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

dumbyearbook · 16-03-2011 10:07PM

Seanchai wrote: »

Just a random guess but not "south of the border", which is the only people the OP is talking about. I'd say Tír Chonaill is west and north of the border.

Fair enough but when someone refers to "the South" Donegal is included in that as exactly that south of the border it would be a proper pain to have to differentiate between Donegal on its own every time.

saywhatyousee · 16-03-2011 10:07PM

Penfailed wrote: »

The thing about accents up in the north is that they vary every twenty or thirty miles or so. It's a bit mad really.

True i think it mad you could live in Cliffony speak in a flat north Sligo accent go 5 miles up the road to Bundoran and speak in a Donegal accent its mad where is the imaginary line where your accent changes???

SlimCi · 16-03-2011 10:16PM

Love the tyrone accent. Reminds me of my Mammy and Grandparents, potatoe bread, homemade soda bread and lots and lots of great eating and foods in my Grannys house!! Born and bred in Cork myself lol!!

Spent great holidays in Bundoran as a child, when it was a hundred times more tacky, and was just fantastic in my eyes. Donegal has a gorgeous accent too, soft and lilting...:D

sollar · 16-03-2011 10:17PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

No. I enjoy donegal accent.

Where do you get to hear that..... rossnowlagh on the saturday before the 12th

:D

KeithAFC · 16-03-2011 10:20PM

sollar wrote: »

Where do you get to hear that..... rossnowlagh on the saturday before the 12th :D

Know many a donegal man.

nosey rosie · 16-03-2011 10:21PM

sollar wrote: »

So do you have a part northern irish, part english and part dublin accent.

I think someones voice is more important than where the are from. A hi pitched, loud or shrill accent sounds awful wherever they are from.

I've been told I have a similar accent/voice as Dana :eek: so its probably reasonably quietly spoken and not as broad as some NI accents.

RainbowRose81 · 16-03-2011 10:28PM

A lot of the northern accents are clear and expressive in the tone. A lot of the southern accents are flat and they swallow their words and aren't that clear especially Cork and Kerry are a bit harder to understand. Maybe it depends where you are from.

nosey rosie · 16-03-2011 10:36PM

Seanchai wrote: »

Your question betrays a distinct ignorance: do Cavan and Monaghan people hate their own Ulster accents?

"Ulster" has come to mean something different over the years to NI peole. Its become synoymous with The Province over the years. Trust me this is accepted NI terminology, much different to general R.O.I. understanding certain terms. ( For instance Fenian is another example... it doesn't mean to us what it means to you, believe me ).

The other provinces, Munster, Leinster, Connaught... ask ordinary NI people, they mostly couldn't explain to you - and frankly couldn't care less what counties they encompass. Ulster, in its colloquial, and commonly understood meaning, means within the border to the Northern Irish.

Sunnyisland · 16-03-2011 10:42PM

Here we go again

nosey rosie · 16-03-2011 10:44PM

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Ulster Nordie accents are awful. Like rats eating copper wire or something. ...shut up shut up Shut Up Shut Up SHUT UP!!!!

:eek:

thats a description and a half!
Though I think rats eating copper wire would be fairly quiet mind you...

Sunnyisland · 16-03-2011 10:51PM

RainbowRose81 wrote: »

A lot of the northern accents are clear and expressive in the tone. A lot of the southern accents are flat and they swallow their words and aren't that clear especially Cork and Kerry are a bit harder to understand. Maybe it depends where you are from.

Of course it depends where your from thats what accents mean,The Ulster accent has two main subaccents,namely mid ulster english and Ulsterscots

.The language is spoken throughout the nine counties of Ulster and in some bordering counties like louth & leitrim,it has many similaraties to scottish english through influence from Ulsterscots

southsiderosie · 16-03-2011 10:55PM

I luuuuurve the Nordy accent!

I love with giant, heavily tattooed men speak with that soft-singsongy accent and use the word "wee".

I can't wait to go back to Belfast this summer.:pac::pac::pac:

papermaker · 16-03-2011 10:58PM

Belfast accents are great..so they are.. and I love them...so i do:)

namelessguy · 16-03-2011 11:00PM

Why not? I like it a nice northern accent. Very sexy.

mfceiling · 16-03-2011 11:01PM

Penfailed wrote: »

The thing about accents up in the north is that they vary every twenty or thirty miles or so. It's a bit mad really.

nosey rosie wrote: »

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.

I'm presuming you've heard every northern accent....as penfailed stated that the accents can change every 20-30 miles then again i presume you've heard everyone's local dialect in N.I?

bitter · 16-03-2011 11:01PM

The accent is at all threatening as a lot of nordies like to think so anyway;)

nosey rosie · 16-03-2011 11:12PM

mfceiling wrote: »

I'm presuming you've heard every northern accent....as penfailed stated that the accents can change every 20-30 miles then again i presume you've heard everyone's local dialect in N.I?

Yeah pretty much...
How condescending... like northerners don't know and distinguish between towns, and different areas of big cites but southerners can.:rolleyes:

Rds1989 · 17-03-2011 02:01AM

As a donegal man I find it to be a bit harsh on the ear. You can really see the effect on the planters on the accent in donegal. In the east where i live it is very definitely ulster scots influenced and in the west where there was not much settlement of protestants a west coast accent.

gigino · 17-03-2011 02:08AM

sollar wrote: »

Its not as bad as the jackie healy rae accent at least.

kerry accents are the ugliest

Marcus.Aurelius · 17-03-2011 02:10AM

gigino wrote: »

kerry accents are the ugliest

Heck of a lot more bearable than the hoi noi broin coiw accent.

garr23 · 17-03-2011 02:15AM

gigino wrote: »

kerry accents are the ugliest

+1. Terrible.

bitter · 17-03-2011 02:17AM

The jackeen/west-brit accent is pathetic tbh

bitter · 17-03-2011 02:23AM

garr23 wrote: »

+1. Terrible.

in some parts of kerry it's nice... the jhr area & west cork area is brutal on the ears mostly.

eternal · 17-03-2011 02:35AM

I loooove the northren accent .Mainly the Donegal accent .I have met such nice men form the north.I have to say nearly everything about them is better than the guys from the south.
They are more polite and make way more effort.
Down here you get some drunken moron falling on you feeling you up and then expects you to give them blowjobs for two hours which is never reciprocated then they fart and are gone.

sdanseo · 17-03-2011 02:36AM

I am also aroused by a female combination of visual and aural stimulation of the Nordie variety.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 17-03-2011 03:24AM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Personally I really like the Belfast accent

Catholic or Protestant?....

Star Bingo · 17-03-2011 03:30AM

my trusty pal Ray is protestant; he's from jobstown dad is from.. where was it - ulster anyhow

talks funny. has one eye we call him cotton eye joe; likes linedancing.

mfceiling · 17-03-2011 08:25AM

nosey rosie wrote: »

Yeah pretty much...
How condescending... like northerners don't know and distinguish between towns, and different areas of big cites but southerners can.:rolleyes:

So you hate and have heard every accent from west fermanagh to south derry and from east antrim to north armagh:rolleyes:
Talk sense........i'm from mid tyrone and the difference in accents within 10 -15 miles is noticeable.
I also used to work as a rep covering all of NI and can tell you that there is a hell of a difference in dialects and accents within the 6 counties.
But sure you hate them all..........

Mr.Crinklewood · 17-03-2011 08:44AM

kravmaga wrote: »

Its a sh1tty accent, cannot understand most NI people anyway:D

Ask them to explain what they are talking about in a simple format. Perhaps they can give you grinds in whatever it is that you do not have a clue about. Or maybe a Dummies guide is available.

dumbyearbook · 17-03-2011 01:23PM

This thread is offensive if this was about the camp accent that some gay men have or if it was about travellers it would be locked.

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

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