The old Irish alphabet is missing a few letters that we never had any use for (and a few we keep to ourselves) so some of our accents still struggle to include them in pronounciation. It's kind of cool how it still shapes how we speak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_orthography
Info: the phrase north of Ireland refers to the northern end of the island of Ireland, whereas Northern Ireland is the name of a country which is part of the country called The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The other country on the island of Ireland is called The Republic of Ireland.
He was struggling so hard I tried to say burglary and I forgot how to say it till she said it, then he went back to pronouncing shit and I was fucking it all up in my head
Here I thought I had a speech impediment, turns out I'm Scottish. Though the being born and raised in Montana made me think otherwise. I get Boston a lot too, so don't think I'm eloquent sounding.
They can be. "Mayor" can be pronounced like it has one syllable or two depending on accent. I don't know about elsewhere but one syllable "mayor" like "mair" sounds more posh in British English and two syllable "may-er" is less so
In some American accents Mary, merry, and marry are all pronounced the same, in others they're all different, and in others two are the same and one is different.
I can't bring myself to do it, but I want to call the dictionary WRONG! I guess I will have to admit regional dialects are valid instead. Have an upvote for correcting me so I can be less wrong in the future.
madeejit
"How are ye getting home tonight?"
DiarmuidRyan
Norn iron
PoopSammich
diemajorthrilldie
The old Irish alphabet is missing a few letters that we never had any use for (and a few we keep to ourselves) so some of our accents still struggle to include them in pronounciation. It's kind of cool how it still shapes how we speak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_orthography
ActionJohnnie
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlczFnaGwxYThmNGhlb3VwdHE5MWhsb2djeXEzcmFvYjRzdHRhNW9qZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/DSCFnwmxavZQNyIjtC/giphy.mp4
pak0chu
Try 33
coothlesscthulhu
Turty tree, is the best way I can type it out lol
philmoregraves
That's cute, I like it
TheAngryEngineer
East of the Bann accent. Those of us from the west don't speak with that nasal belfast drone.
iquestionthepinappleeveryday
Fuck Aaron.
blumbrothersgin4ever
You mean the north of ireland?
ricky302v8
That would be Donegal then.
blumbrothersgin4ever
If you say so. My knowledge of Irish culture comes from the movie kneecap.
Type17
Info: the phrase north of Ireland refers to the northern end of the island of Ireland, whereas Northern Ireland is the name of a country which is part of the country called The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The other country on the island of Ireland is called The Republic of Ireland.
Youhavinagiraffe
They probably meant the name of the country they actually live in
blumbrothersgin4ever
It's a reference to citizens of Ireland not recognizing northern Ireland as a separate country.
sochilln
Fuk ohf
DiracsDelta
Your accent/language either dies an as oddity, or lives long enough for every vowel to become “schwa” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel
OlofBorrbrottsson
Something something Danish.
lonosham
Gigas85
This was good, then when the cat chimed in, it became great!
HardcoreMango
Septcanmat
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
BigGoblin
our ... are ... hour
captainnewbi
She sees C's in Seattle's C sea.
IKnowWhereSydBarrettLived
Norn iron
shambushi
Yeeeeooooooooo
DanielWhiffin
I'm from the south of Ireland, and I have made Chinese friends. They cannot understand half of what people from my hometown say (Limerick)
MaleProstateMilker88
Her laugh is the cutest.
VaultGirl69
Republic of Ireland, baby!
FriendlyNeighborhoodGrammarPerson
"Damn, wtf? We really talk like dat??"
5ing
Have to use context!
lonosham
Yes but context is only effective with differentiation to surrounding sentence content. A list of random words can sound identical (homophones)
lonosham
Banana369
It's not that he's Scottish, it's that he's a bit thick.
Hear4theAminalVidz
Yo this is fantastic 😂 best accent
WhereDidTheLastHourGo
Now say 'Purple Burglar Alarm'
philmoregraves
He was struggling so hard I tried to say burglary and I forgot how to say it till she said it, then he went back to pronouncing shit and I was fucking it all up in my head
SusansAlluringFatSacs
https://youtu.be/OcDmfNKqZ80?si=O7MRXscQd1Qh3hLc
OaksParcel
Him trying to pronounce the word "burglary" made him sound like a diesel engine trying to start in -40 weather
JakSandrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOLm_sae4Ow
tubbywombat
Oh my god is he adorable. I want 12.
SteveTheEgg
Here I thought I had a speech impediment, turns out I'm Scottish. Though the being born and raised in Montana made me think otherwise. I get Boston a lot too, so don't think I'm eloquent sounding.
shivacat
She has a smile to die for. 🥰
bill4935
Yeah, that guy looks pretty big. If you made a move on her, you'd likely end up murdered in a purple barrel.
Zuegma197777
She makes him pronounce these words when he's giving oral. 😝
RichardPotato
Where's the purple burglar alarm guy
youreathing
Limmy
RichardPotato
Found him
chackstar
Yeah, “some” Scottish people. :)
Teganrose1
A-are the first two words not supposed to be homonyms? I may have been pronouncing mayor wrong my whole life
MrsHowVeryDareYou
Mayor has 2 syllables and mare has 1. Kinda like “Mom” and “Mo-ommm!”
Youhavinagiraffe
They can be. "Mayor" can be pronounced like it has one syllable or two depending on accent. I don't know about elsewhere but one syllable "mayor" like "mair" sounds more posh in British English and two syllable "may-er" is less so
InTheDistanceAPlaintiveEnglishHorn
I think you mean homophone
Teganrose1
Heck, I always confuse the two
Aurentis
Me I always confuse "burro" and "burrow."
Meowsma
'homo' = same
'nym' = name
'phone' = sound
DoofusMagnus
Depends on your accent.
In some American accents Mary, merry, and marry are all pronounced the same, in others they're all different, and in others two are the same and one is different.
HeyArabella
It is if you're not American, who said it May-or
DadeCrashOverrideMurphy
Can confirm
vmos
You can confirm you're both wrong
Teganrose1
I have some bad news
bluntforcedrama
I'm an American, it's all bad news.
jerbern34
https://media2.giphy.com/media/gDl8BRawhGBnq/200w.webp?cid=a57373e598tk2n14sz4z36ip1urjiluufrwxn5ts1habvtvl&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.webp&ct=g
qyrriqat
I pronounce "mayor" in the same way I'd say "I 'may or' may not." "Mare" is just like "air" with a leading m.
tEMPuSER632
may·or
/ˈmā(ə)r/
vs.
mare
/mer/
chrisjohnson76
Mayor can also be mer
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mayor#:~:text=%3A%20an%20official%20elected%20or%20appointed,a%20city%2C%20town%2C%20or%20borough
tEMPuSER632
I can't bring myself to do it, but I want to call the dictionary WRONG!
I guess I will have to admit regional dialects are valid instead. Have an upvote for correcting me so I can be less wrong in the future.
Thesaya
Afraid so.
GreatWiseBob
In Canada at least, we really lean into the "y" in mayor. Pronounce it like a two-syllable word. "May your" vs. "mare".
shivacat
Canada. Sigh…. Any room for a few thousand of us ashamed and humiliated neighbors to your south? 🇨🇦
GreatWiseBob
Yep! There is!
NeolithicE
Yes, but, please stay and fix your shit. If the reasonable ones all leave you leave the crazy ones with the nukes.
MrGrundy
As someone in michigan, in a town spitting distance across a river from Sarnia, same. Lol.
catmonger
Or "May yer" but still lean into the y
ryukochan
That’s what it sounds like in the American south.
catmonger
Good point - all joking aside it's more like Meh-yer I guess in toronto, American South have really hard A pronunciations. So truly "may yer"