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For fast speaking some Northern Ireland Accents can get hard to understand even for native speakers.
by DnDGrognard 5y ago
For fast speaking some Northern Ireland Accents can get hard to understand even for native speakers.
- kwhitefoot 5y agoTry Glaswegian. I'm from the south of England and on occasion hitch-hiked in Scotland. Got a lift from Aberdeen where they speak perfectly understandable English to Glasgow with a Glaswegian building contractor. I don't think I understood more than half of what he said along the way.
- bsder 5y ago> Try Glaswegian. I'll put the Western Pennsylvania/Appalachia accent up against Glaswegian. The Pittsburgh Penguins faced with Pittsburgh-ese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07W9kCK6Q4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07W9kCK6Q4 These are comedians making fun of the accent, but they don't do it justice. The accent itself can be near unintelligible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrJnIxrtB4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrJnIxrtB4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_u122kFO2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_u122kFO2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJfNI9DppP4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJfNI9DppP4 We once had an employee from Westinghouse from the Netherlands over at our house for Thanksgiving. The poor man could understand everybody in the family except for my grandfather. He finally asked us what he was doing wrong. We all laughed and simply pointed out that the problem was my grandfather's accent, not his English and that a significant portion of America wouldn't be able to understand my grandfather, either.