Thanks Angelika.
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However, when singing, the music directs the way in which the words are mouthed so often they will be clearer.
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Very true. The thing that's different about this movie from any other musical-turned-movie that I know is that the songs and storyline are comteporary as opposed to classical and that it's a movie of realitism rather than a fantasy. Storyline runs along the aspiring/struggling Irish musician played by Glen Hansen, a real Irish artist who's the lead singer of the group "the Frame". It's said the depiction of the life of the Irish people in the movie is pretty accurate and realistic.
Anyway, it gives the impression that the way they talk and sing in the movie is the way they do in real life. Several years ago, there's a popular singer from UK (not sure what part of UK) being interviewed here in the States, he spoke with such accent that when the interviewed was later played on the radio, they had to dub over his voice with an American "translator" so the audience could understand the interview. But when he started singing live, you would not believe it's the same person whoes voice was being dubbed when speaking. This phonomenon has always fascinated me. I simple can't grasp the magic. I would think music would complicate the accent with its tunes and inflections, not wash off the accent. I don't know I thought maybe there's some linguistic mystery or explanation about this.
Thanks
NT