I was over on a visit 1996 this time. Went into a pub called the Cork Arms.Fantasic time . Remember in the back table there was a family there. looked like hippies dreadlocks and all .Semmed out of place these lot were.Didnt cause any trouble .But the m an next me says there just a bunch of crusties.The way he said it was effing funny.
Strange. I'm Swedish and I understood West Cork accents perfectly when I moved there. Maybe the melody of my mother tongue is more similar to it than the "national" Irish accent.
@@smorrow I had to listen again. Agree, but I'd like to have heard her speak more to confirm. The long 'a' was Swedish, but I didn't get to hear any soft 's's
There are people in my own family from West Cork that I can't understand. The rural accent is a thing by itself. I remember once wondering if my grandmother and her friend were even speaking English to each other. Turns out they were.
I am a Cork man. and to be fair the west Cork accent is very alien to me! I can understand them but just barely! I imagine that's how anyone in Ireland sounds when they live in the little villages. its nice to see old footage on here :)
+cattlewrangler Calm down man. From someone who lived in both Cork city and county I can say there's benifets for both. Personally I prefer living in the city but that's just me
Glad to hear you can afford a dentist when other people can't, but could you perhaps explain the relevance of a woman's appearance to her opinion of your sing-song accent?
He was in his mid 20's, and in the interview my dad was trying to put on a Cork accent. In reality he would have had a strong Dublin north side accent, he was just making fun of Cork people, since at the time they were taking jobs on Dubliners. And hes about 59 years old now.
@ 2:09 "They lie a lot here in Dublin anyway.... because they take work on the Dublin people like yanno!!!" Jesus that poor woman must be spinning in her grave these days, with the amount of non-nationals immigrating!
