Your favourite and least fav accents from anywhere?

Sonics2k · 09-10-2012 11:53AM

Worst is the Newcastle accent. Was just there for a stag party and we had no idea what people were saying to us.

getz · 09-10-2012 11:54AM

Latchy wrote: »

There's so much diversity and variations in the Dublin accent for one city .

I'm not to fussy on the Birmingham , Bradford ,Burnley and all the other similar (woolyback) type accents from Lancashire but most other English accents are ok by me .

only burnley in that group is in lancashire, and whats with the woolyback paddy

Where To · 09-10-2012 12:05PM

County Derry accent is easy to listen to, but the Derry city accent gives me a headache.

Latchy · 09-10-2012 12:16PM

getz wrote: »

only burnley in that group is in lancashire, and whats with the woolyback paddy

A wollyback is a term of reference to describe people who come from places like St Helens ,Widnes ,Warrington and Runcorn ..just as somebody is referd to as cultchie ( from the Irish countryside) Scouse (Liverpool) Manc ( Manchester) Brummy ( Birmingham) Cockney ( London ) ...and so on

paddy ?

getz · 09-10-2012 12:30PM

Latchy wrote: »

A wollyback is a term of reference to describe people who come from places like St Helens ,Widnes ,Warrington and Runcorn ..just as somebody is referd to as cultchie ( from the Irish countryside) Scouse (Liverpool) Manc ( Manchester) Brummy ( Birmingham) Cockney ( London ) ...and so on

paddy ?

never came across that name and i am from manchester, but being from irish stock with a irish name, paddy was often used to me when they dident know my christian name [and i have a manc accent]

bbam · 09-10-2012 12:32PM

Tallinstown, just outside Ardee in Louth.
Jesus its an awful drone.

John Doe1 · 09-10-2012 12:32PM

Best-East Donegal
Worst-West Donegal

admiralofthefleet · 09-10-2012 12:34PM

TheTwiz wrote: »

When people say Northside & Southside accents what are they talking about? Do people from Clontarf, Sutton, Glasnevin, Griffith Ave, Raheny, Howth & Malahide north of the Liffey sound like their fellow Dubliners from Dolphins Barn, Rialto, Crumlin, Ballybrack, Tallaght & Ballyfermot south of the Liffey?

Generally people who say "northside accent" are actually from outside the county and don't have a clue.

this has been my argument for years, i know people from belcamp that speak better than people from blackrock and people from coolock that are upper middle class and people from terenure that are scumbags
its not where you live its how you live

Rothko · 09-10-2012 12:54PM

Favourites: French, Welsh

Least favourites: Scouse, Cockney, Geordie, North Dublin skanger accent

Larbre34 · 09-10-2012 12:59PM

No, it really is where you live. This is crooked wink-wink nod-nod nepotistic Ireland remember?

I must say I love the Sath Effrican eccent, its very exact. Edinburgh Scots is nice to listen to as well. Dutch accent always makes me smile as well, it cant help being cheerful or something. A good cockney swearing session cant be beaten either (Bricktop). I like Mayo and Kerry accents from here. As a Dub our own strong accents either make me think Im about to be mugged or of Joe Duffy keening at the injustice of it all

Least favourites are, Derry, Cork skanger, (actually Cork yacht club type as well now that I think of it), Waterford, Carlow, Offaly, Navan, Geordie, Cajun, Kiwi and Canadian (damaged aussie and american no matter what anyone says)

admiralofthefleet · 09-10-2012 01:08PM

Suas11 wrote: »

Favourites: French, Welsh

Least favourites: Scouse, Cockney, Geordie, North Dublin skanger accent

the same 'North Dublin skanger' accent that is found all over the southside?

Latchy · 09-10-2012 01:13PM

getz wrote: »

never came across that name and i am from manchester, but being from irish stock with a irish name, paddy was often used to me when they dident know my christian name [and i have a manc accent]

Yep ...have occasionally in the past been refered as that to when they didn't know my first name name and the scottish guy I worked ( who had a very heavy accent) was refered to as jock

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

this has been my argument for years, i know people from belcamp that speak better than people from blackrock and people from coolock that are upper middle class and people from terenure that are scumbags
its not where you live its how you live

I think there has always been a perception of sorts that depending on where you live = what type of person you are when some of the biggest scumbags live in so called '' posh /affulent '' areas .

Cienciano · 09-10-2012 01:18PM

TheTwiz wrote: »

When people say Northside & Southside accents what are they talking about? Do people from Clontarf, Sutton, Glasnevin, Griffith Ave, Raheny, Howth & Malahide north of the Liffey sound like their fellow Dubliners from Dolphins Barn, Rialto, Crumlin, Ballybrack, Tallaght & Ballyfermot south of the Liffey?

Generally people who say "northside accent" are actually from outside the county and don't have a clue.

Spot on. I think the "D4" accent isn't too common in Ringsend either.
You can summerise them as a fake posh southside accent, and a dublin scummer accent. Sherriff Street scummer accent is pretty much the same as a Dolphins Barn scummer accent imho.
Not a fan of either, but I'd actually prefer the fake posh accent to the dublin scummer accent.

Sleepy · 09-10-2012 01:21PM

Favourite: Scottish Highlands or middle class Edinburgh

Worst: Cork City Centre.

Momento Mori · 09-10-2012 01:23PM

Best: Northern Ireland and Liverpool.
Worst: Dublin (all) and Australian.

iDave · 09-10-2012 01:26PM

All forms of Dublin accents are horrible. and Louth.

Most other accents sound great coming from a hot female

preddy · 09-10-2012 01:29PM

Fav = South African - alla District 9
Worst= Belfast

dj jarvis · 09-10-2012 01:36PM

best = any Nordic woman trying to talk my y fronts off.

worst = I am inclined to say any accent from out side the pale, due to all the usual anti dublin b/**** on AH - but i would not, that would be very childish indeed , so i will have to go for a German speaking either english or german

dat dos me bleedin head in - da now wat i meen bud

BadGirl · 09-10-2012 01:38PM

Fave: Belfast, Cork
Worst: Indian (for me, its work related maybe)

mr bungle. · 09-10-2012 01:38PM

worst~ the kilkenny accent is very drawn out and monotonous.the waterford city accent is a strange one.
likes~Scottish and cockney

dj jarvis · 09-10-2012 01:50PM

iDave wrote: »

All forms of Dublin accents are horrible. and Louth.

Most other accents sound great coming from a hot female

two things i have to ask

1 if you hate the Dublin accent so much - why in gods name do you live/work there ? surely you would rather live ANYWHERE but Dublin ? does not compute

2 so if a incredibly HOT Dublin woman was speaking to you , do you drop your hatred of the Dublin accent ? would you not go out with a woman with a Dublin accent due to your dislike of the accent ?

you see, the statement you made about the Dublin accent does not make sense,
seeing you work/live in Dublin and i presume you would have no problem with a woman having the Dublin accent - so by process of elimination its just the blokes with the accent you dislike ?

Would you like to make yourself comfortable on the couch and tell me about it?

iDave · 09-10-2012 01:55PM

You really need to calm down dj, the thread is a bit o craic

jessiejam · 09-10-2012 01:58PM

Worst - Your man on crimecall with the lips like a fish... where ever he is from./D4 loike

Best - Scottish - Edinburgh

Im one to talk coming from cork city:o

RADIUS · 09-10-2012 02:11PM

Sonics2k wrote: »

Worst is the Newcastle accent. Was just there for a stag party and we had no idea what people were saying to us.

That's because you were all locked.

getz · 09-10-2012 02:13PM

i say that goodness we all have a accent, it gives us a tribal identity,there was nothing worse that BBC artificial one or that mid-atlantic crap the DJs did in the 60s 70s and 80s

spoofilyj · 09-10-2012 02:22PM

I love Northern Irish accents on girls. Also like Scouse and london accents.

I can not abide Dublin D4 accents though, I do like normal dublin accents but silly bints with D4/westbrit crossed with Jersey shore accents do my head in, its mostly because the girl/boy talking like that is an airhead though...

I do like the normal Dublin accent though :-p

the Waterford accent is no great shakes either though.

Mugatuu · 09-10-2012 02:42PM

I'm gonna be biased and say I love the Kilkenny accent!

30txsbzmcu2k9w · 09-10-2012 02:51PM

RADIUS wrote: »

I agree 100%

I am from Belcamp myself, as are a lot of my friends. Every one of us would be considered well spoken with neutral accents. I have also met plenty of total Skangers from supposedly posh towns.

Some of the most well to do family's I know are from the likes of Ayrfield, Balgriffin and Kilbarrack.

Throughout my school years I would frequently get asked by people if I was from Malahide. They were baffled when I said I was from the same area as they were.

"Come eeyor! are you from Malahide?"
" No, I'm from Belcamp"
"So warraya talking like dat for?"
" Like what?"
"Like your from Malahide"
"....sigh...."

That whiney nasally knackbag accent is just as contrived as the D4,
seems to have gotten steadily worse over the last 10 years.

Fav accents - regular dub accent, Yorkshire, Bristol, Caribbean
Least fav - D4, aussie, Offally

getz · 09-10-2012 03:05PM

Chaya Cool Weekend wrote: »

That whiney nasally knackbag accent is just as contrived as the D4,
seems to have gotten steadily worse over the last 10 years.

Fav accents - regular dub accent, Yorkshire, Bristol, Caribbean
Least fav - D4, aussie, Offally

YORKSHIRE do you know that when driving north on the A1 when it reaches the yorkshire border it becomes the Aup

1ZRed · 09-10-2012 03:20PM

eth0 wrote: »

G'day

You lilal rippah!

Your favourite and least fav accents from anywhere?

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