Just for fun!
A leprechaun is a mythical being from Ireland.
Gerry Adams is a politician in Northern Ireland.
Note: Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, or ROI, or Eire, is NOT part of the United Kingdom. Its capital city is Dublin.
Northern Ireland IS part of the United Kingdom. Its capital is Belfast. But this is a language course not a politics course.
Mrs. Doubtfire is a Scottish comedy character in a Robin Williams film/movie.
Billy Connolly is a Scottish comedian and singer.
Wae'aye man! is a typical expression used in North East England. Especially after eating 'stotties'.
Yorkshire is a region or county, in the north of England.
Liam Gallacher is the singer in Oasis. His home town is Manchester, England.
Scouse or Scouser, is the nickname for a person from the city of Liverpool, England. (You know, where the Beatles came from!)
'Never ever on TV' = the Isle of Man. They do, however, have motorbike races the Isle of Man TT; and Manx cats, cats with no tails.
Dudley is a place name, not a man's name here. It represents the accent of Birmingham and the 'Black Country'.
Valleys represents Wales. Wales is mountainous, and between the mountains are the lowlands or plains, called valleys, where the people live.
West Country, a geographic term for an area with its own accent. Note the map shows that for TV shows, an area on the East coast (Norfolk) is also given a 'West Country' accent!
Cockney is an accent, or dialect, or perhaps even 'slang', that originally was for a small area of London. The area where Cockney is used has spread, and some people now use 'Mockney' words and expressions. Mockney = 'mock' or 'fake' Cockney. Would you Adam'n'eve it!
The Queen's English. The true, the real, the only proper accent to have. Where proper is pronounced as 'propah'. The Queen is the ruler of the UK, so the Queen's English is English as she speaks, She and all the other 'posh' upper-class people (the 'toffs') of England.
Simple really. ;)
