Is the Dublin accent dying?

steddyeddy · 03-03-2019 04:36AM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

I'm lucky enough not to have to spend a lot of time in Dublin. The accents and general maudlin attitude down in the capital is totally at odds with my own beliefs. For example I have never watched X Factor or ordered a takeaway meal, nor have I cried at any melodramas starring Ryan Gosling.

There is an element of anti-intellectualism and propensity for sentimentality among the populace of Dublin that I think the rather more stoic citizenry of "de country" are fortunate for not sharing and I dread any day I have to go down to the capital.

My son is in college down there though and he loves it. So who knows.

The city that gave us Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan and James Joyce is a bastion of anti-intellectualism?

sk8erboii · 03-03-2019 07:41AM

steddyeddy wrote: »

The city that gave us Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan and James Joyce is a bastion of anti-intellectualism?

Dont forget Samuel Beckett

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 03-03-2019 08:47AM

sk8erboii wrote: »

Dont forget Samuel Beckett

What's a bridge got to do with this ?

I mean it's a nice bridge and all but still !!!

Brendan Bendar · 03-03-2019 10:07AM

The great Sally Hayden was on world report this am just before sorry beefoe er
0830 this am.

What an amazing accent........raffugees in bauts

I’d love to get hersalf, Meeriam, and Dalla Kilroy into the same studio... The microphaunes would surely mallt.

Great journalists though.... of course.

Infonovice · 03-03-2019 05:32PM

I noticed a lot of the kids speaking with an american twang, are kids that come from non national parents.
They must have learnt american english before coming over here.

I have Polish friends aswell who have been here a long time and they are the same. American twang with a now Dublin accent too

Woke Hogan · 03-03-2019 05:54PM

It’s amazing how personally people from Dublin are taking the observations in this thread. I wonder if the curriculum is different in the capital to encourage feelings over thinking.

iamwhoiam · 03-03-2019 06:18PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

It’s amazing how personally people from Dublin are taking the observations in this thread. I wonder if the curriculum is different in the capital to encourage feelings over thinking.

I just find it hilarious that anyone would think there is a generic Dublin accent !! It varies hugely from one spot to another !

rm75 · 03-03-2019 06:55PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

It’s amazing how personally people from Dublin are taking the observations in this thread. I wonder if the curriculum is different in the capital to encourage feelings over thinking.

More the deluded statements that a "scanger" accent is a dublin accent. There are many varieties of dublin accents.

I mean it like me asking you did you drive your Massey Ferguson to work because you're not from dublin. Generally you can judge a place by whether people want to move to or from it. Based on this Dublin is an attractive place. Anyway go out and check on the cattle , the weathers pretty poor out there.

corner of hells · 03-03-2019 07:07PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

It’s amazing how personally people from Dublin are taking the observations in this thread. I wonder if the curriculum is different in the capital to encourage feelings over thinking.

It's also pretty impressive the amount of milage yourself and one or two others are getting out it.

Brendan Bendar · 03-03-2019 07:31PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I just find it hilarious that anyone would think there is a generic Dublin accent !! It varies hugely from one spot to another !

Give us some examples dude.

Like the short vowel popular in the Finglas area.

Where ‘Seán’ is pronounced ‘Shon’ and over ‘there’ is pronounced ‘theeeere’

Over to you dude I’m off to Telllerife(Tenerife) for me hollydays.

Let’s hear from you ,dude.

corner of hells · 03-03-2019 07:41PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Give us some examples dude.

Like the short vowel popular in the Finglas area.

Where ‘Seán’ is pronounced ‘Shon’ and over ‘there’ is pronounced ‘theeeere’

Over to you dude I’m off to Telllerife(Tenerife) for me hollydays.

Let’s hear from you ,dude.

What part of Finglas are you thinking of ?
It's a large area , are you familiar with it or is it your go to example ?

Tazzimus · 03-03-2019 07:46PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Give us some examples dude.

Like the short vowel popular in the Finglas area.

Where ‘Seán’ is pronounced ‘Shon’ and over ‘there’ is pronounced ‘theeeere’

Over to you dude I’m off to Telllerife(Tenerife) for me hollydays.

Let’s hear from you ,dude.

I'm sure people from Killiney or the D4 heads will appreciate people thinking they sound like someone from Coolock.

rm75 · 03-03-2019 07:49PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Give us some examples dude.

Like the short vowel popular in the Finglas area.

Where ‘Seán’ is pronounced ‘Shon’ and over ‘there’ is pronounced ‘theeeere’

Over to you dude I’m off to Telllerife(Tenerife) for me hollydays.

Let’s hear from you ,dude.

Ah so its a specific area of Finglas accent , mods should change the thread title.

Different parts of dublin have accents as different as Cork and Tyrone accents.

Brendan Bendar · 03-03-2019 07:50PM

corner of hells wrote: »

What part of Finglas are you thinking of ?
It's a large area , are you familiar with it or is it your go to example ?

No, a good example is Joanne Donnelly who said she hails from that area.

Listen to her weather reports, dude.

Listen carefully.

Brendan Bendar · 03-03-2019 07:52PM

Tazzimus wrote: »

I'm sure people from Killiney or the D4 heads will appreciate people thinking they sound like someone from Coolock.

No idea what that post is about,pal.

Do tell us.

Tazzimus · 03-03-2019 08:00PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

No idea what that post is about,pal.

Do tell us.

Not sure if you've ever spoken to someone from those areas, but the accent isn't quite the same.

Brendan Bendar · 03-03-2019 08:06PM

Tazzimus wrote: »

Not sure if you've ever spoken to someone from those areas, but the accent isn't quite the same.

What are you trying to say, buddy.

What areas

What accent

Same as what.

C’mon dude......

JohnnyFlash · 03-03-2019 08:12PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

What are you trying to say, buddy.

What areas

What accent

Same as what.

C’mon dude......

You into the second half of a slab of Polish lager?

Brendan Bendar · 03-03-2019 08:14PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

You into the second half of a slab of Polish lager?

Sucking a few cans of Perla, what’s the problem John.

the_syco · 03-03-2019 08:15PM

I think the dub area is just getting diluted by people whose parents are not from Dublin.

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Where ‘Seán’ is pronounced ‘Shon’ and over ‘there’ is pronounced ‘theeeere’

By Shon, do you mean the anglicised version of Sean, which is Shaun?

Ash.J.Williams · 03-03-2019 08:16PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I just find it hilarious that anyone would think there is a generic Dublin accent !! It varies hugely from one spot to another !

There are people from "down the country" that think the "Dublin accent" is the northside accent and the South side accent is posh

03-03-2019 08:16PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Give us some examples dude.

Like the short vowel popular in the Finglas area.

Where ‘Seán’ is pronounced ‘Shon’ and over ‘there’ is pronounced ‘theeeere’

Over to you dude I’m off to Telllerife(Tenerife) for me hollydays.

Let’s hear from you ,dude.

Have literally never heard anyone pronounce it like that.

Brendan Bendar · 03-03-2019 08:21PM

the_syco wrote: »

I think the dub area is just getting diluted by people whose parents are not from Dublin.

By Shon, do you mean the anglicised version of Sean, which is Shaun?

No I mean this.....

Take the word ‘murder’ most people outside Dublin pronounce it as ‘murder’

How Joseph Duffy pronounce it.... ‘moooorder’ or the ‘noooorses’ vs the ‘nurses’

Let’s start there... do you get that .

The vowel is shortened by the culchie and elongated by the Doob

Are you with me shaft.

03-03-2019 08:26PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

No I mean this.....

Take the word ‘murder’ most people outside Dublin pronounce it as ‘murder’

How Joseph Duffy pronounce it.... ‘moooorder’ or the ‘noooorses’ vs the ‘nurses’

Let’s start there... do you get that .

The vowel is shortened by the culchie and elongated by the Doob

Are you with me shaft.

''Doob'' would rhyme with tube. You're not really accurate at all with your descriptions.

corner of hells · 03-03-2019 08:27PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

No I mean this.....

Take the word ‘murder’ most people outside Dublin pronounce it as ‘murder’

How Joseph Duffy pronounce it.... ‘moooorder’ or the ‘noooorses’ vs the ‘nurses’

Let’s start there... do you get that .

The vowel is shortened by the culchie and elongated by the Doob

Are you with me shaft.

Nooorses or mooorder ?

No ,I can't say I've ever heard or noticed that .

Brendan Bendar · 03-03-2019 08:29PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Have literally never heard anyone pronounce it like that.

You must lead a sheltered life, on not be too attentive to phonetics.

It’s the same as ‘ chimney’ the Doob has a problem with the ‘n’ so it’s ‘chimley’.

Likewise ‘Teneriffe’ Becomes ‘Telleriffe’ .

Same as the ‘r’. The Doob doesn’t go to a ‘carvery’ he goes to a ‘cavery’ he doesn’t drink ‘Carlsberg’ he drinks ‘Calsberg’.

Listen more carefully dude.

Brendan Bendar · 03-03-2019 08:30PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Nooorses or mooorder ?

No ,I can't say I've ever heard or noticed that .

Good man, is it raining in Patagonia?

Brendan Bendar · 03-03-2019 08:32PM

Omackeral wrote: »

''Doob'' would rhyme with tube. You're not really accurate at all with your descriptions.

No mate.

Dube would rhyme with tube.

03-03-2019 08:37PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

You must lead a sheltered life

I work in a prison, so not really. Also from a working-class area of Dublin as are all my family, including Finglas.

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

It’s the same as ‘ chimney’ the Doob has a problem with the ‘n’ so it’s ‘chimley’.

Likewise ‘Teneriffe’ Becomes ‘Telleriffe’ .

Chimley I've heard. Same as hosptable. Literally have never heard the other thing. You've just made that up. Also, 'Doob' would rhyme with 'tube' and, again, nobody says that.

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Same as the ‘r’. The Doob doesn’t go to a ‘carvery’ he goes to a ‘cavery’ he doesn’t drink ‘Carlsberg’ he drinks ‘Calsberg’.

Listen more carefully dude.

I've listened perfectly and all I can deduce is that you sound like an absolute knob with a hearing problem... dude.

03-03-2019 08:39PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

No mate.

Dube would rhyme with tube.

'Doob' would rhyme with food... matedudepalbuddy.

Is the Dublin accent dying?

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