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I think its a very Irish thing to do accents, said Saoirse Ronan ina 2018 interview.
When youre telling a story, you just naturally go into the characters accent.
I had grown up with Mam and Dad doing that an awful lot.
Naturally, when I would play with my dolls, theyd all be Americanand Polish.
The Pluck of the Irish
Presumably all great actors can do accents.
Are the Irish better at it than the rest of us?
Anyone can have a naturally good or bad ear.
But the Irish do seem to have at least one clear advantage going for them: exposure.
Plus the accents of Ireland are quite embodied physically.
Youre already setting yourself up for easier access to something new.
Carlson says shes observed the Irish to have this sense of drilling down, specificity.
Wonderful listeners, too.
Because you really only speak as well as you listen.
And then, of course, there are pubs.
People just love getting together and having the craic and spinning yarns, says Diamond.
(Craicis Irish slang forbanterorgood vibes.)
And if they dont get up and sing a song, theyll recite a poem.
That doesnt happen much where I live.
If youre in that soup of music and art all the time, it elevates everything.
I think in America its different.
(Sorry, Bostonians.)
Carslon, who lives and works in Atlanta, stressed that Were very Scotch-Irish down here.
Its almost like the United States is an Irish colony!
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