Is the Irish accent doomed?

Fromthetrees · 25-11-2011 08:50PM #1

I don't think a thread has been done on this before.
I don't know if it's just made up in my head or it's common knowledge or what but will the Irish accent turn into a generic American accent in say 40 years time? My cousin from out the country has this really strong American twang to her accent, she also loves Jedward, another example, the one on 3e has an American/Irish accent but she might actually be American, Miriam O'Callaghan has a bit of one. I'm asking is anyone under the age of 20 just being brainwashed by Miley Cyrus and co instead of in my day (I'm not that old) we had the basic 'poverty channels' and I and many others my age were brainwashed by Zig and Zag and Bosco and all that sh1te but at least it was Irish sh1te.

Any thoughts....

holystungun9 · 25-11-2011 08:51PM

Awesome!

amacachi · 25-11-2011 08:52PM

It'll be fine. My evidence is the times when I hear my voice in an echo on the phone and find out what I actually sound like.

Temptamperu · 25-11-2011 08:52PM

My American girlfriend is teaching me to say my th's correctly, i sometimes get confused and say im going to make thea :pac:

Amirani · 25-11-2011 08:52PM

Our vocal chords will evolve anyway.

ronaneire · 25-11-2011 08:53PM

Ah what a loada shoite.

amacca · 25-11-2011 08:54PM

like may your right like because like I can barely speak without using the word like like you know like

LIKE!

chughes · 25-11-2011 08:55PM

Ah fer Jaysis sake, not anudder bleedin' tread about feckin' accents.

The real Dubbelin accent is alive and well and will be around for ages yeh.

wiger toods · 25-11-2011 08:56PM

Are u surrious like?

Johro · 25-11-2011 08:56PM

Temptamperu wrote: »

My American girlfriend is teaching me to say my th's correctly, i sometimes get confused and say im going to make thea :pac:

Lol. 'Show us yer thits'. Class.

pragmatic1 · 25-11-2011 08:57PM

amacachi wrote: »

It'll be fine. My evidence is the times when I hear my voice in an echo on the phone and find out what I actually sound like.

Yeah its weird that your real voice sounds nothin like it does in your own head.

mikom · 25-11-2011 08:57PM

Fromthetrees wrote: »

I don't know if it's just made up in my head or it's common knowledge or what but will the Irish accent turn into a generic American accent in say 40 years time?

I don't think so.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg9jWKiMEOE

Dj Stiggie · 25-11-2011 08:58PM

Temptamperu wrote: »

My American girlfriend is teaching me to say my th's correctly, i sometimes get confused and say im going to make thea :pac:

I've been trying to do that since I've confused the living shoite out of people when I've lived abroad, so while I've now mastered saying three, I usually ask for the thyme of day.

Glad I'm not the only one.

pconn062 · 25-11-2011 08:58PM

chughes wrote: »

Ah fer Jaysis sake, not anudder bleedin' tread about feckin' accents.

The real Dubbelin accent is alive and well and will be around for ages yeh.

Unfortunately.

Terrontress · 25-11-2011 08:58PM

There is already a strong American twang throughout young peoples' accent.

I suppose a lot of English speaking Americans are descended from Irish so maybe they have shadowed each other developmentally.

The bottom line is that there is very little Irish made TV worth watching. Irish bands like U2 do their utmost to appear identical to yanks.

The accent is sure to die.

amacachi · 25-11-2011 08:59PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Yeah its weird that your real voice sounds nothin like it does in your own head.

In my head I don't have an accent. People tell me it's a bit nordie but when I hear it it sounds like a strong enough accent from the area I'm from. Which isn't a great accent anyway. :pac:

Aka Ishur · 25-11-2011 09:01PM

My Belgian girlfriend is here a year and now she has a much worse cork acccent than i do. i think we are safe enough...

The question should be....how long before europe speaks with an irish accent????

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 25-11-2011 09:01PM

Fromthetrees wrote: »

I'm asking is anyone under the age of 20 just being brainwashed by Miley Cyrus and co

Only the imbeciles amongst us are. Which is a freakishly high number I do admit. Unfortunately.

pragmatic1 · 25-11-2011 09:02PM

amacachi wrote: »

In my head I don't have an accent. People tell me it's a bit nordie but when I hear it it sounds like a strong enough accent from the area I'm from. Which isn't a great accent anyway. :pac:

I didnt think I had one either. Turns out I've the broadest Donegal accent possible.

Herb Powell · 25-11-2011 09:03PM

I read somewhere recently that a study on accents was done in England and found that regional accents are actually getting stronger.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 25-11-2011 09:05PM

I was collecting my Godson (6) from school recently and noticed that himself and alot of his little classmates were nattering away to each other in American accents. However as soon as we got into the car he turned back on the North Tipp brogue.

R P McMurphy · 25-11-2011 09:07PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

amacachi wrote: »

It'll be fine. My evidence is the times when I hear my voice in an echo on the phone and find out what I actually sound like.

Yeah its weird that your real voice sounds nothin like it does in your own head.

Yeah is true. In my head I sound like Richard Burton, the reality is a cross between Daniel O'Donnell and rodge

Latchy · 25-11-2011 09:07PM

I have noticed over the last year or so, more and more Irish people with regional irish accents, popping up as local tv reporters or as programme presenters on regional british tv like Granada and also on Sky/C5 news which at one time you would only see on mainstream BBC/ITV ie, Terry Wogan /Louis Walsh . I don't mean with just Dublin accents but mainstream south /west/ midlands accents so this trend suggests more Irish career motivated people , in the absence of similar jobs back home in Ireland are moving into the british market at a growing rate .

GreenWolfe · 25-11-2011 09:22PM

I had an awful American accent when I was in primary school (and we only had the basic terrestrial Irish and UK channels), but I'm told I have quite a neutral accent now.

That means people don't necessarily know where I'm from when they talk to me. The local accent isn't great.

chughes · 25-11-2011 09:24PM

pconn062 wrote: »

Unfortunately.

I suppose you have the classic Drawdeh accent. People in glass houses....

Logical Fallacy · 25-11-2011 09:25PM

What the hell is an Irish accent?

I've only ever heard regional ones...didn't realise we had an umbrella accent.

How do i change to it?...I lost my manual.

Latchy · 25-11-2011 09:27PM

I do remember meeting this girl in Liverpool a few years ago and on hearing her accent asked how long was she over here now and would she ever go back to Dublin ? She replied '' Oh I'm not from Dublin ,I'm from Liverpool but worked over in Dublin in a bank for 4 years '' ( celtic tiger years ) :eek:

I couldn't believe it because her accent suggested she was from some place like south Dublin .

risteard7 · 25-11-2011 09:27PM

I think thats the fake made up d4 accent you refer to op.But dont worry the celtic tiger is over the accent will eventuall go with it.Nobody spoke like that 20 years ago

Wattle · 25-11-2011 09:31PM

Fromthetrees wrote: »

I don't think a thread has been done on this before.
I don't know if it's just made up in my head or it's common knowledge or what but will the Irish accent turn into a generic American accent in say 40 years time? My cousin from out the country has this really strong American twang to her accent, she also loves Jedward, another example, the one on 3e has an American/Irish accent but she might actually be American, Miriam O'Callaghan has a bit of one. I'm asking is anyone under the age of 20 just being brainwashed by Miley Cyrus and co instead of in my day (I'm not that old) we had the basic 'poverty channels' and I and many others my age were brainwashed by Zig and Zag and Bosco and all that sh1te but at least it was Irish sh1te.

Any thoughts....

Zig and Zag? They're not even from this planet.

John Doe1 · 25-11-2011 09:33PM

Apparenly i have a scottish accent anyway

pconn062 · 25-11-2011 09:34PM

chughes wrote: »

I suppose you have the classic Drawdeh accent. People in glass houses....

It was a joke dude :rolleyes: and I'm not from Drogheda so...

Is the Irish accent doomed?

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