Is the Kerry accent really that hard to understand?

snow scorpion

This comment caught my eye ...

Christian Hession Burke - 1 week ago
Can't understand and I'm irish

... for this video:

I was born and raised in the Bronx and I understood every word. (Of course, my mom was from Ballybunion.)

Ruraldweller56

It's not. It's your typical joe.ie and beeping their cars outside donut places at 2am people think it's funny to say otherwise. I don't really know why.

I'm from Kerry, worked in Israel for a while and was told I was very easy to understand compared to other Irish people.

Ruraldweller56

I'm going to see him soon actually. My missus says he's funny. I know nothing about him.

Ciarrai76

I am from Kerry and when I lived in Dublin no one believed I was from Kerry because I didn't 'sound' like a Kerry person!

ejmaztec

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

I am from Kerry and when I lived in Dublin no one believed I was from Kerry because I didn't 'sound' like a Kerry person!

Some Kerry people have "notions" and because of these "notions" they're more easily understood :pac:

Ciarrai76

ejmaztec wrote: »

Some Kerry people have "notions" and because of these "notions" they're more easily understood :pac:

Or not all Kerry people sound like what people think Kerry accents should sound like! Not sure what you mean by 'notions'....I certainly don't have 'notions'...or put on a posh accent if that's what you are referring to!
Most people I know from here don't even sound like they have a Kerry accent.

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Sometimes ..yes!

Think of MHR on steroids

It really depends like most accents, the deeper into the countryside you go and the older the people the harder it becomes to understand them. I spoke to a few farmers out in the mountains one time who I really struggled to even get the gist of what they were saying

partyguinness

I lived and worked in Kerry for years.

It is only the agricultural/mountainy/sheep farmer types that sound like that.

Riskymove

riffmongous wrote: »

It really depends like most accents, the deeper into the countryside you go and the older the people the harder it becomes to understand them. I spoke to a few farmers out in the mountains one time who I really struggled to even get the gist of what they were saying

I married someone from Kerry who has no accent and no issues understanding them or their siblings

but when her father was speaking with a friend, particularly in a pub, I often wouldn't have a notion what they were talking about.

a combination of accent, speed and half mumbling

Riskymove

Riskymove wrote: »

I married someone from Kerry who has no accent and no issues understanding them or their siblings

but when her father was speaking with a friend, particularly in a pub, I often wouldn't have a notion what they were talking about.

a combination of accent, speed and half mumbling

Yeah exactly. I don't even have a strong accent but I can speak to my brother fast and mumbling enough to stop most people from understanding us if we want