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What is the difference between an Irish accent and a Scottish accent?
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An Irish accent is typically characterized by a lilting intonation and distinct vowel sounds, while a Scottish accent often involves rolling r's and a more staccato rhythm. Additionally, Irish accents vary significantly across regions while Scottish accents also have regional variations, such as the distinctive Glaswegian accent.
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What the difference between Scottish and Irish accent?
The Scottish accent tends to have slightly more emphasis on rolled Rs and more guttural sounds, while the Irish accent often has more lyrical and flowing intonations. Also, vocabulary and specific regional dialects can differ between the two accents.
Is the Irish accent closer to the American accent or the English?
The Irish accent is generally considered closer to the English accent than the American accent, as both the Irish and English accents belong to the British Isles. However, the Irish accent has distinctive features that set it apart from both the American and English accents.
What is a broad Irish accent called?
A broad Irish accent is commonly referred to as a "thick" or "strong" Irish accent. It is characterized by its distinctive pronunciation, intonation, and unique speech patterns.
Where do people speak with a British accent?
People speak with a British accent in the United Kingdom, which includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Additionally, British accents are also found in former British colonies and territories, such as Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
What accent do leprechauns have?
Leprechauns are often depicted with Irish accents in folklore and popular culture. Their accent is typically described as a whimsical and mischievous variation of an Irish brogue.
How is the accent different from the Irish and the Scottish?
coltish people have Scottish accents; garlic people have Irish accents
Which one is easier Scottish or Irish or Australian accent?
See for yourself here: [[http://sites.google.com/site/lrnthaccnt/how-to-do-a-credible-irish-accent]] and [[http://sites.google.com/site/lrnthaccnt/how-to-do-a-credible-scottish-accent]]
Why is the Jeannie in the fiber one bar commercials Irish?
His accent is Scottish not Irish
Where did the Liverpool accent come from?
It is a slight mix between a cockney accent, a southern Scottish accent, and an Irish accent attributed because of the Liverpudlian ports. They adopted different accents, with a different accent on their own.
What is the difference between an Irish electrician and a scottish electrician in qualifications?
It's the kind of beer he drinks.
What is the difference between a Scottish brogue and an accent?
Nothing - Brogue is a nicer word tho. It gives a feel of a warm strong rolling speech that Accent doesn't. It just about word choice like calling something "Ultramarine" is more interesting than Blue. Acctually a brogue is different from an accent. listen to an accent then listen to a brogue you will see that there are many differences. Maybe I am wrong and biased because of my Irish and Scottish heritage, but as far as I am concerned there is a huge difference. Think Billy Boyd vs. Orlando Bloom there is a huge difference between the two. Also there are differences between the brogues themselves. the Irish brogue is (sorry to any scotts reading this) a little easier to understand. of course most of the Scottish folk I've heard (other than Billy Boyd) have very thick accents.
Why is English spoken in Northern Ireland?
Answer - No they do not speak with a scottish accent, yes us Scottish & Irish have similar words but they speak with a different accent to those in the south, just like thos in Edinburgh have a different accent to us in Glasgow, or those in London have a different Accent to those in Yorkshire. Northen Ireland is near to Scotland so they accent will be similar, just think about those from Newcastle sound a mixture of Scottish & English, that's because Newcastle is near Scotland.iv lived in belfast for 3 yrs an have a belfast accent,im scottish though,it is so easy to pick up Irish accent,any Irish accent*Scottish Accents in Northern IrelandBecause the English encouraged Scots to settle there, hence the term "Scotch-Irish".It is NOT "Scotch-Irish", the correct term is "Ulster-Scots". And they were not "encouraged" per say, but rather forced from their land, it was actually the Protestant English that were encouraged to settle here. Secondly, as you may have noticed.... we don't speak with a Scottish accent!While many Scots did settle in the north of Ireland (and there are similarities between the two as compared with the Irish of the free state/Republic) Ulster men and women speak very differently than the Scots.Please don't compare Sean Connery with a bad version of the North such as Brad Pitt's in "A Devil's Own"!i am from northern Ireland there for my accent is northern Irish and people in the south have a southern accent, either way everyone in the whole of Ireland north and south have an Irish accent! the only people who speak with a scottish accent r the scottish!Depends on what you mean by 'Northern-Irish'. I am originally from Belfast but often I have difficulty in distinguishing a Donegal accent from my own (Donegal is the northernmost county in the Republic of Ireland). Defining the 'Northern-Irish' as the whole northern part of the island, at least in terms of accent, is probably more accurate than confining it to the six counties of Northern Ireland. Having said that, as someone who has lived away from Ireland for over a decade, I have noticed that in several counties south of the 9 counties of Ulster, such as Louth, one can hear northern vowel sounds (.e.g. "eight" prounced 'ee-ut', or "you" prounced 'yoo', or "now" prounced 'now-eeh'. Such a phenomena is not unique to Ireland. People in the Danish island of Bornholm speak Danish in a Swedish accent, and Swedes who live in the southern part of Sweden 'Skona', speak Swedish in a Danish accent.Northen Irish people speak with a Nothern Irish accent. I can appreciate that for outsiders they may sound similar but if your from N.I or Scotland, you will realise that they are distinctely different.Within in Northern Ireland there are a variety of discernable accents. Some Northern Ireland people living in North Antrim and East Down have broad accents which are more similar to the Scots than to those from Derry and Armagh.Northern Irish accents and those of some of the West of Scotland have similarities in vowels and in intonation - the way the accent stresses important words and syllables. There are differences between the accents but to an untrained or a non-local ear it can be really hard to distinguish between them. Actors doing a West of Scotland accent or a Northern Irish one can easily slip from one to the other, sometimes within 2 sentences! It should also be noted that there is not one generic Northern Irish or Scottish accent. There can be a huge variety with subtle differences from one village to the next.I am Southern but having heard Scottish accents and Northern accents I can distinguish between them. The Northern accent (also found in Co.Donegal and Co.Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland) is more drawling, and slower. The Scottish accent is faster and not as drawling.I can say that the Northern Irish do not speak with a Scottish Accent. However there are many different dialects and versions of the accent through the 9 counties. I am from a town called Larne which is only 25 miles away from Scotland, therefore I speak with a very "broad" northern Irish accent, and have been told many times that I am scottish. I suggest checking out two radio stations: BBC Ulster and BBC Scotland (www.bbc.co.UK) to hear the difference!They don't. You just can't tell the difference. Accents all over the world change about every 30-40 miles or so. My wife and I were in Chicago a couple of years ago talking to someone from San Francisco and we couldn't tell the difference between Chicago or Frisco accents but I'm sure there is. However, I do know a New York accent when I hear one - 'Hey goil, go to woik'.I'm from the east of Scotland, and my accent is very different from that, spoken in the west of Scotland. I always thought the west of Scotland spoke with a similar accent to the northern Irish due to the large influx of Irish workers that have settled there ? It all depends on how you look at it,I suppose?Lets just put it to bed lads... People from Northern Ireland speak prodominatly with a Northern Irish accent. This may sound closer to a Scottish accent than a full blown Irish accent does. It is not a Scottish accent. I could tell the difference after two words! In the same way I could tell the difference between a Dublin/Cork/Limerick accent or a Glasgow/Edinburgh/Highland accent. Maybe I have the advantage of a Scotsman living in Ireland. But all these accents are different!!!!They Dont have a scottish accent.......simple asNorthern Irish people do NOT have a Scottish accent. Or vice-versa. People from Northern Ireland have a Northern Ireland accent. People from Scotland have a Scottish accent. However a Glasgow-Scottish accent is different from an Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness or Dundee accent. Just as New York is different from Chicago, New Orleons or San Francisco. There is no such thing as an American accent.
What is the Gaelic for 'truth'?
In Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn (mind that the accent is grave, not acute like in the Irish)
What is Daddy's Little Girl in Scottish Gaelic?
The Irish Gaelic translation for Daddy's Girl is Peata Dhaidi
What is the difference between an Irish cross and a Scottish cross?
one is stupid and the other is @$#%&**&%$#@$#%&*
What is night time in the Gaelic languages?
In Irish Gaelic: an oiche. (Accute accent on i) In Scottish Gaelic: an oidhche
Where do people speak with a British accent?
People speak with a British accent in the United Kingdom, which includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Additionally, British accents are also found in former British colonies and territories, such as Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
