I know we speak the same language, however I can't understand a word they say. Can they understand our Americanoland accents or do we sound just as gritty to them?
I lived/worked in County Cork for a while. My Chef there used the word cvnt more then the word salt. There were 3 other Americans, all of us from Phsycomaryland. He said we all sounded gruff, but some just more trashy then the others. Then he would tell us to STFU and called us immigrants
Made friends with a group of Aussies at G Land. When it came to our differences in language it was a cracker. Listening to an Aussie impersonate an American surfer was hillarious.
I worked with an old Irish guy fresh off the boat. It was like he was speaking Gaelic, I couldn't understand one single fvcking word he said. So I said "uh huh" and shook my head a lot. No problems with Aussies, just the occasional word or idiomatic phrase to throw you off. Bunch of sods/ blodgers they are
My step dad was fresh from Ireland when he married my mom. I was just s little kid at the time and grew up with that brogue. I can watch a movie or talk to the thickest Irish accented person and I understand as clearly as I do any American. It's like knowing another language, when my wife first met my family she didn't understand a word. Now after 25 years she kinda gets it but not nearly as well as I do. That ability translates to all the ther english speaking accents. I have commented on things on tv, when they are subtitling an, Irish a scot, or an Aussie saying why the hell are they subtitling English for English and my wife will say it's because most people can't understand a friggin word they're saying.
Is "Ubonics" a form of English? How about Jive?... [video=youtube;zdCjbJ6NEfc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdCjbJ6NEfc[/video]
