How Long does it take to pick up a Irish Accent?

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^ CoCo ^

How long is a piece of string?

Langer

Well bejasus, is that you mary? Here boy was it he what done it? {I'm joking}

We have a lot of different accent's over here which one you on about?

Orla C

That depends on you.

Some Irish accents you DON'T want, like the one from the East, it's horrible.

MKultra

At your age it might only take a few years if you were settling down there, but you'll likely lose it after a few years of coming back.

I moved around a lot as a kid (China, Germany, all over the UK and have an Irish father) and no-one can place my accent even though I've lived in one town now for over 20 years.

**Lakers Fan**

My Uncle John and Father were born in Ireland then moved to the states. They were very little so they didnt have accents. My Uncle John would go to Ireland for a feew weeks at a time to visit and always come home with a tiny accent. Then, he moved there about 4 years ago & I talked to him today, I could barely understand him!! His accent was VERY strong. So if you go there for a couple years, you will come back with an accent!

Trust me I'm a Doctor â™¥

I'm English but I've lived near Cork for 4 years now, its not the accent you pick up so much but the phraseology "is yer man behind at the house" or "will you not do that .. so".

My daughter is 14 and she sounds more Irish than English now.

Don't tell my boss I'm on here

You won't lose your accent at that age.

You will probably start using a lot of local terms and phrases but your acccent will remain much the same but slightly toned down. If you start speaking in an Irish accent at your age people will think you are faking it.

Charlene

Try and listen to people when you get over there!! like there are different types of accents so you have to watch out for that!!

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

i am 13 and i am from latvia i moved to ireland when i was 10 and now i have an irish accent. i think it depends if you will go to school there then you will have an irish accent in about 2-3 years.

hope i helped.

froggequene

You might find you'll pick up expressions or how words are used but you won't necessarily pick up an Irish accent, although since you're keen to make an effort to do so you may do. I've known people live in a country 20 years & more and never pick up the native accent.

Stan

An acting coach can teach you an accent in matter of hours.

A friend of mine took his kids to England to live and their speach really changed quickly. I think being 13 you will find that this will be true (your accent will change quickly but your parents not as fast). Your accent will become mostly Irish with a hint of American that you probably will never lose. But your friends back in the US will really notice the difference.

Picking up the accent isn't something you need to try to acquire - it just does.

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