Irritating Accents

keefg · 30-11-2008 12:09PM

Not really an accent thing but more of a phrase I hear now & again on the radio (and TV)......is people who say ye instead of you.

I suppose if it's a regional thing then there's nothing wrong with it but it annoys me anyway.

bmaxi · 30-11-2008 12:40PM

I was on a southbound Dart the other day with a gang of kids 16-17 years, who got off between Dun Laoghaire and Shankill, it was like being in a carriage full of Michael Mc Mullans and Emma Mc Namaras. I'm still taking 4 Panadol a day.:)

barneyeile · 30-11-2008 04:25PM

Sizzler wrote: »

You could get transition year students to do this ffs, why the people doing it think they are all that makes my brain hurt

AA Roadwatch have a lot ot answer for, they are responsible for polluting the airwaves with that clown Louise Heraghty on 98, theres a starter for ten. AWFUL.

The AA accent is a whole new ballgame though!

Utopia Parkway · 11-12-2008 03:54PM

Obviously mine are some of the staples.

Moikel MocMullen on Today FM.

The haughty tones of Emma MoCnamara doing the business.

Barry Kelly who reads the sports news on a station I can't remember. You know the WexFORD and WaterFORD guy. He makes me grip the steering wheel with rage when I hear him. Will someone please tell him how to pronounce these two counties the way everyone else in the country does.

irish_bob · 11-12-2008 05:06PM

thiers a new guy doing the sports news on the news at one , he sounds exactly like neil dellamere , any comparrison with neil dellamere is never good in my book

getz · 11-12-2008 05:16PM

i have a tom tom satnav on it i can change it to 12 different accents the one i have on at the moment is a irish male but never in my life have i heard a irishman talk like that

Liam Byrne · 09-02-2012 10:31PM

Tuned in to 4fm last evening and whoever was on has an accent and diction worse than Joe Duffy! Had the urge to switch off immediately but stayed with it for about 3 links to see if I could figure out if they had some swing jock in......atrocious!

Imhof Tank · 09-02-2012 11:07PM

Ive said it before - I voted for Emma McNamara on the "sexiest voice on radio" thread

fergpie · 09-02-2012 11:14PM

Allison Curtis....fcuk off back to Canada!

DEFTLEFTHAND · 09-02-2012 11:20PM

Dave Mcintyre. I reach for the dial as soon as I hear him.

Trick of the Tail · 09-02-2012 11:54PM

The female thing of pronouncing Ts as Ss drives me mad.

On Nova there's an ad for River Medical. The girl v/o says "Ass River Medical, we take care of etc etc..."

That Laura Whitmore one off of MTV is a chief proponent of the soft T too.

I fear I am agreeing with Gay Byrne on something, which is why I've bided my time in contributing to this thread, but such is my outrage, I can remain silent no longer.

A.

RubyRoss · 15-02-2012 06:07PM

I don't know why but Annette Freeman's voice at the end of Moncrief irritates the hell out of me.

tbh · 17-02-2012 10:18AM

RubyRoss wrote: »

I don't know why but Annette Freeman's voice at the end of Moncrief irritates the hell out of me.

I know why - "on ahm RTE1 ahm a fillum ahm about ahm goats"

PaddyEnglish · 17-02-2012 03:32PM

keefg wrote: »

Not really an accent thing but more of a phrase I hear now & again on the radio (and TV)......is people who say ye instead of you.

I suppose if it's a regional thing then there's nothing wrong with it but it annoys me anyway.

I'm the same but with people starting their sentences with "I mean...."

Americans are the worst for it, we know what you mean because you're saying it so cut it out!

bamboozle · 17-02-2012 04:21PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Dave Mcintyre. I reach for the dial as soon as I hear him.

once he speaks all i hear is this droning fog horn sound in my head.

Crystalset · 21-02-2012 10:16PM

PaddyEnglish wrote: »

I'm the same but with people starting their sentences with "I mean...."

My present pet hate, which is peculiarly Irish, is the constant use of the expression "I suppose....". This indicates a fear of conviction, not a great trait in a radio reporter.

Then there is like you know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV87wV4

barneygumble · 22-02-2012 01:03AM

If I hear another supposed subject-matter expert use the word "basically" at the beginning of each and every sentence, there will be one less radio in the world and some sweeping-up to be done in my kitchen.

Greenman · 25-02-2012 11:39PM

I'm not keen on the New Zealand accent.

Its cents not cints.

Its yes not yis.

And so on.:mad:

Technique · 26-02-2012 12:16AM

Matt Cooper saying Sa-hir-day instead of Saturday.

Imhof Tank · 27-02-2012 02:38PM

Crystalset wrote: »

My present pet hate, which is peculiarly Irish, is the constant use of the expression "I suppose....". This indicates a fear of conviction, not a great trait in a radio reporter.

Then there is like you know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV87wV4

The "I suppose" thing - listen to Chris Donohoe on NT breakfast - he just cant stop saying it when posing questions and you are dead right, it does indicate a lack of confidence in what he is doing. He will throw in a lot of "if you like......"s as well.

"So i suppose what im asking is, if you like, <insert question>?"

"Like you know" - popularised by hurlers giving post match interviews to Marty Morrisey.

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