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  1. Originally posted by jofice:Sergio, go down to the countryside in Ireland, Cork or Limerick or something like that. If you can understand them you're as good as any I have trouble figuring out what they say even.


    This is my biggest worry with going to Ireland.
  2. I had a pretty hard time in Galway, yep and the waiter of Bono's pub had a f*#%¤*ng terrible accent -he was from Cork- although I managed to understand everything he said. Maybe it was the adrenalyne of knowing he used to speak with Bono on a regular basis


  3. I was just going to say that while you're in Dublin you'll be safe -- but there once was this music fanshop near the Ha'penny bridge (sadly closed now), and the shop owner was an old gentleman, and he was friendly and he talked to me... and I didn't understand one single word, even though he repeated some sentences incredible. I dunno where in Ireland he came from but I was lost but hey it's the same as if you go to Munich or east Germany as a tourist. Let the locals talk in their accent and you're helpless

  4. morning Sergio, btw
  5. My main problem is understanding people whose native language ain't English. For example, a few weeks ago I posted this:
    Originally posted by LikeASong:"There are two definitions of 'hell' for me: an imaginary place where there is fire and smoke... And a Turkish person speaking English to me"


  6. Morning all

    How did you sleep, Kirsten? I hope your mood today morning is better than yesterday
  7. I once forwarded this video to a friend of mine who was curious about the Dublin accent. I love hearing them talk like this



  8. I did sleep well, thanks. Anything will be better than yesterday, haha good thing is I have a day off from this riding so I'll take it slow today.

    how's your voice, recovered?
  9. The UK is terrible for accent. Foreign people are taught English essentially as the Queen would speak. Yet people from Liverpool sound obnoxious, Scottish people pronounce a lot of words differently and also use some of their own dialect. Thick Irish accents are tough to decipher, Welsh people add extra pronunciation to words. People from Newcastle, Birmingham etc sound completely different to each other.

    Also could go global, as you said Australians do not speak the same as an Englishman. Same language though.

    You've got a tough job ahead if you want to understand everyone. Would be difficult for an outsider to actually tell you're not English because you type some things in ways that are not necessarily taught. So you're doing a good job.
  10. -Double post-
  11. Yep, my voice is fine now Although it will be fucked upagain next Saturday, there's a Muse+Editors party on Saturday night and I will lose it there again Im afraid
  12. Originally posted by LikeASong:My main problem is understanding people whose native language ain't English. For example, a few weeks ago I posted this:
    [..]




    Now, non native English speakers, particularly Eastern Europe, are difficult.
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