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The snobbery question

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  • #52
    juuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭juuge


    KTRIC wrote: »
    I work in a big international company in Munich and another Irish guy started recently in another department. I met him the day he started to introduce myself, me being one of the few Irish in that office I thought it would be nice to say hello. The first thing I noticed is that he puts on heirs and graces's and trys to sound posh or even American. He's from south county Dublin , and you'd think by the way he talks hes a yank.
    I noticed after a few minutes talking to him he looses his fake accent, but still use's it with the locals.

    Why do people seem to think they need to do this ??
    Ask Twink !


  • #53
    SpAcEd OuT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,963 ✭✭✭SpAcEd OuT


    the thought of being in the same vicinity with someone who has a working class accent disturbs me immensely.

    Hence why I do my shopping at Dundrum, socializing at Club92 and everything else at my fock off mansion in D4.


  • #54
    Lands Leaving
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭Lands Leaving


    There's no point judging by an accent, but I can honestly say I've never been able to get on with someone with that stereotypical D4 accent. I'm sure there's nice people with that accent, but I'm yet to meet someone who says roysh whoi isn't a vacuous, self-obsessed moron. Just my experience though...


  • #55
    MagicMarker
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    I only look down my nose at people who are poorer than me.

    As for accents, some peoples accents subconciously change depending on their social setting.


  • #56
    Dudess
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    I only look down my nose at people who are poorer than me.
    I hear the sound of sh*t being stirred.

    And OP, I couldn't give a flying f*ck what a person's accent is.


  • #57
    Driver 8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Driver 8


    "Lights from the grand palace, blind me
    Haves cannot stand.....have nots"

    Snobbery is a disease


  • #58
    [Deleted User]
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    As for accents, some peoples accents subconciously change depending on their social setting.

    Adjusting your accent to mirror that of the person your communicating with is an effective people skill. We are all more comfortable with people who are like us.


  • #59
    Latchy
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    ol chinese proverb

    '' Winning millions on the lotto dont meen your going mix with royalty ''

    but would you want to anyway ? :D


  • #60
    alleepally
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    We all have an implicit bias whether we realise it or not.

    Take the Implicit Association Test for Race as an example.

    http://www.understandingprejudice.org/iat/index2.htm

    Over a million people have taken the test and EVERYONE has an implicit bias. This applies to race, gender, accent etc etc. So, this debate could go on forever and you can call it snobbery, but psychologists will call it implicit bias.


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  • #61
    alleepally
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    Moonbaby wrote: »
    Adjusting your accent to mirror that of the person your communicating with is an effective people skill. We are all more comfortable with people who are like us.

    Very true, we like people that are like us. Proponents of Neuro Linguistic Programming teach the mirroring concept.


  • #62
    connundrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭connundrum


    Moonbaby wrote: »
    Adjusting your accent to mirror that of the person your communicating with is an effective people skill. We are all more comfortable with people who are like us.


    I do this a lot. I switch between a Dublin accent to a country accent to a South African accent to a neutral accent at the drop of a hat. I find that I hate repeating myself, and find it easier to switch my accent to accomodate others.

    My gf gets annoyed when I do it. I dunno but I think she thinks its weak of me to accomodate others. I find I'd suiting myself, by making the situation comfortable and also, not having to repeat myself.


  • #63
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Thaedydal wrote: »
    Oh yes cos there are no skangers with gods awful accents on the southside :rolleyes:



    Gotch'ya ;)


  • #64
    MidnightQueen
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    SlinkyToo wrote: »
    If you hear a country or north dub accent do you Thank God you are not one of those awful people?

    No but the accent does drive me mad!!


  • #65
    connundrum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭connundrum


    KittyKat wrote: »
    No but the accent does drive me mad!!

    Which accent? Or accents in general?


  • #66
    MidnightQueen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,601 ✭✭✭MidnightQueen


    Sorry! Its the dublin accent. :(


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  • #67
    DublinWriter
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    KTRIC wrote: »
    He's from south county Dublin , and you'd think by the way he talks hes a yank.
    Honestly, this drives me nucking futz.

    Worse still are the girlies of the 'roysh' brigade who speak with feaux American accents *and* AQI.


  • #68
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    connundrum wrote: »
    I do this a lot. I switch between a Dublin accent to a country accent to a South African accent to a neutral accent at the drop of a hat. I find that I hate repeating myself, and find it easier to switch my accent to accomodate others.

    me too... without even thinking. it does seem to piss a lot of people off though.


  • #69
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    Jay D wrote: »
    what I hate is people from the country who try put on a posh Dublin accent, throw in some posh slang about places etc.....

    UCD is fairly full of them - I'm reliably told.

    Yeah, I know a girl who after about 2 weeks living in Dublin had an unbelievable
    D4 accent. Said it to her in the local pub 1 evening that her accent was
    wrecking my head and she replied (in the same fake D4 accent)
    "I sooooo do not have an accent" She pretended to be mortified but was
    actually delighted that people thought she was D4.

    She now lives in Cork and has taken on that accent now ... I can almost predict that if I have a go at her for that she'll reply (in a fake Cork accent)
    "I sooooo do not have an accent, boy"


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