Northern Irish Accent

seven_eleven · 14-02-2013 05:46PM

am I the only person who thinks the N.I accent is horrible?

westies4ever · 14-02-2013 06:05PM

Mr_Spaceman wrote: »

To digress slightly, a Scottish friend of mine says that a harsh Belfast accent is the best and scariest in the world for swearing. He has a point.

:pac:

couldnt agree more

westies4ever · 14-02-2013 06:06PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

am I the only person who thinks the N.I accent is horrible?

there are a lot of varieites in the northern accent. some of them are nice, some of them are like nails on a blackboard.

FanadMan · 14-02-2013 06:11PM

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Northern Ireland accent though.

How is a west Donegal accent a Northern Ireland accent? Completely different - no NI accents sound like west Donegal! Well, maybe to someone from way down south it might

But they are soooo different.

westies4ever · 14-02-2013 06:19PM

FanadMan wrote: »

How is a west Donegal accent a Northern Ireland accent? Completely different - no NI accents sound like west Donegal! Well, maybe to someone from way down south it might But they are soooo different.

thats very true. i get asked a lot down here if im from donegal (im from derry) and i just dont see the similarity.

Conbhar · 14-02-2013 06:28PM

up for anything wrote: »

I have to say these lines in a soft Northern Irish accent. Can anyone help me please by writing them out phonetically so as to make it easy for a tone deaf person like myself.

"I have to let you out here; I have to go back to Comer. I'll pick you up on my way back."

A have te let ye out here hi cause av te head back ta Comer. I'll get ya on the way back sure

krudler · 14-02-2013 06:38PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

am I the only person who thinks the N.I accent is horrible?

Nope, its awful, so are the various Donegal ones. Just come across as aggressive all the time, deal with it a lot at work

thecornflake · 14-02-2013 06:49PM

beidh mé a chur buama i do sicín Domhnaigh

awec · 14-02-2013 06:55PM

thecornflake wrote: »

beidh mé a chur buama i do sicín Domhnaigh

Pint of harp and a tayto cheese and onion please.

ITS_A_BADGER · 14-02-2013 07:16PM

up for anything wrote: »

It's a one horse town of ill repute - here

thats castlecomer in kilkenny

14-02-2013 08:40PM

Sky King wrote: »

Slight digression, but what is the correct response to the Norniron question "Hows about ye?"?

I have often wondered that. Is it:

a) Yes it is
b) Good
d) And the same to you

Perhaps c)
"I am neither nationalist nor loyalist, and am attempting to make my way home in a peaceful manner, minding my own business as I go, in a law-abiding or not, totally non-partisan fashion. I have a wife and children at home, doubtless awaiting my return with keen anticipation, and seeing them again would give me great joy, and increase, if that were possible, my feelings of goodwill towards my fellow man. So if you'll just step to one side, I'll be on my way"

If that's too difficult to memorise, try the snappy two-word rejoinder: "Totally neutral", and then run like the wind, just in case.

FanadMan · 14-02-2013 09:07PM

awec wrote: »

Pint of harp and a tayto cheese and onion please.

It's a pint of harp and a packet of dates please

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou204dQbKwc

Crooked Jack · 14-02-2013 09:12PM

up for anything wrote: »

I have to say these lines in a soft Northern Irish accent. Can anyone help me please by writing them out phonetically so as to make it easy for a tone deaf person like myself.

"I have to let you out here; I have to go back to Comer. I'll pick you up on my way back."

There is no such thing as a northern Ireland accent any more than there is a generic Irish, or American or Brazilian accent.
Where is the character from? Derry, Belfast, Newry, the Glens of Antrim, East Tyrone, South Armagh, Enniskillen. All very different. Just like a Cork accent is different from a Dublin or Donegal accent.

Iwasfrozen · 14-02-2013 09:16PM

FanadMan wrote: »

How is a west Donegal accent a Northern Ireland accent? Completely different - no NI accents sound like west Donegal! Well, maybe to someone from way down south it might But they are soooo different.

That's basically what it boils down to. I couldn't tell the difference in the various accents of England but to the people living there it would be different every 10 miles.

awec · 14-02-2013 09:17PM

FanadMan wrote: »

It's a pint of harp and a packet of dates please

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou204dQbKwc

Aye but dates are brutal. :pac:

InTheTrees · 14-02-2013 09:19PM

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Ah haf tilet yeh out here, ah haf til go bek til Cumer. Ah'll pick yeh up an mah way baack.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!

but when i read it I sound like a drunken brit from cork trying to sound scottish...

Lingua Franca · 14-02-2013 09:25PM

That's a pretty good summation of the Belfast accent!

MACHEAD · 18-02-2013 04:16PM

"Y'al in Mississippi naw boy"

Sorry, I just couldn't resist that.

Seriously though,

"I have to let you out here; I have to go back to Comer. I'll pick you up on my way back."

Try - eye'l have-tae let ye out heer, eye haffty go back te commer. eye'll pick ye up on the waay beck.

As neer, sorry - near as I can get. The softness or harshness will depend on your own diction/interpetation.

Good luck with it anyway.

p.s.

Have a listen to one of the northern radio stations, or check out the news on UTV, record some of the dialogue, listen back over it a few times.
We'll have you talking like a 'nordie' in no time!!

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