How to do an Irish Accent
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Publicado 2017-12-10
Whenever you're learning a new accent, it helps to isolate sounds that are specific to that accent. So as we play with these sounds, I encourage you to pause the video and practice these words out loud. They may feel strange at first, but they become beautiful once you live in them a little.
💚 For the sake of my green-blooded friends, please note that not all Irish accents sound the same. Every region, county, and town seems to have it's own unique quality. The accent that I teach in this video is modelled after the beautiful and talented actress Saoirse Ronan. She grew up about an hour-and-half South of Dublin in Carlow, Ireland. I just love her lilt!
The first major sound within the Irish accent that gives it a wonderful jumping off place, is the Irish I. In an Irish accent, it is less, I and more Oi (as in oil). Start first, just getting the sense of it, and then gradually understate it.
Part 1: Sounds
I
height
sight
plight
right
Ireland
Practice sentence: Fortune smiled upon him in Ireland. It’s not quite the right shade of blue. I’ll be having some of that oil.
Next, we have our R sounds. In an Irish accent, the R’s are certainly pronounced.
Park
start
Garden
Work
Hard
Earth
worth
Practice sentence: You’re such a hard worker. What on earth are you doing? When do you start school?
Our next sound is the shift from Ow to EHW.
Mouth
hour
sour
Flower
down
Round
pound
sound
how
Practice sentence: We don’t have to go to
work for another hour. Lemons are sour. Flowers grow in the garden.
Practice works from OH to OWH
Home
blown
alone
grown
Stone
known
road
load
coat
feel the vowel come all the way to the lips while opening the throat.
Practice sentence: I know I met him on the road a short time ago.
Part 2: Melody and Pitch
The irish accent is known for being very melodic. The phrases tend to have a up and down sort of dreamy lilt to them.
Don’t take it so personal.
And that was the sort of this he wanted to tell me ya’ see.
Would you care to go out?
Sure, and that’ll be the end of it.
Longer practice phrases
Wait till I tell ya’s what I read in the paper. I never heard the like in me life!
Like I says to ya’s. That’s really very true. And sure you’ll be after knowing the truth of it, somewhere along the road anyways.
It’s not a date the way you’re thinking and I’m done telling ya. End of discussion.
Todos los comentarios (21)
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Ireland has a different accent every 20mins of land
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im already Irish what am I doing
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The chat is 90% offended Irish people 5% unoffended Irish people 5% percent people who actually want to learn the accent
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My Irish accent always turns Scottish eventually.
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How to have a perfect Irish accent: Step one: be Irish Step two: live in Ireland Step tree: drink Guinness
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- First day at new school - Chemistry teacher turns out to be Irish - Don’t understand what he’s saying - Start liking the accent and now here i am.
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Parents: you should learn how to speak german! Me: I WANNA LEARN IRISH ACCENT!!
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Jacksepticeye makes much more sense now
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No one: Me: perk, goyerdan, perk, goyerdan, goyerdan, perk, perk, goyerdan
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Speaking American accent: sexiness level 65% Speaking Oirish accent: sexiness level 100%
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Speaking to myself saying random shit got me dying 😂😂😂😂😂
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I keep sounding Indian 😂😂 damn my southern accent
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I’m walking around Ireland right now saying “flowers grow in the garden,” they just tossed me into the loony bin.
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I have an Irish (Carlow) accent so i don’t know why I’m watching this 😂 almost every county in Ireland has a different accent
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My newest D&D character has an Irish accent, and I’m trying to get more into the role play accent. Super helpful!!
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I said “What on earth are you doin” and I turned into meridith
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lost my American accent completely cheers
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Whale oil beef hooked
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I voice cracked while doing this! So I was like “It’s not quite the right shade oUUUUfF BlOHHHUH
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Me: watches jackseptieye 5 minutes later Me: watches this video
