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The D4 Accent - And how it gets around

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    #242
    MatthewVII
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    The Judy Geller accent is the real 1950s mid-Atlantic accent.


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    #243
    McDougal
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    All American culture should be banned. It's evil and soils the minds of our young people.


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    recylingbin
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    Irish Trinity wrote: »
    those guys accents were a joke i wouldnt have thought they were irish unless they said it. I dont really understand whys it called the D4 accent most people i know from D4 would talk normally you get the accent in different places all over the city.
    Bwahahahaha.
    Trinners. The incubation centre for the accent.


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    #245
    Sardonicat
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    I think the "D4" accent isn't so much an accent as a tone of
    condescension. We even have a version of it in Tralee (we call it the T4) and it's been around as long as I can remember. It sounds like nails on a blackboard.


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    previous user
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    Sardonicat wrote: »
    I think the "D4" accent isn't so much an accent as a tone of
    condescension. We even have a version of it in Tralee (we call it the T4) and it's been around as long as I can remember. It sounds like nails on a blackboard.
    urgh.


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    #247
    Star Bingo
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    McDougal wrote: »
    All American culture should be banned. It's evil and soils the minds of our young people.

    not if you don't let it infect ya. but yep hearts n minds, n now mouths too it seems. funny how we can impersonate a yank or brit with ease but they can't do us so easily. such is the power of media saturation

    my rathfarnham nephew's pickin it up now n he's goin to cali soon. for BMX reasons, maybe a sponsorship! gonna be so phreakin awesome dude.. add D14


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    #248
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    I recall reading an article (sorry no link) in one of the papers about the origin of the Dee Forre. The had a piece from the press about 100 years ago complaining about the way people in Rathmines were calling it "Rothmoynes", just like you'd hear a D4 pronouncing it now. At the time, it was put down to snobby Dubs trying to immitate a posh english accent. Now we blame American TV. It's just gob****es thinking they are better than everyone else.

    "Look, roysh, I need to potroniise youuu,"


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    #249
    Star Bingo
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    we are but the griddle in a regional sandwich, with UK/USA our bread n butter.

    warning: high fat content


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