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To: Stoat
Ahh the Gaelic accent....

You got that right; unless they were from Ulster, most of us wouldn't understand a syllable. But the same can be said of Cockney English.....Wot?
16 posted on 03/17/2009 10:59:50 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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To: BIGLOOK
"understand"

It also, like Americans, depends on the person and type of education they've received. I have two in-laws from the Norwich area of England. One is perfectly understandable and one is not.

37 posted on 03/18/2009 11:46:09 AM PDT by driftless2
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