The Forest
The forest dew lay fresh on the ground. As you walk through the green canopy of trees, the gentle smell of water over-powers you. Refreshing and rejuvenating you as you…
Donegal County, Ireland
Located in the Ulster province of Northern Ireland is Donegal, a vast county in Ireland with at least a dozen different areas located within it each with their own unique…
Cork, Ireland
Cork, along with our previous accent, Kerry, is one of the hardest accents to understand. As far as accents go, Donegal, Cork and Kelly are all ranked the hardest to…
Speaking Kerry
The next accent in our series is one called "Kerry". It is rated one of the hardest accents to understand. It shares this position with Cork, another tough accent to…
Jamaican Creole
We all love the music of the Jamaican people. Their famous music can be heard all throughout movies. The sound of their maracas, tambourines and steel drums can be heard…
Die Platteland
Of all the accents in the world, this one has my heart--the language of my people. South Africans. As we've seen, every country has become a great melting pot in…
Cockney English; East End London
In my previous article, I spoke about Appalachian English in America's Appalachian mountainous regions. For this next dialect, I thought I'd take a skip across onto the next continent--namely England,…
Appalachian (Appa-lach-ian) English
The Appalachian Mountain Region. Home of Appalachian English. In the eastern United States is a version of English native only to the Appalachian mountain region. Stretching from Alabama to Canada,…
A Great Melting Pot
I think it is fair to say that at some point or other we've all heard someone with an accent. I can personally testify to hearing people with all kinds…
The Greatest Pranksters
Given it was April Fools' Day a week or two back, I was wondering about the first prank. Who did it? Where did they do it and what was it?…