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The 'Peaky Blinders' star wanted his children to share their parents' accents.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

If you read the article, he wanted to raise his family in his native Ireland and also to spend more time with his parents. Sounds like a well grounded fellow.

[–] RonSwanson 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, his name's Cillian.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

His last name is Murphy

[–] orangeboats 2 points 1 year ago

I thought Peaky Blinders made that obvious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Aye, go watch the Wind that Shakes the Barley

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My cousins spent 2 years on a military base and got an English accent and I thought it was the coolest thing, but then they lost it within a year of moving back to the states. Now they just sound generic American. Sad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

At least it's not Bostonian.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes I get the feeling the Irish don’t like us 🤔

[–] Rhin0 4 points 1 year ago

Wonder why 🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They'll only get a posh accent if you send them to a fancy school. So it's up to him.

[–] howsetheraven 2 points 1 year ago

I want to block the bot but the content is so sparse I'm not sure I should.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No, that was the IRA and that's all in the past, thank you very much.

[–] NounsAndWords -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mildly ironic for someone who made their fortune doing foreign accents not to want their children to have a foreign accent.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

that's literally what acting is though, that's a bit disingenuous man...