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Worst international accent?

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    #62
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,715 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    I don't know what sound sythe is meant to represent; to me, I'm hearing it as scythe. The rest of what you've done is fine.


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    #63
    Anus Von Skidmark
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭Anus Von Skidmark


    Earthhorse wrote: »
    I don't know what sound sythe is meant to represent; to me, I'm hearing it as scythe. The rest of what you've done is fine.

    It's meant to represent how the 'ou' sound gets mangled to the point where it rhymes with the word 'eye'.


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    #64
    Aubree Teeny Necktie
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    Of all accents on the planet, the Wexford one is the most intolerable. Sounds like they're talking with a mouthful of strawberries.

    Hideous.


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    #65
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,485 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    European - Dutch
    Outside of Europe - Jamaican or Afrikaner.
    Irish - Cork
    England - Liverpool.


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    #66
    Mad_maxx
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    victor8600 wrote: »
    Generally, I find all accents interesting, and some utterly hilarious. I speak with a Russian accent myself though and a really bad Russian accent annoys me as it reminds me of my own pronunciation errors. One the other hand, several women told me that they find my accent sexy.

    In general, I find that even a "bad" accent can sound very nice if the person's voice is pleasant.

    Love the Russian accent


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    #67
    [Deleted User]
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    De bist is de Sith Ifrikan iksent.

    This doubles up as the kiwi accent


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    #68
    paddydriver
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    Ex footballer Christian Vieri... cross of Italian and Australian; made me wince when I heard him talk


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    #69
    jmayo
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Dutch:
    https://youtu.be/wV9HP5J4g4Y

    You mean like this lad ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnoP4sUV90


    Also some French accents aren't great either...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dovfYaQoPoY


    And sometimes all accents sound the same :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXcNBDCNzaY


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    #70
    Raconteuse
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    Earthhorse wrote: »
    If that's meant to be a phonetic representation of the South Dublin accent you're doing a terrible job.
    Not the natural mild Dublin accent found among those from South Dublin. That's actually a really nice accent.

    I'm talking about that abomination combining California and posh English accent, only around since the 90s. And now vocal fry gets added. :mad:


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    #71
    Dr. Bre
    Registered Users Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭Dr. Bre


    Throw another shrimp on the barbie! Worst accent


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    #72
    Paddy Cow
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    Dr. Bre wrote: »
    Throw another shrimp on the barbie! Worst accent


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    #73
    Earthhorse
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    Raconteuse wrote: »
    Not the natural mild Dublin accent found among those from South Dublin. That's actually a really nice accent.

    I'm talking about that abomination combining California and posh English accent, only around since the 90s. And now vocal fry gets added. :mad:

    I know the accent you are trying to evoke.

    I just think that's a terrible phonetic representation of it.


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    #74
    Arghus
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    Some Australian accents can really grate. It's put me off ever wanting to go there.

    The sound of a gaggle of Spanish teenagers together, all talking at once, rapidly and at incredible volume is not pleasant to my ears.

    Worked with a guy from somewhere in Offaly once and I honestly couldn't follow two thirds of what he said. Just narcoleptic mumbles, with the sentence usually running out of auditory gas before the end. Sometimes you'd have to ask him to repeat himself and he'd just shout the same unintelligible noises at you but at a higher volume, I still wouldn't have a clue. I've worked with people from all over the country and further afield and he was, by far, the toughest to understand.

    I quite like some of the others that people claim to hate. The strong Dub accent, the Belfast accent, Glasgow. Love the Birmingham accent, it gets a bad rap.


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    #75
    jester77
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    The Liverpool accent is an offense to the ears


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    #76
    Ipso
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Omackeral wrote: »
    De bist is de Sith Ifrikan iksent.

    This doubles up as the kiwi accent

    Would you like some iggs with your bir?


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    #77
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,715 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    I think all accents are fine it's only individuals voices that are annoying.


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    #78
    Apollinaris
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    Surprised nobody mentioned Spanish. When they talk English It’s like they speak their own language using English words. It is awful, impossible to understand and boy, do they get frustrated when you ask: Excuse me, could you repeat that?


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    #79
    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    I know you said excluding european accents but there are no accents worse than the French. It sounds ok when it’s a women but it’s downright wrong when it’s men. It sounds so soft and overly feminine and not in a good way.

    I don’t know how any man in France can stand his authority on anything with such a gay accent.


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    #80
    Raconteuse
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    Earthhorse wrote: »
    I know the accent you are trying to evoke.

    I just think that's a terrible phonetic representation of it.
    Think what you like. My south Dublin dwelling nieces will be getting elocution lessons to eliminate it if they start :mad: (so far so good).


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    #81
    Endaaaagh
    Registered Users Posts: 637 ✭✭✭Endaaaagh


    Montserrat:D
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfip96k1cE0


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    #82
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    jester77 wrote: »
    The Liverpool accent is an offense to the ears

    Disagree. I’ve never really hated any of the Beatles for how they speak.


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    #83
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    This comes up every so often, to me voices grate but not accents, though of course there’s a link. There’s a nice version of every accent. Loud and grating isn’t nice.


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    #84
    Muahahaha
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    Hate the South African accent when men are speaking but its not too bad by women.


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    #85
    partyguinness
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    I fcuking hate the Kerry accent. And yeah...it's international enough for me.


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    #86
    TheIrishGrover
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    I really dislike the South African accent. It may be to do with their history because I know people younger than me who have no problem with it.

    The Australian?.... Accent?.... Really REALLY annoys me? And it gets worse as I get older?

    I don't have much of a problem with the Spanish accent. It's the f*cking VOLUME I have a problem with. I remember last month waiting for the train from Maynooth as I do every morning. There was a group of Spanish students (I know it's a clichè but it was true). They were waiting for the train. Only about 4 or 5 of them. But you just saw a 15-foot exclusion radius around them. Nobody wanted to be on the same carriage as them.


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    #87
    Jimmy McGill
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    Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Romania


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    #88
    Dr. Bre
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    In Ireland - the Louth accent!


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    #89
    Earthhorse
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    Raconteuse wrote: »
    Think what you like.

    :cool:
    My south Dublin dwelling nieces will be getting elocution lessons to eliminate it if they start :mad: (so far so good).

    Poor things. Either way, they're screwed. :(


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    #90
    retalivity
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Hate the South African accent when men are speaking but its not too bad by women.

    South African rapping is a whole different level

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cegdR0GiJl4


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    #91
    [Deleted User]
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    There are some Scots and NI accents that really grate, most are fine though. The SA and Australian accents sound somewhat alike to my ears, the SA one being at the top end of the ugly sounding scale and the Aussie one just below. The flat Dublin accent that denies the existence of 'h' or '-ing' is really annoying, as is the thick Geordie accent of Cheryl Cole, though again most are fine.


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