made up d4 accent

Krusader

This is the real Dublin accent, full of character
go to 0.45

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dMOk4EQybQ

DublinWriter

Crosáidí wrote: »

This is the real Dublin accent, full of character religious educational state sponsored brainwashing
go to 0.45

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dMOk4EQybQ

Fixed it for you...

sh1tstirrer

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

mods are only mods in the forums they moderate, outside that they are just normal users

Yes I know but that doesn't answer my question.

thebiggestjim

A friend of my brothers went to the gaeltacht in Galway years ago for 3 weeks and arrived back home with a D4 accent. He didn't live it down for quite a while.

Captain Slow IRL

Can anyone tell me if Michelle (the one on the left) is speaking with a D4 accent or is there a norn iron twang in it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo1FyoNpcd8

Mardy Bum

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if Michelle (the one on the left) is speaking with a D4 accent or is there a norn iron twang in it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo1FyoNpcd8

Not even close to a D4 accent that.

Aurum

That accent is such an odd thing. During the last ten years I've moved from Loreto, Foxrock to the Institute to Trinity, and yet I haven't frequently encountered that really exaggerated D4 accent, particularly in school (though Trinity students are probably the worst offenders.) Generally, people who put on that stupid voice are usually insecure about their own accent and want to cover it with an "acceptable" one. I find it difficult to keep a straight face when I have to talk to someone who insists on elongating their vowels to the point of incomprehensibility.

Captain Slow IRL

Mardy Bum wrote: »

Not even close to a D4 accent that.

Then, where's it from?

landsleaving

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Then, where's it from?

Northern Ireland. I'm not seeing how you get D4 from that, except the constant use of the word 'like' but half the country, if not more, seems to do that now regardless of accent.

Adiboo

About two months ago I was bored around the city centre, so I decided I'd go see the Book of Kells as I hadn't before. I joined a tour of Trinity that was already taking place and the tour guide, a philosophy student, literally pronounced 'square' as "sqwaar".

Pretentious tit.

Captain_Generic

This is quintessential D4. Met her once, total bitch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTkIv5Fa57I

Celly Smunt

why do country people,mainly women who have just moved to Dublin suddenly get a D4 accent?

super_furry

Captain_Generic wrote: »

This is quintessential D4. Met her once, total bitch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTkIv5Fa57I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfo9nx6mcdA

Captain Slow IRL

landsleaving wrote: »

Northern Ireland. I'm not seeing how you get D4 from that, except the constant use of the word 'like' but half the country, if not more, seems to do that now regardless of accent.

You can't really hear it in that interview - if you watch Under Ether on RTE, she pronounces a lot of "O"s as "I"s, arind for around, etc.

Sorry to go slightly ot but I was just curious about her twang!

Monty Burnz

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

It didn't develop as it came from nowhere which makes it fake If people want to create an accent they should at least make it more pleasing on the ear

Yeah, and if I started speaking in a Klingon accent I'd expect that people wouldn't take me very seriously.

Star Bingo

people can scrub up their accents if they want, tends to be a woman thing more so but the sad thing is too much n it'll just inevitably sound like a hybrid of southern english / american, which is almost certain to get you decapitated abroad whilst stoking somewhat similar emotions at home

sandmanporto

I think it is an annoying accent... a lot of the girls arent even worth lookin at so maybe its a power thing>>> "my accent sounds different so im right for you or better than you"

sh1tstirrer

Star Bingo wrote: »

people can scrub up their accents if they want, tends to be a woman thing more so but the sad thing is too much n it'll just inevitably sound like a hybrid of southern english / american, which is almost certain to get you decapitated abroad whilst stoking somewhat similar emotions at home

I know Americans that haven't a clue what Irish people with fake accents are talking about. So if they are trying to be more American they have failed badly.

sandmanporto

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

I know Americans that haven't a clue what Irish people with fake accents are talking about. So if they are trying to be more American they have failed badly.

They also sound like sad wannabes from the celtic tiger era which is well dead!

sh1tstirrer

sandmanporto wrote: »

They also sound like sad wannabes from the celtic tiger era which is well dead!

Exactly, they probably wanted a new accent to go with the 4x4 and mansion :rolleyes:

Inverse to the power of one!

I'm sure the accent goes really well with the negative equity mortgage.....Right Alison? :pac:

Roadtrippin

Nothing worse than a contrived D4 accent... Sooo annoying! Most people originally from D4 don't even talk like that!
I know a girl that's originally from Galway but she adopted that accent after a few years at a Dublin university and it is ridiculous!!! What is it that makes people think they sound better with that accent??? I think it just reflects how desperate they are to seem posh...

HavingCrack

NO NO NO NO NO

PLEASE NOT ANOTHER D4 THREAD

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I know a girl from Bray who calls coke "cuke". She's a right spastic.

HavingCrack

One thing I will say in this. I don't know what American accent they're trying to imitate. I've been to California, New York, Boston, Virginia, North Carolina and DC and not a single one of those accents sounds anything like this weird D4ish one. The real Californian accent is actually very pleasant to listen to, nothing like what the Hills portray.

admiralofthefleet

Jadiel Bald Lockjaw wrote: »

I know a girl from Bray who calls coke "cuke". She's a right spastic.

years ago at a party a girl like that from bray started slagging northsiders. she flipped when i pointed out that she is a northsider, with bray being in north wicklow

Star Bingo

HavingCrack wrote: »

One thing I will say in this. I don't know what American accent they're trying to imitate. I've been to California, New York, Boston, Virginia, North Carolina and DC and not a single one of those accents sounds anything like this weird D4ish one. The real Californian accent is actually very pleasant to listen to, nothing like what the Hills portray.

the general american is in the r's i think, can't quite nail it but the posh southern english poof is most definitely in the o's, this is where they reveal emselves most

Velocitee

Surprised no-ones mentioned the lisp that sometimes goes with this (made up) D4 accent, I must be the only one who notices it.

"OMG the Dort wosssssss loike ssssso pocked,."

"Con oi get a panini with peppersssss and Cherry tomotossss pleasssse"

Gah!

As someone who's not from Dublin originally , can I just say the proper D4 area accent is quite nice in that it's understandable, seems to be mostly older people though who use it, and this new one has crept in and made students everywhere sound like bad oirish copies of the hills.

landsleaving

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

You can't really hear it in that interview - if you watch Under Ether on RTE, she pronounces a lot of "O"s as "I"s, arind for around, etc.

Sorry to go slightly ot but I was just curious about her twang!

Replacing an 'O' sound with an 'I' sound is a Northern Irish accent, a D4 accent replaces 'O' sounds with more 'O' sounds. Arooooouuunnd, loike. Or replacing coke with cooke (coo as in 'cool')

LINGUISTIC FUN!!

Back on topic, after spending a few (too many) years in UCD I've noticed that about 90% of first years have changed their accent within the first few months. It's a bit like that Simpsons episode where the school gets uniforms. Everythings grey, everyone wears the same things and eventually they all act and sound the same.

If only it would rain and turn everything to rainbows. /Rides off on unicorn

coffee_cake

landsleaving wrote: »

Replacing an 'O' sound with an 'I' sound is a Northern Irish accent, a D4 accent replaces 'O' sounds with more 'O' sounds. Arooooouuunnd, loike. Or replacing coke with cooke (coo as in 'cool')

I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't get the "rindabyte" thing. Sounds completely Northern to me, no d4