Another giveaway is than many Northern Irish people use “whenever” for “when”.
If they say “tree” instead of “three”, they’re from the south.
I’ve been to the Dún Aengus and want to know who in the hell would have wanted to invade the Aran Islands in the first place. Also, why would anyone want to live on the Aran Islands today??
What about all those BBC-TV correspondents (like Lyse Doucet, for example) that almost in between Irish and American with their flat vowels and hard Rs? Is that a natural accent from a particular region or something that’s been polished up for TV?
Erm, Lyse Doucet is Canadian.
D’oh!
Irishgirl, even the names of Irish places are poetic. Loved your description!
Thanks, irishgirl!
Any insight as to why the hair is always so short? (beautiful heads of hair and beautiful color, cropped short like a man.) It gets pretty cold here, so warm weather can’t be the reason.