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What famous Irish person has the most annoying accent?

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    #92
    Hangdogroad
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    Shane Ross. Youd say something if he sounded posh Dublin but he literally has an English accent.


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    #93
    [Deleted User]
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    CiarraiAbu2 wrote: »
    I really thought Deidre O Kane would have been the most popular choice.

    It's not her accent that's annoying - it's her shrill tone and vocal intonation


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    #94
    [Deleted User]
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    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    Julian whatshisname, the continuity ITV announcer

    Ah here, he's a wee National Treasure from Norn Iron so he is. Harmless old lad - bumped into him with my parents in Dun Laoghaire shopping centre back in the day - really warm and personable.


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    #95
    pappyodaniel
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Ah here, he's a wee National Treasure from Norn Iron so he is. Harmless old lad - bumped into him with my parents in Dun Laoghaire shopping centre back in the day - really warm and personable.

    Are u sure it wasn't a big shopping centre in Ballymena hai?


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    #96
    iamwhoiam
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    Seamai wrote: »
    I always think that he sounds like he's putting the accent on but is badly let down by his poor "th" pronunciation.

    And the fact that he clamps his jaws closed when he speaks .


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    #97
    [Deleted User]
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    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    Are u sure it wasn't a big shopping centre in Ballymena hai?

    Good old 1990's UTV :D


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    #98
    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    Katie Taylor (arf arf arf - seal like sounds)


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    #99
    youcancallmeal
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    CiarraiAbu2 wrote: »
    I really thought Deidre O Kane would have been the most popular choice.

    100%, her accent/voice is naturally condescending and insincere. I know she is supposedly a comedian so I assumed she put this voice on as part of her schtick. But I've heard her doing serious interviews and it's the exact same voice. Like nails on a chalkboard for me. Jennifer Zamparelli gets an honorable mention for the same reasons


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    #100
    [Deleted User]
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    Another vote for mcgregor.

    How is anyone is expected to take that seriously?


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    #101
    Pamsteer
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    TheDavester wrote: »
    Blindboy Boatclub

    Any comedian who does the bogger/exaugurated cultchie accent grinds my gears

    ...

    Blindboy has more of a strong nasal Limerick city accent. I like it but could understand how it mightn't be everyone's cup of tea.


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    #102
    gourcuff
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    brian odriscoll, that nauseating mid atlantic accent is horrific..

    robbie keane wouldnt be a great one either...


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    #103
    Ande1975
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    Not overly famous but I get into some fceking mood when she comes on telly...

    Virgin Media's Zara King.... She's from Waterford isn't she? What the F?

    Move to Dublin, develop a tone....jebus


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    #104
    Sgt Hartman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,438 ✭✭✭Sgt Hartman


    There's this girl that regularly does voiceovers for Irish ads who speaks with a very soft, childlike D4 accent. It does my nut in when I hear it.


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    #105
    partyguinness
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    Shane Ross. Youd say something if he sounded posh Dublin but he literally has an English accent.


    Is he not English? I always assumed he was English.

    ps- Jesus Christ...I have just Googled him. He has no connections with England so where the eff did the English accent come from?


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    #106
    breezy1985
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    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    That's pure limerick citay, boi

    Firstly we say kid not boi and blindboys accent is fake. No one from his part of Limerick talk like that he is appropriating a working class accent.

    I don't mind it as long as he keeps it to the comedy character but if your gonna get political show your real face and voice.

    Miriam, D. Gavin, Rachel Allen and any of the forced over the top Kerry or north Dub accents drive me nuts.

    Marty's accent might be odd but at least it's actually Marty's accent


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    #107
    Bob Harris
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    partyguinness wrote: »
    Is he not English? I always assumed he was English.

    ps- Jesus Christ...I have just Googled him. He has no connections with England so where the eff did the English accent come from?

    Practice.


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    #108
    breezy1985
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    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    Are u sure it wasn't a big shopping centre in Ballymena hai?

    Or the Limavady leisure centre ?


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    #109
    gourcuff
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    shane ross isnt english? wtf? no connection? how is that possible? i was sure he was some anglo-irish relic from a big house, patron of the local cricket and rugby team, protestant middle class etc...


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    #110
    breezy1985
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    gourcuff wrote: »
    shane ross isnt english? wtf? no connection? how is that possible? i was sure he was some anglo-irish relic from a big house, patron of the local cricket and rugby team, protestant middle class etc...

    Just wishes he was. He was from a big house though was it not the one used in "Normal People"


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    #111
    Persiancowboy
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    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Firstly we say kid not boi and blindboys accent is fake. No one from his part of Limerick talk like that he is appropriating a working class accent.

    Hard to beat a more irritating voice than on that gob****e reporter on RTE News Philip Bromwell.....a West Brit to the hilt.


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    #112
    Hamsterchops
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    partyguinness wrote: »
    Is he not English? I always assumed he was English.

    ps- Jesus Christ...I have just Googled him. He has no connections with England so where the eff did the English accent come from?

    Went to school and then to Uni in England, didn't he?


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    #113
    trashcan
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    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    Julian whatshisname, the continuity ITV announcer

    Is he still alive ? Haven’t set eyes on him since they took UTV off ( one good thing to come out of it).


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    #114
    Quantum Erasure
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    trashcan wrote: »
    Is he still alive ? Haven’t set eyes on him since they took UTV off ( one good thing to come out of it).

    Tbh I thought I heard he died a few years ago, butwikipedia has him as very much alive
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Simmons


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    #115
    DilD
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    Surely already said in here, got to be Dáithí Ó Sé...


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    #116
    JasonStatham
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    The guys who founded stripe. Really fake sounding american accent. Wtf


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    #117
    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
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    Mysterypunter wrote: »
    michael mcmullen

    Would you believe me if I said that he's from Antrim?!?!


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    #118
    Mysterypunter
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    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »
    Would you believe me if I said that he's from Antrim?!?!

    Amazed at that, I thought he was a Dublin 4 rugby Ross O'Carroll Kelly type, that makes it worse, if that was possible.


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    #119
    46 Long
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    Mentioned him before but the poor old sod who does the traffic on DublinCityFM. He can’t pronounce his R’s whatsoever and it’s really grating. I know it’s not his fault but it’s difficult to listen to.

    “Wanelagh to Wathmines is weally heavy, backed up to Hawold’s Cwoss”

    Paschal Donohoe does that too. Can't take him seriously at all.


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    #120
    pgj2015
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    Munstergirl854 wrote: »
    I was listening to Maura Higgins recently, she seems to speak clearer than her love island days but in fairness that Midlands accent was laid on thick in her early days.
    Bit of an english twang I thought too.




    is she a traveller?


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    #121
    TinCanMan
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    Al Porter. His whiney voice is equivalent to someone running their nails across a blackboard. Thankfully we don't hear much from him these days.


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