Irish Accents

They say a true Irishman can tell the difference between 32 Irish accents. That's one accent for all the counties in Ireland, including the six currently under British occupation in Northern Ireland. 

People from the North of Ireland sound more English than those from the South, and Dubliners sound different from both (listen to Bono). 

Some notes on pronunciation:

Let's begin with: "How are you?"   Slur it all together like natives: "Hawareya?" 

The "a" in "hawareya" is actually long, like the "a" in "bake." 

"Tomato" =  "tamahtoe" 

Easy for Italians!

The Irish will say "v-ih-tamin" not "v-eye-tamin" - with the "i" sound from "if" not "hike."

To sound more Irish, you'll want to harden your consonants.  The human ear learns much more about a word from its consonants than from its vowels - this is why we abbreviate words by simply deleting most of the vowels. So focus on correctly pronuncing, not slurring such expressions distinctly: could have, should have, would have, want to, going to. 

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Irish Vocabulary / expressions

Don't worry, you are in Derry to learn ENGLISH. But listen to these Common English phrases in Irish.