“Our dad is from Cork and nobody understands what he is saying” - Why can’t we understand each other's accents?

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“Our dad is from Cork and nobody understands what he is saying” - Why can’t we understand each other's accents?

A misunderstanding at the Oireachtas Committee secret payments discussion has gone viral. Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath asked RTÉ’s Interim Deputy General, Adrian Lynch ‘who are you loyal too’ but was lost in translation and heard as ‘who are you lying too’. The video has gone viral thanks to Newstalk’s Rory Walsh. Henry McKean has been looking at communication breakdowns and different accents within Ireland…

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“Our dad is from Cork and nobody understands what he is saying” - Why can’t we understand each other's accents?