French lose the accent of love... as the Irish lilt is voted world's sexiest

Jay P · 03-11-2009 10:55PM

Well, any chance? I'm Irish :cool:

Caco · 03-11-2009 11:04PM

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

My accent got me a rumble in the sack once in New York. Didn't even know the girls name when she asked me to leave my mate for 30 minutes and go to her apartment close by. Overheard me ordering a drink. Mind you it was about 4 in the afternoon in an empty dive bar. American's are mad forward like that.

Did you wake up some time later in a bathtub full of ice and minus a kidney?

DazMarz · 03-11-2009 11:10PM

I'd say they are voting on the Dublin City brogue, as so well sported by Colin Farrell.

Or possibly the Galway lilt.

I highly doubt the Corkonian accent (which I actually think sounds cool in a sick way!) was voted upon by foreigners.

I find that when I'm on the continent in Europe, I'm usually mistaken for an Englishman (well, Chelsea jersey on!:D).

Most people assume there is only one variation on a particular accent (French, Australian, German, American, English etc.) when the variation between regions and even different parts of various cities is remarkably different, but only to those in the know! What may sound all the same to a foreigner usually sounds completely different to us!

But it is a big cliché that people find the Irish accent sexy. All I find it gets me is the look of ''Why aren't you drunk yet?", and I hate letting people down...,:rolleyes:

Doc · 03-11-2009 11:25PM

To be fair the French have seriously fallen out of favor with the Americans so it’s hardly surprising that they don’t consider the French accent as sexy anymore. People always tell me that the Irish accent has a flow to it that is very appealing and that it is a very "sing song" accent. Personally I still think a French girl’s accent is still the sexiest going but as I’m Irish I’m happy to have the sexiest accent.

The reason people might think you English in other parts of Europe is that they may not have much experience of hearing different in English if you spoke to them in their language then they could probably tell you where Irish.

I remember I had a German teacher who used to laugh at the way we would say certain German words with our Irish accent.

netwhizkid · 03-11-2009 11:45PM

Doc wrote: »

To be fair the French have seriously fallen out of favor with the Americans so it’s hardly surprising that they don’t consider the French accent as sexy anymore. People always tell me that the Irish accent has a flow to it that is very appealing and that it is a very "sing song" accent. Personally I still think a French girl’s accent is still the sexiest going but as I’m Irish I’m happy to have the sexiest accent.

The reason people might think you English in other parts of Europe is that they may not have much experience of hearing different in English if you spoke to them in their language then they could probably tell you where Irish.

I remember I had a German teacher who used to laugh at the way we would say certain German words with our Irish accent.

Dieter Langer in Killinaskully is epic, his character is so funny!

Mr Yellow · 04-11-2009 12:27AM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

What's a YOB or do you just like shouting the word "Yob"?

You sound like a typical Irishman with an anti English chip on their shoulder, and before I get called a racist etc, I have a lot of Irish friends who hate the anti English identity their country has ;-)

Touche!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yob - definition for a Yob my good man.
Every country has anti this & anti that.
Was referring to the derogatory comment about the change being asked by scots & irish & not every english person so no need to shoot me down.
Unless u are a yob....&proud of it?

Good hustle...

JangoFett · 04-11-2009 12:28AM

I was in Oz and a girl told me her attraction to me was 100% my accent

Good to know an accent can override your hideous face!

Dyr · 04-11-2009 12:34AM

Mr Yellow wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yob - definition for a Yob my good man.
Every country has anti this & anti that.
Was referring to the derogatory comment about the change being asked by scots & irish & not every english person so no need to shoot me down.
Unless u are a yob....&proud of it?

Ah no, I think he's just a bit of an oul chip..:pac:

dylano_k · 04-11-2009 12:35AM

Guaranteed your hoolllleeee when you use the dublin accent in Glasgow, its like fishing with dynamite its not even fair

jumpguy · 04-11-2009 12:36AM

Clearly all this shows is that tourism in this country is down.

Mr Yellow · 04-11-2009 12:42AM

Bambi wrote: »

Ah no, I think he's just a bit of an oul chip..:pac:

chip eh?? wha??? Someone might take offence.....:D

Terry · 04-11-2009 12:42AM

Mr Yellow wrote: »

Typical English YOB scumbag....

Before i get called a racist etc, i have extremely good english friends who also hate the YOB identity of their nation....

Fratton Fred wrote: »

What's a YOB or do you just like shouting the word "Yob"?

You sound like a typical Irishman with an anti English chip on their shoulder, and before I get called a racist etc, I have a lot of Irish friends who hate the anti English identity their country has ;-)

Touche!!

Mr Yellow wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yob - definition for a Yob my good man.
Every country has anti this & anti that.
Was referring to the derogatory comment about the change being asked by scots & irish & not every english person so no need to shoot me down.
Unless u are a yob....&proud of it?

Good hustle...

Bambi wrote: »

Ah no, I think he's just a bit of an oul chip..:pac:

Please be quiet.

OT: Score.

The rest of you can whine away, but I just see this as a good thing.

How is the Irish accent being voted the sexiest in the world a bad thing?
now I'm sure you can all cite examples of the local ugly chick with the dodgy accent, but that's only because you all have thought she was a smelly bitch since primary school.

I for one welcome our new status as the sexiest accent having people in the world.

rossie1977 · 04-11-2009 12:48AM

its because sheamus is now a star in wwe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYHjEoHyaxM

me-skywalker · 04-11-2009 12:51AM

rossie1977 wrote: »

its because sheamus is now a star in wwe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYHjEoHyaxM

haha fair play to him! he looks delighted at the end... 'the celtic warrior, Sheamus'

excellent!

marko91 · 04-11-2009 01:17AM

in ayia napa during the summer my dublin accent was a babe magnet:pac:

The_Kew_Tour · 04-11-2009 01:18AM

JangoFett wrote: »

I was in Oz and a girl told me her attraction to me was 100% my accent

Good to know an accent can override your hideous face!

Same applied to me when I lived in UK.

Whatever does lad.

Smyth · 04-11-2009 02:15AM

Monaghan accent is where it's at.

major bill · 04-11-2009 02:30AM

33 and a 3rd!!!!;)

The_B_Man · 04-11-2009 03:00AM

lol colin farrell and james nesbitt! one from dublin, the othe from the north.

also, i thought a brogue was a shoe!!

pikachucheeks · 04-11-2009 03:07AM

marko91 wrote: »

in ayia napa during the summer my dublin accent was a babe magnet:pac:

I like a Dublin accent on a guy.

Fair play to us for having the world's sexiest accent! :cool:

ColaBeDamned · 04-11-2009 03:44AM

major bill wrote: »

33 and a 3rd!!!!;)

I'll translate that: turty tree and a turd!

meglome · 04-11-2009 04:06AM

Me Ma always told me I was sexy, then she'd ask me to sit on her knee. Looking back I was twenty five and it was possibly a bit weird.

04-11-2009 04:34AM

netwhizkid wrote: »

Dieter Langer in Killinaskully is epic, his character is so funny!

Youy have said many controversial things but that is just taking the piss.:mad:

Ruu_Old · 04-11-2009 04:42AM

Now yer suckin' diesel! :eek:

TomCo · 04-11-2009 05:20AM

I don't really have an accent, I get asked where Im from all the time.
Sometimes its fun to lie.

grenache · 04-11-2009 06:50AM

Most foreigners have no idea what a proper irish accent actually sounds like. Hence the many ridiculous attempts at our accent by british and american actors over the years. They really all think we talk like characters out of darby o' gill. This is where the poll is fatally flawed. If that accent is sexy, then i'm a born again virgin.

Reindeer · 04-11-2009 09:06AM

Rented Mule wrote: »

There was a time when a Frenchman only had to order a pint of beer and women would collapse at his feet with desire.
Well those days, they are, 'ow you say, fini!
The Irish accent was yesterday voted the world's sexiest - knocking the Gauls off the top spot they've held for decades.

UP PADDY !!

How can a poll regarding accents be world wide? It doesn't make a bit of sense.

Agent Smith · 04-11-2009 09:14AM

Rented Mule wrote: »

There was a time when a Frenchman only had to order a pint of beer and women would collapse at his feet with desire.
Well those days, they are, 'ow you say, fini!
The Irish accent was yesterday voted the world's sexiest - knocking the Gauls off the top spot they've held for decades.

UP PADDY !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oZTW30fAQY

"Cause he's fucking goodlooking for a knacker.."

Sin scéal eile · 04-11-2009 09:26AM

Some Dub accents are very sexy, as are Donegal accents (with the exception of Daniel O'Donnell's)

However, I have been told many times by English men that they love Irish girls because their accents are so sexy

Dravokivich · 04-11-2009 09:36AM

major bill wrote: »

33 and a 3rd!!!!;)

Jaysus the amount of times i'd been asked to say that :P

pissed'em all off by pretending to be brought up proper lioke....

- Drav!

French lose the accent of love... as the Irish lilt is voted world's sexiest

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