Affected brogue

Language Log 2024-12-19

Summary:

Having just come back from two weeks in London and Belfast, this article is particularly germane for me: "The Irish and Scots Aren’t Fooled by Your Fake Accent:  Some cultures are better than others at spotting impostors. The skill could allow them to pick out outsiders trying to infiltrate their groups."  By Eric Niiler, WSJ […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67409&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=affected-brogue

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Tags:

accents

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

12/19/2024, 10:42

Date published:

12/19/2024, 05:05