The old Irish alphabet is missing a few letters that we never had any use for (and a few we keep to ourselves) so some of our accents still struggle to include them in pronounciation. It's kind of cool how it still shapes how we speak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_orthography
He was struggling so hard I tried to say burglary and I forgot how to say it till she said it, then he went back to pronouncing shit and I was fucking it all up in my head
Here I thought I had a speech impediment, turns out I'm Scottish. Though the being born and raised in Montana made me think otherwise. I get Boston a lot too, so don't think I'm eloquent sounding.
Whoever said this is the best accent has never actually had anyone from NI speak quickly to them. I used to work with a girl from NI and whenever we chatted i just nodded, smiled and replied yes at what i thought were the right times cos i had no f*cking idea what she was really saying.
Most of the time I'm listening to accents I struggle with, I have a Vietnamese coworker, and if I don't understand him I always say no. Last thing we need is him expecting me to do something and I have no idea what he wants.
In some American accents Mary, merry, and marry are all pronounced the same, in others they're all different, and in others two are the same and one is different.
They can be. "Mayor" can be pronounced like it has one syllable or two depending on accent. I don't know about elsewhere but one syllable "mayor" like "mair" sounds more posh in British English and two syllable "may-er" is less so
I can't bring myself to do it, but I want to call the dictionary WRONG! I guess I will have to admit regional dialects are valid instead. Have an upvote for correcting me so I can be less wrong in the future.
VaultGirl69
Republic of Ireland, baby!
philmoregraves
That's cute, I like it
PoopSammich
madeejit
"How are ye getting home tonight?"
5ing
Have to use context!
lonosham
Yes but context is only effective with differentiation to surrounding sentence content. A list of random words can sound identical (homophones)
iquestionthepinappleeveryday
Fuck Aaron.
Questionablysensible
I can hear the difference but can we appreciate her wonderful guffaw.
Also I once asking for lemons in a Romanian market, apparently requested oral sex. Lamâie and la moue sound... similar...
pak0chu
Try 33
coothlesscthulhu
Turty tree, is the best way I can type it out lol
tkdtkd
That's about right, Tír Eoghain Abu!
DiracsDelta
Your accent/language either dies an as oddity, or lives long enough for every vowel to become “schwa” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel
OlofBorrbrottsson
Something something Danish.
diemajorthrilldie
The old Irish alphabet is missing a few letters that we never had any use for (and a few we keep to ourselves) so some of our accents still struggle to include them in pronounciation. It's kind of cool how it still shapes how we speak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_orthography
TheAngryEngineer
East of the Bann accent. Those of us from the west don't speak with that nasal belfast drone.
Kiares
Iron iron iron iron...
BigGoblin
our ... are ... hour
DiarmuidRyan
Norn iron
MaleProstateMilker88
Her laugh is the cutest.
FriendlyNeighborhoodGrammarPerson
"Damn, wtf? We really talk like dat??"
IKnowWhereSydBarrettLived
Norn iron
shambushi
Yeeeeooooooooo
ActionJohnnie
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlczFnaGwxYThmNGhlb3VwdHE5MWhsb2djeXEzcmFvYjRzdHRhNW9qZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/DSCFnwmxavZQNyIjtC/giphy.mp4
lonosham
Gigas85
This was good, then when the cat chimed in, it became great!
HardcoreMango
Septcanmat
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
HeywouldJablowme
Fuck Aron.
ConfederacyOfDunces
Yeah! He earned an iron earn.
trigonman3
*urn
lonosham
Banana369
It's not that he's Scottish, it's that he's a bit thick.
Hear4theAminalVidz
Yo this is fantastic 😂 best accent
WhereDidTheLastHourGo
Now say 'Purple Burglar Alarm'
philmoregraves
He was struggling so hard I tried to say burglary and I forgot how to say it till she said it, then he went back to pronouncing shit and I was fucking it all up in my head
SusansAlluringFatSacs
https://youtu.be/OcDmfNKqZ80?si=O7MRXscQd1Qh3hLc
SteveTheEgg
Here I thought I had a speech impediment, turns out I'm Scottish. Though the being born and raised in Montana made me think otherwise. I get Boston a lot too, so don't think I'm eloquent sounding.
shivacat
She has a smile to die for. 🥰
bill4935
Yeah, that guy looks pretty big. If you made a move on her, you'd likely end up murdered in a purple barrel.
Zuegma197777
She makes him pronounce these words when he's giving oral. 😝
OaksParcel
Him trying to pronounce the word "burglary" made him sound like a diesel engine trying to start in -40 weather
JakSandrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOLm_sae4Ow
tubbywombat
Oh my god is he adorable. I want 12.
RichardPotato
Where's the purple burglar alarm guy
youreathing
Limmy
RichardPotato
Found him
chackstar
Yeah, “some” Scottish people. :)
gorgeousninja
Whoever said this is the best accent has never actually had anyone from NI speak quickly to them. I used to work with a girl from NI and whenever we chatted i just nodded, smiled and replied yes at what i thought were the right times cos i had no f*cking idea what she was really saying.
reverendrender
Here lads, we're grand awl craic sure
Type17
I went to Derry and couldn't understand the locals, and they couldn't understand me - I'm from Dublin, about 110 miles away.
reverendrender
It's the cork ones you wanna look out for
10001110101periodictablewithasantapieceofmind
Had a guy from NI in our volunteer group, it was an international group that all spoke english, and so did he, but not one of us could understand him
Unclescam
Most of the time I'm listening to accents I struggle with, I have a Vietnamese coworker, and if I don't understand him I always say no. Last thing we need is him expecting me to do something and I have no idea what he wants.
minorcarnage
I hear northern Ireland and newfoundland Canada are almost indistinguishable from each other.
TheAngryEngineer
More comparable to Kerry at the southern end of the island as opposed to a northern accent.
darkmind403
Three guesses as to why that is haha
Teganrose1
A-are the first two words not supposed to be homonyms? I may have been pronouncing mayor wrong my whole life
MrsHowVeryDareYou
Mayor has 2 syllables and mare has 1. Kinda like “Mom” and “Mo-ommm!”
qyrriqat
I pronounce "mayor" in the same way I'd say "I 'may or' may not." "Mare" is just like "air" with a leading m.
DoofusMagnus
Depends on your accent.
In some American accents Mary, merry, and marry are all pronounced the same, in others they're all different, and in others two are the same and one is different.
Thesaya
Afraid so.
Youhavinagiraffe
They can be. "Mayor" can be pronounced like it has one syllable or two depending on accent. I don't know about elsewhere but one syllable "mayor" like "mair" sounds more posh in British English and two syllable "may-er" is less so
tEMPuSER632
may·or
/ˈmā(ə)r/
vs.
mare
/mer/
chrisjohnson76
Mayor can also be mer
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mayor#:~:text=%3A%20an%20official%20elected%20or%20appointed,a%20city%2C%20town%2C%20or%20borough
tEMPuSER632
I can't bring myself to do it, but I want to call the dictionary WRONG!
I guess I will have to admit regional dialects are valid instead. Have an upvote for correcting me so I can be less wrong in the future.
InTheDistanceAPlaintiveEnglishHorn
I think you mean homophone
Teganrose1
Heck, I always confuse the two
Aurentis
Me I always confuse "burro" and "burrow."
Meowsma
'homo' = same
'nym' = name
'phone' = sound
HeyArabella
It is if you're not American, who said it May-or
DadeCrashOverrideMurphy
Can confirm
vmos
You can confirm you're both wrong
Teganrose1
I have some bad news
bluntforcedrama
I'm an American, it's all bad news.
jerbern34
https://media2.giphy.com/media/gDl8BRawhGBnq/200w.webp?cid=a57373e598tk2n14sz4z36ip1urjiluufrwxn5ts1habvtvl&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.webp&ct=g
GreatWiseBob
In Canada at least, we really lean into the "y" in mayor. Pronounce it like a two-syllable word. "May your" vs. "mare".
MrRareza
As someone in michigan, in a town spitting distance across a river from Sarnia, same. Lol.
shivacat
Canada. Sigh…. Any room for a few thousand of us ashamed and humiliated neighbors to your south? 🇨🇦
GreatWiseBob
Yep! There is!
NeolithicE
Yes, but, please stay and fix your shit. If the reasonable ones all leave you leave the crazy ones with the nukes.
catmonger
Or "May yer" but still lean into the y
ryukochan
That’s what it sounds like in the American south.
catmonger
Good point - all joking aside it's more like Meh-yer I guess in toronto, American South have really hard A pronunciations. So truly "may yer"