The Irish Accent - Dublin | How to Understand it and do it! 

Very well composed video, excellently informed and entertaining, as a dubliner😊

As a Dubliner I couldn't stop laughing. She's captured and dissected the accent so well that I thought she must be Irish. She's not. What an ear she has.

I like the Irish accent. It is pleasant to the ear.

As a polyglot I'm really impressed with your easy and fluid transition from RP to Hiberno-English. Terrific. Cheers

It’s the vowel sounds which make the Irish accent different from any accents in Britain .

The “Great Vowel” shift circa 16-17 hundred which changed pronunciation of certain vowels in Britain did not affect Dublin accents which stayed pretty much as it always was . With “O” being pronounced “Ow” as for example “a owld” for old or “bowl” for bowl etc . For example people will say “oh he has an “owld” cold or flu … which does not refer to the “age “ of the illness but rather how common it may be !

The Donegal accent is wonderful 😍

I find it amusing when British and Irish people say their accents are "sexy"

So good - so accurate - perfect Dublin Accent

Tysm- i like knowing accents as a weird party trick- just decided to overcome my struggle with the Irish accents :)

One of the best accent videos I’ve ever seen/heard.

Very interesting. Just to note that if you say in Ireland an Irish Speaker more or less everyone will take that to mean speaking the Irish Language, Gaeilge

That has helped me a lot for my Irish accent training. Thank you

Nicely made video. 😊 I was born in England but lived in Dublin from 12 to 23 years old and did pick up a bit of a Dublin accent. The one main feature you missed was the vowel in Come, Run Pub, Bus. You'd think it'd be the same as the north of England, but it's not as it has an /o/ feature in it. Although I now have my SSSB accent back again (35 years English teacher and accent coach in BCN later) I've found that when I say "yer wan" (that woman) I use that phoneme still. The lower the social class, the stronger the accent, and yes, we could tell which part of Dublin by their accent. Brave of you to take this on, and apart from the phoneme in words like "brought" and "work" that sound like the phoneme in "for", you more or less nailed it. Grand job altogether👍👏🤩💃

I love this! Very useful for breaking down some of the nuances of the accent.

Oh my God! I learned American English as a second language at home thanks to my family. They speak American English as well, and I swear Irish English sounds pretty similar to American accent

When you said Aidan Turner i literally screamed Yessss 😱 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I Love my husband

I loved the video , Irish accent is the best indeed.. Father Ted and Msr Brown are fine examples to how entertaining and beautiful this accent..😄

I'm Dublin born & bred - the "t" and "d" are declining rapidly. In fact, a highly Americanised form is now noticeable in the under 30s, especially in middle-income areas. Your accent is excellent btw

Amn't I? was really impressive. :) I miss my irish teachers.

Great story, Sabrah! This accent is pretty understandable.

Can you do Manchester. Lived here 40yrs and I still can't do their accent. Belfast, Liverpool, Brum no problem but could never pass for a manc.

❤❤ woooow stunning ever said words. I'm thrilled with that

I need to do a self tape in a Dublin accent, going to try to get it done soon

The Dublin accent depends on class and north or south of the Liffey.

This is a really solid effort. Say this as a local. Well done.

Spot on.

In dublin we’ve got middle class and working class people , and there 2 completely different accents like Barry Keoghans very working class his accents different to Aidan Turner.

You do a very convincing Dublin accent. Best not to refer to ‘Southern Ireland’ though! That’s Cork or Kerry. There are a few variations in the working-class Dublin accent, depending on which part of the city you’re from. Then you have the posh middle class accent in the leafy suburbs, particularly in the south of the city. That tends more towards the English accent. Many younger people nowadays speak with an American or mid-Atlantic accent. It’s nearly impossible to tell if they’re Irish. That’s down to the Americanisation of the country. I love your own English accent.

The Dublin accent if practiced would sound Northern Irish. Fab vid by the way. Big hiya from Darlington.

Great video! 🤗 The way you do the accent is absolutely incredible! I'd have a question though, the aspirated t in words like "date" or "bite", how would you characterize it phonetically? Would it be the "slit-t" (a fricative t)? Or would it simply be the t^[h]? I am just curious because I definitely think that's a strong defining factor of the Irish accent!

As a Dubliner myself, I have to say you have captured the accent superbly. Although, as you say yourself, there are many Dublin accents. If I met you, I'd guess northside inner suburbs somewhere. Comfortable but not posh. You're very consistent so would fool me completely. One comment on the issue of "th" being changed to "t" or "d". I think there's an "in-between" sound that comes from the Irish language. If you meet a native speaker of Irish, ask them to say "Dúirt mé" which means "I said". The soft D at the start is what many of us use instead of "th".

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I am interested in the difference between the northern/Belfast and the southern/Dublin accent. I know the placement of the "house" vowel is more forward in Belfast, but I'm not sure I've identified much more.

Great video, Sabrah! Accents are so captivating. I'd like some Scottish accent, if possible. Btw, the Pachira Aquatica at the back looks awesome. It's said to bring good energy and fortune to the home. Regards!!

Hi my lovely! :-) my ray of sunshine, my ears' delight, my very Rose of England 🌹😊 What a talent and what a great lesson Sabrah! You described the features so magnificently. It is true that it's a beautiful accent and I believe you when you say that it's considered to be the sexiest of English accents. In any case, as you say it, I'm totally smitten and under the spell, and, as far as I'm concerned,it reaches new heights of sensuality. I don't think I've finished watching the video to taste it even more and soak it all in! When I saw Brendan Gleeson, I told to myself: I know that guy and then he spoke of braveheart and I immedietly pictured Hamish It's funny because I saw the film again very recently (for the tenth time probably ... and I still cried my eyes out at all the scenes with the beautiful Murron in particular ;-) As a matter of fact, in response to your request, and even though I have little doubt so much you are good at accents, do you think you'd be able to tell us about the Scottish accent and its characteristics? ... You’d give me great pleasure! Inutile de te dire à quel point j'ai adoré te retrouver et aimé la leçon ! Sans mentionner que tu es plus belle que jamais ! :-) Merci infiniment Sabrah ! Au grand plaisir de te revoir très vite ! 🙏👏👏👏 Thank you so much! Je T'M, bisous bisous 😘🌹❤❤❤💞 🍀 Freedom, Peace, Justice, TRUTH ❤ ☮ 🕊 🌏 🇦🇺 NOW! ... ASSANGE Julian FREE 🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🌎

Great effort sabrah

So mant Irish accent impressions are terrible. This was spot on!

When i go to the uk i do a standard south of the uk accent to ask directions, complain, make small talk 😂😂

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Speaking as a native Dub this is very good. The one adjustment I would make is on point 4. This is the one feature people doing an Irish accent almost always get wrong to the extent that we have a term for it; stage Oirish. It is like an imitation of an imitation of an imitation of an imitation and quite divorced from the real thing. If you want your Irish voice to sound authentic do not lean in to this feature as much as others do. I wish I could give better direction that that; the I sound is different but it is not as close to "oy" as many think.

Thing is i can't pronounce "r" as well because Rhotacism and if i try hard it results in an irish accent! So as a romanian is win win!

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You could easily pass as a Dubliner.

Can u plz give tell me of one best Dictionary to learn RP ?

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In Ireland we refer to the North and the South. We don't use Northern or Southern Ireland. Indeed we'd say the South of England but not Southern England. It just a "ting" we have. Apart from that, very good indeed.

It is called the Republic. The most northern county is Donegal which is the 'south'

Dear Madam Teacher Sabrah,many thanks for next great,brilliant lesson (of course - like always).Btw - I've heard, that people in Ireland speak Irish language too (absolutely different from English - probably,similar like a Celtic,Gaelic language?). Kind of ancient language? Thanks a lot again and have a beautiful day.

Scottish accent next, please!

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Thank you for this lesson! However, I must say the way the example words appear in the video - unsyncronsied with your speech and dissappearing before you finish - is a lil inconvenient for practice.

I'm Thai but someone said on my live stream chat that my accent sounds Irish. So i am here to check and see 😂

I feel like the only really effective way to learn such an accent is to listen to people speakin it over and over again.

You, I think, missed out on the t at the end of a word tending towards an sh sound, so right tends towards roysh (not quite but nearly)

We don't put an extra r in between two words, which English people do to sound posh!

Southern Irish means Cork. It's Republic of Ireland.

Bit of fun. Actors tend to soften things when talking on American interviews. I’ve loads of dub friends. More on the north side and the city centre there’s more of a nasal o sound with words like “don’t, going, know.” I tends to sound like something between auy and oy. There’s a subtle pattern in sentences that has a bit of “ah jeez here we go again” Auy daownt knaow heww ta dew diss 😂 Bote den a gann Auymm joost a yank. If you’re ever at a loss just inhale sharply whilst saying “yea.”🤣

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Cockney rhyming accent next, please :)

You'd wonder I'm sure why a fella from Alabama USA be'd chimin in.. but I'm married to a Belfast girl. So here ya wanna have a go at that one? Obv I love it (matter of fact don't really hear it after all these years) but.. it's a unique accent

I like the way Irish people say beggora or beggabers every other word, wear wellies all the time and green clothes and fit right in, top of the morning to you!

The only example I disagree with was Aisling Bea she has a very strong Kildare accent(Midlands)

Hi, Sabrah Appreciate your efforts👏👏. Thank you,

Oh dear,, as you said accent is so nice and sweet, but I had a terrible experience with an Irish bloke at a pub in Australia when I was studying there.. The incident goes like this, I was just sitting over at the corner of this pub and this macho looking irish bloke came and struck a conversation with me immediately ... So, he started speaking so fast that I didn't understand a word of what he was saying and the worst thing was not only his accent but the music and the peoples loud voice made matters worst for us to have a decent conversation and he just went on and on and spoke to me like 5 minutes and since I didn't respond anything to him, what he did was like he grabbed by my collar and took me outside and he just said angrily, dude I have been asking you all this time, what was your name and where you were from and that's all that I have been asking you for the past 10 minutes 😂😂 and the moment he said this that I couldn't stop laughing for the next 10 minutes and that's Irish and they are absolutely fun loving people.. 😂❤🤩🤩 That's my little story on Irish, wish you have a good day and see you later my dear.. 🙏 Hugs.xoxoxo Gams ❤️

I'm interested why you say 'British' as opposed to 'English' when referring to the accent. Surely it's more accurate to distinguish the accents by the individual countries in Britain.

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This video features mostly a South Dublin accent. North Dublin is fundamentally different!

There are 2 to 5 different accents within Dublin city🎉

Reuben, get out of dat Bleeding Rose bed , or I'll swing for you...that's Dublin.

Anyone else here so they can hear how Johnny Kavanagh from Binding 13 talks ahahah

I dont know what it is, but the moment an attractive women speaks in a legitimate Irish accent, I want to propose.

Irish accent is grand

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The Dublin accent always makes the speaker sound like a drug dealer... 😂

How they pronunce letter or water with glotal t or with american d And how they pronunce Out of here Write it here Like american d or glotal t

Der wur tree hundred and turty tree and wun turd treez over dare.

Is this lady from Liverpool?

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The midwestern American accent

I wonna know everythin' about Craigavon accent.

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I knew it was English, but I couldn’t understand a word in Ireland n Scotland.

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Irish sounds more like USA English than Oxford English

There seems to be two distinct Dublin accents

You sound like Mrs Doyle.

Theres something youre doing wrong with that "i" sound like when you say "i fancy a light bite" i think youre leaning too into that "oy" sound it makes it sound a little bit fake to me as a Dub idk its hard to put my finger on

From midwest american, Irish is easier than RP.

For me as a Polish it is above my mind. Won't give it a try.I'll stick to RP.

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Tell us please about slavish accents, when slavish people are starting speak English 😂

This video is very accurate. However, you risk alienating your viewers before they even start into it by saying "Southern Ireland." There is no entity whatsoever referred to as Southern Ireland. There is the Republic of Ireland (often referred to as simply Ireland), which is an independent country. There is Northern Ireland, a region/country within the United Kingdom. And there is the geographical island of Ireland. To be fair, one confusing factor is that within Northern Ireland you will hear people refer to the Republic of Ireland colloquially as "the South" (and in fact it is even signposted as such on motorways). But Southern Ireland just isn't a thing. It's like the country of North Macedonia and the Greek province of Macedonia. Just because North Macedonia exists does not mean that it's counterpart in Greece is automatically called South Macedonia. In fact the Greeks are so insistent on this that they were the ones who forced their neighbouring country to change their name to North Macedonia in the first place (and they certainly were not changing their own province's name to South Macedonia.

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