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Worst English accent?

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    #92
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 24,024 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Geordie, Seth Effrican and Kiwi make my ears bleed, but the one that produces the most blood is definitely the Kiwi one.


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    #93
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Jordan5372 wrote: »
    I am from England, therefore pronounce my words correctly. There is no way Thunder and tunder sound the same, infact not even close.

    If you could pronounce your 'th properly then you would see.

    How do you pronounce "Oliver Cromwell"?

    Ps. Folks, I'd advise you not to take elocution lessons from someone who once started a thread like this......
    Jordan5372 wrote: »
    There everywhere !

    Hi All,

    What is the story recently with all the cops being everywhere?

    Every single time i go out i see at least two cop cars driving or sitting along a road, there pulling people over here there and every where.


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    #94
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    Watched a documentary on Donk music - a type of dance music favoured in Northern England (think really fast unce unce, horrible stuff) anyway the accents of some of the lads in Wigan and Burnley was woeful. Made members of the esteemed Travelling community sound like they were educated at Eton.


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    #95
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    brummytom wrote: »
    Most people don't actually know what the Brummie accent is, they get it confused with the Yamyam/Black Country accent. No one in Brum actually speaks like that!


    The worst is Scouse, by far.


    Yep. I used to live in Wolverhampton and work in Birmingham. Big difference.


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    #96
    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    Yep. I used to live in Wolverhampton and work in Birmingham. Big difference.
    I was the opposite, lived in Brum, worked in Wolves. I remember being at work the week of the riots and two colleagues were discussing peoples' motivation for taking part in them. They decided, "It's just the way they am, ay it?"

    Horrible.


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    #97
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    Jordan5372 wrote: »
    The irish accent is unbelievable, cant say one word correct. Let me give you some examples.

    Three- Tree

    Hammer- Hummer

    van- vand

    thunder- tunder

    Bathroom- battroom

    throat- troat

    beat- bate

    That would be the one uniform Irish accent that people in Cork, Dublin, Dundalk, Galway and Letterkenny all speak with ?! You know, the way Irish accents have absolutely no regional variation whatsoever ?

    [/sarcasm]


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    #98
    parc
    Registered Users Posts: 787 ✭✭✭parc


    Arpa wrote: »
    I mean the country that speaks English as its main language. Was listening to the rugby commentators today and realised....Welsh sounds silly...got me thinking, are we so different?

    The Irish accent you hear in Hollywoood is appalling(sometimes promulgated by Irish actors)....so what about the rest?

    I'm talking about New Zealand, Wales, Oz, England, Scotland, South Africa, USA, Ireland, and any I've left out. Which country sounds the funniest and is perhaps the worst gramatically? (countries with English as a primary language, not India or somewhere similar...)

    welsh is a great sounding accent I think. The ones that I dislike are the really american nasal one, especially on girls. there really is no redeeming factors to that accent

    I dislike are the south african one. To a lesser extent aussie, but that's tolerable


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    #99
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    I'd have to say certain New England accents really make my teeth hurt. Think Loise Griffin on Family Guy or Marge Simpson.


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    #100
    [Deleted User]
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    I can't pronounce th properly.

    Three - Free
    Thought - Fought
    Thread - Fread

    tbh I couldn't give a sh1te. I know and you know what I'm trying to say.


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    #101
    dodderangler
    Registered Users Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    Worst accent has to be Dundalk accent
    Turns me stomach especially when a girl talks from Dundalk

    Funniest accent has to be the likes of swamp people (Cajun)
    Subtitles and all


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    #102
    parc
    Registered Users Posts: 787 ✭✭✭parc


    Dejvice wrote: »
    Indeed many new ways to express we will do something.....

    Example

    'I'll do it for you now in a minute'

    haha I said that to my english friend. he was like "you'll do it now? In a minute?"

    I lolled and told him it's Irish thing. Got me thinking of those unique irish ways of saying things that you just don't notice yourself doing sometimes. Another one is "good luck"

    "good luck for what?" I quite like them


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    #103
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Jordan5372 wrote: »
    The irish accent is unbelievable, cant say one word correct. Let me give you some examples.

    Three- Tree

    Hammer- Hummer

    van- vand

    thunder- tunder

    Bathroom- battroom

    throat- troat

    beat- bate
    Who the fcuk calls a hammer a hummer and calls a van a vand? You may believe you speak proper English but I would suggest that you get your hearing checked


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    #104
    Dejvice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 74 ✭✭Dejvice


    Thanks a million.


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    #105
    chillywilly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭chillywilly


    Jordan5372 wrote: »
    I am from England, therefore pronounce my words correctly. There is no way Thunder and tunder sound the same, infact not even close.

    If you could pronounce your 'th properly then you would see.

    Yeah well 'fifth' is pronounced 'fifth' not 'fith'.


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    #106
    Daveysil15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭Daveysil15


    I hate the Boston accent too. So much so I couldn't watch The Departed.

    That and the guy off the Liberty Insurance add.


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    #107
    Johro
    Registered Users Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    Jordan5372 wrote: »
    I am from England, therefore pronounce my words correctly. There is no way Thunder and tunder sound the same, infact not even close.

    If you could pronounce your 'th properly then you would see.
    Shut up you third.:p


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    #108
    Johro
    Registered Users Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    Daveysil15 wrote: »
    I hate the Boston accent too. So much so I couldn't watch The Departed.

    That and the guy off the Liberty Insurance add.
    I paaaaaaaaaahked the caaaaaaaaaaaah at Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahvard Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahd.


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    #109
    admiralofthefleet
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    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    North Dublin

    the malahide north dublin accent or the dolphins barn south dublin accent?


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    #110
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    Chana Numerous Bobsled wrote: »
    You've grown up as an English speaker and have never noticed that most English speakers outside Ireland pronounce three and tree differently?

    Lots of people within the republic pronounce them differently also. Sorry, I just had to say that, I hate people saying we all pronounce 'three' like 'tree', we don't.
    Daveysil15 wrote: »
    It's a silent h.

    No it's not. :confused:


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    #111
    Dejvice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 74 ✭✭Dejvice


    April O Neill wrote: »
    Sorry, I just had to say that

    :

    Why apologise for giving your opinion in a polite way?


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    #112
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    New Zealand/Australia doesn't really bother me too much. Neither does the Louisiana/Alabama accent, I actually kind of like those Southern accents. I love the Cockney accent too.

    I gotta say though, Scouser grates on me a bit. I hate how throaty it is when they pronounce 'c' or 'k' sounds. It's horrible.


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    #113
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users Posts: 28,395 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Jordan5372 wrote: »
    I am from England, therefore pronounce my words correctly.

    Fanks for the laugh.


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    #114
    dttq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭dttq


    What is the deal with so many on after hours liking the NI accent? I think it is absolutely vile. Far too loud, harsh and just grating to the senses in general. Worst accents have to be the NI accent, North Meath/ Louth accent - and abroad the Liverpool accent, Newcastle accent, Birmingham accent and Australian accent.

    Most pleasant accents in my opinion are the Scottish accent, RP English accent and Southern US drawl accent.


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    #115
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    mikemac1 wrote: »



    Welsh accent is gorgeous!

    well you can have mine if you like it so much ;)


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    #116
    FWVT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 922 ✭✭✭FWVT


    Drogheda has to be the funniest...

    Giz a f*uckin paynhee Caalsbeg 'n a pakhe hee Tayho, hi.

    Please give me a pint of Carlsberg and a packet of Tayto when you're free, thanks.


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    #117
    Rafa1977
    Closed Accounts Posts: 400 ✭✭Rafa1977


    Dublin.


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    #118
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,156 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Rafa1977 wrote: »
    Dublin.

    Jeez, which part?

    Vile accents:
    Scouse
    Geordie
    Cabra
    Derry

    That horrible fake South Dublin accent which makes every 'oh' sound 'ow'.

    e.g. Road = Rowd


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    #119
    TPD
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭TPD


    My accent is London with a twinge of Donegal and lots of Donegal words. A mess I tells ye.


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    #120
    Scruffles
    Registered Users Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Scruffles


    Da Shins Kelly wrote: »
    New Zealand/Australia doesn't really bother me too much. Neither does the Louisiana/Alabama accent, I actually kind of like those Southern accents. I love the Cockney accent too.

    I gotta say though, Scouser grates on me a bit. I hate how throaty it is when they pronounce 'c' or 'k' sounds. It's horrible.
    with scousers,it really depends on the individual as to how strong the accent is,perhaps woud prefer a warrington accent;warrington is in between manchester and liverpool and the best way to describe it woud be a smooth scouse accent,none of that flem coughup noise.

    am not a fan of the hardcore plummy accent,its an entirely man made accent designed to sound of a higher class-its also the fact someone thinks by using it they become a better person,it has caused so much discrimination in this country towards people who have a more natural accent;for example speech to text programs for people with disabilities and an xbox product had issues recognising anything other than plummy and cockney, and countries such as america think the plummy accent is what we all speak if we dont speak 'cockney'.
    the cockney accent isnt bad if its softer and isnt filled with cockney ryhming slang.


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    #121
    VEN
    Registered Users Posts: 648 ✭✭✭VEN


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