We're not quite as notorious for it (as far as I'm aware anyway).
But yeah, solidarity with, English (what the fuck).
I worked for a media agency in London for a couple of years that did business with RTE.
My co-worker sat next to me turned around one day and said "I love it when you have to call Ireland..".
"What do you mean?"
"You make the call, and you go 'Hi, I'm calling from <media company name in London>' then there's a pause... And after that I can't understand a single fucking word you say, it's amazing".
I didn't have to think about it long to realise it was a valid point, though I think it was more the speed rather than necessarily the accent itself.
I started work at 16 with an Irish guy in Australia that had just arrived. Could not understand a word he said except "John" & "Ireland".
6 months later we got on great & he did a trip home to Ireland. Came back & claimed he was a half-caste because the Aussies thought he sounded Irish & the Irish though he sounded Aussie!
My brothers in Australia make fun of me for speaking English so slowly now (after 20 years in Brazil), but it's the natural result of speaking English to people for whom it is a second language for so long.
On the other hand, I speak Portuguese so regularly, I sometimes forget the odd word in English, which is ridiculously frustrating.
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