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> <channel><title>The Irish Diaspora &#187; accent</title> <atom:link href="http://www.diaspora.ie/starship/tag/accent/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.diaspora.ie/starship</link> <description>Heritage and culture, ingenuity and aspiration.</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:24:54 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator> <item><title>Cork Accent</title><link>http://www.diaspora.ie/starship/2009/06/cork-accent/</link> <comments>http://www.diaspora.ie/starship/2009/06/cork-accent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:54:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>diaspora</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Communicator!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[accent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cork]]></category> <guid
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src="http://diaspora.ie/starship/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cork_accent.gif" alt="cork accent" title="cork accent" width="220" height="157" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1121" />You&#8217;ll need a few other words as well, but no cool travel dictionary to sort this one out  &#8211; Sony tried i think, but gave up!</p><p>If someone&#8217;s got a &#8216;lapsi pa&#8217; it is&#8217;nt a missing father, more like a dodgy disease no doctor can identify, and if someone says they&#8217;re &#8216;on the tack&#8217; then they&#8217;re off the drink, but probably only temporarily!</p><p>So, if you&#8217;re coming to the Capital, (yep, tis so!), you know you&#8217;re going to be bilingual, and have a <strong>Cork accent</strong>, when you leave &#8211; how&#8217;s that for a bonus.</p><p>Here&#8217;s a skit from Tommy T&#8230;</p><p><object
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/> (He has a secret wish by the way, hint &#8211; he&#8217;s originally from Galway!)&#8230;</p><p></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.diaspora.ie/starship/2009/06/cork-accent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
