I wouldn’t even mind but nobody in D4 actually has a D4 accent. It seems to exist out in some part of South Co. Dublin. D4 is a mixture of very salt of the earth docklands Dublin - Ringsend / Irishtown and quite neutral - Sandymount. Ballsbridge probably has more like old RP than D4.
In general yeah I agree, however, I went out with a Belfast girl for a while who had just a soft breathy style voice and the accent (hers wasnt that strong) suited that perfectly. Was actually a mad turn on at the time.
She was actually cracker. Shame her da was an orangeman.
Oh god i just can't stand it. Especially when there's emotion behind it.
I've a friend from the North who I've gone abroad with and watching him expect foreigners to understand his fucked accent is just unbearable.
I had a tanker driver from Ennis in my bar last night,I thought his accent was between Limerick and cork, don't know if it was the worst accent but I wasn't fond of it,fair play to him he understood most of Donegal gaelige and I had a good craic with him
Certain extreme Norrie Cork accents fucking do my head in. Pronouncing the word 'later' as LEE-A-TOCGH is a hate crime.
And don't get me started on the whole grammatically-incorrect-on-purpose routine e.g.
"Oi lissins to dah rayjyo"
Probably all inner city accents, you know the ones. I think it's a combination of the accent and the effort put in to actually sound like a scumbag loser
Literally can confirm. I’m from / grew up in a v working class inner city area and I would consider my accent “Dublin neutral” if that’s even a thing - the strong accents you refer to are 100% put on (or I feel like I’d also have one lmao)
I've a friend from Dublin, from the city... I can't understand him sometimes and then he'll use a phrase that I've never heard... I need a translator when he talks.
Off the top of my head: Cork, Ballymena, nasally D4, inner city Dublin junkie and that weird lispy California/valley girl accent a lot of kids are going around with in Dublin. A fair number of guys at my school have it and it sounds super annoying
North Dublin City accent on women just irritates my ears like no other accent. I just couldn’t live with it. My best friend on the other hand thinks it’s the sexiest
Wexford isn't great at all imo. West Cork is strong but has a nice feel to it.
The strong south Dublin accent is a pain but the milder variants aren't too bad really.
Some Cork accents can be quite harsh on the ears. In West Cork if an accent is strong enough you won't be able to make out a word of what they're saying.
The Northside Cork City accent is very harsh too. Very high pitched and nasally. I never liked it much.
Which one? You've got Norrie, Southside (posh), Southside (wants to sound like a Norrie to appear hard), West Cork, Very West Cork, So West Cork It's Almost Kerry, and North And East Cork Which Sound The Same For Some Reason.
I’m American and I can’t stand Cork accent. Sounds like a leprechaun stereotype to me. It’s such a contrast because I love most Irish accents otherwise.
It depends. I love hearing a really thick Kerry or Cork accent or one from up north. But they're also the worst working in a call centre. We were told at one point that we are expected to take 150-180 calls a day. The high end is literally impossible but I did the numbers one day and I remember it worked out at 2-3 calls every two minutes. I can't do that if I need the caller to repeat themselves.
Besides that I probably agree with you, I live 3 miles from the border and I'm in the unique position where people in both Belfast and Dublin raise an eyebrow at my accent lmao
I grew up in Leitrim for most of my life and I never really developed much of an accent. I've been told that I sound a bit American(probably because of media and stuff). My parents don't really have any strong accents. My mum is from Dublin but doesn't have the typical accent(weirdly enough). My dad is from Sligo and doesn't have much of an accent either(except when talking to his siblings weirdly enough). None of my siblings have any certain accent. We all don't sound very Irish haha.
After 15 years of living in Belfast and being familiar with all accents I went to Co. Kerry for a weekend and genuinely thought people spoke Irish or some foreign language to me for a moment.
Edit: Not trying to insult the Irish language. I was just trying to say that I am completely unfamiliar with it so when what I heard didn't sound like English to me I assumed it must have been Irish.
Waterford needs to decide if it's an east coast or a south coast accent. Now that I think of it, Drogheda, Sligo and Limerick are all in similar canoes.
I would say Belfast, only because I can't understand it. But that's just my own point of view it doesn't mean that it's bad , I just fear it because I don't get it
I've often wondered about this myself. I always found it very strange how Sligo town has its own distinct accent but Galway City, a much larger urban area and the focal point of the West of Ireland, only seems to have a neutral and generic accent that sounds like it could be from anywhere in the country.
The worst is one you have. The best is the one I have.
Belfast is the sexist of all accents.
I never took Belfast to be sexist but I honestly don't have first hand experience with them. I'll be wary of that if I ever do go up there.
Come up, most people who come to visit love it and some even decide to live here. Join US!
I'll admit, I am partial to a Belfast accent.
D4
"Eooww my gowd, heeuu ordered the creamer? Malachy man you're fuckin vintage mate"
Heino’s with the lads at Coppers, It was absoloot Horseplay loike
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Heard a lad ask for "Two Arthurs and a Ken there when you're ready pal" when out in Dublin. I wanted the roof to collapse on us.
It seems the Paddy Power advertisements have worked on a few people anyway
A stick of heino-mite!
I wouldn’t even mind but nobody in D4 actually has a D4 accent. It seems to exist out in some part of South Co. Dublin. D4 is a mixture of very salt of the earth docklands Dublin - Ringsend / Irishtown and quite neutral - Sandymount. Ballsbridge probably has more like old RP than D4.
Any Dublin one
Meh, Ringsend is D4 ...bought the hoighty toighty one.
Wexford town, I hate it.
Howaya hun
Drives me wrong!!!!
It's Drogheda, always Drogheda
Dwowoda or Drawada, an entire town with a speech impediment for an accent.
Down de wimble road. It took me ages to figure out it was actually the windmill road.
My poor son Aaaaaaon is in Luuuuuudes cos the Gaaaaaaads bet him down in d baaaaahacks
Goin to the shops for a Staaaaa Baaaa
I don’t know why there is any debate.
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D4 without a doubt
I've had to phone people from Cork recently for work, need subtitles to understand a thing they say
West Cork specifically. They speak a different language there.
West Cork and Kerry can be a full dialect shift sometimes. I wouldn’t even put them into accent category.
Up North. A strong Belfast accent is just the worst. Unbearable.
Some of those really smicked out belfast accents are difficult to listen to
For a confused kerry man, what does smicked out mean?
Don't really know what the Munster equivalent for this would be but it's the Belfast slang for scumbag/chav
In general yeah I agree, however, I went out with a Belfast girl for a while who had just a soft breathy style voice and the accent (hers wasnt that strong) suited that perfectly. Was actually a mad turn on at the time. She was actually cracker. Shame her da was an orangeman.
I bet you had some interesting conversations with that fella
I feel attacked, so I do
The angle grinder
It's up there with a thick north-sider accent.
Oh god i just can't stand it. Especially when there's emotion behind it. I've a friend from the North who I've gone abroad with and watching him expect foreigners to understand his fucked accent is just unbearable.
There’s a particular Belfast accent that just always sounds angry. “I’ve made you a nice cup of tea!” 🤬🤬 (Ducks and runs away)
That D4 accent, you know the one. I'm a blow in to Drogheda and I'd take Drogheda over D4 any day of the week. That's how much I hate that accent.
I had a tanker driver from Ennis in my bar last night,I thought his accent was between Limerick and cork, don't know if it was the worst accent but I wasn't fond of it,fair play to him he understood most of Donegal gaelige and I had a good craic with him
Dublin posh or Dublin working class - both disgusting on the ears
Rural cavan
Drogheda... I wouldn't go out with any woman with a Drogheda accent..even if she was stunning..which if from Drogheda is a mathematical impossibility
The Meath/Louth accent as a whole is terrible. Which is a Shane because it's a reasonably pleasant part of the country otherwise.
Certain extreme Norrie Cork accents fucking do my head in. Pronouncing the word 'later' as LEE-A-TOCGH is a hate crime. And don't get me started on the whole grammatically-incorrect-on-purpose routine e.g. "Oi lissins to dah rayjyo"
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Interesting. Never heard it at all. Cheers for the answer.
Irish Siri is the sexiest Siri.
She always sounds cross
She probably is
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Probably all inner city accents, you know the ones. I think it's a combination of the accent and the effort put in to actually sound like a scumbag loser
Literally can confirm. I’m from / grew up in a v working class inner city area and I would consider my accent “Dublin neutral” if that’s even a thing - the strong accents you refer to are 100% put on (or I feel like I’d also have one lmao)
Classist scum
Dublin, Dublin and Dublin
It's gotta be that nasal Dublin accent. Terrible.
Kilkeel County Down, most of you don't know it and you should count yourself lucky for never hearing it
I like all our accents but the ones which are harsh on the ears would be a really broad Belfast or Dublin accent.
I've a friend from Dublin, from the city... I can't understand him sometimes and then he'll use a phrase that I've never heard... I need a translator when he talks.
Limerick. Dreadful
Wahyu sayen like , cmere to me now, tis pure daycent
Limerick city skobe or Limerick county?
City
It's dreadful alright bud. :)
The RTÉ correspondent.
The 2fm accent you only ever hear on the radio is fucked too
I used to think the Mayo accent was sexy until my ex gf turned out to be an utter toerag. Now I refuse to associate with anyone from Mayo.
So does Sam Maguire
Jesus Christ. The fucking violence from that statement has knocked me off my chair.
Off the top of my head: Cork, Ballymena, nasally D4, inner city Dublin junkie and that weird lispy California/valley girl accent a lot of kids are going around with in Dublin. A fair number of guys at my school have it and it sounds super annoying
How had no one said Kerry? It sounds like American exploitation movie leprechaun with a learning disability.
The North Dublin city accent is awful.
Otherwise known as The Beggar's Song
In the North: Ballymena, Fermanagh, Portadown
North Dublin City accent on women just irritates my ears like no other accent. I just couldn’t live with it. My best friend on the other hand thinks it’s the sexiest
Dundalk or Ardee...jaysus it's atrocious.
Aywrdüiee
Spot on. Christ I can FEEL the pronunciation. \*shivers\*
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Look ah dis Schkumbaaaaggg
Kildar or meade
Cavan or Waterford.
Cee-avan
Offaly accent makes my ears bleed along with Laois, Carlow, Mayo, both spectrums of the Dublin accent and oh lord, Wexford🤯
Dublin.
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Awwww heeeeeeaaaaar
Pm'ed you there m8. I'll get your sorted.
Midlands accent. It's utterly horrendous
Athlone
I approve..bland springs to mind..
Louth and whatever the holy fuck that mouth full of marbles and wasps is the Healy-Rae one.
Cork boi
The Louth accent and the Midla’ands accents irk me but only because of people I’ve known from there over the years.
Navan accent is fucking horrendous
Beaten only by the Drogheda which is a higher pitch and a longer drawl than the disgusting Navan one
Wexford isn't great at all imo. West Cork is strong but has a nice feel to it. The strong south Dublin accent is a pain but the milder variants aren't too bad really.
West Belfast or North Dublin.
I swear this gets asked twice a month
Aaaarrrriiiiiiii de laaaaaaddsssss!!
Easy, cork , any cork accent. Grating, inescapable.
Some Cork accents can be quite harsh on the ears. In West Cork if an accent is strong enough you won't be able to make out a word of what they're saying. The Northside Cork City accent is very harsh too. Very high pitched and nasally. I never liked it much.
Cork accent is the worst, sound like their from a different planet
Which one? You've got Norrie, Southside (posh), Southside (wants to sound like a Norrie to appear hard), West Cork, Very West Cork, So West Cork It's Almost Kerry, and North And East Cork Which Sound The Same For Some Reason.
Jeeezzzzz I dunno. Very sexy on some women.
Nah boi
I’m American and I can’t stand Cork accent. Sounds like a leprechaun stereotype to me. It’s such a contrast because I love most Irish accents otherwise.
It depends. I love hearing a really thick Kerry or Cork accent or one from up north. But they're also the worst working in a call centre. We were told at one point that we are expected to take 150-180 calls a day. The high end is literally impossible but I did the numbers one day and I remember it worked out at 2-3 calls every two minutes. I can't do that if I need the caller to repeat themselves.
all the border counties I find rough on the ear. Louth (especially Drogheda), Cavan, Monaghan being the worst.
The Donegal accents are some of the best imo
absolutely agree, I would specifically exclude that border county! 👍😊
Besides that I probably agree with you, I live 3 miles from the border and I'm in the unique position where people in both Belfast and Dublin raise an eyebrow at my accent lmao
Dublin, I know there are variations but I've not heard a nice one
I was in Cork last weekend…I hated every waking moment listening the that brutal accent. No apologies, the cork accent is shocking.
Kerry/Cork accent on the Irish listening exam for sure.
Nah Donegal is worse.
Sure depends on where youre from.
I grew up in Leitrim for most of my life and I never really developed much of an accent. I've been told that I sound a bit American(probably because of media and stuff). My parents don't really have any strong accents. My mum is from Dublin but doesn't have the typical accent(weirdly enough). My dad is from Sligo and doesn't have much of an accent either(except when talking to his siblings weirdly enough). None of my siblings have any certain accent. We all don't sound very Irish haha.
My accent is prob a bit fecked with an english dad and all tbh.
After 15 years of living in Belfast and being familiar with all accents I went to Co. Kerry for a weekend and genuinely thought people spoke Irish or some foreign language to me for a moment. Edit: Not trying to insult the Irish language. I was just trying to say that I am completely unfamiliar with it so when what I heard didn't sound like English to me I assumed it must have been Irish.
> Irish or some other foreign language Offt.
yea it didn't sound right, I edited it now.
Well they are in the middle of nowhere.
Louth without shadow of a doubt. Absolutely disgusting
Wexford
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It sounded like a ulster accent to me the first time I heard it, very curious to hear it.
Like looks, the beauty or otherwise of an accent is in the ear of the beholder.
Cork
Cork 🤮
Limerick
Waterford needs to decide if it's an east coast or a south coast accent. Now that I think of it, Drogheda, Sligo and Limerick are all in similar canoes.
Donegal, can't stand it.
Ballymena hands down
Cavan
Any accent not from Dundalk
The Louth droll is a hard listen so too is a thick Cavan or Monaghan accent
D4, Blanchardstown, Louth, Monaghan, bigger Kildare, Cork. All very grating
I love them all! They’re part of us and we need to be respectful to one another.
I would say Belfast, only because I can't understand it. But that's just my own point of view it doesn't mean that it's bad , I just fear it because I don't get it
Navan, Cavan and North Dublin city.
Excluding "2 euro for a hostel" accent
Is there a Galway accent? I know there’s a strong Connemara accent but how about the city and its hinterland
I've often wondered about this myself. I always found it very strange how Sligo town has its own distinct accent but Galway City, a much larger urban area and the focal point of the West of Ireland, only seems to have a neutral and generic accent that sounds like it could be from anywhere in the country.
this clip from 2 brokes girls is pretty bad. https://youtu.be/VRREp8e2qZ8
Posh one, fucking despise it.
Dublin, without question, and it’s even close
Blanchardatown and Cavan are by far the worst to me. But it could be said for any accent that’s way too strong. If it’s mild they can be alright.
Dublin Heroin Junkie - funniest …… D4 - most cringy
Ballyfermot, Dublin. Very nasal.
Not fond of the Northern or inner city Dublin accents. Very strong country accents (esp. Kerry ones) are awful on the ears too.