The accent

Kristinaxxs

I really want the accent! Is it easy to learn? Also, what is an "eejit"? Like idiot or something?

biko

Eejit is idiot. You can also say Amadan (Irish)
If you have a brit accent now it'll be difficult to switch but I've brit friends here that use Irish sayings, does sound funny

plonk

Ive 2 friends who moved to galway from coventry when they were 10. Their accents now sound like a mixture of galway and coventry, its pretty funny actually.

Kristinaxxs

Lol! My accent would be so weird. Imagine North Yorkshire crossed with Galway

cheesemaker

A mate of mine moved here from birmingham around 10 years ago.and still never lost any of the accent he could go back in the morning and no one could tell he was anywhere.and Kristinaxxs just wait till you talk to one off us when we are pished,you wont understand a word for the first month or so.

Kristinaxxs

cheesemaker wrote:

A mate of mine moved here from birmingham around 10 years ago.and still never lost any of the accent he could go back in the morning and no one could tell he was anywhere.and Kristinaxxs just wait till you talk to one off us when we are pished,you wont understand a word for the first month or so.

Lol, I pulled this guy in a club, mind you I dunno if he was drunk but I was off my face and I still understood him.:p

ScumLord

You have to be out in the country to pick it up properly, a friend of mine came over from england when he was about 10 and he lost the accent very quick.

The easiest way to learn is by getting drunk in small pubs and taking the piss.

DRakE

i'll give elecution lessons in the galway accent for phone numbers.. you know

stevecrow74

Kristinaxxs wrote:

Lol! My accent would be so weird. Imagine North Yorkshire crossed with Galway

it would be a bit like my wesht yorkshire and galway accent...

cheesemaker

Kristinaxxs wrote:

Lol, I pulled this guy in a club, mind you I dunno if he was drunk but I was off my face and I still understood him.:p

Must be just me?:o ,I lived/worked in a bar in london two years back,and as the pints went down then more irish the noises that came outa my mouth became...
*adopts cockney accent*

"what the fack iz that bloke ona bout, oh e's only a oirish,innit"

biko

Being from Galway, I'm convinced that there's no such thing as a Galway accent. If there is, I've certainly never heard one. Galway people clearly have the default Irish accent - the basic brogue, if you will. When we speak, shamrocks rain down from the heavens. The rest of you have odd inflections, deviations to mark you as inferior to Galway people. Don't believe me? Write me a Galway accent, then. If any of you can produce evidence to suggest that Galway people have accents, I will be happy to defer to you.

See, I was in Cork this weekend. And obviously Galway people are the best in Ireland, but this is only because I'm from Galway, and therefore raise the average greatly. If we were to discount me, I'd imagine that Cork people would come in first in The Swearing Lady's poll of great Irish tribes. Cork people ****ing rock.

http://arseendofireland.blogspot.com/2006/07/occents-aaxents.html

padi89

biko wrote:

Being from Galway, I'm convinced that there's no such thing as a Galway accent. If there is, I've certainly never heard one. Galway people clearly have the default Irish accent - the basic brogue, if you will. When we speak, shamrocks rain down from the heavens. The rest of you have odd inflections, deviations to mark you as inferior to Galway people. Don't believe me? Write me a Galway accent, then. If any of you can produce evidence to suggest that Galway people have accents, I will be happy to defer to you.

See, I was in Cork this weekend. And obviously Galway people are the best in Ireland, but this is only because I'm from Galway, and therefore raise the average greatly. If we were to discount me, I'd imagine that Cork people would come in first in The Swearing Lady's poll of great Irish tribes. Cork people ****ing rock.

http://arseendofireland.blogspot.com/2006/07/occents-aaxents.html

There is a Galway accent alright Biko but Galway is so full of blow ins its a very rare thing.The best way i can describe it is its kind of nasily with the words drawn out.I think at times it can be confused with a scummy accent but its the real old Galway accent.

po0k

Ye're both just talking about the City.
Fupp the City.

Come out wesht to get an earful of sugar.

padi89

Ahh whud ya go-haway houtta dat syxpak

kevmy

Thing is Biko nobody thinks they have an accent or that the area they come from has a strong accent.
Record yourself speaking, then play it back to yourself, you might decode you have an accent.
Or live in Dublin for a while (or anyplace away from Galway) and you can spot Galway/Wesht of Ireland people quite easily because they 'speak properly'/'have no accent' but what your actually hearing is the Galway accent.

I will say though that its not the worst accent and is fairly intelligble by most peoples. Unlike thick Cork, South Tipp or Nordie accents

I've a strange accent altogether. It's a mixture of a Galway(ish) accent, an American one and an English one.

I believe that the further you go into connemara the stronger the Galway accent becomes.

galah

you have a weird way of pronouncing words with "gn" in them, like 'foreigner', where the 'g' is kinda pronounced. Can't describe it, but gets me every time...

PopeBuckfastXVI

Find yourself on Hill 16 sometime, surrounded by the men of the wesht, you'll hear the accent

"Mon Sivvo, ngive it off tih Jiycee biy... Jiycee! Jiycee! ngive it tih Jaaaaaaaagh"

Followed by the original chant of

"Gaal-weh! Gaal-weh! Gaal-weh!"

Kristinaxxs

People from Galway speak different than people in Dublin, how can people not hear that? It's just like us English; I speak different to people in Leeds and thats about the same distance from me as Galway is Dublin.

cheesemaker

Kristinaxxs wrote:

People from Galway speak different than people in Dublin, how can people not hear that? It's just like us English; I speak different to people in Leeds and thats about the same distance from me as Galway is Dublin.

most people over here even speak different if they live 10miles down the road

Kristinaxxs

No, I didn't say that. I don't live 10 miles down the road either smartarse; plus, if you think you're that smart, you would know Galway is more than 10 miles from Dublin.

cheesemaker

no i wasnt taking the p!ss
I genuinely ment that:o

stevecrow74

i used to live in athenry.. about 16 miles from galway city... i still dont understand them... and i went to school there as well..

cheesemaker

exactly I from loughrea(not far from athenry) originaly and I bet your accents differs to mine

stevecrow74

i hope so.. mine is a mix of yorkshire and galway with a hint of athenry and cregmore :eek:

cheesemaker

well ya get idea anyway:rolleyes:

galwayrush

stevecrow74 wrote:

i hope so.. mine is a mix of yorkshire and galway with a hint of athenry and cregmore :eek:

I'm not far from you, Lackaghmore here.probably still a different accent.:D

stevecrow74

ah i'm in the city now

Caliden

cregmore/athenry has an accent?
Been livign here all my life and never noticed

NeoSlicerZ

Was playing poker in a casino the other day, dealer asks me if I'm american -_-;, lived in Galway my entire life. Sigh.

Jamey

The best way to hear the accent is to ask any Galwegian to say 'Howsa Goin'!