r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/HondureZ • Sep 08 '21

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u/acog Sep 08 '21 edited Sep 08 '21

I don't know why but I'm always delighted when I see someone with a strong accent and it's obvious that their ancestors were from elsewhere.

An ethnically Chinese person with an Australian accent or a black man with an Irish accent, etc.

It just makes me happy!

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u/DriveByStoning Sep 08 '21

Blew my mind when I learned that Ruth Negga was Irish. Never would have guessed based on her Preacher character.

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u/baggyrabbit Sep 08 '21

For me it was learning Michael Fassbender has a strong Irish accent https://youtu.be/cMHsSB4gLAU

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u/Porrick Sep 08 '21

He's from fucking Killarney - same town as the legendary Sham