What is it with the Australian/New Z. accent?

faceman

Firstly, no disrespect to our friends from the souther hemisphere!

Is it just me or are more and more ads/voice overs and tv presenters in ireland (well mostly dublin) coming from the sunny southern hemisphere countries?

Do we have any good voice over talent in ireland that doesnt do one of those "put on" dublin or irish accents left???

casanova_kid

and how many ads does bleeding Ed Byrne do? Selling out is what i call it.

Vorsprung

girl + aussie accent = hot!

sprinkles

bigjimthefirst wrote:

Hot girl + any accent = hot!

Fixed

tman

sprinkles wrote:

Fixed

even a meath accent?

casanova_kid

sprinkles wrote:

Fixed

Disagree with that, does Jennifer Ellison lose a bit of her lust factor when she starts to speak. Still would though.

Atrocity

The New Zealand accent has to be the most irritating in the world

Pigman II

Atrocity wrote:

The New Zealand accent has to be the most irritating in the world

South African is far worse.

Rb

casanova_kid wrote:

Disagree with that, does Jennifer Ellison lose a bit of her lust factor when she starts to speak. Still would though.

Yes she most certainly does.

Atrocity

That's annoying too. However, two words: Shortland Street

Zebra3

bigjimthefirst wrote:

girl + aussie accent = hot!

Defo!!!!

Gets you thinking of some of the fine talent that their soaps have churned out of the years.

Keep'em coming!!!!

Setun

Where's Sexee Aussie? I think she'd have something interesting to say about all this.

that Holly Valance ad with the skirt, Heelllllloooooooooooo Nurse!

Font22

guy+aussie accent=HOT!

casanova_kid

Font22 wrote:

guy+aussie accent=HOT!

You just ruined the mood of the thread.

The_B_Man

could be worse. vould have a cardiff accent! lol


nah, im kidding. only accent i prefer to welsh is the dublin accent. tho recently i've met sum sexy dutch girls so thats me new fave!! hehe

Squirrel

I actually dislike accents, must be because I don't have a recognisable accent myself, I pick them up very easy though. I was in Birmingham on an athletics trip during the summer, spent my whole time in the company of Irish people, when I came home 2 and a half days later I had a slight English accent. I had a fairly pronounced French accent after 2 weeks in France. Have to agree with Hot girl + any accent = HOT (with a few exceptions eg: Geordie)

Mossy Monk

casanova_kid wrote:

and how many ads does bleeding Ed Byrne do? Selling out is what i call it.

jesus, heaven forbid someone may want to earn a living

casanova_kid

Mossy Monk wrote:

jesus, heaven forbid someone may want to earn a living

One minute here, he's a pretty high profile comedian, and i'd assume he's reasnoably well off from comedy work already. I think that doing ads like that take away from the overall work of a comedian. Would you like to see an artist who has picture in Le Louvre painting a McDonalds burger for an ad?

Atrocity

you wouldn't catch Ricky Gervais doing a voiceover for furniture sales or fast food

Mossy Monk

casanova_kid wrote:

One minute here, he's a pretty high profile comedian, and i'd assume he's reasnoably well off from comedy work already. I think that doing ads like that take away from the overall work of a comedian. Would you like to see an artist who has picture in Le Louvre painting a McDonalds burger for an ad?

what impact would that have on my life. i couldnt care less what Ed Byrne, Ricky Gervais, Da Vinci or anyone does. it has 0 impact on the lives of anyone but their own

SexeeAussie

Daddio wrote:

Where's Sexee Aussie? I think she'd have something interesting to say about all this.

that Holly Valance ad with the skirt, Heelllllloooooooooooo Nurse!

Hellllllllloooooooooooo Possums! Here I am Pity we can't post messages in voice mode......I am sure I could start a riot then

There are some Aussies with 'annoying' accents I suppose... Being an Australian I can certainly pick where people are from by their accents.... Some are harsher than others!

The Kath n Kim accents of course are put on to the max......although you may find some old hags out there like that.

hullaballoo

It's probably because a lot of stuff is outsourced from Ireland to Australia these days. It seems to be a suitable location to outsource to because there's a fairly well-skilled and cheap labour force.

It could just be clever marketing though; that accent is one of the sexiest in the world.

tie_mi_shu

Atrocity wrote:

you wouldn't catch Ricky Gervais doing a voiceover for furniture sales or fast food

maybe not, but it would be funny..

White Knight

bigjimthefirst wrote:

girl + aussie accent = hot!

tick

connundrum

From what I can make out, one of the 'top dogs' in a major dublin radio station is an aussie, which has lead to an aussie take over on that station with ads and some shows.. it is annoying that radio stations seem to think that these foreign tongues will bring more listeners cos Irish people are so intrigued with their melodic tone - me asre!

No matter how many annoying southern hemisphere peeps there may be, you will never beat Jack (from Jack & Ally on Spin) for being the most annoying bakstard ever. Ever!

When I moved over here first I had to lose my South African accent pronto cos I couldn't deal with the slagging, and I used to think it was bleedin sexy!! Whats goin on people?!

hullaballoo

@ SexeeAussie--Hello possum, have you heard any of the Harvey Norman ads? If you have, please tell me that's a knackery Aussie accent!?

Incidentally, which is the sexier, the NZ or the Australian accent? Personally, I'm not a fan of the Australian inquisitive index, which makes almost every sentence enunciated in an Australian accent sound like a question? So it's NZ ftw for me.

gaf1983

bigjimthefirst wrote:

girl + aussie accent = hot!

hot girl + any accent (including Geordie) = hot!

SexeeAussie

hullaballoo wrote:

@ SexeeAussie--Hello possum, have you heard any of the Harvey Norman ads? If you have, please tell me that's a knackery Aussie accent!?

Incidentally, which is the sexier, the NZ or the Australian accent? Personally, I'm not a fan of the Australian inquisitive index, which makes almost every sentence enunciated in an Australian accent sound like a question? So it's NZ ftw for me.

First off to stick up for the Austraaaaaaaaaayan accent we don't all make every sentence sound like a question. You will find that the more 'country' or the more Nth you go in Aus there will be people that do that and more so put an 'ay' at the end of every sentence. EG "It's a great day ay? I went down the shops earlier and bought a pie ay."

I don't like the Kiwi accent...."I'd like a plate of fush and chups......" Nah, doesn't work for me much!

As for Harvey Norman, are you talking about the **** annoying song at the end of the ad "Go Harvey....Go Harvey Norman......GO!" (That one?) If so, no the accent is not typical...

Well, not for where I come from!!!

Bard

Actually, the current Harvey Norman radio ads (in Ireland) are voiced by a lad from Kildare who now lives and works in Tralee. The guy (with the Australian accent) who was in the ads before him is actually an Irishman who's lived most of his life in Australia. He doesn't have a particularly strong Ozzie accent (keep in mind, he does shout in the ads) and yes, he talks like that in real life (I've met him).

Chong

I dont know what it is but I like listening to someone with foreign accent. Lets say I am attending a presentation austrailian speaker, I more intriuged as to what they are saying because of their accent. Weird I know .

MorningStar

Most of the voice over work is still done by Irish people with Irish people putting on the accent. It is normally the company that decide and some excutives must like Australia. The New Zealand accent is quite different.

On a a side not the Australian accent is easy to copy simply put on a London accent and then close your teeth and keep talking without opening your teeth. I really don't like the accent as it just sounds lazy and needy.

SexeeAussie

MorningStar wrote:

On a a side not the Australian accent is easy to copy simply put on a London accent and then close your teeth and keep talking without opening your teeth. I really don't like the accent as it just sounds lazy and needy.

And how many Aussies do you 'really' know???? Just out of interest?

Vorsprung

gaf1983 wrote:

hot girl + any accent (including Geordie) = hot!

Geordie!?!! You can't be serious :eek: :eek:

Dustaz

faceman wrote:

Is it just me or are more and more ads/voice overs and tv presenters in ireland (well mostly dublin) coming from the sunny southern hemisphere countries?

Do we have any good voice over talent in ireland that doesnt do one of those "put on" dublin or irish accents left???

What?

Is it just me or is faceman talking out of his southern hemisphere? What ads and tv presenters are these exactly? Apart from Harvey Norman, which is hardly that recent, what other aussie vo's are there?

MorningStar

SexeeAussie wrote:

And how many Aussies do you 'really' know???? Just out of interest?

Over my life I would say about 10 personally and obviously more I have met. I will say they all don't open there mouths enough when talking. By the way the way I described to get the accent is from a speach therapist. Apparently the accent was formed from English people getting to Australia and as there were so many flies they learned to talk with their mouths closed. Bear in mind the Dublin accent has historical documentation going back before Australia was ever known by the people who invaded the country.

NikNik

Font22 wrote:

guy+aussie accent=HOT!

Agreed!

But Aussies are hot in general. So I think there's that stigma attatched to the accent which therefore makes people have more time of day for them. It's something different. Ever notice how when English guys (for example) come over the girls flock towards them ? We hear the Irish accent day to day and so take more notice of other accents. The Harvey Norman ad got you guys talking about it so I think their job was well done no ?

faceman

Dustaz wrote:

What?

Is it just me or is faceman talking out of his southern hemisphere? What ads and tv presenters are these exactly? Apart from Harvey Norman, which is hardly that recent, what other aussie vo's are there?

Q102, Spin103 and there was an australian/new z. news presenter on tv3 for a while... I aint knockin anyone, i reckon its a conspiracy...

Zebra3

Daddio wrote:

that Holly Valance ad with the skirt, Heelllllloooooooooooo Nurse!

What add is this???? :eek:

Please tell!!!