Language Learning in Limerick. I have been thinking about it before I left for the green island. As an Erasmus student, I hoped to learn a great deal of English while residing in Ireland. But as a student of English literature, I must say I was a bit worried about the Irish accent.
For two years know, at my home University in Ghent, I have been studying "British English". Not the common man's English, rather the Queen's English. The socalled RP. I have always cherished this posh pronunciation, even though I know a waiter in London would frown if I addressed him in my somewhat haughty University speak.
The Irish accent... let's just say it is miles (or kilometres, if you please) away from what I know. I do want to learn the peculiar pronunciation and vocabulary. After all, an Erasmus student should bring some of the Irish culture back home. But still, I hope that after my stay here I will be able to switch from "Irish" to RP and back. If only for the sake of my pronunciation classes in Ghent!
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