how to tell Irish and English accents apart

[Michael [hXc]]

i don't know about anyone else but i really can't tell Irish and English accents apart. if any of you can, is there any specific way you're able to tell them apart? j/w because there are a lot of Irish people around here and there's one working at a CVS store here and i asked if they were from England and they looked pissed and said 'i'm irish!'

[Czas na Zywiec]

There's a lot of English accents (unless you mean accents from only Great Britain), but usually it's not that hard to distinguish between posh British accents and accents from Ireland. I can't really explain it, but here have a listen.

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...l&speakerid=70
Greater London

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...l&speakerid=97
Southern England

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...l&speakerid=68
Middle England

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...l&speakerid=82
Central Scotland

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...&speakerid=135
Middle Ireland

[Michael [hXc]]

Originally Posted by Czas na Zywiec

There's a lot of English accents (unless you mean accents from only Great Britain), but usually it's not that hard to distinguish between posh British accents and accents from Ireland. I can't really explain it, but here have a listen.

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...l&speakerid=70
Greater London

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...l&speakerid=97
Southern England

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...l&speakerid=68
Middle England

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...l&speakerid=82
Central Scotland

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...&speakerid=135
Middle Ireland

the Irish accents i hear around here actually sound most like the one from Southern England, oddly. i'm guessing some Irish and English accents sound more like eachother than others.

[Mijada]

I can tell the difference but I couldn't really explain it in a way someone else would understand. To me people from Ireland tend to talk really fast. If you heard a British accent and then heard an Irish one you would be able to tell them apart quite easily.

[Czas na Zywiec]

Originally Posted by american non_idiot

the Irish accents i hear around here actually sound most like the one from Southern England, oddly. i'm guessing some Irish and English accents sound more like eachother than others.

Also, there are people who are originally Irish and move to England, and vice versa, and then develop their accent from where they now live instead of where there used to live. And then they move elsewhere and say they're one thing when their accent says quite another. So in that case, you really don't know lol. I live in Colorado now, but my accent is sooo Chicago. So when I talk to Chicagoans around here, they automatically know I'm one of them.

[Michael [hXc]]

when i was watching Harry Potter movies, some of the actors/actresses in them are actually Irish but since it is supposed to take place in England, i never noticed any difference in accent until i looked it up and saw where everyone really is from.

[TJL]

Originally Posted by american non_idiot

the Irish accents i hear around here actually sound most like the one from Southern England, oddly. i'm guessing some Irish and English accents sound more like eachother than others.

Since I hang around with a lot of Irish bartenders, I'm always trying to pick up on the subtle differneces in the accents from the different parts of Ireland. I know a few guys from Dublin, one guy from Cork; the accents are all unique. Some are a bit hard to understand, but you get ued to it.

[Chad Michael Murray]

Originally Posted by Czas na Zywiec

my accent is sooo Chicago.

Same here, I know EXACTLY what you mean. This accent will plague me until the day I die.

Anyway, the way you tell the difference is...whichever one ISN'T drunk, that's the English accent.

[Superstar]

I think they sound nothing alike

[Czas na Zywiec]

Originally Posted by Chad Michael Murray

Same here, I know EXACTLY what you mean. This accent will plague me until the day I die.

Anyway, the way you tell the difference is...whichever one ISN'T drunk, that's the English accent.

Chicaaaaaaaago.