D4 accent

13-08-2015 08:16PM #1

I am in a train and there are a group of teenagers with that very annoying "D4" accent. Fake American sounding. Does this accent annoy other people? I don't know why but I can't stand it.

Then again I'm from Kerry and I'm sure the rest of the country can't stand the Kerry accent...

The Backwards Man · 13-08-2015 08:18PM

Are you sure they are D4? My accent gets mistaken for a D4 all the time.

Flippyfloppy · 13-08-2015 08:19PM

Funny, the biggest D4 head i ever knew hailed from Kerry!

tayto lover · 13-08-2015 08:20PM

A Kerry accent is a real accent.
These other wannabes have fake accents. Pathetic really.

One eyed Jack · 13-08-2015 08:22PM

A steady diet of American kids tv in childhood will do that. I often encounter children with either a heavy drawl in their accent, or that migraine inducing inflection. It's not so much D4 any more but a nationwide phenomenon.

Fox_In_Socks · 13-08-2015 08:23PM

Get used to it because all accents are homogenising.

13-08-2015 08:23PM

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

Funny, the biggest D4 head i ever knew hailed from Kerry!

My cousin (from Kerry) started going to college in Maynooth a few years ago...met her in Dublin a few months after she started and she had a feckin D4 accent! Cringe.

kneemos · 13-08-2015 08:27PM

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Get used to it because all accents are homogenising.

Really!?

Grab All Association · 13-08-2015 08:29PM

So the children are faking American accents? Since the late 80s their mothers/fathers/Grandparents spoke with Brit accents. D4 is the home of the West Brits.

Fox_In_Socks · 13-08-2015 08:29PM

kneemos wrote: »

Really!?

Loike, yeah. Absolutely.

John_Rambo · 13-08-2015 08:31PM

Lia_lia wrote: »

I am in a train and there are a group of teenagers with that very annoying "D4" accent. Fake American sounding. Does this accent annoy other people? I don't know why but I can't stand it

People from Dublin 4 don't have American accents. They have a South Dublin accent (Bob Geldof).

Are you sure these teenagers with American accents were not from America?

13-08-2015 08:35PM

They are definitely not American, no.

Sham Squire · 13-08-2015 08:37PM

When I was growing up (80's and 90's) the accent you refer to was known as a Foxrock Accent. It seems that in recent years (just around Ross O Carroll Kellys time) it became D4. I grew up in D4. There is no such accent in D4. The accent people are referring to is most commonly heard in Blackrock (Co. Dublin) Dalkey (Co. Dublin) and parts of the Northside (Castleknock and Sutton for example). It'd be nice if D4 could get it's actual honest reputation back. Any of the accents you hear around there that sound like a "D4 accent" are invariably not local. Ringsend, Irishtown, Baggot street, South Lotts and most of Sandymount just has normal people in it. It has it's own accent but it's not like the one reffered to as D4 (or, more correctly, as DORT(DART) speak).

John_Rambo · 13-08-2015 08:37PM

Lia_lia wrote: »

They are definitely not American, no.

Where were they from?

Sham Squire · 13-08-2015 08:38PM

Chris___ wrote: »

So the children are faking American accents? Since the late 80s their mothers/fathers/Grandparents spoke with Brit accents. D4 is the home of the West Brits.

Such ignorance.

Aidric · 13-08-2015 08:39PM

It might be grating but it beats a scummy inner city accent any day.

The Backwards Man · 13-08-2015 08:40PM

Accents can be deceiving alright, I heard two Labradorians speaking the other day, you'd swear they from The Rosses.

Smartguy · 13-08-2015 08:43PM

At least a d4 accent can be understood and is clear, there are plenty of authentic irish accents that sound like complete gibberish.

kneemos · 13-08-2015 08:46PM

Always intrigued how even towns and cities can maintain various accents according to location.

The Backwards Man · 13-08-2015 08:48PM

kneemos wrote: »

Always intrigued how even towns and cities can maintain various accents according to location.

Townlands even. I could pinpoint where someone lives around here to within a mile or two by their accent. Unless they are German. Then it's just Germany somewhere.

13-08-2015 08:50PM

John_Rambo wrote: »

Where were they from?

Dublin I am guessing, seeing as they are on the Dublin train!

Come one, the D4 accent young people have today does sound a bit American at times. At least I think it does anyway.

Smartguy wrote: »

At least a d4 accent can be understood and is clear, there are plenty of authentic irish accents that sound like complete gibberish.

This is true. I'm from Kerry and can't understand the old fellas out in the country! I don't have a Kerry accent at all. No one can tell where I'm from

Would be nice to have an accent I think. A real one.

The Moldy Gowl · 13-08-2015 08:52PM

What about when they cross the canal into D2?

John_Rambo · 13-08-2015 08:55PM

Lia_lia wrote: »

Dublin I am guessing, seeing as they are on the Dublin train!

Ah, was this the Dublin to Dublin train that stops only in Dublin? So you’re confusing the American TV accent that a lot of kids have all over the country with a regional Dublin accent? There’s a far cry between the two. In my experience the wealthier kids in Dublin are very active, they play rugby, cricket, football, tennis, hockey, they sail, horseride etc… They aren’t the ones plonked in front of the TV picking up accents from Nickelodeon. So, I’d imagine the kids on the train were just normal teenagers that have watched too much TV.

13-08-2015 09:00PM

^ When did I say they got an American accent from watching TV and not being active? I just think the D4 accent in general sounds like it has a bit of an American twang to it.

John_Rambo · 13-08-2015 09:00PM

Chris___ wrote: »

So the children are faking American accents? Since the late 80s their mothers/fathers/Grandparents spoke with Brit accents. D4 is the home of the West Brits.

And THAT'S THAT! Spoken like a true British partisan.

John_Rambo · 13-08-2015 09:04PM

Lia_lia wrote: »

^ When did I say they got an American accent from watching TV and not being active? I just think the D4 accent in general sounds like it has a bit of an American twang to it.

Nope.

"Roight, Dort to town?, Point of Horp, Points of Ken... Castlerock UBER Alles, Roysh?" (thanks Ross)

What part of America has this accent?

Taco Chips · 13-08-2015 09:14PM

I think it's a lazy insult. I have a decently thick Limerick accent and was told I sound like a D4 by a rude person a while ago

John_Rambo · 13-08-2015 09:16PM

Taco Chips wrote: »

I think it's a lazy insult. I have a decently thick Limerick accent and was told I sound like a D4 by a rude person a while ago

You shouldn't be going around wearing the Leinster jersey and skinny jeans! What must your parents think?? :eek:

Sam Kade · 13-08-2015 09:21PM

Smartguy wrote: »

At least a d4 accent can be understood and is clear, there are plenty of authentic irish accents that sound like complete gibberish.

Clear, there's a laugh. If you want to be clear put on a posh English accent not the D4 rubbish

Sam Kade · 13-08-2015 09:24PM

Lia_lia wrote: »

^ When did I say they got an American accent from watching TV and not being active? I just think the D4 accent in general sounds like it has a bit of an American twang to it.

How exactly does a D4 accent sound like an American accent, unless you are referring to fake accents some Americans use.

13-08-2015 09:29PM

Ah well. I think it sounds a bit American anyway.

D4 accent

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