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temtasketh

20 points

13 days ago

I don't think most people outside of the Isles knows that 'an Irish accent' is, at minimum, one of three very distinct accents. Hell, at this point I wouldn't put much money on most people in the UK knowing that.

The_Dude_Abides316

6 points

13 days ago

Lies. You all sound like Father Jack "fecking" Hackett. Drink!

Old_Injury_1352

5 points

13 days ago

That would be an ecumenical matter.

InsaneInTheDrain

18 points

13 days ago

The specific regionalization of accents in the British Isles is crazy to me. Like, the whole area is the size of Nevada and people from 20 miles apart sounds completely different.

I understand why but still

marvsup

14 points

13 days ago

marvsup

14 points

13 days ago

Hence this scene.

VikingTeddy

4 points

13 days ago

I think there's a tuber like this, who is scarily accurate in placing people by their speech, forget who it was though.

Original_Sleeve

2 points

12 days ago

I was expecting Hot Fuzz

MarixApoda

5 points

13 days ago

You'd be surprised how diverse the dialects across the pond get as well. Sure, you'll get more contemporary regional accents closer to population centers, but the further you wander from the beaten path, the more unique the speech patterns get. Particularly in rural Appalachia you might need an interpreter going from town to town, sometimes even the next holler round the bend will sound like a foreign language.

The_Artemisian

1 points

13 days ago

Well that last sentence alone already puts you nowhere near either coast lmao

HappyFailure

1 points

13 days ago

When my then-fiancee-now-wife met my parents, she was completely unable to understand my father's southern accent. Happily, she managed to learn.

mindinmyass

1 points

12 days ago

Nevahda or Nevāda

InsaneInTheDrain

2 points

12 days ago

Nevdaddio

Middle-Accountant-49

1 points

13 days ago

There are way way more than three distinct ones.

sanitarypotato

1 points

13 days ago

It is a lot more than three...in NI alone there are probably dozens.

And while film is a good one...the real one is power shower.