Radio Ads and the Cork Accent

gent9662

I dunno if people have noticed but it seems every ad on the radio now is associated with this strong exaggerated Cork accent.

For example the 11890 ad has a pretend Eddie Hobbs type and then this other radio ad has this high pitched ladies Cork accent.

I just wondering if anybody else has noticed. I'm not from Cork but if there is somebody that is, I'm sure you find it annoying too.

seanp_25

Not as bad as the girl doing voiceovers on RedFM here in Cork.

Horrible forced Cork accent, can't listen to that station at all.

I like the Cork accent, just not this fake exaggerated stuff

mp22

Music to my ears:D

SteelyDanJalapeno

Whats wrong the Cork accent bey?

krudler

nobody with a Cork accent should ever be allowed on the radio, you just cant take people with that accent seriously. I usually try my best not to laugh at people with Cork accents who are giving out to me at work? cos everything they say sounds like a question in that ridiculous accent?

bai?

Dean820

I'm from Cork and also hate these ads. They're just stupid.

Rhys Essien

I have noticed this too and its very annoying.Id say the woman who owns 11890 has an issue with Cork people as the accents are way over the top to the point of being a pure pisstake.
The girl on the add used to say "langer" for the first few weeks and now it is beeped out as in Cork saying "Go way ya langer" equals saying "Go way ya B*ll*cks".

Corcaigh84

I'm from Cork I and I couldn't give a fcuk. Biy.

theboss80

c'mere timme that accent is medazza bai !

mikeym

You'd be a langer not to like those ads

SeaFields

Yes, it seems Ireland overall is finally embracing the lovability of the Cork accent

seanp_25 wrote: »

RedFM

Everyone on that station does a stupid exaggerated Cork accent. Your man stevie g gives me a headache his accent is so fcuking fake. Amateur sh!te.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Until I was 14 I didn't realise Cork had an accent of its own.

Funkfield

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Until I was 14 I didn't realise Cork had an accent of its own.

Dying to know...what the hell happened to you when you were 14?!?!?!?

GavRedKing

Best......accent......ever

Nah, them ads are just bad alright. It was on TodayFM one day about the Cork accent and a survey, that the Cork accent was the bets to use for radio ads, dont know why though.

IamtheWalrus

There's an ad one the wireless about a girl with an exaggerated Cork accent.. Kinda makes me smile that there is actually real people who talk and go on like that. It's like someone made it up.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Funkfield wrote: »

Dying to know...what the hell happened to you when you were 14?!?!?!?

I started hearing references to Cork people having a funny accent on Gift Grub and the likes... I dont think I'd ever heard anyone from Cork speak before that, except Roy Keane.

For Forks Sake

Rhys Essien wrote: »

I have noticed this too and its very annoying.Id say the woman who owns 11890 has an issue with Cork people as the accents are way over the top to the point of being a pure pisstake.
The girl on the add used to say "langer" for the first few weeks and now it is beeped out as in Cork saying "Go way ya langer" equals saying "Go way ya B*ll*cks".

here's the owner of the offending accent. biy.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=72068776&postcount=2646

Show Time

gavredking wrote: »

Best......accent......ever

Nah, them ads are just bad alright. It was on TodayFM one day about the Cork accent and a survey, that the Cork accent was the bets to use for radio ads, dont know why though.

Because it is the best accent by far.

alchemist33

It used to be Dublin skanger accents. They're just spreading the pain.

tallus

Those female cork accents are music to my ears.

darkmavis

I'm proud cork man,but i have to turn off the radio when that 11890 ad comes on.So annoying,

The Behemoth

darkmavis wrote: »

I'm proud cork man,but i have to turn off the radio when that 11890 ad comes on.So annoying,

You can be proud of where yer from all you want. Theres not a soul in the world not proud of there heritage etc etc. But that accent doesnt travel well & ye may face up to it. Its just grinned at abroad & around the country. Its like some sort of makey uppy clicky Irish brogue. Yeeeuch. The fact its on ads for the humour aspect says it all. Id rathern have the guy with the deep American accent in movie trailers at my breakfast table than a Corkie gobbin to the world anyday....................
Just my 2 cents heavily laden with FACT.

Sweatynutsack

Tommy Tiernan quote

"Cork accent is like tinkers talkin french"

Spread

Funkfield wrote: »

Dying to know...what the hell happened to you when you were 14?!?!?!?

Late DIY circumcision?

omerin

I've fallen in love with a piece of technology

krudler

Nobody with a Cark accent should be given a voiceover job,you just cant take that accent seriously

The_Kew_Tour

ere ere ere its not that bad

brock landers

krudler wrote: »

Nobody with a Cark accent should be given a voiceover job,you just cant take that accent seriously

is it pronounced Cawrk or Co-irk

Salty

I hate those ads with the over-exaggerated accent..I'm from Cork and I've never heard anyone talk naturally with an accent like that..it's all for show!

Dudess

SeaFields wrote: »

Everyone on that station does a stupid exaggerated Cork accent.

A middle-class, private school-educated boy trying to sound like he grew up under the bells of Shandon - so easy to spot. :pac:

Nearly all of those Cork accents used for ads are put-on - and wrong. They've some bit of a grasp on it, but it's mostly terrible... especially the ones done by women.

Stovepipe

I'm from the People's Republic of Cork and quite proud of it,too. I love Cork but find the Cork accent can be woeful to listen to, but I find Dubbalin Jayzus accents hardest of all to listen to. Funniest thing is that Dubs and Corkonians both operate a kind of inverted snobbery in that they consider that a person is not a Real (pronounced Rayl)Dub or Proper Cork Boy unless he/she has a full-on Jayzus/Langer accent, which is a load of ****e, of course.

regards
Stovepipe

Dudess

I have a very mild, almost neutral, accent most of the time, but strong bits of Corkage creep out every so often and I like that. If you think it's funny to listen to, it's even funnier to find yourself speaking in that way. :pac:

One of the funniest things EVER is the sound of a really camp guy with a strong Cork accent.

FinnLizzy

The Republic of Telly seems to go overkill on the Limerick/Cawrk accents.... either that, or they're just trying to make fun of poor people.

mackg

Really thick Cork accents are rare enough but jesus they are annoying, anyone trying to sound like that should be committed.

John Doe1

Well im going out with a cork girl and must say i really like it, i must be odd:P

Dudess

Straight Talker wrote: »

The boared.ie crews sad Cork inferiority complex is coming to the fore again.There's only two kinds of people in ireland people from Cork and people who wish they were.Suck it up and stand to attention for your national anthem you sad and pathetic shower of miserable begrudging beep beeps.:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylb5J4Fl1wc

As a Cork person born and bred, I cringe for you.
I also see little to no attacks on Cork people here - just good-natured messing.

Babydiva

The Cork accent stimulates all of my senses accumulating in a multi orgasmic explosion of joy.

jpm4

_meehan_ wrote: »

I hate those ads with the over-exaggerated accent..I'm from Cork and I've never heard anyone talk naturally with an accent like that..it's all for show!

Yeah me too....I literally cannot remember the last time I told somebody I was from Cork and didn't get the reply : "Oh, you don't sound like you're from Cork?". People seem astonished when it is pointed out that 1) Most Cork people don't sound like Gift Grub Roy Keane and 2) Cork is a large county and has a few different accents at least within.