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Nicki Minaj responded with an on-point Belfast accent when James Corden asked her if she can do an Irish accent.
Kenneth Branagh says he lost his Belfast accent within three years of moving to England in an effort to "fit in".
Director of the acclaimed new movie ‘Belfast,’ Kenneth Branagh, has revealed how he lost his Belfast accent within three years of moving to England to “fit in.” ...
Belfast, Dublin accents among the most difficult for smart home speakers to understand Amazon Alexa and Google Home smart home speakers have a hard time understanding Belfast and Dublin accents.
For example, the Belfast accent speakers heard and judged recordings made of native Belfast speakers and “fake” Belfast accents being imitated by non-native speakers.
A new study finds that residents of Dublin, Belfast, and Glasgow were better at detecting fake accents than their counterparts in southern areas of England—possibly as a result of long-ago ...
People with ‘non-English accents’ from Belfast and Glasgow are significantly less likely to behave in criminal ways, a study has found. Speakers of some accents perceived as working class ...
There’s no point pretending Belfast locals will be winning awards for the sexiest or easiest to understand accents any time soon but it’s not all bad news for NI accent lovers.
This is the hilarious moment Kyra from Belfast tells her American father that her mother who is from Northern Ireland is the one who has the correct accent.
People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new research has found.