My Kids have Irish Accents

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My kids have developed Irish accents. Of course they have, they're Irish, aren't they? Yes. But for the first few years they speak in a stilted shorthand. They also don't waste words. It's only since Mac an Seanchai started going to school that he's taking Hiberno-English for a test-drive. "I went to school today, so I did, and shur, you'll never guess, wasn't the teacher sick!" Begorrah and begob.

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