A thick kerry accent has to be one of the hardest to decipher.I have a few relations there that I have known for years and I am still left looking blankly at them at times when they say something.
+1 on the d4 accent.To anyone not from Ireland it is a put on LA accent used by 20 somethings in some parts of Ireland as a result of watching shows like laguna beach and the hills.It started of in an area in dublin but spreads like a plague anytime a country girl goes up to Dublin to University.Kinda like the T virus…
Maybe thats the point but over here media TV has what we call a D4 accent i.e. an affluent part of Dublin, which does not represent the rest of the country. I’d love to see that change
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Regardless, it is what it is. They’re your countrymen, whether you wish you’d let them go during the civil war or not…[/quote]
[quote]Chip Duglass wrote:
We Americans don’t have an accent. Unless you’re from the far north…or the deep south…or the east coast. Unless you are one of those people, you’re accent-less. [/quote]
You ever compare someone from Ohio to someone from California? These are two very different sounds.
[quote]SSC wrote:
And here’s one more fun find that I found, it’s so true…
[quote]Think about it: we rarely, if ever, make the “tuh” sound of a T… as we finish a word that ends in a “t”, we don’t actually say the “t”… instead we just stop all breath with our lungs. For example, “apartment” becomes “aparh’ meh’” (Say it really fast, and DON’T SAY THOSE Ts!). There… now you’ve goddih’!
Many Michigan folks have written, insisting they don’t do this. But “I don’ talk tha’ way!” sounds a lot different than “I don’Tuh talk thaTuh way.” Yes, Virginia, you are chopping off your Ts. (If you want to hear people who pronounce their ending Ts, listen to the Irish. An’ doan’T ye forgeT iT, boyo!)[/quote]
Irish people never pronounce their T’s, we say ‘Tree’ instead of ‘Three’ and ‘Dare’ instaed of ‘There’.
The reason we do that is because the Irish language (Gaeilge) does not have the TH sound so Irish people, who were forced to speak English, never picked up ‘dat’ element of the English spoken word, hence our funny way of tawking.
A friend of mine was in the states many years ago (dont know where, big place) and went up to a counter to pay for some items. The guy behind the desk commented on my friends strange accent and asked him where he was from.
My Friend said “Ireland”.
The guys response was “Ireland’ but you dont have red hair AND you speak English?”
To this he responded “Yeh!”
The guy behind the desk said “Woh’ I thought all you guys spoke Jibberish”. BTW he was serious! He thought Jibberish was an actual language?
All my friend could do was laugh and calmly explain some simple fact about Ireland
I love accents. American Southern might be my favourite. I don’t think I have an accent but on the phone some Americans have mistaken me for British.[/quote]
Diddlydee potatoes, spot on!
I always had you down as an American? Like Ct. Rockula who I thought was from the US and now has Ireland under his avi. Where are you from?
[quote]Nards wrote:
I was born in Canada but lived in southern England (Margate, Kent) from ages 4 to 9.
I had an accent and upon returning to Canada it took about a year for it to slowly fade away. I really didn’t like it and the kids made fun of me for it.
Now I wish I still had it. Chicks dig accents.[/quote]
Funny how as a kid you want to by like everyone else and when you get older you want to stand out more.
A distinctive accent can definetly earn you some serious man points. My mate is from Donegal and women constantly go on and on about his accent saying stuff like “it’s soo sexy” and “OMG I would listen to him all day”. Forget about the fact that he looks like one of those Troll Dolls, seriously lol!
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
I just want to say that I met a really hot asian girl with a british accent last night at work. OMGZOR THAT WAS SO HOT![/quote]
I love the way French women speak English, but them speaking French does nothing for me.
[quote]stumpy wrote:
I moved from Minnesota to Florida for school. I was fully expecting to get allot of shit for my “Fargo” accent. Apparently it doesn’t exist. The only time people comment is when I call a soda “pop”. Actually I’m quite disappointed overall with the lack of twang in the girls. It must have something to do with the tourism. I actually had one guy ask if I was an Aussie.
I have noticed that my “S” are turning to “D” for example instead of saying “I wasn"t” I now say “I wud’nt” Milk is also not pronounced as “melk”[/quote]
Florida is not the South (except perhaps some of the panhandle).
Shall I tell you whats awful? The mansfield [English Mansfield] and surrounding areas accent is terrible. It’s a mash up of newcastle, nottingham, yorkshire, derby, sometimes you can hear a bit of liverpool in it.
Being from the south of england, I sometimes slip words out as if I’m a farmer but this rarely happens. I’ve started to pick up a slightly northern accent, but thats just to avoid the “I’M FROM LANDON MATE!” comments - even though I just pronounce my words how they’re intended.
I’ve noticed that having a slightly different accent to everyone else while proving someone wrong can sometimes get very annoying when they start saying “SAY BATH AGAIN! HAHA YOU SAY IT FUNNY! SAY GLASS!”.
Stupid northerners.
/rant.
EDIT: Btw, anyone know why most northerners think everywhere in the south is london?
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
I just want to say that I met a really hot asian girl with a british accent last night at work. OMGZOR THAT WAS SO HOT![/quote]
I love the way French women speak English, but them speaking French does nothing for me.[/quote]
I find this with eastern block countries as well. But as soon as they start talking their language, I want to get them some cough medicine and a doctor.
In fact, most of the polish/russian/etc people that come over here pronounce words BETTER than most locals.
For those who like accents you should visit New Orleans. The different neighborhoods have different accents based on the ethnic groups that dominated the districts. There were some neighborhoods where people sounded like they were from Boston (Irish), New York (Italian), Deep South, French/Cajun, and then the more local flavor. Well, at least it was before Katrina.
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
Newfies are hard to understand, funny as hell though.
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I knew this would come up… lol. Ireland doesn’t really sound that bad compared to here. I’m from a small town of about 3500 people, and I can pick out accents sometimes from different ends of the town. Every little community has it’s own sound, too. And there are alot of those. Watch NTV some time (Newfoundland Television) and the news reporters on there often have Newfoundland accents. It’s quite entertaining sometimes, even for me.
I love accents. American Southern might be my favourite. I don’t think I have an accent but on the phone some Americans have mistaken me for British.[/quote]
You should hear Savannah, GA accents. Probably the most lyrical, with perhaps Mississippi being next.
The guy behind the desk said “Woh’ I thought all you guys spoke Jibberish”. BTW he was serious! He thought Jibberish was an actual language?
All my friend could do was laugh and calmly explain some simple fact about Ireland[/quote]
I get this all the time, except about Welsh obviously. An American guy once said to me “You’re Welsh?! Wasn’t your language made up by a bunch of drunks?”. One of my friends got pretty offended and said “I could say the same thing about yours”.
My accent seems pretty popular up here in England. I like to think I sound like a distinguished Welshman, something like Richard Burton, but it’s probably more like Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill.
The guy behind the desk said “Woh’ I thought all you guys spoke Jibberish”. BTW he was serious! He thought Jibberish was an actual language?
All my friend could do was laugh and calmly explain some simple fact about Ireland[/quote]
I get this all the time, except about Welsh obviously. An American guy once said to me “You’re Welsh?! Wasn’t your language made up by a bunch of drunks?”. One of my friends got pretty offended and said “I could say the same thing about yours”.
My accent seems pretty popular up here in England. I like to think I sound like a distinguished Welshman, something like Richard Burton, but it’s probably more like Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill.
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The guy behind the desk said “Woh’ I thought all you guys spoke Jibberish”. BTW he was serious! He thought Jibberish was an actual language?
All my friend could do was laugh and calmly explain some simple fact about Ireland[/quote]
I get this all the time, except about Welsh obviously. An American guy once said to me “You’re Welsh?! Wasn’t your language made up by a bunch of drunks?”. One of my friends got pretty offended and said “I could say the same thing about yours”.
My accent seems pretty popular up here in England. I like to think I sound like a distinguished Welshman, something like Richard Burton, but it’s probably more like Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill.
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The guy behind the desk said “Woh’ I thought all you guys spoke Jibberish”. BTW he was serious! He thought Jibberish was an actual language?
All my friend could do was laugh and calmly explain some simple fact about Ireland[/quote]
I get this all the time, except about Welsh obviously. An American guy once said to me “You’re Welsh?! Wasn’t your language made up by a bunch of drunks?”. One of my friends got pretty offended and said “I could say the same thing about yours”.
My accent seems pretty popular up here in England. I like to think I sound like a distinguished Welshman, something like Richard Burton, but it’s probably more like Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill.
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Or God forbid, the only gay in the village ‘Daffyd’.
Have you ever lsitened to a recording of yourself speaking, it’s like holy shit is that really me?