Are people from Cork selfconscious bout their accents?

jimpump

Cos i know i would. it would be like walking around with a big,juicy,white spot the size of a golf ball on my forehead

So are you cork people paranoid about your accents or have you lot learnt to just accept it and try to make the best of the cards you were dealt?

galwayrush

Should they be ... like?

Ghandee

/turns off telly. This'll go well!

Salty

Depends on the strength of the accent. I've a "subtle" Cork accent, as do all my friends. And there's nothing wrong with it tbh:rolleyes:

fonecrusher1

era goway buuuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.......

talla10

Dont like cork accent in general but my ex had a savage cork accent.


Fcuking bitch though :pac:

hullaballoo

I'm guessing the OP has never actually met anyone from Cork...


To say they are proud of their origins is meiosis.

Icyseanfitz

i love my kerry accent but those langers can be head wrecking

Icyseanfitz

hullaballoo wrote: »

I'm guessing the OP has never actually met anyone from Cork...


To say they are proud of their origins is meiosis.

^^^^ this so much this haha

jimpump

_meehan_ wrote: »

Depends on the strength of the accent. I've a "subtle" Cork accent, as do all my friends. And there's nothing wrong with it tbh:rolleyes:

you keep telling yourself that pal. im watching customs on picktv where they are following some customs officers from cork around and i seriously feel sorry for you folk

Destroyer666

Dont see anything wrong with sporting the accent that represents were your from, nothing makes my blood boil more than these young ones with there put on American or posh accents. Shame on them.

Witcher

Well they never stop mouthing about how 'Cark is the real capital baiiii' and other sh1te so no:pac:

kingtut

I don't know OP, are Dublin people selfconscious?

eurokev

Iv got a fairly strong deep cork accent and it doesnt bother me too much.

But I did a video for a school project a few years ago and was mortified for myself when I heard my accent back.

Its fairly appalling to hear it tbh

gamgsam

The Cork accents are brilliant, I love hearing them

wingnut

Cork accent is nice... can't stand the Dublin accent though, no offence to anyone with it, it just grates on me.

booboo88

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

i love my kerry accent but those langers can be head wrecking

hahaha kerry bogger or tralee/killarney??
Because theres a BIG difference

I dont actually have a Cork accent, but there are some REALLY REALLY bad ones, or the fact that alot of Corkonians refer to each others sex, head wreck,


YES I'M FROM CORK

who the fug

Which Cork accent are you on about?

dlofnep

I quite like the Cork accent.. It's got character.

twowheelsonly

I most definitely am paranoid about my Cork accent.
Therefore I have spent years and a trailerload of money travelling to Dublin to perfect the art of speaking properly.
I can now almost faultlessly utter phrases such as -"eeeer buuud,are ya lissssnin' " - "aaah, ur wreckin' me bleedin buuuzzz" - "stoooory bud?" and of course "Two for a pow-ind"

I am, of course, now a better person.

eurokev

Destroyer666 wrote: »

Dont see anything wrong with sporting the accent that represents were your from, nothing makes my blood boil more than these young ones with there put on American or posh accents. Shame on them.

Ya I was at a guest lecture in UCC sometime a few years ago and this girl asked a question in this really strong american accent. Anyway the lecturer asks what part of america she was from, she says 'Im from montonotte' or something ' I just like the american accent so I talk like this' wtf. Cue the lecture hall half bursting out laughing the other hanging their heads not knowing how to react.

Theres two things worse than a cork accent though. A D4 one and a posh Cork accent

Monty Burnz

Does anyone else think that the OP is one of those Dubs with a mangled Californian accent, like Jedward?

Destroyer666

twowheelsonly wrote: »

I most definitely am paranoid about my Cork accent.
Therefore I have spent years and a trailerload of money travelling to Dublin to perfect the art of speaking properly.
I can now almost faultlessly utter phrases such as -"eeeer buuud,are ya lissssnin' " - "aaah, ur wreckin' me bleedin buuuzzz" - "stoooory bud?" and of course "Two for a pow-ind"

I am, of course, now a better person.

Congrats

jimpump

kingtut wrote: »

I don't know OP, are Dublin people selfconscious?

hell no....deadliest accent there is!

Yag reuoY

The cork accent is 10 billion times better than the vile noise that emanates from the mouths of Dubs.

Conversing with a Dub is akin to being showered with vomit.

Salty

jimpump wrote: »

you keep telling yourself that pal. im watching customs on picktv where they are following some customs officers from cork around and i seriously feel sorry for you folk

Nah I'm fairly certain of it..my parents are both from Tipperary, so I've got something inbetween, that isn't really pronounced.

eurokev wrote: »

Iv got a fairly strong deep cork accent and it doesnt bother me too much.

But I did a video for a school project a few years ago and was mortified for myself when I heard my accent back.

Its fairly appalling to hear it tbh

To be fair though, most people hate the sound of themselves if they listen back on a recording or a video!

Bannasidhe

jimpump wrote: »

Cos i know i would. it would be like walking around with a big,juicy,white spot the size of a golf ball on my forehead

So are you cork people paranoid about your accents or have you lot learnt to just accept it and try to make the best of the cards you were dealt?

What accent?

Bloody Nipples

I'm from Cork, not self-conscious about my accent because I don't have the stereotypical "alrii feeen" nasal whine going on.

I won't deny that knackers from the Glen, Hollyhill and Knocka (and the various wannabes) sound like a turbine spinning up but for people living pretty much anywhere else in the county, the accent is fairly non-descript.
e.g. I had a girl from Norn Iron tell me I had no accent so there ya go.

kingtut

Blay wrote: »

Well they never stop mouthing about how 'Cark is the real capital baiiii' and other sh1te so no:pac:

Lol you've never been to Cork have you :cool:

jimpump wrote: »

hell no....deadliest accent there is!

you really believe that ?

johnayo

talla10 wrote: »

Dont like cork accent in general but my ex had a savage cork accent.


Fcuking bitch though :pac:

You need to check your mickey for spots now. We sent her out to give you the clap...............

Chuck Stone

Moved to Cork aged 12 and was dumb-founded by the accent. I'd say it's the closest thing to learning a language without actually learning a language.

I'll probably be a blow in 'til I die which I'm okay with.

kub

There are 3 Cork accents, they can be simplified as The Rugby accent, prominent mostly on the south side of the city.

Then there is the soccer accent, prominent on the northside and city centre.

Then finally the GAA one, prominent in the county.

But this thread does remind me of a documentary I once saw on BBC. They were travelling around the world to see how the English language is spoken in different parts.

So they arrive in Cork and head out to a place in the city known as Blackpool, to a brewery once known as Murphys, now Heineken.

Whilst there they ask one of the employees to explain the brewing process, this he does in a fine classic Cork accent, so much so, they actually inserted sub titles along the screen so that viewers could understand what he was saying.

Icyseanfitz

booboo88 wrote: »

hahaha kerry bogger or tralee/killarney??
Because theres a BIG difference

I dont actually have a Cork accent, but there are some REALLY REALLY bad ones, or the fact that alot of Corkonians refer to each others sex, head wreck,


YES I'M FROM CORK

half bogger half tralee and yera im damn proud haha

Villette

Cork accent is the best accent in Ireland. Fact! I love the country cork accent - like Charleville, but I also like the northside accent, it sounds like a song.

Monty Burnz

Villette wrote: »

Cork accent is the best accent in Ireland. Fact! I love the country cork accent - like Charleville, but I also like the northside accent, it sounds like a song.

If I wanted a song, I'd talk to Shirley Bassey.

Bodhidharma

Cork is the biggest county in Ireland and to suggest that all the people in that area have the same accent is simply untrue. In fairness though some of us do tend to, how shall I say, turn the accent up to 11 at times.

John Doe1

I like the normal cork accent not the knacker one though, any exaggerated accent can be annoying be it south dublin or mayo.

Also i have a donegal accent and i have had people laugh at me just for talking but im not self conscious it just reflects on the simpleness on the other person.

talla10

Doesn't matter OP ya won't hear any cork accent on September 18th in Croke Park....






sorry but as a dub i'm rarely able to mock counties for not getting to an All Ireland Final

Icyseanfitz

talla10 wrote: »

Doesn't matter OP ya won't hear any cork accent on September 18th in Croke Park....






sorry but as a dub i'm rarely able to mock counties for not getting to an All Ireland Final

and there wont be a dub accent around croker after kerry are done.....


you know except for the fact that the stadium is in dublin damn it

The_Kew_Tour

jimpump wrote: »

Cos i know i would. it would be like walking around with a big,juicy,white spot the size of a golf ball on my forehead

So are you cork people paranoid about your accents or have you lot learnt to just accept it and try to make the best of the cards you were dealt?

There are far worse accents then Corks ever heard a Limerick or Waterford one?

Icyseanfitz

thats limerick city kidddd

who the fug

talla10 wrote: »

Doesn't matter OP ya won't hear any cork accent on September 18th in Croke Park....

yes you will only they call it South South Kerry

eirn

I kind of have a bit of a thing for men with Cork accents, no I can't explain it! Just really like it! Also like northern accents, I'm a woman of extremes:)

booboo88

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

There are far worse accents then Corks ever heard a Limerick or Waterford one?

Oh sweet mothering jesus the Limerick is something else :eek:

Icyseanfitz

booboo88 wrote: »

Oh sweet mothering jesus the Limerick is something else :eek:

they are a special breed of annoying it must be said

volvoman480

jimpump wrote: »

Cos i know i would. it would be like walking around with a big,juicy,white spot the size of a golf ball on my forehead

So are you cork people paranoid about your accents or have you lot learnt to just accept it and try to make the best of the cards you were dealt?

In my finest west cork brogue, without subtitles for fear of a possible ban for abusive language.....

yerragowanto****outtadatyaauldbollix...like...

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

they are a special breed of annoying it must be said

The Limerick knack accent is much worse than the Cork knack accent anyways. Cork ones always sound like they're just suggesting that you cut your hair or **** off, Limerick ones are telling you to. Knackers sound much less scary when they're so plaintive:

booboo88

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

they are a special breed of annoying it must be said

I know, I went out with a guy from Limerick *shame*

Icyseanfitz

to be fair though i find all scum/knacker accents annoying so i probably am not the best judge of accentarial greatness (think i made a new word )

dirtypanties

I'm born and bred in Cork but constantly get told I have a Dublin accent-then when I go to Dublin I get told I have a neutral Cork accent-Begorrah...I just
can't win at all at all.:(

JimiWonderDoor 92

Destroyer666 wrote: »

Dont see anything wrong with sporting the accent that represents were your from, nothing makes my blood boil more than these young ones with there put on American or posh accents. Shame on them.

Your in Galway as well , americanisms can be shockin here too.

Dunno is the use of 'Like' to punctuate sentences American tho? Otherwise we have awesome almost neutral accents (city anyway)

Some Cork people I have known have fairly neutral or thick accents. It varies its only annoying when they do that thing where everything they say sounds like a question. Other than that I dont mind it