[Magdalen] Irish Eyes.

[Sibyl Smirl]

On 8/29/15 12:37 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
> I watched a television travelogue last night about the Greater Dublin  Area.
> A surprise to me was that the many Irish interviewed in the course of  the
> travelogue had, over and beyond the expected Irish "lilt," rhotic  accents.
> In fact, some of the interviewees sounded almost North American.

Of course, a lot of North American English speakers _are_ Irish, maybe 
third or fourth generation or more, but having learned to talk from 
their mothers and grandmothers.  Some individuals of the generations may 
have consciously tried to prune the "Irishisms" (Sure and Begorrah!) 
from their own speech, but such things as Rs might have escaped notice....


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