Hello,
I've been trying to imitate a Southern Irish accent (mainly a Dublin one) from movies/ TV shows (only those starring Irish actress Elaine Cassidy) for the past few weeks because sadly, I haven't been afforded the luxury of meeting an actual Irish person and because I've got a bit of a crush on most things Irish at the moment.
While some of my friends tell me that my speaking is quite okay, I feel that I'm actually doing the Irish accent an injustice because Australians have this thing where their statements sort of end up sounding like questions, and so, when I do try to say something with an Irish accent, whatever said is "upped". So in short, do the Irish (very broadly, just any dialect) do that too?
I kind of know some of the basic characteristics of the accent, including some from here (http://www.antimoon.com/forum/posts/6445.htm) but would anyone else be able to provide any other significant particulars as to how a Dubliner would pronounce certain things? Such as...well I'm not sure, anything will do.
Please and thank you.
I've been trying to imitate a Southern Irish accent (mainly a Dublin one) from movies/ TV shows (only those starring Irish actress Elaine Cassidy) for the past few weeks because sadly, I haven't been afforded the luxury of meeting an actual Irish person and because I've got a bit of a crush on most things Irish at the moment.
While some of my friends tell me that my speaking is quite okay, I feel that I'm actually doing the Irish accent an injustice because Australians have this thing where their statements sort of end up sounding like questions, and so, when I do try to say something with an Irish accent, whatever said is "upped". So in short, do the Irish (very broadly, just any dialect) do that too?
I kind of know some of the basic characteristics of the accent, including some from here (http://www.antimoon.com/forum/posts/6445.htm) but would anyone else be able to provide any other significant particulars as to how a Dubliner would pronounce certain things? Such as...well I'm not sure, anything will do.
Please and thank you.