Kid Goes Viral Because Of Accent (VID)

harry Bailey esq · 15-01-2015 9:29pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

He sounds nothing like Ian Paisley, it's a genuine County Derry accent!!:mad:

When i first heard it i thought magherafelt,ballymena locale.Obviously we know now that he was actin' the goat,but he sounded like an elderly,bitter Presbyterian farmer from mid ulster to me,trapped in a kids body

AboutaWeekAgo · 15-01-2015 9:46pm

petrolcan wrote: »

I see. You believe it to be perfectly acceptable to take the p*ss of of people with a learning disability?

What's your stance on black people?

Doesn't matter what stance you use, 9 times out of 10 they'll end up dunking on you anyway.

donegaLroad · 15-01-2015 9:54pm

he is the new Kevin McAleer.

PLL · 15-01-2015 10:03pm

"Remember he is a smart and talented guy studying for three A levels" - UTV News Video

ermm A levels are equivalent to the Leaving cert which is a standard level of education everyone is expected to do, oh and A levels are easier than the leaving cert. I'm not trying to insult the lad at all but what the news anchor said was very patronising. Like she was defending him because she thought many would judge him badly from the interview due to his accent.

I went to school with some very gifted people with thick sounding Birmingham accents. As they got older they thought themselves better due to their lucrative career and the money they made from it. So they decided they were going to put on a pathetic posh sounding holier-than-thou accent. Give me this down to earth fella over fake self-righteous people any day.

The Backwards Man · 15-01-2015 10:05pm

FalconGirl wrote: »

Apologies, didn't mean to upset any Londonderry posters!!

I would pay hundreds, no thousands, to see you go into that youngfella's hometown and say that.:)

mikemac1 · 15-01-2015 10:06pm

Bright lad, studying three languages and yet he says Free State

What do they be teaching in schools up there?

The Backwards Man · 15-01-2015 10:11pm

mikemac1 wrote: »

Bright lad, studying three languages and yet he says Free State

What do they be teaching in schools up there?

Common enough around Donegal and Derry to refer to the free state, it's just slang.

Venus In Furs · 15-01-2015 10:21pm

Have it on good authority that the guy is completely taking the piss. Disappointed me - found the old-man-boy thing hilarious. Genuinely lolled when I heard him first, and that was before I found out he was 17/18. Presumed he was an ancient fella.

StormWarrior wrote: »

I don't really know what you are picking up on in this video. I'm English and to me he sounds exactly the same as every other Irish person.

Ok I know a lot of Irish accents are going to sound the same (e.g. the Cork and Limerick accents; similarly I couldn't tell the difference between the Leeds and Manchester accents) but there is no way it's not possible to tell the difference between that accent and other Irish accents. The difference in pronunciation alone. It's clear to me the difference between e.g. the Liverpool accent and a London one.

RDM_83 again · 15-01-2015 10:31pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Park is like nowhere else on Earth!:pac: World renowned for its . . er . . electrical experts.;)
Aye County Derry accent is very different to the city accent, lot less whiny and high pitched.

Ah never been to Park, just know the general direction that its in and the demographic make up of County Derry communities confuses me.

At least in Derry city we have the decency to have a massive river between us :pac:

Also What you saying about Majella, would you ever shut up and take your oil (all delivered through nose

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The Backwards Man wrote: »

He sounds nothing like Ian Paisley, it's a genuine County Derry accent!!:mad:

Venus In Furs wrote: »

Have it on good authority that the guy is completely taking the piss. Disappointed me - found the old-man-boy thing hilarious.

Just rewatched a bunch of times and I'm still confused, he does sound really old but also sounds exactly like a lad I went to school with from out Claudy way.

Maybe he's just taking the piss out of old farmer types that get interviewed on UTV but not Big Ian

FalconGirl · 15-01-2015 10:36pm

The Backwards Man

I would pay hundreds, no thousands, to see you go into that youngfella's hometown and say that.

I wouldn't do it for a million!

TheBeardedLady · 15-01-2015 10:38pm

I'm so confused!

donegaLroad · 15-01-2015 10:56pm

the guy in the youtube clip is completely taking the piss.. and he is very good at it.

We'd put on exaggerated accents like that amongst ourselves sometimes, just for the craic.

The other thing that sounds funny is whistling your 's' words when talking like that... and the old 'aye' on an in-breath

BoJack Horseman · 15-01-2015 11:01pm

Sh*t.

For a glorious moment, I thought he was genuine.

Good acting though.

Lia_lia · 15-01-2015 11:02pm

I think he's great! The free state thing made me laugh, I've never heard anyone say that. :pac:

Tearin It Up · 16-01-2015 2:09am

Can anyone translate what he said?

Karl Stein · 16-01-2015 2:32am

Tearin It Up wrote: »

Can anyone translate what he said?

Well, thr.. th'Moler siz we hed tae go anywi, wi hadn much eh a chuice in th'mat'er, but shur ow..

Oooh gode y'wouddin b'long in geytin frostbit.

Copper_pipe · 16-01-2015 2:39am

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Macavity. · 16-01-2015 2:40am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

He sounds nothing like Ian Paisley, it's a genuine County Derry accent!!:mad:

He does in fairness, huge similarity. A bit less raspy though. Like a friendly Ian Paisley. :pac:

The Free State comment was very good alright. Some character.

efb · 16-01-2015 2:43am

At least UTV have someone when Julian retires

Karl Stein · 16-01-2015 2:43am

Macavity. wrote: »

He does in fairness, huge similarity.

Not to nor'westerners like tBM. He doesn't sound like Paisley to me either - I have cousins, not far from where he lives, with a similar accent.

mikom · 16-01-2015 2:49am

♫
My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
Oh Ya wouldn't be long gettin' frost bit.

efb · 16-01-2015 2:50am

mikom wrote: »

♫
My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
Oh Ya wouldn't be long gettin' frost bit.

I'm never going back to them free state Bastards

The Backwards Man · 16-01-2015 3:42am

It's funny where some slang comes from when you think about it. A popular saying around here is 'if you want the winter to pass quick buy dear kent land', 'kent' coming from the Cockney rhyming Duke of Kent for rent, and rented land was traditionally paid for in the spring. How a word borrowed from that dialect wound up in our vocabulary is beyond me.

Micky Dolenz · 16-01-2015 10:49am

The Free state thing is common enough, a lot of my NI friends say it a lot, normally followed by Bastard

mariaalice · 16-01-2015 11:02am

I was in NI on a bank holiday weekend and went for a coffee,... I said you are very busy and he said ay its a bank holiday in the free state we get a lot coming for the weekend, it was only then that it struck me that they have different bank holidays that here and that it really is a different country.

Menas · 16-01-2015 11:06am

I like the cut of his jib. Fair play to him, he will go far!

Reoil · 16-01-2015 11:34am

For those ignorant few(!) - he's putting the accent on. It's a piss-take.
He has a youtube account where he does many impersonations.

kfallon · 16-01-2015 11:38am

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

The Free state thing is common enough, a lot of my NI friends say it a lot, normally followed by Bastard

That's complete rubbish, you're taking the piss now.....we know you have no friends....

:P

Banjo String · 16-01-2015 12:02pm

Seen this on my newsfeed the other day, I know the area well, and apparently he's a budding impressionist/comedian.

I think utv thought they had some young eccentric (dim) lad heading to school.....

Turns out the joke was on them.

Ps...... His onscreen accent is nothing like a real north Derry one.

The Backwards Man · 16-01-2015 12:05pm

Banjo String wrote: »

Seen this on my newsfeed the other day, I know the area well, and apparently he's a budding impressionist/comedian.

I think utv thought they had some young eccentric (dim) lad heading to school.....

Turns out the joke was on them.

Ps...... His onscreen accent is nothing like a real north Derry one.

Of course it isn't. Because he isn't from North Derry.

Have to laugh at all these comments about his accent not being real, its slightly embellished but real nonetheless. I doubt not many of you have spent much time around places like Feeney, Cranagh and Plumbridge.

Madam · 16-01-2015 12:12pm

He sounds like my dad when he's lampooning his own accent(he comes from just outside Raphoe).Hope he does well whatever he does in life.

jimgoose · 16-01-2015 12:13pm

Quite amusing, but that sounds like a normal enough wilds-of-Donegal twang to me, hi!

Madam · 16-01-2015 12:16pm

jimgoose wrote: »

Quite amusing, but that sounds like a normal enough wilds-of-Donegal twang to me, hi!

There are many Donegal accents - some soft some not soðŸ˜

jimgoose · 16-01-2015 12:17pm

Madam wrote: »

There are many Donegal accents - some soft some not soðŸ˜

The Irish dialect up there is magnificent - it sounds like Mandarin! :pac:

Banjo String · 16-01-2015 12:22pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Of course it isn't. Because he isn't from North Derry.

Have to laugh at all these comments about his accent not being real, its slightly embellished but real nonetheless. I doubt not many of you have spent much time around places like Feeney, Cranagh and Plumbridge.

I count anything North of Maghera = North Derry (as in County Derry)

Park, Feeney, foreglen etc, then you have drumsurn (sur)

I'm a south Derry man, but nowhere near Derry city (55 miles away)

I've a few exes from that neck of the woods though

showing my age now, but we all use to converge around slaughtnaile on a Fri night, then it was clubland/Glenavy etc in Cookstown on a sat night.

Jesus..... That's almost twenty years ago now...... :eek:

The Backwards Man · 16-01-2015 12:27pm

jimgoose wrote: »

Quite amusing, but that sounds like a normal enough wilds-of-Donegal twang to me, hi!

Not the wilds Jim, the best land in the county is where you'd hear that accent. There's a swathe from the Lagan Desert through Llifford/Strabane on up through Donemana and Draperstown to the northern slopes of Glenshane where that accent is common.

You're in Banjo String country once you cross over Glenshane though. Literally.

bb1234567 · 16-01-2015 12:29pm

StormWarrior wrote: »

I don't really know what you are picking up on in this video. I'm English and to me he sounds exactly the same as every other Irish person.

If you think he sounds like a person from cork or north inner city dublin then you have no ears. Im Irish and I could barely understand what he was saying.

jimgoose · 16-01-2015 12:34pm

StormWarrior wrote: »

I don't really know what you are picking up on in this video. I'm English and to me he sounds exactly the same as every other Irish person.

I know what you mean. I'm Irish and Sarf London ("Cant's 'avin' a fackin girrawrf annat, innit!?") sounds identical to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ("Eeee oooo 'oway tha' day wor lad, Ah wur 'ungry laaahk, Ah'm gannin' yarm! Toooon!!")

donegaLroad · 16-01-2015 12:40pm

any Donegal / Derry / Tyrone boards folk ever hear the expression 'I seen me...' or 'on one's errand...' ?

You would hear both those expressions frequently where I live.

WesternZulu · 16-01-2015 12:45pm

mariaalice wrote: »

I was in NI on a bank holiday weekend and went for a coffee,... I said you are very busy and he said ay its a bank holiday in the free state we get a lot coming for the weekend, it was only then that it struck me that they have different bank holidays that here and that it really is a different country.

So it was the fact that they have different bank holidays that made you realise that it's a different country...not the fact that you were using a different currency?

Shrap · 16-01-2015 12:46pm

Ha! I'm loving that young lad's humour and accent! A class act so he is.

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Maybe he is a wee bit, but there's a right wheen a wans talk lake thon roun here.

...and I'm totally reading all your posts in that accent now Backwards Man.

The Backwards Man · 16-01-2015 1:15pm

donegaLroad wrote: »

any Donegal / Derry / Tyrone boards folk ever hear the expression 'I seen me...' or 'on one's errand...' ?

You would hear both those expressions frequently where I live.

Never heard that, we just say 'on wans arran' around here.

mfceiling · 16-01-2015 1:18pm

Banjo String wrote: »

I count anything North of Maghera = North Derry (as in County Derry)

Park, Feeney, foreglen etc, then you have drumsurn (sur)

I'm a south Derry man, but nowhere near Derry city (55 miles away)

I've a few exes from that neck of the woods though showing my age now, but we all use to converge around slaughtnaile on a Fri night, then it was clubland/Glenavy etc in Cookstown on a sat night.

Jesus..... That's almost twenty years ago now...... :eek:

Banjo I'd say you and me shared some of the same conquests as I too did a good few tours of duty in the clubland about 20 years ago.

*internet high five*

zcorpian88 · 16-01-2015 1:38pm

I thought he was gas, some voice on him.

A voice for radio I thought

mynamejeff · 16-01-2015 7:13pm

petrolcan wrote: »

I see. You believe it to be perfectly acceptable to take the p*ss of of people with a learning disability?

What's your stance on black people?

Im blind too . whats a black person ?? and whats the different between a black person and a white person ,

I believe it to be perfectly acceptable to take the p!ss out of people with a stick up their self righteous A$$

Banjo String · 16-01-2015 7:18pm

mfceiling wrote: »

Banjo I'd say you and me shared some of the same conquests as I too did a good few tours of duty in the clubland about 20 years ago.

*internet high five*

Quite possibly lad, quite possibly.

Clubland /Glenavon in Cookstown on Saturday night.... greenvale (Cookstown) /Arby's( in Toome) on a Sunday night.

Good times back then.

16-01-2015 7:29pm

PLL wrote: »

"Remember he is a smart and talented guy studying for three A levels" - UTV News Video

ermm A levels are equivalent to the Leaving cert which is a standard level of education everyone is expected to do, oh and A levels are easier than the leaving cert. I'm not trying to insult the lad at all but what the news anchor said was very patronising. Like she was defending him because she thought many would judge him badly from the interview due to his accent.

That why each LC subject is worth 2/3 of an A Level?

Shrap · 16-01-2015 7:35pm

Deleted User wrote: »

That why each LC subject is worth 2/3 of an A Level?

I think it's because when they do A levels, they usually move to a "college" for the equivalent of 5th and 6th year (they always get muddled when we talk about going to college after the LC and this leads them to think the LC is the equivalent of O levels) and they specialise in a fewer subjects to a greater level of knowledge. Our LC is considered a broader education, their A levels are more up to our foundation year college standard in one or two subjects.

SaveOurLyric · 16-01-2015 8:30pm

mariaalice wrote: »

I was in NI on a bank holiday weekend and went for a coffee,... I said you are very busy and he said ay its a bank holiday in the free state we get a lot coming for the weekend, it was only then that it struck me that they have different bank holidays that here and that it really is a different country.

Opposite for me.
There regularly enough since the ceasefire, and no doubt feel I am abroad - now and again noticing place names on signs like Ballynahinch or Auchnacloy, think, "gee, sounds really Irish, fancy that them having Irish sounding names up here".

Copper_pipe · 16-01-2015 8:44pm

He's on the Saturday night show tomorrow!

First guest on

Kid Goes Viral Because Of Accent (VID)

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