives...(I think...!!) 🙂

[@tonys1636]

I moved from SE England to West Cork 27 years ago and still struggle to comprehend someone from the far West, it has been said that a Cork accent can sound a bit like a Welsh one as can be sing song. I've not picked it up but going back home often get asked where in Ireland I'm living as have picked up some phrasing and pronunciation.

[@annettemoynihan7064]

I'm originally from Cork (my father's side) 33 and a third in a Cork accent is hilarious 😂 Also my ancestors were from Monaghan..hence the variation of my surname Moynihan..

[@1justme]

Turtie tree n a turd lol

[@thesoul2sqeeze]

Then you should know there's Cork accents that pronounce t's 🤡

[@opticonor]

Pretty strict on speeding and road rules. You’ll get three points for speeding or various amounts of points for various infractions. You get to twelve and you lose your license. Speeding ticket is currently gonna cost you €160 too. The guards aren’t usually laid back. Zero tolerance for DUI here too. You can’t drive if you’ve been drinking.

[@padraigpearse1551]

Accents here are quite often town/land specific. Often times you can tell exactly which small town someone comes from because of their accent (and can then make fun of them accordingly)

[@mememcd4885]

that guy from Northern Ireland is known as Frostbit boy on youtube, he was a bit of a character.

[@cdunne1620]

At 10:30 in the video the Corkman said “we’ll have the late nights again, that’s the only thing…but sure what harm, we’ll get used to that again so we will, but other than that it is good”. He was probably the barman talking about how he would have to work later hours since the covid restrictions were lifted. The Kerry accent is more up and down like the landscape in Kerry, they speak maybe a little slower than the Cork men, more musical sounding. A strong Donegal accent is amazing as well The Kildare accent is nothing like Dublin, it sounds as flat as the Curragh plains

[@Jean-MarcBordeaux]

Great Video, I must get to Irland soon

[@JohnDaly-zl9zz]

Guys the farmer at the end you couldnt understand when he was sober 😂,, try understand him when hes full of whiskey asleep in a ditch and you wake him up 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💤💤😴😲😲😲😲😲🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@philipmulville8218]

What a fascinating review. I thought you nailed the North Dublin accent. I'm a Dub (Dubliner) and find a strong Cork accent the most difficult. Best wishes to you both.

[@AndrewBush-d2j]

A few years ago when I was young my hitch hiking days I met this Irish man in a pub he had a very strong accent

[@fionagregg3511]

There are also differences in Irish accents depending on classes, e.g. Irish travellers sound very different from working class people. There is a theory that the lilts come from the mountainy areas such as Cork, Donegal, etc... Midland accents are flat but fast (lack of mountains geographically). X

[@gglav7170]

Here’s a reason for you for all the different accents. The flatter the terrain the flatter the accent - midlands. The sing song accents Cork and Kerry very hilly so we are up and down like the countryside … 👍🏻

[@smiley9872]

Ireland is such an interesting country, a wealth of culture and the most pleasant people on the planet.

[@ellenwhelehan9579]

Kerry man is not in a pub. He is an elected member of our government and was speaking in our parliament. Or as we call it. The Dail..