Accents
New York Times quiz can determine where in Ireland you come from

New York Times quiz can determine where in Ireland you come from

The New York Times quiz can tell you where you’re from based on how you pronounce certain words. The New York Times has a dialect quiz which predicts that it can tell where you are from in the UK or Ireland based on the phrases you use and how you pronounce certain words. Every county […]

2 years ago

WATCH: This is how Apple’s Siri copes with Irish accents

WATCH: This is how Apple’s Siri copes with Irish accents

Before you ask, the capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. Youtube duo, Andy Wood and Matt Kirshen, test the limits of everyday Artificial Intelligence (AI), Siri, Amazon Echo and Google Home, against a variety of accents in linguistics tests designed to determine which AI is the best at understanding the most people. The video was […]

9 years ago

WATCH: Suicide Squad’s Cara Delevingne reveals she “would love to do a movie in Ireland”

WATCH: Suicide Squad’s Cara Delevingne reveals she “would love to do a movie in Ireland”

Cara’s already practising the accent… To celebrate the release of the very, very, VERY highly-anticipated Suicide Squad (it’s very highly-anticipated in case you didn’t know), we headed over to London to meet the very talented, kick-ass stars of the film, including Cara Delevingne, Karen Fukuhara, Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez […]

10 years ago