The Irish accent is something proven to be quite tricky for non-Irish people to master. We've seen our fair share of dodgy attempts onscreen in the past. Sean Connery has been a big culprit in the past, and Tom Cruise giving it a go in Far and Away was just plain hilarious
Enter Madeleine Harvey. By looking at her YouTube channel she seems to be a singing coach by trade, so you can understand branching out into other vocal techniques. Americans all seem to hear an Irish accent different to us; we're all actually "Oirish"
While you can applaud Madeleine for her effort, she's just way off here. It sounds like her only exposure to Irish people were the likes of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt's in Snatch (Brad's is alright in fairness)
It's worth watching all 8 or so minutes of this. Her pronunciations of flower and sour, (or 'flare' and sayer' as she puts it) are particularly comical. It did the rounds on Twitter this morning.
Ah here, lads, turns out we’ve been doing the Irish accent arseways pic.twitter.com/MJzCrSVWNv
— Dermot Ward (@chizmund) May 15, 2019
“The Tom Cruise School of Irish Accents”
— John (@jokekoky) May 15, 2019
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When she said “flower” ?? pic.twitter.com/ohS6pNoRoP
— Craig Grainger (@CraigJCG) May 15, 2019
I'm most annoyed that she thinks we pronounce H's
— Hooch (@HeresKellie) May 15, 2019
You can watch the full video here. Be prepared to bask in all the cringey goodness.
