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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Thanks for beating me to it. 
Irish Gaelic ( Gaeilge) and Scots Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) are two related but separate languages; Welsh is a Brythonic language, kin to Breton. All four are Celtic languages, and all four are, of course, different from the distintive accents used in speaking English.
I'll never forget the Burns Night dinner I went to, where a friend delivered a very well-written "Toast to the Lassies." The only problem was that he decided to use a "broguish" accent, which sounded much, much more Irish than Scottish. It almost couldna eat m' haggis. |
Heheh,
"Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be thankit."
Burns was a cheeky bastard. Now to your friends credit, the Ulster Scots (Scots Irish) sound a little bit between both accents. It doesn't help that most live in Northern Ireland, and so they have the sort of strange emphasis and staccato.
(for an example of a typical Northern Irish (Belfast) accent, click here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=14162010 and wait until it gets to Martin McGuinness talking.)