Irish accents.

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 4:40am #1

I am a married man from Donegal, living in Limerick. The ladies down here often compliment my exotic accent. I have a feeling a sham wouldn't get the same reception in Letterkenny... The Limerick city accent is very hard on the nerves and the county accent is a bit tinkerish. The D4 accent is like a virus, it has infected every county.

AskMyChocolate · 25-06-2011 4:45am

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I am a married man from Donegal, living in Limerick. The ladies down here often compliment my exotic accent. I have a feeling a sham wouldn't get the same reception in Letterkenny... The Limerick city accent is very hard on the nerves and the county accent is a bit tinkerish. The D4 accent is like a virus.

It's more loike a voirus.

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 4:48am

The real dub accent can get away wit anything...

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

DEFTLEFTHAND · 25-06-2011 4:49am

The North Tipp accent automatically classifies you as a bogger , iv tried to modify mine but to little or no avail.

hondasam · 25-06-2011 4:52am

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I am a married man from Donegal, living in Limerick. The ladies down here often compliment my exotic accent. I have a feeling a sham wouldn't get the same reception in Letterkenny... The Limerick city accent is very hard on the nerves and the county accent is a bit tinkerish. The D4 accent is like a virus, it has infected every county.

The Donegal accent is so sexy.

didn't think the county accent was like this.

what is a sham ?

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 4:56am

hondasam wrote: »

The Donegal accent is so sexy.

didn't think the county accent was like this.

what is a sham ?

A sham is also known as a gowl or Kid.

hondasam · 25-06-2011 4:57am

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

A sham is also known as a gowl or Kid.

In Donegal I take it.

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 4:57am

Co Limerick is the halting site Disneyland.

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 4:58am

hondasam wrote: »

In Donegal I take it.

No, in Limerick city.

hondasam · 25-06-2011 5:02am

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

No, in Limerick city.

Didn't think it was a Limerick thing.

Louthdrog · 25-06-2011 5:03am

I used to hate my Drogheda accent. Now that iv moved to New York I cannot emphasise how much I love my "Irish" accent.

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 5:04am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHzV15RvSIg

amiruk · 25-06-2011 5:13am

we're here to pimp you out to whomever it is that you're hoping to impress. We'll give you some vital pointers on how to tap into the emerald vein of charming and lyrical elocution. Obviously the first thing to learn is how the phonemes sound differently in the Irish vernacular, so that you can work on pronouncing your words like a native. But perhaps something more important to bear in mind is that it's not just the way Paddies say things, it's what they say. To sound convincingly Irish.

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 5:16am

I had some Charlie Sheen, Winning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCUf5RekL_Y

cedan · 25-06-2011 5:27am

Overseas any old irish accent works a charm

God knows why

filthymcnasty · 25-06-2011 5:28am

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I am a married man from Donegal, living in Limerick. The ladies down here often compliment my exotic accent. I have a feeling a sham wouldn't get the same reception in Letterkenny... The Limerick city accent is very hard on the nerves and the county accent is a bit tinkerish. The D4 accent is like a virus, it has infected every county.

Donegal accent is one of de best, and thats coming from a dub.. Belfast accent is a cheese grater however....

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 5:30am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29RvK7OI2Fg

25-06-2011 6:39am

cedan wrote: »

Overseas any old irish accent works a charm God knows why

+1

Sefirah · 25-06-2011 7:22am

My Dad's from Donegal, and my Mom's from Cork, and somehow they managed to neutralise each other out, so I have a non-accent

cosanostra · 25-06-2011 7:36am

The Donegal accent has a big variance though in the west of the county its got a more Glasgow influence to it and in the east its more of a toned down Derry accent

Quazzie · 25-06-2011 7:41am

I hate the Donegal accent. All it does is reminds me that the person is from the part of Northern Ireland that Northern Ireland didn't even want.

pragmatic1 · 25-06-2011 7:43am

Quazzie wrote: »

I hate the Donegal accent. All it does is reminds me that the person is from the part of Northern Ireland that Northern Ireland didn't even want.

Where are you from so I can insult you.

W.Shakes-Beer · 25-06-2011 7:44am

Love the Donegal accent, very attractive.

Americans love an "aayresh" accent regardless of what county.

marzic · 25-06-2011 7:46am

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The North Tipp accent automatically classifies you as a bogger , iv tried to modify mine but to little or no avail.

dont be too hard on yourself, at least you dont have a south tipp accent - I'm thinking carrickonsuir particularly!

cml387 · 25-06-2011 8:49am

marzic wrote: »

dont be too hard on yourself, at least you dont have a south tipp accent - I'm thinking carrickonsuir particularly!

Oi!

Actually you're right.

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 8:57am

cml387 wrote: »

Oi!

Actually you're right.

Tinker town, ain't travellen no more.

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 9:02am

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

Limerick stylee

Morgan Freeman · 25-06-2011 9:02am

There is something about the Irish accent that strikes a note with me.

Back in the summer of '49 I met a man named Jimmy Flanagan, a big man with a smile that warmed the depth of my heart. He was travelling across the vast open Mid-West at the time and he stopped at my poppa's shop on his travels.

He had a fine Galway accent, something different to the people of that small town.

Sadly old Jimmy never made it to LA, I guess the big city wasn't meant for him. He made it as far as Nevada so I've been told, before succumbing to heat stroke; his pasty Irish skin had let him down.

Azureus · 25-06-2011 9:05am

Donegal accent...nom nom

Hate the cork accent (a strong one, the lighter ones are fine) and most Dublin accents that arent Southside d4 or inner city. Actually, a minority of Dublin accents

Madd Finn · 25-06-2011 9:08am

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I had some Charlie Sheen, Winning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCUf5RekL_Y

Tsscchh! IFFOs. :rolleyes:

opinion guy · 25-06-2011 9:12am

Azureus wrote: »

Donegal accent...nom nom

Hate the cork accent (a strong one, the lighter ones are fine) and most Dublin accents that arent Southside d4 or inner city. Actually, a minority of Dublin accents

Err - what Dublin accents are there apart from Southside or inner city ?

Callan57 · 25-06-2011 9:14am

hondasam wrote: »

Didn't think it was a Limerick thing.

I don't think it's Limerick city either ... only place I've come across Sham is Mayo & the midlands. Never heard it used in Limerick city or county.
And as far as I know it's another slang term for travellers.

Jimmy Garlic · 25-06-2011 9:16am

Morgan Freeman wrote: »

There is something about the Irish accent that strikes a note with me.

Back in the summer of '49 I met a man named Jimmy Flanagan, a big man with a smile that warmed the depth of my heart. He was travelling across the vast open Mid-West at the time and he stopped at my poppa's shop on his travels.

He had a fine Galway accent, something different to the people of that small town.

Sadly old Jimmy never made it to LA, I guess the big city wasn't meant for him. He made it as far as Nevada so I've been told, before succumbing to heat stroke; his pasty Irish skin had let him down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDE_nVJcJ70

Yahew · 25-06-2011 9:21am

opinion guy wrote: »

Err - what Dublin accents are there apart from Southside or inner city ?

Think the way that Bono, or the Edge speak.

We always talk about working class accents ( except for D4).. Limerick's middle class accent is not really noticeable.

Pace2008 · 25-06-2011 9:24am

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The North Tipp accent automatically classifies you as a bogger , iv tried to modify mine but to little or no avail.

Don't do that; be proud of where you're from. Yes, you'll always be a nominal bogger to us Dubs, but there's nothing wrong with that. Once you're not like the florid-faced muck savage I saw go up to the counter in Burger King and bark at the till worker "Burger and chips, no sauce!" we'll get along just fine.