Avalon method course vs Conversation with a native speaker to learn English?

29 Sep 2010 / #31

PP52, what Scottish accent? Geez, you Polish yanks likely think that we all speak in the same way. I can move 30 minutes west of my home city and I know they are not from where I"m from.

Isn't it what the girl with this s**t on her lips speak?.Weird but understandable.Only takes a little while to get used to it.Yea,why don't you guys just learn some proper American English and make it easier for everybody?

dtaylor5632 18 | 1998

29 Sep 2010 / #32

Isn't it what the girl with this s**t on her lips speak?.Weird but understandable.Only takes a little while to get used to it.

Nope, she speaks more with a Dundee accent, though I only listened to it for a couple of sentences. The sheep will know that area better than me.

Seanus 15 | 19666

29 Sep 2010 / #33

There are many Scottish accents, PP52. Britain is VERY diverse when it comes to accents and dialects. Teachers here don't understand my Doric dialect one bit.

Conversation is SOOOO much better than any regimented method.

Plastic Pole52 - | 67

29 Sep 2010 / #34

God damn it,can you people even understand each other when everyone speaks different English?

dtaylor5632 18 | 1998

29 Sep 2010 / #35

Easily, the Aussies can understand us well too.

Amathyst 19 | 2700

29 Sep 2010 / #36

God damn it,can you people even understand each other when everyone speaks different English?

Consider someone from the deep south listening to someone from New York..its the same thing..You can tell where someone is from by their accent so can we, even though its only a tiny Island.

Easily, the Aussies can understand us well too.

I bet they couldnt if there were 3 Scots going 10 to the dozen, even though Im used a Scots accent (different parts of Scotland I may) I just gave up trying to minute a meeting if the 2 Glasweigans and the bloke from Edinburgh got in to a convo...I would have needed sub-titles! Thankfully we all took it in turns do the minutes, I couldnt have coped with that every meeting! :D

Teffle 22 | 1318

30 Sep 2010 / #37

I find the Cork accent quite hard to understand. Monaghan has a unique accent too. Depends how much slang they use.

Cork, yes, it's difficult - surprised at Monaghan though. If you find Monaghan unintelligible maybe you should start with Donegal - like Monaghan on valium ; )

With reference to Pikeys, not all pikeys are from Ireland. Which is my point.

Yes, fair enough.

Although the ones that are in Ireland, in my experience anyway, all sound the same whether they are from Kilkenny, Cork or Sligo. There are generic Irish elements to their accent but nobody else speaks like this. I would know a pikey accent within about 2 or 3 words. They even have their own language, Shelta, but it's very primitive.

Actually the term pikey isn't used in Ireland really - knacker is the main derogatory term. Of course they prefer travellers (but call themselves Pavee)