Shard

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Shard

Is there a word/expression that clearly delineates a NI accent from an Irish one? Generally I can tell the difference, especially when the accents are strong. But sometimes with a weak Irish accent, it sounds NI to me? I once guessed at someone being from NI when in fact he was from Ireland, and receive a bit of glare in return...

dbd33

My wife's truck has a bumper sticker "Bout Ye!". That seems quite specific.

Shard

Sorry, that's a "whooosh" for me...what does it mean?

caretaker

Good one!

dbd33

It's an expression that clearly delineates the speaker or, in this case, the truck owner, as being from Northern Ireland. Similarly, seeing football and singing "We're not Brazil..." isn't something that comes quickly to people from other locations.

dbd33

With apologies to posters here from Northern Ireland, the following vignette is an attempt to convey typical usage of the language. Suppose an Englishman meets an acquaintance from Norn Iron after a time apart. The Englishman might say

"Alright? 'ere I got summink in me sky, let's shoot down the rub-a-dub"

the northerner might respond in kind

"Bout ye. A wee swale? Catch yerself on, aye!"

BristolUK

Bet you wish you never asked.

Shard

Too right

Oakvillian

I prefer Andrew Jack's version...

plasticcanuck

And people on this site get their knickers in a knot because Canadians have trouble understanding them.

dbd33

It's true that it's less difficult to follow:

"Good day, eh? How you doing? Timmies eh?"

"Awesum"

and it's advantageous in some ways that there's no difference in what's said, nor how it's expressed, across the country.

Shard

That's very good too. A bit less time consuming to watch, but lacking the dorky eye candy.