Exploring the Irish Midlands Dialect: Phonetics, Accents & Culture
Discover the nuances of the Irish Midlands dialect through phonetics, accents, and cultural insights. Learn about vowel sounds, diphthongs, and key differences from the standard American accent in this engaging exploration. Dive into Irish heritage and linguistic distinctions that make the Midlands region unique.
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INTRO TO THE IRISH MIDLANDS DIALECT Mainstage 2015
CLIP ONE WRITE DOWN ANYTHING YOU NOTICE ABOUT HOW THE ACTOR SPEAKS. TAKE NOTE OF THINGS THAT MAKES HIS ACCENT DIFFERENT THAN A STANDARD AMERICAN ACCENT.
SOME HELPFUL VOCAB! PHONETICS: THE STUDY OF SPEECH SOUNDS VOWELS: AN OPEN SPEECH SOUND (A, E, I, O, U, Y) CONSONANTS: A PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED SPEECH SOUND (ALL OTHER LETTERS) MONOPHTHONG: SINGULAR VOWEL SOUND (TEETH, BIRD, POD) DIPHTHONG: A VOWEL CLUSTER; TWO VOWEL SOUNDS IN ONE SYLLABLE (SOUTH, VOICE, ICE, LOUD, BEARD) TRIPHTHONG: A VOWEL CLUSTER; THREE VOWEL SOUNDS IN ONE SYLLABLE (HOUR, FIRE, LOYAL)
PHONETICS CONTINUED The dipthong in kite often starts from a centralized place: IPA k it. To American and British ears, kite can sound a bit like koyt. KITE KOYT The diphthong in mouth is often fronted to something like IPA u or u or u, among other variants. Hence mouth can sound like meh-ooth. MOUTH MEH-OOTH Th becomes IPA t and d in words like thing and this (i.e. tin and dis ). THING TIN THIS DIS
