What Is An Accent?

i see.

i know sorry...you knew what i meant though

And your spelling is awful lol

pffft ;)

i kin wa yi mean hen

I always think its amazing how when I swear people say 'ur scottish right?'.

Ah yes - the 'lad' thing in cork is great....you always know a Cork man even if the accent isnt strong!! Its funny how you can pick out the different counties from the little things!

i think the cork waterford is the best everything ends with ..lad!



hows it going lad you know like lad



i am a dub living here so 'like' is the only one i have picked up. it gets pointed out to me every time i go back to dublin...

lol

In Cork ye also say 'You're a star'!! And here in Waterford everyone seems to to boy or girl at the end of their questions - like "What's up, boy?"

We canadian say Eh?

in cork, we say like at the end of sentences..you know, like. how is it going, like.



gets annoying when its pointed out..lol

And the expressions that are common to different people are really itneresting. In SA you can tell where someone grew up by the subtleties in their accents and the expressions they use. For instance, I grew up in Durban so I use the expression 'as well' a lot.

I have an accent too.

nah am irish, think eh is cool though for asking a questions. you agree eh?

you are dead right though it is a give away for canadians, that and the "oot" noise they make in "about."

Yep, you're absolutely right. I live in Minnesota and everyone expects me to be spouting phrases like, "Uff da" and "Ya, you betcha" but I don't, as far as I know. However I do have a slight accent in the way I have troubles saying my "ing" sounds on the ends of words and can't say the word "twang" without sounding utterly ridiculous. Now I sound incompetent.... :D Are you Canadian...you said "eh" !