Quote Originally Posted by ♥ Lily ♥ View Post
Were you born in Australia? Were you culturally educated in Australia or in Ireland? Were most of your school friends and social connections Australian? Where is your father from?

I've read articles by linguists who stated that people can sound different to their parents if they were culturally raised in different locations to where their parents were culturally raised. The Queen's accent is different to the accent of her daughter (Princess Anne,) and also Princess Anne's daughter's accent is also different to her mother's accent.

I'm just wondering if you have an Australian accent?
Lily I was born in Dublin. I've posted frequently on my background here. My father was from Roscommon and my mother from Tipperary. I was 8 when I went to Australia. Some people think I sound Australian while others can pick up my Irish background. I use a lot of Irish terminology still. I've also been back to Ireland and at certain times stayed for reasonably long periods. I've also worked in London.