What's the story with Saoirse Ronan's accent?

Ninap · 15-01-2016 03:35PM #1

According to Wikipedia she was born in New York, 'raised briefly' in Carlow, and then moved to Howth. But she's ended up with a particularly unpleasant and grating Dublin accent. Where did she get it? She sounds like a mixture of Joan Burton's monotone drone, and Mary Lou McDonald's fake working-class Dub accent............

McCrack · 15-01-2016 03:37PM

Who cares

Ruu · 15-01-2016 03:38PM

She was laying on fairly thick for American audience on Colbert.

Red King · 15-01-2016 03:39PM

Whenever I hear her being interviewed I just have to switch off. Comes across as terribly false.

Mesrine65 · 15-01-2016 03:39PM

Why's everyone hating on Saoirse?

Let her off FFS, she's a youngster with the world in her hands.

Fair fucks to her I say!

SouthernBelle · 15-01-2016 03:40PM

Red King wrote: »

Whenever I hear her being interviewed I just have to switch off. Comes across as terribly false.

Same here. Heard her recently and she sounded like she was from inner city Dublin... which is fine, if you are from inner city Dublin, which she's not! :rolleyes:

Ninap · 15-01-2016 03:41PM

McCrack wrote: »

Who cares

I care enough to create a thread on a leading Irish internet forum

CageWager · 15-01-2016 03:43PM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Why's everyone hating on Saoirse?

Because it's Ireland and I think with the Oscar nod people are just realising that they haven't gotten her up to the minimum begrudgery threshold, a few threads here, a few articles there and we'll be sorted. Then back to Conor McGregor.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 15-01-2016 03:45PM

I was only discussing this with someone this morning. It sounds lime she ks putting on a raw Dublin accent. Why? We have no idea, but it is hard to listen to.

Doesn't take from her acting success but it does seem very odd.

Figbiscuithead · 15-01-2016 03:45PM

SouthernBelle wrote: »

Same here. Heard her recently and she sounded like she was from inner city Dublin... which is fine, if you are from inner city Dublin, which she's not! :rolleyes:

It's not only inner city Dubs that have that kind of Dublin accent, though.

duchalla · 15-01-2016 03:45PM

She's just making sure nobody thinks shes english...

Ya know wha I meann, bud??

mathie · 15-01-2016 03:45PM

Ninap wrote: »

I care enough to create a thread on a leading Irish internet forum

Link?

Baron Kurtz · 15-01-2016 03:46PM

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Why's everyone hating on Saoirse?

Let her off FFS, she's a youngster with the world in her hands.

Fair fucks to her I say!

Shut up! You know she must be lambasted on here. Nothing less than a good dressing down for existing. How dare she!

super_furry · 15-01-2016 03:46PM

Young Irish woman is a resounding success story on the international stage and promoting her country at every turn. She's obviously getting notions - time to cut her down to size internet!

McCrack · 15-01-2016 03:46PM

Ninap wrote: »

I care enough to create a thread on a leading Irish internet forum

I know. It's a bit pathetic.

Earthhorse · 15-01-2016 03:47PM

I heard she bought her accent on e-bay.

Can anyone confirm?

Dev84 · 15-01-2016 03:48PM

What's the story with her accent in Brooklyn? It's a movie about a young one from Enniscorthy I believe.
They didn't speak with D4 accents in Enniscorthy back then.

Duggy747 · 15-01-2016 03:48PM

It's fairly dull and limiting when any kind topic about an Irish celebrity is immediately seen as begrudging or hate-filled.

It's just a thread asking about the accents she's using in interviews :pac:

wp_rathead · 15-01-2016 03:49PM

OP could have just added this to the "trivial things that annoy you" thread..

SEPT 23 1989 · 15-01-2016 03:51PM

location is only a part of it

where are her parents from?

c_man · 15-01-2016 03:51PM

I think she sounds lovely.

Rhys Essien · 15-01-2016 03:52PM

Agree OP,she sounds terrible.

A thing I noticed with a few Irish women who work on TV abroad,Liz Bonin,Amanda Byram,Dr Pixie McKenna,Sharon Horgan is that they are all putting on stupid English accents.Whats that all about?

Magico Gonzalez · 15-01-2016 03:54PM

Once one tries to escapes from the tank the other crabs are quick to drag it back in...

I'd rather listen to her talking than some miserable begrudger with nothing more interesting to offer up than giving out about someone else's accent.

Rhys Essien · 15-01-2016 03:55PM

SouthernBelle wrote: »

Same here. Heard her recently and she sounded like she was from inner city Dublin... which is fine, if you are from inner city Dublin, which she's not! :rolleyes:

Does she hang out with Imelda May?:pac:

Shurimgreat · 15-01-2016 03:56PM

I'd imagine actors pick up accents easier than the rest of us and have an ear for them. Its kind of their job. She also had a strong Dublin accent in Brooklyn I thought. The Wexford accent is a bit flatter.

The Sun King · 15-01-2016 03:58PM

Mock someone else's accent, from a celebrity doing a bad Irish impression to the awful cork accent = bit of fun.

Mock an Irish celebrity over something = begrudgery.

-.-"

Yeah, wind your necks in lads

Shurimgreat · 15-01-2016 04:02PM

Can she really win?

If she went around with a Carlow accent, people would say "I hate that Carlow accent". If she has a Dublin accent (lived in Dublin for a while now) what's with Dublin accent? If she spoke with an English accent, why the English accent, also American accent.

No matter what bloody accent she had, someone would find fault. I guess it comes with the territory of being successful.

megabantz · 15-01-2016 04:07PM

Ruu wrote: »

She was laying on fairly thick for American audience on Colbert.

I watched this and she kept going in and out of 3 variations of accent, a little bit of Howth coming out then it was north Dublin then a semi Irish - American twang and back around for a repeat of the above!

bullvine · 15-01-2016 04:07PM

Its horrendous, sounds like Imelda May's lovechild with one of the lads from Adam and Paul.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 15-01-2016 04:08PM

She probably hasn't lived in Ireland full time for five or six years and she's still fairly young, makes sense to me that her accent would shift a bit.

The Sun King · 15-01-2016 04:11PM

megabantz wrote: »

I watched this and she kept going in and out of 3 variations of accent, a little bit of Howth coming out then it was north Dublin then a semi Irish - American twang and back around for a repeat of the above!

I regularly watch shows with the missus, helping her pick out accents and vocab to help with learning English. We watched the clip last night and when she asked "what accent?" I replied "Fake."

Not for an American to know, I'm sure. I'd imagine it's good practice for her to maintain conversations in a specific put on accent.

What's the story with Saoirse Ronan's accent?

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