My accent is straight from Belfast, I have been away from there for 35 years but it is still very strong. Most people can understand us if we speak slower than normal, but if a few Belfast people are together and the speech speeeds up a little then outsiders are lost, although a scotsman can usually figure out what we are talking about.

A few months ago I was explaining a song about convicts. I mentioned that a certain country was once a "Penal Colony". After the set a lady asked what a "Penis Colony" was ?. She was definitely not from Belfast.