Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
"I'd know by their talk shur!"
Here's a great little clip from now 97 year old Sadie Nash from Branch, Newfoundland. Sadie was born and reared in the neighbouring community of Point Lance which is about 10 mile away. The same as Ireland, if you have a tuned ear or local, you will hear accents change from village to village. I noticed it there too and due to the amount of Wexford people settling in Point Lance I could hear a strong Wexford accent come through while it was more South Tipp/Waterford around Branch. In saying that there are family accents too and I noticed some families in Branch still retained Wexford tones due to their ancestors coming from here. Honest to God, clear as day when you listen.
I love accents, the more local the better, and my heart has been broken since the early 1990s listening to younger Irish people putting on accents to try to sound cool or posh English or American. We lament about the loss of language in Ireland but it is the deliberate loss of local accent in past 30+ years that breaks my heart.
Anyway - its lovely to hear to Sadie recognise the local differences and tell me that she'd "know by their talk shur!".
"I'd know by their talk shur!"
Here's a great little clip from now 97 year old Sadie Nash from Branch, Newfoundland. Sadie was born and reared in the neighbouring community of Point Lance which is about 10 mile away. The same as Ireland, if you have a tuned ear or local, you will hear accents change from village to village. I noticed it there too and due to the amount of Wexford people settling in Point Lance I could hear a strong Wexford accent come through while it was more South Tipp/Waterford around Branch. In saying that there are family accents too and I noticed some families in Branch still retained Wexford tones due to their ancestors coming from here. Honest to God, clear as day when you listen.
I love accents, the more local the better, and my heart has been broken since the early 1990s listening to younger Irish people putting on accents to try to sound cool or posh English or American. We lament about the loss of language in Ireland but it is the deliberate loss of local accent in past 30+ years that breaks my heart.
Anyway - its lovely to hear to Sadie recognise the local differences and tell me that she'd "know by their talk shur!".
