Elocution lessons

strong1

Hi,

Does anyone know anyone who provides elocution lessons in the Dublin area, for both adults and children?

thanks

Jumpy

strong1 wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone know anyone who provides elocution lessons in the Dublin area, for both adults and children?

thanks

Dey warked fer me. Stoooooooooooory bud.



Just looked up google, cant seem to find anyone who specialises. They arent in the Golden Pages either.

Good luck.

melekalikimaka

most speech and drama places provide classes. i went to them for years...helped get rid of my english accent

ferdi

melekalikimaka wrote:

most speech and drama places provide classes. i went to them for years...helped get rid of my english accent

you really found your english accent such a handicap that you had to go to lessons to get rid of it??:eek:

slumped

melekalikimaka wrote:

most speech and drama places provide classes. i went to them for years...helped get rid of my english accent

Could we make this compulsory for english people arriving at the airport??

ST*

Jumpy wrote:

They arent in the Golden Pages either.

Speech training / therapy

KTRIC

After many years watching Manga as a child I developed a really harsh Japanese accent. Caused a bit of a problem growing up in the deepest depths of north side Dublin. Elocution lessons helped me immensely and now I'm able to say the letter "R" with ease.

melekalikimaka

ferdi wrote:

you really found your english accent such a handicap that you had to go to lessons to get rid of it??:eek:

yes i did find it a handicap, especiallly when your young and you get a hard time over it.it was a particulary snobby english accent

hepcat

melekalikimaka wrote:

yes i did find it a handicap, especiallly when your young and you get a hard time over it.it was a particulary snobby english accent

Incredible! What kind of accent have you now? Were you trained to replace th with d, a la Bertie, or have your home counties / grammar school plummy notes been replaced by southside dortspeak? Sorry, just never heard of someone having to get rid of a posh English accent to improve their quality of life. Sort of reverse Pygmalion..

Dave!

That is quite peculiar! :eek:

I'd also like to know what your accent is like now

MorningStar

I could well believe that having certain accents in Ireland brings unwanted attention.

I had a slight American twang after a year in the US.

While I still had it I was called various differnt names by people and also treated very nicely in places too. The funniest was when a Guard (from the country) stopped me for droping a recirpt from my pocket (didn't notice). He accused me of littering and siad " You wouldn't do that in your own home yank". I went through him for a short cut and reported him.

Ireland can be quite hostile.

melekalikimaka

its very neutral, bit d4ish tbh. ya wouldnt know i lived there for 8 years at all, ah i used to get fierce abuse over my accent, glad to be rid of it, tho if i go there on holidays at all it comes back a bit

Sam Vimes

slumped wrote:

Could we make this compulsory for english people arriving at the airport??

why stop there? it should be compulsary for the GCSEs