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Why aren't there more strong Dublin accents in the media?

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  • #62
    [Deleted User]
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    smellyoldboot wrote: »
    I don't know is the accent related to being unionist, they have plenty of rough accents too, but both acts combined certainly render one a cnut.

    Bryan Dobson actually lives in Dolphin's Barn, where he raised his family. Certainly anything but snobs.


  • #63
    [Deleted User]
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    Jaysus, a bit more diver-settee and more Dundalk needed

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SUcvh2TF8A


  • #64
    chrissb8
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    Because it is so grating sounding and doesn’t belong anywhere near a radio airwave.

    Imagine waking up and rolling over to hear that voice

    DAT WAS ALRIGH WASN IH?

    Mind you, 80% of Irish media comprises of that South Dublin accent where every vowel drags on a bit too long.

    A nice Galway accent or more of our soft spoken natives would be welcome.


  • #65
    JustAThought
    Registered Users Posts: 5,323 ✭✭✭JustAThought


    chrissb8 wrote: »
    Because it is so grating sounding and doesn’t belong anywhere near a radio airwave.

    Imagine waking up and rolling over to hear that voice

    DAT WAS ALRIGH WASN IH?

    Mind you, 80% of Irish media comprises of that South Dublin accent where every vowel drags on a bit too long.

    A nice Galway accent or more of our soft spoken natives would be welcome.

    Not Cork or Kerry thou. Might as well
    be from outer Mongolia speaking Mong. Isn’t inner city Dub represented enough on Fair ****ty and almost every other Dublin based film that comes out? I’m sick of being abroad and people asking why I don’t have a ‘real’ Dublin accent ... because I’m not a skobie from the flats thats why.


  • #66
    suicide_circus
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    Jimmy McGill wrote: »
    If you want to hear a good example of the fake Dublin-American accent take a trip on the luas green line from the city centre to Sandyford. You hear some beauties on there.

    "omg goys I forgotshhh my leap cord"

    goy

    noun
    INFORMAL•DEROGATORY

    a Jewish name for a non-Jew.


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  • #67
    Heckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Heckler


    Matt Coopers "th" is shocking.

    Duffy is an unashamed populist. Soon as the salt a de earth comes on hes throwing out the yiz and yer ma and all sorts of ballyfermot ****e. Some langer.


  • #68
    Mules
    Registered Users Posts: 514 ✭✭✭Mules


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    It comes from elocution. It's not orr-chee-ee, Its ar-tee-ee. The R is pronounced with an ar sound as in the word "are", not an or sound as in the word "or".

    I cant blame RTE for getting its presenters people to pronounce things correctly. It's not the way I speak but I appreciate they have to speak some way, so why not do it correctly?

    The arr-tee--ee thing makes them sound like pirates


  • #69
    Mules
    Registered Users Posts: 514 ✭✭✭Mules


    There's yer man Martin something, from the weather on tg3


  • #70
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    Mules wrote: »
    There's yer man Martin something, from the weather on tg3

    I hate that bastard


  • #71
    Mules
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    glasso wrote: »
    I hate that bastard

    He's very annoying, with his happy birthdays and all the rest of it. It doesn't come across as genuine at all.


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  • #72
    Hangdogroad
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    De Dubs are de blacks of Oireland.


  • #73
    jmlad2020
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭jmlad2020


    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    De Dubs are de blacks of Oireland.

    They are represented in the media, in TV shows like Love Hate and Irish crime films like the Guard. They are over represented actually.


  • #74
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    BBC:


    "So, that's a baaaat a wrap.....over to you Vickie for da wevva"


    Vickie:


    "Sorted and cheers, Trev. So yeah..spotta rain creepin in, innit? Nevva mind, blindin tomorra. Strictly, up next. See ya now, roight (wink).


  • #75
    whisky_galore
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    chrissb8 wrote: »
    Because it is so grating sounding and doesn’t belong anywhere near a radio airwave.

    Imagine waking up and rolling over to hear that voice

    DAT WAS ALRIGH WASN IH?

    I'd rather listen to two sheets of rusty corrugated iron scraping off each other.


  • #76
    Hangdogroad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,883 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    jmlad2020 wrote: »
    They are represented in the media, in TV shows like Love Hate and Irish crime films like the Guard. They are over represented actually.

    The Guard was set in Galway.


  • #77
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Its terrible the way they are treated as criminals especially when the crime is committed by people from "another area"


  • #78
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    KaneToad wrote: »
    What's a 'posh' accent?

    Ah there's posh accents in every county. They generally sound as silly as the English post accents.


  • #79
    El_Duderino 09
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    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Ah there's posh accents in every county. They generally sound as silly as the English post accents.

    Well that's ridiculous. I'm from the Midlands and if you pronounce 'th' in words you end up sounding posh according to the lacals. Nothing silly about it. Likewise if you don't elongate vowels in unusual places in words, or pronounce the g ant the end of 'ing' words, you stand out as posh

    I love ascents. I love my own accent and I love the accents of the counties around where I'm from. They're full of character


  • #80
    El Tarangu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭El Tarangu


    don't know if he still on the radio, but this thread reminded me of :

    "I'M MOY-CHEALL MCMULLAN"


  • #81
    jmlad2020
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    The Guard was set in Galway.

    Many characters had thick strong dub accents


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  • #82
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    Well that's ridiculous. I'm from the Midlands and if you pronounce 'th' in words you end up sounding posh according to the lacals. Nothing silly about it. Likewise if you don't elongate vowels in unusual places in words, or pronounce the g ant the end of 'ing' words, you stand out as posh

    I love ascents. I love my own accent and I love the accents of the counties around where I'm from. They're full of character

    Ah that's not what I mean by posh. There's a variety of posh such as the D4 accent which is horrendous. It sounds backward rather than classy. In fairness I only know Mullingar and I agree with you.


  • #83
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    In terms of thick Dublin accents we have the Snapper, the Van and best of all the Commitments. Possibly some of the best things to come out of Ireland let alone Dublin.


  • #84
    imme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    In terms of thick Dublin accents we have the Snapper, the Van and best of all the Commitments. Possibly some of the best things to come out of Ireland let alone Dublin.

    I wouldn't call those examples of thick Dublin accents really.


  • #85
    steddyeddy
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    imme wrote: »
    I wouldn't call those examples of thick Dublin accents really.

    I would and I'm from an area with thick Dublin accents. Where are you from?


  • #86
    imme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    I would and I'm from an area with thick Dublin accents. Where are you from?

    White Irish :D

    The Snapper and The Van stick out to me because they feature Dubliners using their own accents for the part, whereas something like Fair City features putting on accents.


  • #87
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    JustAThought wrote: »
    Not Cork or Kerry thou. Might as well
    be from outer Mongolia speaking Mong. Isn’t inner city Dub represented enough on Fair ****ty and almost every other Dublin based film that comes out? I’m sick of being abroad and people asking why I don’t have a ‘real’ Dublin accent ... because I’m not a skobie from the flats thats why.

    I hate being called "posh" by folk with strong working class Dublin accents, I would regard myself very middling, wouldn't mind having "posh money" though


  • #88
    steddyeddy
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    imme wrote: »
    White Irish :D

    The Snapper and The Van stick out to me because they feature Dubliners using their own accents for the part, whereas something like Fair City features putting on accents.

    Fair City actors aren't convincing as humans let alone Dubliners.


  • #89
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I hate being called "posh" by folk with strong working class Dublin accents, I would regard myself very middling, wouldn't mind having "posh money" though

    I can't win really. I'm from Kimmage and had a stronger Dublin accent. When I got my PhD and travelled to a conference in UCD I remember a girl from a private school in Greystones referring to me as posh. It's all quite ridiculous.


  • #90
    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users Posts: 3,491 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    Michelle Dillon, the metrologist who does the weather on rte, has a nice soft west of Ireland accent. Sounds educated yet affable but without any silly affectation.

    🙈🙉🙊



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  • #91
    silverharp
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    if only everyone sounded like Sarah McInerney , even the men

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