Linguist says that Jamaican accent has no traces of irsh input despite the fact that Cork TD Gould sounded Jamaican to the locals. He says it’s a mix of old west of england accents, I’d always heard the cork city accent could be traced back to the Elizabethan settlers so it may be true. Most of our cities were almost exclusively populated by English settlers until the 18th century which means lots of city accents don’t relate to those of the surrounding countryside.
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Linguist says that Jamaican accent has no traces of irsh input despite the fact that Cork TD Gould sounded Jamaican to the locals. He says it’s a mix of old west of england accents, I’d always heard the cork city accent could be traced back to the Elizabethan settlers so it may be true. Most of our cities were almost exclusively populated by English settlers until the 18th century which means lots of city accents don’t relate to those of the surrounding countryside.