Speak and Your Sins Will Find You Out...
The Northern Irish accent is one that stands out in this part of the world and tonight at CU (which was very good, by the way - and we played a game called human bop it which I will just have to bring home with me!) when the Christian Medic got up and said "Well everyone, what's the craic?" in an almost Portadown accent you just KNOW where she's from.
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And I asked Kathryn beside me and Dave behind me "Do I actually sound like that?!" - the answers were "yes" and "yes - but a little bit different". It's so weird to hear a good and proper accent! After the CU I went up and said "So, where are you from?" I was a little off with Portadown but she's from Belfast! And she introduced me to Rach(a)el from Limavady.
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After CU everyone heads back to someone's house so off we dandered. There I got talking to the Belfast girl some more - she recognised my coat (it's been so cold here plus my flu so I'm going round in my cardiff hoodie and DHS fleece) and said she played hockey down at DHS. She's a second year student... and went to Victoria... so you'll NEVER guess who she knows... a Ms Skelton! Rach - Lucinda says hello and good ridance! Just kidding about the second part.
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I know I don't like the stereotype that because I'm from NI or Ireland, as some people say, that I know the whole country but the "six degrees of seperation" that exists in the world is always slightly smaller in our wee country.
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Us Taly people then left the house - it would take half an hour to get back - and I noticed a wee hint of a rather broad and recognisable accent. I met a lovely girl from Coleraine! She didn't know you Paul but she knew someone called... Trevor? Maybe that's his name and apparently he moved down to our part of the world recently too. She hadn't realised that Spelga yoghurts and Mauds were an NI thing - I maybe should have broke the news more gently!
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Small world!
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Anyway, I'm completely wrecked thanks to having a VERY long walk today and still having the flu (despite sleeping in my dressing gown with a hot water bottle and every blanket in my room on top of me) and I need to get up earlier tomorrow!
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Night night!
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posted by Rach @ 11:46 AM
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1 Comments:
ahahaha you know lucinda, she is one crazy girl, carzy in all sense of the word, even go so far as to say šílený(i hope thats how you spell it)!
how crazy is the student life, ive missed it terribly! cept this year im living in the full on ghetto, so its alittle bit more scary, actually a lot more scary!
hows your mother doen?
i love all the wee cu freshers, just wish you come to glasgow, then i could see more of you rach!
love you xxx
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