gizmo21
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As said elsewhere on here, some areas in Ireland could sound like areas in Scotland due to shared history. But on the whole, they aren't.
There are many different accents in both countries. There is no one accent. No different to the many accents of the United States.
Basically, they are nothing alike. |
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greenorlagh
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The accents are totally different. Even in Ireland the Dublin accent is totally different from a Derry one or Cork. The closest to a Scots accent in NI is iin places like Ballymena and Ballymoney where the Scots were moved into the north by the English during the Plantation of Ulster so there's residual Scottish accent up there. |
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IsabellaParis
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The northern Irish accent is similar to the scottish one. |
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David J
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They are not the same, one is Irish and one is Scottish.
If you heard them, you'd tell the difference easily. |
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Gail S
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They are totally different. An accent, unfortunately, cannot be described in an e-mail. Additionally, it would depend where in Scotland or Ireland you were from as to what your accent would sound like. For instance, if you are from Dublin, your THs sound like Ts. If you are from Belfast, they don't. People who have heard both can tell them apart and people from there can tell where you are from. Go to iTunes and look for podcasts from there. Listen and enjoy!! |
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darcey
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well, the irish accent especially when spoken by men souds like they're mad but they're not....
scottish accent has the words with a e sound like "ey" e. expect = expeyct |
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Orla C
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The same? You're American or something? So do you think that someone from Florida speaks the same as someone from New York? Even we bumpkins in Ireland would know the difference there ...
Only in the far NE of the island, around County Antrim, does the local accent sound remotely like the accent in Western Scotland. The accent in the SE of Ireland, in Wicklow, Wexford and Waterford, sounds slightly like the English spoken in the SW of England, and Wales. The farther west you go in Ireland, the more the accent and dialect is affected by the turns of phrase and idioms of the Irish language. |
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Stallion.Duck
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Hahahaha!
Jees no a HUGE diference!!
It's really different...
And the irish one is Wayyy more sexier, who agrees?!!!!!!!! |
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xxerinxx
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the irish accent, from the republic of ireland, sounds nothing like a scottish accent. but some people from county Antrim, (in Northern Ireland) in particular sound quite similar to Scottish people. |
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♥ уσυ вєℓσηg ωιтн мє ♥
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they are pretty different i suppose.
every accent is slightly different at least i think. |
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Goat Whacker
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If you compare a Larne (Northern Ireland) accent to a Stranraer (Scotland) accent there is little or no difference. Many of those living in towns around the Down and Antrim coast have accents which are Ulster Scots. The further south you travel in Ireland the accent changes. |
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RyanStilesFan
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Irish is way cuter1 I know, I'm Irish and when I went to america for the first time everybody was like awwwwwwwwww you've got that cute little accent. |
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hello!
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thay are different ...the slang is different |
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slim trim
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there is a BIG difference |
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bluebell
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There are many Irish accents, depending on what part of the country you are living in. For students at university where there is a very different accent from their own, for a while it would seem like a new language they are translating.The same is true within Scotland, and for Irish students in college there. And no, the accents are not the same. |
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Pink lady
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They are nothing alike |
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wee suzie
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The Irish accent on a girl sounds slightly American and northing like a scots accent! |
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