Ulsterman with bizarre accent wins US Open.

[johnhughthom]

As a Northern Irish sports fan I rarely have moments to treasure so I just had to post something about Graeme McDowell's win at the US Open, the first European to win for 40 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8751043.stm

[gaelic cowboy]

Well thats the Ryder Cup place sorted for him so.

[johnhughthom]

Well thats the Ryder Cup place sorted for him so.

Indeed, and my Sports Personality of the year vote sorted.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Has he lived in America long? Is he trying to speak in a more US English for the occasion?

He sounds bizarre, like an American trying and failing at an Irish accent, or an off-Irishman trying to do American.


Must be cool to be a one-man variant of English!

[johnhughthom]

He went to college in the states on a golf scolarship I think. I love the fact that one word is in an Ulster accent then the next is American.

[Subotan]

Northern Ireland eats champ-s for breakfast dinner

[Rhyfelwyr]

This thread is evoking random memories for me...

This is the first time a Briton has won a major golf tournament since Paul Lawrie back in 1999, or something like that I gather. I remember watching while on holiday the day he won that tournamet... what?! It can't have been a decade ago, I feel so old...

Northern Ireland eats champ

My Gran used to make that a lot, mince and tatties was still the staple with her though.

[Reverend Joe]

As a Northern Irish sports fan I rarely have moments to treasure so I just had to post something about Graeme McDowell's win at the US Open, the first European to win for 40 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8751043.stm

Golf is a sport?

[miotas]

If you can bet on it, it's a sport.