My sister, Kelly, was ridiculing my pathetic impersonation of an Irish accent the other day. She said that it sounded nothing like an Irish accent and was a bit racist.
I said that she couldn't have it both ways. If it was a bit racist then it must have been slightly recognisable as Irish.
But it all set me wondering. What if you were a child born in Ireland who was unable to do an Irish accent?
I was on a training course earlier in the year with a guy who had a lovely Swansea accent. Nice chap.
Turned out he was born in Hungary. Hadn't lived in Wales since he was tiny but couldn't shake the accent.
Ian