Analysis: Marie-Louise Sjoestedt introduced the West Kerry dialect and extraordinary concepts from Irish mythology to an audience beyond Ireland The Irish language brought several foreign linguists ...

NETFLIX’S hit supernatural thriller Below has gripped audiences with its chilling tale of deep-sea terror in a remote fishing village. But it’s not just the ancient horrors keeping ...

A dialect is simply a way of speaking at a particular location. All languages are bundles of dialects which vary by pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Just 165 years ago, most Irish people spoke ...

"Speech has become politicized," says dialect coach Deborah Hecht. "Asking an actor to lose his accent or dialect is seen by some as a put-down of his ethnicity and identity. In any case, it's much ...