Irritating Accents

moe_sizlak · 02-11-2007 10:21PM

Stylo wrote: »

I cannot at all understand how someone could find objection with Michael O'Muich ....... O'Mhui ...... O'Muircea ...... MORIARTY ! and his accent - one of the most beautiful rounded real Irish accent - and I'm not even from the Kingdom - whilst some can be irritating and put on - give me a good honest Irish accent from North or South anyday over bland American or Australian accents - STREWTH !!!

no one mentioned michael o muireartheagh mate , there talking about another dude named micheal mc mullen who i actually have no problem with at all , dont see why he generates such contempt

micheal o murriheatgh,s accent is pure gold though

fricatus · 03-11-2007 01:02AM

moe_sizlak wrote: »

no one mentioned michael o muireartheagh mate , there talking about another dude named micheal mc mullen who i actually have no problem with at all , dont see why he generates such contempt

micheal o murriheatgh,s accent is pure gold though

No, he's right... someone did mention Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh earlier in the thread... I couldn't believe it. Maybe he meant Moikel MakMollon, but he or she wrote Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. I mean how could they? The man is the very essence of Sunday afternoons in the summer, switching betweeen Gaeilge and Béarla... a total legend, and there isn't a phoneme that's put on in his accent... in either language!

McSween · 12-08-2008 05:22PM

I think Keelin's accent is dead sexy, she started a story the other day and prounounced "going" "gaoi-ing".

she isn't a bad looking bird either!

there is a guy on the sport on radio one sometimes called darragh, he has a big problem with his "th's"

irish_bob · 12-08-2008 09:12PM

McSween wrote: »

I think Keelin's accent is dead sexy, she started a story the other day and prounounced "going" "gaoi-ing".

she isn't a bad looking bird either!

there is a guy on the sport on radio one sometimes called darragh, he has a big problem with his "th's"

i find keelan shanley really sexy and i like the way she speaks , its natural and not put on like the haughty emma mcnamarra

irish banks showed good grayth today , emma mocknomarra

FabFahey · 01-09-2008 03:43PM

One of the girls on AA roadwatch has the fakest annoying accent ever, Lorraine or Louise or something. Sounds very put on..

Oh the guy Paddy Mc something on RTE, so so very annoying!!

LordSutch · 01-09-2008 04:16PM

Ciaran Mullooly the RTE midlands correspondent does my head in with his country yokel accent . . .
and Gerry O'Sullivan off the radio is another one who I cant bear to listen to (always sounds like he is speaking with a mouth full of saliva)

tbh · 01-09-2008 04:29PM

Camelot wrote: »

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and Gerry O'Sullivan off the radio is another one who I cant bear to listen to (always sounds like he is speaking with a mouth full of saliva)

and always sounds like he's talking while reading his notes - that wrecks my head.

Greenman · 01-09-2008 09:23PM

Not sure if this guy was mentioned but Fergal Keane ie the RTE one,god that voice, just saw him on the TV.

Another guy in RTE but now gone to the backroom is Fergus Sweeney never figured out why he lasted so long on 5 Live???

Can't stand Marion.

Why do RTE presenters say Tank You Indeed all the time??? What has indeed to do with anything and why say it everytime??

Must start a thread presenters I like, I could listen to George Lee for days on end.

LordSutch · 02-09-2008 09:37AM

Greenman wrote: »

Can't stand Marion.

Why do RTE presenters say Tank You Indeed all the time??? What has indeed to do with anything and why say it everytime??

You mean 'five octaves' marion (cant stand her either) and as for 'Tank you indeed' this seems to be spreading, and what about the weather forecasters saying 'A very good night to you' before they read out
the night time forecast!!! and finally > what about saying 'in studio' all the time!!! this 'mantra' now seems
to be endemic on all Irish radio stations, everybody is now 'in studio' (does my head in).

mike65 · 02-09-2008 10:28AM

Oisin Langan on Newstalk, he's awful anyway but 4 hours of him is beyond the realms of endurance.

Mike

_feedback_ · 02-09-2008 10:34AM

Camelot wrote: »

what about saying 'in studio' all the time!!! this 'mantra' now seems
to be endemic on all Irish radio stations, everybody is now 'in studio' (does my head in).

Eh ... because they are in studio? What's the problem?

Imhof Tank · 02-09-2008 12:57PM

Dont know whether this has been mentioned earlier but Tom Dunne's voice annoys me.

Soft, non threatening and a bit feminine quite frankly.

brettmirl · 02-09-2008 01:05PM

Yer wan from the Discount Electrical and Weston Gardiner ads. She annoys me.

That is all.

LordSutch · 02-09-2008 01:28PM

elviscostello wrote: »

Eh ... because they are in studio? What's the problem?

Eh ... because if you listen to any other radio station outside the State you will notice the omission of this 'very local' mantra!

Flick over to a BBC station (for example) & you will notice the total lack of presenters saying 'In Studio' although you will get the occassional 'welcome to THE Studio' its the absence of 'The' that irks me

_feedback_ · 02-09-2008 01:57PM

Camelot wrote: »

Eh ... because if you listen to any other radio station outside the State you will notice the omission of this 'very local' mantra!

Flick over to a BBC station (for example) & you will notice the total lack of presenters saying 'In Studio' although you will get the occassional 'welcome to THE Studio' its the absence of 'The' that irks me

To be honest, I'm probably not going to switch over to check who says what... I don't understand how it could annoy you so much !

Fulton Crown · 02-09-2008 02:36PM

McSween wrote: »

I think Keelin's accent is dead sexy, she started a story the other day and prounounced "going" "gaoi-ing".

she isn't a bad looking bird either!

there is a guy on the sport on radio one sometimes called darragh, he has a big problem with his "th's"

nah ! too nasal...has the Alpha female bob too..stay away from her likes mate...chew you up for breakfast.

Fulton Crown · 02-09-2008 02:45PM

juuge wrote: »

Worst has to be Micháel O’Muircheartaigh - he brings back memories of a priest ridden Ireland of the fifties.

+ 1 here mate - an this is the guy who is the voice of the GAA - I feel sorry for sponsors like the Ethiad Airways trying to hype up the games and attract a younger audience - while this dark ages guy is still broadcasting.

The bishops throwing in the ball to start the games ...thats what he reminds me of.

LordSutch · 02-09-2008 02:56PM

elviscostello wrote: »

To be honest, I'm probably not going to switch over to check who says what... I don't understand how it could annoy you so much !

Because when I turn on *** Radio I find it kinda peculiar that most presenters (on Irish Radio) deliberately leave out *** word *** before they say *** word 'Studio'

Welcome to *** Studio

irish_bob · 03-09-2008 11:08AM

Imhof Tank wrote: »

Dont know whether this has been mentioned earlier but Tom Dunne's voice annoys me.

Soft, non threatening and a bit feminine quite frankly.

couldnt agree more , guys a big girls blouse

Fulton Crown · 03-09-2008 07:49PM

While I'M at it anyone irritated by that bell voiced bird on afternoon radio Brenda o'Donoghue ...Christ ! now that would be some freekin voice to home to every day...!:eek:

Does EVERYTHIN have to be at 50 decibles

Over&Over · 04-09-2008 10:47PM

Fulton Crown wrote: »

While I'M at it anyone irritated by that bell voiced bird on afternoon radio Brenda o'Donoghue ...Christ ! now that would be some freekin voice to home to every day...!:eek:

Does EVERYTHIN have to be at 50 decibles

Indeed, there's something of the ADD in her barbaric yawp.

An accent which always sounded contrived to these ears is Francesca Cummins. She (does/used to... not sure which) reports from the courts for Today FM. Didn't sit with me.

I find that the Newstalk sports guys have me switiching off the wireless in a hurry, particularly the guy who was filling in for Moncreiff recently. No tolerance for his vox.

It also annoys me the way people prounounce Irish words such as 'taoiseach' as tea-shock or gárda as gear-da I've recently heard Americans and English people on the radio make a better effort that our own presenters.

FlutterinBantam · 05-09-2008 09:00AM

Indeed Bell Voiced Brenda, how she has been retained in a big role capacity in the Mooney show with blander than bland Aengus is beyond.

As soon as i hear she will have a big part in the prog I switch off as I couldnt submit my shellikes to the battering thats is bound to come.

Give her a job which suits her ffs, like a frikken foghorn out in Dublin Port:mad:

Our man in Havana · 05-09-2008 01:29PM

Barry O'Neill on 2fm sports. Need I say more?

Bard · 05-09-2008 03:34PM

Fulton Crown wrote: »

While I'M at it anyone irritated by that bell voiced bird on afternoon radio Brenda o'Donoghue ...Christ ! now that would be some freekin voice to home to every day...!:eek:

Does EVERYTHIN have to be at 50 decibles

50 decibels isn't loud - it's relatively quiet in fact,- somewhere between the volume of a whisper and normal speech.

Personally, I'd place Brenda Donoghue closer to 80dB, putting her akin in volume (and annoyance) to the noise of a vacuum cleaner.

Fulton Crown · 05-09-2008 08:15PM

Bard wrote: »

50 decibels isn't loud - it's relatively quiet in fact,- somewhere between the volume of a whisper and normal speech.

Personally, I'd place Brenda Donoghue closer to 80dB, putting her akin in volume (and annoyance) to the noise of a vacuum cleaner.

Thanks for putting me right on this one Bard...80 decibles it is.

Liam Byrne · 06-09-2008 12:59PM

Camelot wrote: »

Because when I turn on *** Radio I find it kinda peculiar that most presenters (on Irish Radio) deliberately leave out *** word *** before they say *** word 'Studio'

Welcome to *** Studio

Pedantic note. Because "the" is the "definitive article", wouldn't "the" more appropriate word be "this" - as in welcome to "this" studio ? Just curious.

I'd be more annoyed at the ones who, when they do use the word "the", leave out the "h" and make it sound like it's (equally-irritatingly) mis-spelt in the horrendous "txt-spk" :mad:

JayeL · 09-09-2008 08:41AM

I can't stand the lack of attention RTE pays to pronunciation. The BBC has a pronounciation unit who clarify things like this and ensure everyone says, for example, foreign words correctly. So if a show had Dara O Briain on, they'd say "Dara O Breen" and not "O Brain".

Barry O'Neill on 2fm should be asked to pronounce the names of south-eastern counties as their inhabitants pronounce them. That means "Wexfurd" and "Waterfurd". The argument that "well that's what we call those counties where I'm from" doesn't stand - you're still wrong. The same as Northern people often pronounce Co. Meath as if it rhymes with "sheath" when it actually rhymes with "seethe".

While I'm on the subject - ok, Portlaoise is SUPPOSED to be pronounced "port-leesha" - but people from there don't use the last syllable. Why can't RTE and others recognise this and use the proper form for Irish reports and the "English version" for English reports? There is a precedent: Dun Laoghaire is pronounced "Dunleary" in just about every context other than an Irish report, when it's pronounced in the "proper form" ("Doon Laira").

auerillo · 09-09-2008 08:54AM

JayeL wrote: »

I can't stand the lack of attention RTE pays to pronunciation. The BBC has a pronounciation unit who clarify things like this and ensure everyone says, for example, foreign words correctly. So if a show had Dara O Briain on, they'd say "Dara O Breen" and not "O Brain".

Barry O'Neill on 2fm should be asked to pronounce the names of south-eastern counties as their inhabitants pronounce them. That means "Wexfurd" and "Waterfurd". The argument that "well that's what we call those counties where I'm from" doesn't stand - you're still wrong. The same as Northern people often pronounce Co. Meath as if it rhymes with "sheath" when it actually rhymes with "seethe".

While I'm on the subject - ok, Portlaoise is SUPPOSED to be pronounced "port-leesha" - but people from there don't use the last syllable. Why can't RTE and others recognise this and use the proper form for Irish reports and the "English version" for English reports? There is a precedent: Dun Laoghaire is pronounced "Dunleary" in just about every context other than an Irish report, when it's pronounced in the "proper form" ("Doon Laira").

I wonder where you stand on "dorset street"?

While I agree that RTE seems, on the whole, to favour strangling the vowels, ( thus father is pronounced "faw-ther" and diabetes is pronounced "dia-bay-tees" and, even the innocent "R" in RTE is spoken as if it is mined from deep underground, and pronounced "ORE" ), I'm not sure there is, any more, a correct or incorrect way to speak. Strangling the vowels is just a Dublin way to try to affect a more upmarket speaking voice, although becasue its an affectation it actually has the opposite affect.

There used to be Recieved Pronouncation which was suppose to be the correct way to speak, but thats is deep in the history of the British isles.

Part of the joy in life is to listen to different forms of pronouncing words, and think how dull life would be is we all spoke in the same way. Generally speaking, correcting others way of speaking is akin to snobbery, and although it can be funny, we should learn to enjoy and celebrate difference!

JayeL · 09-09-2008 12:58PM

It's hardly snobbery to ask that places be pronounced as locals pronounce it: inferring that the locals are wrong is more like snobbery. So I cringe when I hear someone on the radio say "Door-sit" street because that's not what it's known as by its inhabitants. Same way with Houston Street in New York: if you say "Hugh-stin", you'll be corrected (it's "How-stin"). These local idiosyncracies should be celebrated, not white-washed over by ignorant newsreaders.

Incidentally, wouldn't a list of these shibboleths make a great thread? Best one I heard lately is a village in Meath called Rathmoylan, which is pronounced "Rath-m'lyon"....

Heathen · 09-09-2008 07:45PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

That guy Barry O'Neill with his WaterFORD and WexFORD crap also gives me the skitthers

Nightwish wrote: »

Moicheal McMollon on Today FM is quite possibly the most annoying the most annoying voice on radio. Where oh where did he get that accent from?

hehe these two boys do my nut in too!!!

immm mmmmmoicheal mcmollon

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