Just under half (49 per cent) have made an attempt at imitating the Irish accent, while 23 per cent confess every time they meet someone from Ireland, they’re tempted to try one out. And the ...

the Irish accent is notoriously hard to imitate." They added: "It seems even Hollywood's biggest stars sometimes miss the mark, with the most recent example being Emily Blunt's attempt in Wild ...

If you have a rhotic accent, you pronounce the /r/ sound whenever the letter 'r' appears in a word, like in 'learn', 'better' and 'perfect'. North American accents are usually rhotic, and other ...