Annoying voices

Pintman Paddy Losty

Listening to the world cup commentary got me thinking about how annoying some voices can be.


Reason being, I love football but I felt a lot of matches this year were ruined by the irratating, nasaly whingy voice of Brian Kerr. The man has a voice like a graveyard gate slowly being closed. Speaks in a horrific doooblin dialect which makes half of what he says indecipherable. Awful stuff.


Any particular voices or dialects you dislike?

Mutant z

Hearing Alan Carr makes me want to put a gun to my head.

D Trent

Rachel Focking Awllen


Dave raspy fanning


Muireann I'm just the sh1t O connell

Pintman Paddy Losty

Mutant z wrote: »

Hearing Alan Carr makes me want to put a gun to my head.

Agree with you on that one. A very annoying man. How someone so irritating made it to be a household chat show presenter is actually bizarre.

AfterLife

Eoghan Murphy
Simon Harris
Paschal Donohoe

I think it's a tactic by this government. If you can't bare to listen to them you can't get worked up enough to want to oust them.

tim3000

Those dogs from those AA car insurance radio ads. Especially the bit where he says " listen to me I only ate the key ring. . And Id do it again"

Does my head in.

Also Niall Boylan

Jennehy

The Jenny of the Greene’s and the Nicky of the Byrnes.

Jim Bob Scratcher

AfterLife wrote: »

Eoghan Murphy
Simon Harris
Paschal Donohoe

I think it's a tactic by this government. If you can't bare to listen to them you can't get worked up enough to want to oust them.

Good call on Harris, the man has an extremely irritating voice, along with a punchable face.

JohnnyFlash

That Panti Bliss guy. Awful voice.

And whatever prick does those Auld Mr Brennan radio ads. Been grinding my gears for at least a quarter of a century at this stage.

mickmackmcgoo

Michael Duignan
Muireann O Connell
The girl who says " we're backing brave "

Lash Into The Pints

Henry Mckean on Newstalk. Though it is funny hearing him trying to converse with the locals when he's sent to some slum in Dublin.

freshpopcorn

Shane Ross!

Noveight

That Emmet Kirwan bloke. Not sure if it's his accent or the "woke" kinda vibe he gives off.

Pintman Paddy Losty

Lash Into The Pints wrote: »

Henry Mckean on Newstalk. Though it is funny hearing him trying to converse with the locals when he's sent to some slum in Dublin.

Have to say I disagree with you there partner. I find Henry's dulcet tones very soothing and extremely easy listening. Especially when juxtaposed against the skanger accent of a true blue salth ah the arrrht dub.

spoonerhead

Anyone speaking on their mobile while on public transport

Brendan Bendar

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Listening to the world cup commentary got me thinking about how annoying some voices can be.


Reason being, I love football but I felt a lot of matches this year were ruined by the irratating, nasaly whingy voice of Brian Kerr. The man has a voice like a graveyard gate slowly being closed. Speaks in a horrific doooblin dialect which makes half of what he says indecipherable. Awful stuff.


Any particular voices or dialects you dislike?

Agree there Paddy, there’s a one that does the weather Liz something on RTÉ estremely high pitched voice.

The short bulletins are just about bearable but the sea area forecast ,Jaysus, the poor cat starts meeeowing to get out.

Another fella that gets me is the NI guy not Tommy Gorman the other guy.

Lash Into The Pints

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Have to say I disagree with you there partner. I find Henry's dulcet tones very soothing and extremely easy listening. Especially when juxtaposed against the skanger accent of a true blue salth ah the arrrht dub.

Indeed. I actually do feel a bit bad for him when he's sent to interview knackers in Ballymum.

donegal_man

Comedian Steward Lee.
Politicians, Shane Ross and Mary Lou McDonald

JohnnyFlash

"Brendan wrote:

Another fella that gets me is the NI guy not Tommy Gorman the other guy.

That Brendan Wright? Stout fella with a head on him? Looks fond of the Ulster Fry?

Pintman Paddy Losty

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Agree there Paddy, there’s a one that does the weather Liz something on RTÉ estremely high pitched voice.

The short bulletins are just about bearable but the sea area forecast ,Jaysus, the poor cat starts meeeowing to get out.

Another fella that gets me is the NI guy not Tommy Gorman the other guy.

There's a lad who does the sea are forecast from out foreign that I find very nice to listen to. On RTE radio. Seems to have a scandinavian accent. Mostvly sunnvy vith noerth vesterly vinds gale force 8.

JohnnyFlash

Oh, Paul Murphy as well. The dead-eyed little weasel with that nasally know-it-all tone.

Lady Haywire

Alison Spittle. Only person i can think of that makes me leave a room if she's on the telly.
I just can't....jesus the accent, the annoying whinge undertone. AAAH!!

Beanntraigheach

"Vocal fry"

Brendan Bendar

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

There's a lad who does the sea are forecast from out foreign that I find very nice to listen to. On RTE radio. Seems to have a scandinavian accent. Mostvly sunnvy vith noerth vesterly vinds gale force 8.

Dutch lad Paddy, while we are at it there’s another semi obscure dude Martin Kiely does sports and commentates on GAA games , pronounces ‘e’ as ‘i’

“Gets the ball in cinter field’ gets on your wick after a while.

Johnnyhpipe

Where’s Moichael McMolllllennnn gone off the radio these days?!

BattleCorp

Al Porter.

The only thing I'd want to hear out of his mouth is his dying breath. *



















*Too harsh?

facehugger99

There's a guy who my kids watch Minecraft Youtube videos of.

Stampy Longhead.

If you can make it through 2minutes of one of his videos without wanting to stab yourself in the ear, you are a stronger man than me.

De Bhál

Alison Curtis

Mrs OBumble

Dublin.

Ore-Tee-Eee isn't quite as bad as Dublin-classic, but both make just about any voice dreadful.

Ger Roe

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

There's a lad who does the sea are forecast from out foreign that I find very nice to listen to. On RTE radio. Seems to have a scandinavian accent. Mostvly sunnvy vith noerth vesterly vinds gale force 8.

That guy is Dutch and his name is Harm Luiijkx.

Not everyone is happy to hear an accent though:

http://www.thejournal.ie/met-eireann-forecasters-2331569-Sep2015/

razorblunt

James Corden is a gowl.
His accent isn't the worst, but "ha haaaaaaaaaah" laugh of his makes him an even better gowl.

This over emphasised Lahndan accent going around these days, I know a few folk from Essex that are embarrassed, yeah its based on truth but nowhere near what some speak like.

Brendan Bendar

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

That Brendan Wright? Stout fella with a head on him? Looks fond of the Ulster Fry?

That’s the lad Johnny, pulled the ripcord a good while back.

iamwhoiam

Ciarán Mallooly: ORR TEE EEE Midlands

iamwhoiam

Ger Roe wrote: »

That guy is Dutch and his name is Harm Luiijkx.

Married to Joanna Donnelly I believe

IrishZeus

Ed Byrne.

topper75

Past 30 posts now and I have to be the one to bring up Joan Burton?! :-)

I wonder does she put that on just for laughs?

Gwynplaine

That Janet Street Porter wan and Joe Pasquale.
And of course, Gay Byrne.

whisky_galore

Elephant Self Storage.

Nawwt, nawwt, nawwt, nawwt...

GBX

Joan Burton

Edit: I see topper75 had the same idea!

DickSwiveller Returns

Mary Lou McDonald, Una Mullaly and anyone else who speaks with that annoying uptalk at the end of every sentence

Alison Spittle

Katherine Lynch

Graham Norton

quintana76

Miriam on RTE. Just awful affected accent "loike".

TomSweeney

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Listening to the world cup commentary got me thinking about how annoying some voices can be.


Reason being, I love football but I felt a lot of matches this year were ruined by the irratating, nasaly whingy voice of Brian Kerr. The man has a voice like a graveyard gate slowly being closed. Speaks in a horrific doooblin dialect which makes half of what he says indecipherable. Awful stuff.


Any particular voices or dialects you dislike?

That Pascal O Donohue guy, I hate to say it, but is he retarded or something ?

castletownman

"Can I just say"....Joan Burton.

Al Porter and Alan Porter. Essentially the same schtick.

Ricky Gervais and his tendency to laugh at his own jokes.

From a non-celebrity perspective, anyone that feels the need to put on a fake south Dublin accent to make themselves come across as more important than they actually are. So essentially anyone in the finance industry or who follow Leinster rugby.

andekwarhola

PJ Gallagher and his cartoon Pet Howya accent.

Whatever woman it is that does those turbo D4 voicerovers on Radio Nova.

Different ends of the accent spectrum; both equally demanding of a touch of the sledgehammer.

Star Bingo

High pitched voices like they swallowed helium / gruff sweary voices that’d make the sweet baby Jesus wince

Tone it down like. It’s like they’re being gratituously loud with it to boot what has them animated so.... awful to be within earshot, stfu

The Pheasant2

castletownman wrote: »

From a non-celebrity perspective, anyone that feels the need to put on a fake south Dublin accent to make themselves come across as more important than they actually are. So essentially anyone in the finance industry or who follow Leinster rugby.

As a matter of interest does anyone from South Dublin have an accent? Or are they all just faking the lot of them?

DoozerT6

Matt Cooper. Just....not a voice for radio IMO.

And yet, there he is.

cstaff

RTE News Reporter Niamh Ni (as gaeilge) - cant remember her name but she has a really strong Norn Iron accent and is painful to listen to. Even if she is reporting on something that I am interested in I still switch over.

mikemac2

Michael maaaaacccc muuullleen

Football show on Today FM on Saturday afternoons

castletownman

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

As a matter of interest does anyone from South Dublin have an accent? Or are they all just faking the lot of them?

Funnily enough, I was at a funeral of a fella last week who had moved into the area 20 odd years ago, that I always assumed was a "north-sider" based on his accent. But it turns out he was a dye-in-the-wool Dundrum native.

So on that basis alone, I assume a lot of them are faked, based on how high up the society ladder they are of course.

Miley Byrne

Dave McIntyre

I certainly "move the dial" when I hear his condescending voice. Bad enough that TV3 got the 6 nations without installing that know-all as lead commentator