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Norwegians and their accents

  • 06-07-2015 5:40pm
    #1
    Overflow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭


    Whats the story with Norwegians adopting the accent of where ever they travel to? I met one last week who spent 4 years in Sligo studying industrial design and he had a ticker Irish accent than i did !! :eek::eek:


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  • #2
    pogcica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 213 ✭✭pogcica


    i find its the same with the Danes, i can tell where they have been studying/working abroad eg. USA,UK australia accents.

    having said that i don't know if the Danes think i speak danish with a thick dublin accent or a bad Østjylland one.


  • #3
    Lady Chuckles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,279 ✭✭✭Lady Chuckles


    I think it has to do with the fact that we don't have an English accent of our own, we tend to imitate. I spend every single day with my Midlands special someone, so there's no wonder I sound like that too (despite being Scandinavian) ;)

    Though I reckon if I hung out with Dublin friends for a longer space of time, I'd adapt to that instead - mainly because I don't have an accent of my own :)


  • #4
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,768 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Lady Chuckles wrote: »
    Though I reckon if I hung out with Dublin friends for a longer space of time, I'd adapt to that instead - mainly because I don't have an accent of my own :)
    They speak English in Dublin? :)


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