Irish accent
Emerald Isle lilt
The distinctive way English is spoken by people from Ireland, characterized by particular patterns of rhythm, intonation, and pronunciation.
Irish accents vary considerably by region—a Dublin accent differs markedly from a Cork or Belfast accent.
The term often evokes warm associations in popular culture: She spoke with a soft Irish accent.
Sometimes romanticized or imitated, often poorly.
- brogueAccent or sturdy shoe
- liltRhythmic speech quality
- DublinIrish capital city
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
old country · pub · craic · top of the morning · fiddle · emerald · rolling · musical · charming · thick · twang · Guinness · countryside · poetry · storytelling · warm · sing-song · dialect
- IrelandDublin, Cork, leprechaun, Galway, Eire
- accentsTexas drawl, Texas twang, intonation, twang, Cajun
- British AccentsGeordie, Brummie, Queen's English, RP, Glaswegian
Irish accentBritish accent
UK speech pattern
Australian accent · Canadian accent · Jamaican accent · Welsh accent
Irish accentRP
Prestige British accent
BBC English · Queen's English · King's English · posh accent · Welsh accent
Irish accentYorkshire accent
Regional British pronunciation
Irish, accent, Ireland, Irishman, Irishwoman, Irishness, accents, accented, accenting