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Vladimir Lenin and the ‘Rathmines accent’

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  • 04-02-2012 12:55pm
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    Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary, spoke with a Dublin accent. Well, according to Roddy Connolly, son of James, who said in a 1976 Irish Times feature that Lenin, more specifically, had a “Rathmines accent”. This was due to the fact apparently that Leinin was taught English in London (c. 1902) by an “Irish tutor, who had lived in Leinster Road”.

    Continues: http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/vladimir-lenin-and-the-rathmines-accent/

    A story that may be of interest to some!

    (Hope this does not constitute as spamming)


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