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The D4 Accent - And how it gets around
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Well variation on a theme , my mother's from Cork , my Dad from Co down and me and my siblings were all born and raised in Dublin , as Dubliners ( of course) .;)some people say i sound like i have Dublin accent! I was born in London, my mother is from Dublin, my father from Derry, moved from London when I was 5 to Galway and lived there to I was 12 until I moved up to Donegal and been living here for almost 6 years now. It really weird because so many people think i'm from Dublin when they hear my accent, but have never lived there! I actually dont know what accent i have!
The fact that half of us live abroad now is just coincidental because I always did and always will , consider myself a Dub , no identity crisis there
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Excuse me while I beat this dead horse once more, but I have to agree with this entirely. Just look at the body language of whoever the guy in the grey suit/white shirt is, and it really pure mimicry of Americans, Californians to be more precise. Perhaps this could be down to the presence of Hollywood in California and the need to always be 'on' in that town, with regards to one's image (the whole "who you know, not what you know industry" bit). New Yorkers on the other hand tend to have far more subdued body language, quite similar to how Irish people (and in this case, the interviewer) would typically act. Obviously though there is no 'one fits all' accent or body language, but it is an interesting point you bring up.Remember its a state of mind and people often mirror people/or a goal in the their lives that they wish to achieve/aspire to.
It would be an interesting exercise, if one could do it, to actually film some D4 people have an ordinary conversation. Once videoed over 5 minutes about simple, everyday topics (weather, traffic, etc.) play it back and turn the volume down. Does the body language equate to what a D4 person is saying? In other words are their affirmations through hand gestures, head and nose gestures etc.
Maybe I'm taking this too seriously
Reminder (to me) get a life!
Anyway you get the idea......
Watch it on mute or with the sound very low: the jolting of his neck when he says 'key' words ("but I DID get A LOT of texts"), the dropping of the jaw and completely exaggerated look of confusion when asked about his stuttering and stumbling, the constant raising-and-dipping of the eyebrows, etc.
Same with 'yer wahn' jolting her head for key words ("they DON'T moan about it, they DON'T complain about it" / "then it's BANG you have to be SNAP, straight on") although it does appear to be to a lesser extent. Fairly vane though, when asked about her accent why does she bring up "this is how I look"?
Interestingly, the dark skinned guy in the red t-shirt seems far more natural. He makes some of these movements and gestures, but they are fart less noticeable it comes across more as just natural body language as opposed to subconsciously trying to project an image, in my opinion (if you can differentiate between the two
). He also uses a lot more hand gestures, which - again, in my opinion - you see a lot more of here as opposed to head joltings.
It's more the 'Americanised' body language and pacing of the sentences that get on my nerves than the enunciation of the vowels to be honest, which is why the grey suit/white shirt guy really irritates me!
Oh yeah, Boards gets a mention at the end.0 -
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Excuse me while I beat this dead horse once more, but I have to agree with this entirely. Just look at the body language of whoever the guy in the grey suit/white shirt is, and it really pure mimicry of Americans, Californians to be more precise. Perhaps this could be down to the presence of Hollywood in California and the need to always be 'on' in that town, with regards to one's image (the whole "who you know, not what you know industry" bit). New Yorkers on the other hand tend to have far more subdued body language, quite similar to how Irish people (and in this case, the interviewer) would typically act. Obviously though there is no 'one fits all' accent or body language, but it is an interesting point you bring up.
Watch it on mute or with the sound very low: the jolting of his neck when he says 'key' words ("but I DID get A LOT of texts"), the dropping of the jaw and completely exaggerated look of confusion when asked about his stuttering and stumbling, the constant raising-and-dipping of the eyebrows, etc.
Same with 'yer wahn' jolting her head for key words ("they DON'T moan about it, they DON'T complain about it" / "then it's BANG you have to be SNAP, straight on") although it does appear to be to a lesser extent. Fairly vane though, when asked about her accent why does she bring up "this is how I look"?
Interestingly, the dark skinned guy in the red t-shirt seems far more natural. He makes some of these movements and gestures, but they are fart less noticeable it comes across more as just natural body language as opposed to subconsciously trying to project an image, in my opinion (if you can differentiate between the two). He also uses a lot more hand gestures, which - again, in my opinion - you see a lot more of here as opposed to head joltings.
It's more the 'Americanised' body language and pacing of the sentences that get on my nerves than the enunciation of the vowels to be honest, which is why the grey suit/white shirt guy really irritates me!
Oh yeah, Boards gets a mention at the end.
She's not that bad at all. Much worse out there. She has a few words that are not the same accent you would hear from castleknock.0 -
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I was only down south once and that was too dublin, i was wee so i don't remember.. lol.. but i've heard the irish accent on the tv and thats the way i thought all people in dublin etc spoke... do all people down south not say tree?
There are many accent around Dublin (I think 5 all together). Noboby has really heard the original county Dublin accent because of people moving out to the country-side from the city areas. The most prominent Dublin accent is the one you probably heard (listen to Ronnie Drew) but believe me there are others. Listen to Brian Dobson's accent on the 6.1 news on RTÉ. It's an accent like that. It kinda an americanised/ anglicised irish accent it you know what I mean, hard to explain.
What the following videos to get a sense of it;
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Killer Pigeon wrote: »There are many accent around Dublin (I think 5 all together). Noboby has really heard the original county Dublin accent because of people moving out to the country-side from the city areas. The most prominent Dublin accent is the one you probably heard (listen to Ronnie Drew) but believe me there are others. Listen to Brian Dobson's accent on the 6.1 news on RTÉ. It's an accent like that. It kinda an americanised/ anglicised irish accent it you know what I mean, hard to explain.
What the following videos to get a sense of it;
That top one sounds like australians, and the bottom one is crap compared to top i love the top one, but still that ain't posh.... is that the most common dublin accent?? why don't you hear it on tv as much then...0 -
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Killer Pigeon wrote: »
Ha funnily enough I went to school with some of those girls. Those accents are put on for the clip; that said there might not have been any need seeing as some of them went to Andrews (well to do school in near Blackrock) and live in South County Dublin 0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAgJXW0FUt8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jU0ZhKHTUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIE7S6Bxid4
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