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Does anyone south of the border genuinely like an Ulster accent? Why?

  • 16-03-2011 06:35PM
    #1
    nosey rosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 265 ✭✭nosey rosie


    Apparently some southerners actually like the N.I accent. Is it true... and why?
    It really is a hard-sounding, unattractive accent, even in all its variations.
    I reckon southerners are just saying it to try to charm N.I. visitors to stay longer / spend more. Its ear bleedingly awful.


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  • #2
    Gneez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Gneez


    Like a nail on a blackboard for me anyway, especially whiney belfast accent.


  • #3
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,787 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    If the accent is accompanied by a nice pare of tits it's always sexy.


  • #4
    Tahuti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭Tahuti


    Some are grating, some are pleasant to the ear.

    It depends really.


  • #5
    CiaranC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,300 ✭✭✭CiaranC


    Donegal


  • #6
    oompaloompa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭oompaloompa


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLuKhyqH4iw

    Not a fan at all!!! Owwwww my ears :mad:


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  • #7
    RHunce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭RHunce


    Meh, it's very threatening accent imo. Sounds like they're about ready to beat your head in with every sentence!


  • #8
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,395 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    I think its nice. Except I can't understand a word from someone with a strong Donegal accent.


  • #9
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,350 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    nosey rosie wrote: »
    IApaarently some southerners actually like the N.I accent. Is it true... and why?
    It really is a hard-sounding, unattractive accent, even in all its variations.
    I reckon southerners are just saying it to try to charm N.I. visitors to stay longer / spend more. Its ear bleedingly awful.

    The more time they spend down here, the more chance there is of their accent being changed. It's for their own good, and we're doing them a favour. I blame it on the Scottish people, because I'm pretty sure the accent can't have been the same before they showed up and fiddled with it.

    It's nowhere near as bad as a New Zealand one, and thank God they're 12000 miles away.


  • #10
    u140acro3xs7dm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭u140acro3xs7dm


    oompaloompa wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLuKhyqH4iw

    Not a fan at all!!! Owwwww my ears :mad:
    That sounds terrible with her fake American accent mixed in


  • #11
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Ulster accents are easily the best. They arent as grating as the rest of the country.


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  • #12
    nosey rosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 265 ✭✭nosey rosie


    Have you ever heard Nadine Coyle ( from Girls Aloud ) speaking?
    I dare anyone - to listen to it for 10 minutes and not to feel like hitting someone ... or even punching yourself... just to hopefully lose consciousness.

    I should put a link to her Co. Derry mangled accent...but I'm not a sadist.


  • #13
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    CiaranC wrote: »
    Donegal

    That's north of the border :confused:
    Unless the OP thinks Ulster has six counties.


  • #14
    Azureus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭Azureus


    I love a Donegal accent! Friend from up there sounds hella sexy when she talks.
    Other Northern accents are lovely once theyre not too strong, same with any accent really!


  • #15
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Where are you from OP.


  • #16
    dumbyearbook
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 823 ✭✭✭dumbyearbook


    RHunce wrote: »
    Meh, it's very threatening accent imo. Sounds like they're about ready to beat your head in with every sentence!

    Same as above but for me its Nigerian's scary accent that.
    :rolleyes:


  • #17
    deman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭deman


    fontanalis wrote: »
    That's north of the border :confused:
    Unless the OP thinks Ulster has six counties.

    Now I'm confused. He didn't mention N. Ireland or six counties. He said Ulster and last time I checked, Donegal was in Ulster.


  • #18
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    Azureus wrote: »
    I love a Donegal accent! Friend from up there sounds hella sexy when she talks.

    Most I've met talk too fast and love the sound of their own voice.


  • #19
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    Always liked my ex and my aunt's accents.


  • #20
    nosey rosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 265 ✭✭nosey rosie


    fontanalis wrote: »
    That's north of the border :confused:
    Unless the OP thinks Ulster has six counties.
    EHH?? you're a bit confused... I ( the OP ) didn't mention Donegal as one of the six counties, someone else did... address them maybe?


  • #21
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    Personally I really like the Belfast accent


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  • #22
    Knasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Knasher


    I knew a girl with a NI accent once and I found it pretty endearing. But she was pretty and willing to talk to me which is a very unusual combination so that no doubt coloured my opinion.


  • #23
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    nosey rosie wrote: »
    EHH?? you're a bit confused... I ( the OP ) didn't mention Donegal as one of the six counties, someone else did... address them maybe?

    This little subheading confuses things . .

    Does anyone south of the border genuinely like an Ulster accent? Why?


  • #24
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭RichieC


    I can never understand foreigners! :p


  • #25
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Nadine Coyle's accent (Derry?) = sex


  • #26
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Had a girlfriend from the North once.
    As I went to work on her, I didn't mind her sounding off!


  • #27
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    dumbyearbook wrote: »
    Same as above but for me its Nigerian's scary accent that.
    :rolleyes:

    Which one, though? There's so many; North, South, Ogoni, Yoruba etc etc...


  • #28
    freyners
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,298 ✭✭✭freyners


    i like alot of the nordies accents...i always have a laugh hearing them say car


  • #29
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    Dave! wrote: »
    Nadine Coyle's accent (Derry?) = sex

    She has an annoying Californian twang to it now...not good.


  • #30
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    A normal Belfast accent ( not skangy or posh) is really sexy on a woman imo.


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  • #31
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    stovelid wrote: »
    A normal Belfast accent (not skangy or posh) is really sexy imo.
    Yep.
    Especially as they are whispering in your ear some very naughty things.
    I can vouch for that. Jeasus, I'm getting aroused just at the memories, Aaa... the good old times!


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