Do you find the D4 accent funny?

Superbus · 01-10-2011 05:16PM

PrincessLola wrote: »

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

It's like a poem.

Anyway, D4 isn't an accent, it's a way of loyfe.

herosa · 01-10-2011 05:23PM

I agree Rawhead. Its the two extremes in Dublin who are pains in the a***s and are to be avoided.I think one group basically has the same ghetto mentality as the other.I work with the public and if there is trouble coming you can be sure its from the D4 mentality crowd or the skangers.95%of dubs speak normally are usually sound and good craic.Beware the groups at both extreme ends of the social spectrum and thats one of the reasons I think people dont like the accent.I think usually(not always)but usually the "owners" of both types of accents are heartsink people ie your heart sinks when you see them coming.

saywhatyousee · 01-10-2011 05:32PM

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.

That is pure tripe to be honest.There is a massive difference in accent between someone from north Sligo and south Sligo.
Eg.I would pronounce it Sliiigo(north sligo)
someone from the south would pronounce it Schligo
Now this is where is gets really strange go to Cliffony(very flat accent)then go 5 miles up the road to Bundoran(Donegal accent)That always warped my mind how two places so close could speak so different its madness.

Jess16 · 01-10-2011 05:47PM

herosa wrote: »

I work with the public and if there is trouble coming you can be sure its from the D4 mentality crowd or the skangers.I think usually(not always)but usually the "owners" of both types of accents are heartsink people ie your heart sinks when you see them coming.

I'll think you'll find there are assholes from all walks of life. You're just more likely to remember the ones who had a different accent. I'm sure there are plenty of people who's 'heart sinks' when they see you and your kind coming too

Resi12 · 01-10-2011 05:54PM

Not really.

py2006 · 01-10-2011 05:56PM

dilbert2 wrote: »

Came across a few people earlier who came (I presume) from somewhere within or around the D4 area. I don't know what it is, but I almost have to hold my laughter in when I'm around these people talking. The kind of accent that goes like.

"I porked the cor in the pob cor pork beforrr goo-in in fuhora pwoint of heino"

Most of the time its false. People put it on because they think it makes them better than others. You will notice that they talk really loud with it too so that everybody around can hear them.

kkdela6 · 01-10-2011 06:05PM

when people refer to 'd4' they generally dont mean the actual d4 postal area, but just basically knobheads from south dublin living on daddys money drowned in fake tan and leinster jerseys etc etc you know the drill.
People from south dublin dont be offended, i fully believe neither you nor your friends fall into said category. but there are many others who do. spend a few years in UCD and you'll see for yourself

Rawhead · 01-10-2011 06:14PM

Jess16 wrote: »

I'll think you'll find there are assholes from all walks of life. You're just more likely to remember the ones who had a different accent. I'm sure there are plenty of people who's 'heart sinks' when they see you and your kind coming too

Now now Jess, is your username indicative of your age or the amount of million daddy owes nama. Would us and our kind be the ones not clad in uggs, abercrombie and glowing like a radioactive mandarin?

angelant · 01-10-2011 06:16PM

well i'm from the west but lived and studied in Dublin, but I think now I was a bit green when I first went up there, I was on as placement in a hospital there was a lot of Doctors and Nurses around a desk discussing things, one of the other students asked me something he didn't understand and was under pressure to get it right.

He then thanked me, so being polite I asked his what part of England are you from?
I was a bit confused when he said he wasn't from England, and had never been,
So I said well your family must be English, how did you end up with an English accent? I am so embarrassed now when I think about it as everyone around the desk was listing to us.
I remember thinking it might have something do with Irish History as I couldn't understand how a guy from Dublin born and reared ended up with an English Accent ( I am a very logical person) So I thought it was to do with the pale around Dublin years ago being prodestant and they wanted to be part of English not Ireland. Can't believe I was so green back then.

Have to say i love a man with a cork accent , cork boy

herosa · 01-10-2011 06:18PM

Rawhead wrote: »

glowing like a radioactive mandarin?

Thats a funny expression.Must remember that one!

The cork lads must love this thread!

Cantona's Collars · 01-10-2011 07:34PM

Rachel Allen is a prime example of a put-on D4 accent,she uses "botter" in her cooking,just listen as she pronounces the ingredients.

She was interviewed on radio today and the accent was hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZpADo1LwcY

opinion guy · 04-10-2011 02:54AM

Thats not a D4 accent its something else entirely...........oh the HORROR

OPENROAD · 04-10-2011 03:16AM

dilbert2 wrote: »

Came across a few people earlier who came (I presume) from somewhere within or around the D4 area. I don't know what it is, but I almost have to hold my laughter in when I'm around these people talking. The kind of accent that goes like.

"I porked the cor in the pob cor pork beforrr goo-in in fuhora pwoint of heino"

Personally wouldn't assume it to be honest.

Saila · 04-10-2011 03:26AM

more annoying than funny, especially the tit who does the mc donalds ads on tv

Saila · 04-10-2011 03:41AM

herosa wrote: »

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRm9Q2KfzBA

suicide_circus · 04-10-2011 03:50AM

Well the sad fact is, if two people with same qualifications and experience go for an interview for the same job;

1st goes in; "Hoy, loike thank yew sew moch for take the toyme to meet me, I think yew'll foynd oym the purrrfect condeedate for this position"

2nd goes in; "stooooooreey man, fayor play fer de intorviw, wha. Oy'd be blaydin rappeh for dis jab so I wud."

..we all know who is gonna get the job

Saila · 04-10-2011 03:56AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Well the sad fact is, if two people with same qualifications and experience go for an interview for the same job;

1st goes in; "Hoy, loike thank yew sew moch for take the toyme to meet me, I think yew'll foynd oym the purrrfect condeedate for this position"

2nd goes in; "stooooooreey man, fayor play fer de intorviw, wha. Oy'd be blaydin rappeh for dis jab so I wud."

..we all know who is gonna get the job

not if its for in a chipper tho

Sinfonia · 04-10-2011 04:06AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Well the sad fact is, if two people with same qualifications and experience go for an interview for the same job;

1st goes in; "Hoy, loike thank yew sew moch for take the toyme to meet me, I think yew'll foynd oym the purrrfect condeedate for this position"

2nd goes in; "stooooooreey man, fayor play fer de intorviw, wha. Oy'd be blaydin rappeh for dis jab so I wud."

..we all know who is gonna get the job

The person with some basic knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and polite conversation?

Jaxxy · 04-10-2011 10:30AM

It's an absolutely terrible accent and I cringe when I hear it. On a recent holiday I was shocked by the amount if Irish people that were mistaken for American. :S

foxyboxer · 04-10-2011 10:39AM

Is this the bi-annual D4 accent thread? :pac:

Paparazzo · 04-10-2011 11:08AM

py2006 wrote: »

Most of the time its false. People put it on because they think it makes them better than others. You will notice that they talk really loud with it too so that everybody around can hear them.

The same with the skanger accent. I think it might even be worse on the south side inner city. But it's completely exaggerated to sound "harder". As in "don't mess with me" hard.

I actually find the skanger accent much funner than the D4 accent.

krudler · 04-10-2011 11:37AM

I hear it sometimes at work

"oh moy god i broke moi oiphone last night when I was slumming it on the northsoide, my doddy wont buy me a new one since all our assets were seized in that whole bonk thing"

04-10-2011 11:53AM

There was a stop smoking advert on RTE last year ( I think ) that had the best example of a D4 accent, I cant find it now if anyone know how to find and post it you would see what I mean. It had a goy talking about using patche to stop smoking.

BraziliaNZ · 04-10-2011 11:58AM

The strongest most ridiculous "D4" accent I ever heard was on a girl from Cork that I met in Australia once. Eau my gawd I seau want to geau and visit blah blah blah blah...
So it's not unique to Dubbers.

Sky King · 04-10-2011 12:44PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

The strongest most ridiculous "D4" accent I ever heard was on a girl from Cork that I met in Australia once. Eau my gawd I seau want to geau and visit blah blah blah blah...
So it's not unique to Dubbers.

Indeed. It's not unique to anywhere really - it's just a state of mind. I know girls born bred and buttered in the hills outside Kilkenny that speak with what people refer to a D4 accent.

It's quare fare funny hearing them slip back into the flat Kilkenny accent after a few beers though.

Many of them grow out of it by the time they reach 30ish. Fkin eejits.

SEPT 23 1989 · 04-10-2011 12:51PM

Its spread across the country like a disease

gav25 · 04-10-2011 12:56PM

D4 accent is horrible, almost sounds american. has anyone ever watched that fyi show on tv3 or 3e. one of the girls cassie i think she is called who presents part of it is obviously irish but puts on this american accent when pronouncing some words. sort that out!
louth accent is the worst by far though...

Downlinz · 04-10-2011 12:57PM

Can't say I've ever noticed it, what annoys me is the Dubs who make a big deal out of it thinking they're incredibly clever to imitate them in text. Nobody cares about your sub-cultures to that extent, they really don't.

As a Munster rugby fan is a personal peeve to me whenever chatting to some Dublin nob and they start spewing these D4-isms as some sort of involuntary reaction to the mention of the word "Rugby". Not only is it cringe-worthy but its hugely ignorant to acknowledge that its only your messed up city where rugby participation is class based.

Sky King · 04-10-2011 12:57PM

What annoys me more than that is questioning intonation in non questionsing sentences.

Like when people talk like this? About accents? Making statements? Instead of asking questions?

R-Tardz

BraziliaNZ · 04-10-2011 01:00PM

Downlinz wrote: »

Can't say I've ever noticed it, what annoys me is the Dubs who make a big deal out of it thinking they're incredibly clever to imitate them in text. Nobody cares about your sub-cultures to that extent, they really don't.

As a Munster rugby fan is a personal peeve to me whenever chatting to some Dublin nob and they start spewing these D4-isms as some sort of involuntary reaction to the mention of the word "Rugby". Not only is it cringe-worthy but its hugely ignorant to acknowledge that its only your messed up city where rugby participation is class based.

Yeah only in Dublin rugby participation is class based? Not in Cork at all no? Or none of the players come from private schools outside of Dublin?
Get a grip man. I suppose you're salt of the earth working class Limerick then are you?
How do you identify with "Munster" anyway? It's a collection of counties, hardly something to be proud of is it?

Do you find the D4 accent funny?

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