Do you find the D4 accent funny?

Jess16 · 01-10-2011 03:55PM

Murdstone wrote: »

Blackrock and Dun Laoghaire ain't in Dublin 4

Which is why I referred to Southside Dublin. Please read my posts properly if you're going to be pedantic. Also, it might be worth noting that a D4 accent is actually just a tagline for referring to the generic Dublin Southside accent. Dublin 4 is just the area that concentrates what the accent represents

herosa wrote: »

It reeks of elocution classes and a social climbing/tip your hat to the Brits type of mentality.There is nothing Irish about it and it honestly gives me the willies.

So just because someone isn't bailing silage and drinkin tae they aren't Irish? I'm not even going to go there with the ignorant and tired Brits remark. You could really do with introducing your thoughts to the 21st century

01-10-2011 04:04PM

The prevalence of people pronouncing their 'T's' as 'D's' is quite upsetting..

"I was like working on my compuder and like there was this mosquido like todally annoying me.. I was like, what the ACTUAL fcuk?"

GAAAAH!!!

01-10-2011 04:04PM

The funniest thing is non Dubs not knowing anything about the accent, it is certainly not a D4 accent at all.
Its mostly spoken by kids from Cabinteely, Blackrock, Foxrock, Leopardstown, Stillorgan and Dun laoghaire.

I dont know anyone from D4 that has this so called "D4" accent.

humbert · 01-10-2011 04:08PM

What's worth noting is that most people from those areas have at most a mild "D4" accent.

The people who have a strong "D4" accent have generally made an effort to sound that way so that other people can recognise where they are from.

Therefore I find it quite reasonable to hold the accent against them.

stephendevlin · 01-10-2011 04:10PM

I find the Ballyshannon accent the "most" annoying.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 01-10-2011 04:13PM

Lionel Lemon Goon wrote: »

The funniest thing is non Dubs not knowing anything about the accent, it is certainly not a D4 accent at all.
Its mostly spoken by kids from Cabinteely, Blackrock, Foxrock, Leopardstown, Stillorgan and Dun laoghaire.

I dont know anyone from D4 that has this so called "D4" accent.

It's hilarious. I mean people from Dublin can distinguish between accents between all other townlands and parishes in the country, and here the culchies come thinking Foxrock is in D4. Heavens above, whatever will they come up with next?

01-10-2011 04:13PM

humbert wrote: »

What's worth noting is that most people from those areas have at most a mild "D4" accent.

The people who have a strong "D4" accent have generally made an effort to sound that way so that other people can recognise where they are from.

Therefore I find it quite reasonable to hold the accent against them.

No, its worth noting they are middle class areas and people living there are likely to have well spoken Dublin accents.

So is being well spoken now classed as having a D4 accent?

aujopimur · 01-10-2011 04:14PM

David Norris, now thats an annoying twang.

humbert · 01-10-2011 04:16PM

Lionel Lemon Goon wrote: »

No, its worth noting they are middle class areas and people living there are likely to have well spoken Dublin accents.

So is being well spoken now classed as having a D4 accent?

Hmm, I'm not convinced we are in a state of disagreement...

Jess16 · 01-10-2011 04:20PM

Lionel Lemon Goon wrote: »

So is being well spoken now classed as having a D4 accent?

Apparently -because if you aren't 'aytin hang sangwiches fer d'tae' then I mean, who do you think you are?

According to one poster here, speaking correctly makes you a social climber!

So sick of the narrow-minded attitude in this country

Rawhead · 01-10-2011 04:28PM

Jess16 wrote: »

Tell us how you think people born and reared in Blackrock or Dun Laoghaire should sound then

The same as everyone else in south dublin. I'll never understand how a language has managed to localise itself within 4 square miles. It's the most put on, forced and fake accent ever developed (along with the sligo town accent which didn't even exist 20 years ago).

drdeadlift · 01-10-2011 04:32PM

Hollister cali/abercrombie cloths are worn by d4 accent folk.That must be another wana be an American trait..

01-10-2011 04:33PM

Rawhead wrote: »

The same as everyone else in south dublin. I'll never understand how a language has managed to localise itself within 4 square miles. It's the most put on, forced and fake accent ever developed (along with the sligo town accent which didn't even exist 20 years ago).

So someone from Ballybrack is going to speak with the same accent as someone from Dalkey?

Rawhead · 01-10-2011 04:34PM

Jess16 wrote: »

Which is why I referred to Southside Dublin. Please read my posts properly if you're going to be pedantic. Also, it might be worth noting that a D4 accent is actually just a tagline for referring to the generic Dublin Southside accent. Dublin 4 is just the area that concentrates what the accent represents

So just because someone isn't bailing silage and drinkin tae they aren't Irish? I'm not even going to go there with the ignorant and tired Brits remark. You could really do with introducing your thoughts to the 21st century

Loike will you cop on. Daddy is totally Irish loike, they made him commodore of the yacht club for focks sake. Go back to your bogger houses in Newbridge and eat some silage or something.
Can't believe those brit remarks, granddaddy didn't die fighting in Flanders for these focking idiots to call me a west brit loike.

Rawhead · 01-10-2011 04:37PM

Lionel Lemon Goon wrote: »

So someone from Ballybrack is going to speak with the same accent as someone from Dalkey?

Why the hell not. Someone in one end of Longford will speak the same as someone in the other end, same in Mayo, Wexford etc etc.
Is foxrock an archipelago of some sorts.
How ignorant of me to think that people 20 miles apart would have the same accent.

01-10-2011 04:41PM

Rawhead wrote: »

Why the hell not. Someone in one end of Longford will speak the same as someone in the other end, same in Mayo, Wexford etc etc.
Is foxrock an archipelago of some sorts.
How ignorant of me to think that people 20 miles apart would have the same accent.

What are you talking about, people are a product of their environment. Someone from a working class background is unlikely to speak with the same accent as someone from a middle class background. South Dublin comprises of many different areas, you seem to think they are all the same, you cant just throw a blanket over the whole of south Dublin and say "they should all speak the same"
You are making that view out to be ignorant?

Kevin Duffy · 01-10-2011 04:46PM

Rawhead wrote: »

Why the hell not. Someone in one end of Longford will speak the same as someone in the other end, same in Mayo, Wexford etc etc.
Is foxrock an archipelago of some sorts.
How ignorant of me to think that people 20 miles apart would have the same accent.

You do know that's complete shíte, right? People within counties are capable of having different accents and frequently do, accents aren't confined by administrative boundaries. Within cities, you get very different accents separated by very little distance. That applies to every city. Your contention that accents from areas you imagine to be similar and close to each other should be the same is nonsense.

PrincessLola · 01-10-2011 04:48PM

I live in Donnybrook
No one talks like that
None of my friends talk like that
Sorry to dissapoint you all.

Kevin Duffy · 01-10-2011 04:49PM

PrincessLola wrote: »

I live in Donnybrook
No one talks like that
None of my friends talk like that
Sorry to dissapoint you all.

Yeh, roysh! :pac:

wolfpawnat · 01-10-2011 04:55PM

herosa wrote: »

I love the cork accent especially the real strong one.I could listen to it all day.Its very sexy.

Your not right in the head my friend, I am from Cork and I left my accent at the border, thank Christ!

Rawhead · 01-10-2011 04:55PM

Lionel Lemon Goon wrote: »

What are you talking about, people are a product of their environment. Someone from a working class background is unlikely to speak with the same accent as someone from a middle class background. South Dublin comprises of many different areas, you seem to think they are all the same, you cant just throw a blanket over the whole of south Dublin and say "they should all speak the same"
You are making that view out to be ignorant?

95% of people I know from Dublin have a neutral dublin accent irrespective of which side of the liffey they are from. The put on, fake ****e that is spoken by yourself and other products of your environment is just that. You are not unique by any means though as most of your ancestors would have tried to be anything but Irish. The current generation thinks that by speaking like a southern californian teenager they can distance themselves from the rest of the Irish, just as your ancestors tried to align themselves with the British. You are a Paddy and everyone outside of Ireland will always think of you as just that, they aren't aware of local environmental anomolies in south county Dublin.

beagle001 · 01-10-2011 04:55PM

That twit who is married to Gerald Keane I forget her name but her accent is terrible.
Rachel Allen the tv chef another one and Glenda Jay Leno chin gilson another product of the d4 accent.

herosa · 01-10-2011 05:01PM

Rawhead wrote: »

. You are not unique by any means though as most of your ancestors would have tried to be anything but Irish. The current generation thinks that by speaking like a southern californian teenager they can distance themselves from the rest of the Irish, just as your ancestors tried to align themselves with the British

Thats it exactly! Different noises but the same inherited mentality and the same goal in mind."-plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose "basically.

01-10-2011 05:02PM

Rawhead wrote: »

95% of people I know from Dublin have a neutral dublin accent irrespective of which side of the liffey they are from. The put on, fake ****e that is spoken by yourself and other products of your environment is just that. You are not unique by any means though as most of your ancestors would have tried to be anything but Irish. The current generation thinks that by speaking like a southern californian teenager they can distance themselves from the rest of the Irish, just as your ancestors tried to align themselves with the British. You are a Paddy and everyone outside of Ireland will always think of you as just that, they aren't aware of local environmental anomolies in south county Dublin.

I dont have D4 accent you ****ing dope, I never said I did. I have a neutral South Dublin accent not that it makes any difference.

Kevin Duffy · 01-10-2011 05:05PM

Rawhead wrote: »

95% of people I know from Dublin have a neutral dublin accent irrespective of which side of the liffey they are from. The put on, fake ****e that is spoken by yourself and other products of your environment is just that. You are not unique by any means though as most of your ancestors would have tried to be anything but Irish. The current generation thinks that by speaking like a southern californian teenager they can distance themselves from the rest of the Irish, just as your ancestors tried to align themselves with the British. You are a Paddy and everyone outside of Ireland will always think of you as just that, they aren't aware of local environmental anomolies in south county Dublin.

That's 148% bullshít, about the same as the rest of ther guff in your post.

Jess16 · 01-10-2011 05:06PM

PrincessLola wrote: »

I live in Donnybrook
No one talks like that
None of my friends talk like that
Sorry to dissapoint you all.

That's because a D4 accent has nothing to do with being from Donnybrook dear, that point has been made several times now.

Tallaght is on the Southside but the accent sounds more Northside which just proves it's not about where you're from, it's how you're brought up that influences the way you speak.

Rawhead · 01-10-2011 05:08PM

Lionel Lemon Goon wrote: »

I dot have D4 accent you ****ing dope, I never said I did. I have a neutral Dublin accent not that it makes any difference.

Thou protests to much me thinks

dee. · 01-10-2011 05:08PM

I don't think its funny, just really annoying. Loike, really.

Rawhead · 01-10-2011 05:13PM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

That's 148% bullshít, about the same as the rest of ther guff in your post.

Now why would that be dung. I associate with neither people who put on fake ascents nor dirtbirds from sinkhole estates, so 95% of the people I know from Dublin are solid, middle of the road people. The 5% disparity allows for bumping into the odd gobsh1te at a social gathering.

candy-gal1 · 01-10-2011 05:16PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0eoF5oRWcU

:rolleyes:

Do you find the D4 accent funny?

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