Irish language skills lure Amazon

STEED · 03-02-06, 06:19 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4765774.stm

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better language skills

Tchocky · 03-03-06, 02:49 PM

Makes plenty of sense to me.....

Type XXIII · 03-03-06, 04:04 PM

Won't a large part of those Irishmen be speaking English as their second languge?

Tchocky · 03-03-06, 04:37 PM

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Won't a large part of those Irishmen be speaking English as their second languge?

English is the primary language of Ireland

STEED · 03-03-06, 04:43 PM

Donâ€™t forget the accent :hmm:

Tchocky · 03-03-06, 04:45 PM

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Donâ€™t forget the accent :hmm:

hmph?

STEED · 03-03-06, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Donâ€™t forget the accent :hmm:

hmph?

a way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker

Rotary Crewman · 03-04-06, 06:10 AM

Be Jeasus, would you look at dat, ya order didn't go froo rioght. I'll get rioght onto it

STEED · 03-04-06, 06:18 AM

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Be Jeasus, would you look at dat, ya order didn't go froo rioght. I'll get rioght onto it

:rotfl:

Tchocky · 03-04-06, 03:51 PM

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Donâ€™t forget the accent :hmm:

hmph?

a way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker

Just wondering why an Irish accent is any different/better/worse than an English one.....

STEED · 03-04-06, 04:19 PM

Hard to tell you I have encountered many types, to put in a nut shell some are very hard to understand but hey it's the world over I know people up in Scotland and one of them I can only make some of what he's saying and that's when he is sober.

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Donâ€™t forget the accent :hmm: __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Rotary Crewman Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The cold part of a Helicopter, the back. Posts: 395 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Be Jeasus, would you look at dat, ya order didn't go froo rioght. I'll get rioght onto it __________________

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Hard to tell you I have encountered many types, to put in a nut shell some are very hard to understand but hey it's the world over I know people up in Scotland and one of them I can only make some of what he's saying and that's when he is sober. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Type XXIII Machinist's Mate Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 129 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Won't a large part of those Irishmen be speaking English as their second languge?