What County/Area Struggles Most to Grasp the English Language?

bernardo mac · 06-01-2011 11:44PM

Mmm.Do counties/areas actually possess the ability or the inclination to grasp...?

Son Of A Vidic · 06-01-2011 11:52PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

After just 24 posts, you speak excellent troll, OP.

Now you've just gone and fed it.

mstan · 07-01-2011 01:30AM

The scummy Dublin accent wins this game hands down

FlawedGenius · 07-01-2011 02:05AM

Since Dublin was home to most of the English and was in contact with more English than any other place in Ireland, the people speak clearer English than any other county of Ireland. The English built Dublin, four courts, Dublin castle, Trinity etc so its bound to have its influence on the natives who lived there first. Though the accent mightened be everyones cup of tea, even the strongest of Dublin accents is easy to understand and spoke at a normal pace, compared to say Cork or Kerry...
Dubs speak "Hiberno English". Theres probably more English roots in the Dubs than farmer Irish tbh.:rolleyes:

FlawedGenius · 07-01-2011 02:07AM

mstan wrote: »

The scummy Dublin accent wins this game hands down

Scummy yeah bad on the ears, but still easier to understand than a farmer from Laois or Kerry.

BOHtox · 07-01-2011 02:27AM

JohnP199 wrote: »

I was in Dublin for New Year's Eve. I haven't been out there too often but it really did surprise me how much Dublin people seem to struggle to speak "proper" English. Have these people been educated? Do they know how to pronounce their words correctly? I know in the current climate this is a very trivial complaint to have but it was something that really did annoy me listening to the people talk that night.

So, is there any other County/Area in Ireland that struggles even more to grasp the English language?

tut

Mr Benevolent · 07-01-2011 03:02AM

Cork people. They have some sort of speech problem.

johnmcdnl · 07-01-2011 03:06AM

what area speaks the best english???

Warper · 07-01-2011 03:07AM

Who wants to grasp it anyways? Just speak it

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Dangerous Man · 07-01-2011 03:11AM

OP. Grow up. You're embarrassing.

karlog · 07-01-2011 03:13AM

Has Tinkerland been mentioned yet?

Mmmm_Lemony · 07-01-2011 03:16AM

EuropeanSon wrote: »

That as maybe, but evidently they don't type the best English.:rolleyes:
I find that you'll hear the very best and the very worst speakers of English in Ireland in Dublin, but the bad vastly outnumber the good.

*Be that as it maybe* and *You'll find that you'll hear*
I find people from the south west the most difficult to hear, not necessarily understand. However, I feel that there is a generation gap, which may lead people to the assumption that people from a particular region have issue with speaking ‘correct’ English.

A generation gap between those that watch Jersey Shore and those that don’t.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 07-01-2011 04:05AM

I sometimes find it hard to understand people from the south-east. Most are grand but a very strong Waterford accent is very difficult for me to get my head around.

Oh and of course Meath. My least favourite and least understood accent.

saywhatyousee · 07-01-2011 04:19AM

johnmcdnl wrote: »

what area speaks the best english???

north sligo. might draw out the odd vowel now and again but it is generally very flat accent

Killer Pigeon · 07-01-2011 04:27AM

JohnP199 wrote: »

I was in Dublin for New Years Eve. I haven't been out there too often but it really did surprise me how much Dublin people seem to struggle to speak "proper" English. Have these people been educated? Do they know how to pronounce their words correctly? I know in the current climate this is a very trivial complaint to have but it was something that really did annoy me listening to the people talk that night.

So, is there any other County/Area in Ireland that struggles even more to grasp the English language?

I suppose it's Country Ireland but I'm not too sure.

dubtom · 07-01-2011 05:09AM

Why is it that culchies,who wet their pants with excitement at the thought of coming to their capital for an afternoon, feel the need to then run down the people who actually live in the metropolis, is it envy perhaps?

grenache · 07-01-2011 06:14AM

dubtom wrote: »

Why is it that culchies,who wet their pants with excitement at the thought of coming to their capital for an afternoon, feel the need to then run down the people who actually live in the metropolis, is it envy perhaps?

I'm one of those people that you refer to as "culchies" and i dont ever feel the need to run down Dublin or its inhabitants. My sister lives on the south side and i enjoy my visits there. Not all country people hate Dublin - however i would say that many think it gets preferential treatment compared to the rest of the country.

liah · 07-01-2011 06:31AM

Midlands accents are much easier to understand than any other Irish accent I've come across as a durty foreigner.

Fratton Fred · 07-01-2011 09:53AM

FlawedGenius wrote: »

Since Dublin was home to most of the English and was in contact with more English than any other place in Ireland, the people speak clearer English than any other county of Ireland. The English built Dublin, four courts, Dublin castle, Trinity etc so its bound to have its influence on the natives who lived there first.

The Vikings?

summerskin · 07-01-2011 09:59AM

Mmmm_Lemony wrote: »

*Be that as it maybe* and *You'll find that you'll hear*
I find people from the south west the most difficult to hear, not necessarily understand. However, I feel that there is a generation gap, which may lead people to the assumption that people from a particular region have issue with speaking ‘correct’ English.

A generation gap between those that watch Jersey Shore and those that don’t.

I think you mean "Be that as it may". If you are going to correct people, do it properly.

FatherLen · 07-01-2011 10:00AM

grenache wrote: »

I'm one of those people that you refer to as "culchies" and i dont ever feel the need to run down Dublin or its inhabitants. My sister lives on the south side and i enjoy my visits there. Not all country people hate Dublin - however i would say that many think it gets preferential treatment compared to the rest of the country.

well to be fair it should get preferential treatment. it is the capital after all.

Cú Giobach · 07-01-2011 10:10AM

FatherLen wrote: »

well to be fair it should get preferential treatment. it is the capital after all.

The capital ie; the seat of government and the base where the current economic disaster was hatched, preferential treatment I think not, a spanking yes.

Seaneh · 07-01-2011 10:23AM

liah wrote: »

Midlands accents are much easier to understand than any other Irish accent I've come across as a durty foreigner.

That's why most of the language schools for french/spanish/italian/german kids in the summer are in the midlands.
You candy swing a fecking cat in Athlone in july without hitting a fecking spanish student!

LizT · 07-01-2011 10:25AM

Seaneh wrote: »

That's why most of the language schools for french/spanish/italian/german kids in the summer are in the midlands.
You candy swing a fecking cat in Athlone in july without hitting a fecking spanish student!

I know :mad: They're really annoying.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 07-01-2011 10:28AM

There's a new chinatown on Achill island and the standard of English there is shocking

thecool · 07-01-2011 10:52AM

JohnP199 wrote: »

Dublin people seem to struggle to speak "proper" English. Have these people been educated?

You are a rude horrible person , Have you ever heard of accents get a life and stop trolling.
Leave people alone.

prinz · 07-01-2011 11:07AM

Laois. Bloody atrocious. Brother of mine moved there years ago, and now it's is getting to the point where I need a translator to talk to him.

m@cc@ · 07-01-2011 11:50AM

There is no such thing as 'proper' English since it is vastly different from what it would have been 50 years ago.

Is American English 'proper' English?

thecool wrote: »

You are a rude horrible person

Well I have to say, I think that you're a very rude man.

prinz · 07-01-2011 12:06PM

thecool wrote: »

You are a rude horrible person.

m@cc@ wrote: »

Well I have to say, I think that you're a very rude man.

Might I add that I think you've both been very naughty boys. You're not the grammar and accent Messiahs.

grenache · 07-01-2011 12:15PM

Accents from Dublin and the West (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon) are most easily understood.

Although i cant say that i have any problem understanding regional accents. I have travelled all over the island and have friends from many different counties and i've never had any difficulty understanding them.

What County/Area Struggles Most to Grasp the English Language?

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