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Do Sligoians Have The Worst Accent In Ireland?

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07-03-2008 8:41pm

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Volvoboy

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Had a chat with a Sligoan today, an experence if nothing else.

Your view,

Is there worse than the Shhligoo accent?

-VB-

The Sligo Accent, Is It That Bad? 144 votes

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Yes, oh go yes!

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Damn Jackeens!

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#2 07-03-2008 8:42pm
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no knacker dubs do

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#3 07-03-2008 8:43pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
I dont mind the sligo accent, a rough dundalk accent is my worst!

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#4 07-03-2008 8:45pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
Ardee....by a mile

i always wondered what the gards were called.

"Da gawdee frowm Awdee!"

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#5 07-03-2008 8:51pm
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At least the Dundalk has a bit of personality.

The worst accent in this country is the souless mid-atlantic drone that uppity celtic cubs are assuming.

It is typified by corkonian Johnathon Rhys Meyers....http://www.youtube.com/v/fzaMBJVbmr4

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#6 07-03-2008 8:54pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
worst accent are any dub accent... bleedin north or south loike!

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#7 07-03-2008 8:58pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
Yea, Ardee hiy, is pretty bad

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#8 07-03-2008 8:59pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
Don't forget the whiny wexford accent

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#9 07-03-2008 9:01pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
To the OP:

(in my best Sligo accent) "'ate me shyte!"

Classy me!

PS - seriously though.. there's much worse accents than Sligo. Ky-avan!

PPS - and it's "Sligonians"!

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#10 07-03-2008 9:01pm
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Wexford is pretty awful but I have to say the worst (after Cork-boy-like) is Louth. I cannot specify particular regional accents in Louth, just that some of them sound a bit simple when they talk.

I do like the Kyavan accent though - its quite sexy.

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#11 07-03-2008 9:09pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
Every place has extremes of accents really.

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#12 07-03-2008 9:30pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
Actually now that i think about it, there is a certain type of Kildare accent that makes my anus weep when i hear it.

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#13 07-03-2008 9:31pm
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Damn Jackeens!

briantwin wrote: »

Actually now that i think about it, there is a certain type of Kildare accent that makes my anus weep when i hear it.

The Rathangan one is pretty bad!

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#14 07-03-2008 9:34pm
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Yes, oh go yes!

briantwin wrote: »

Actually now that i think about it, there is a certain type of Kildare accent that makes my anus weep when i hear it.

You should prob get medication for that, doesnt sound good!

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#15 07-03-2008 9:36pm
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Ah, ask any sligonian to say "early" - they say it all funny ah ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa! well entertaining.

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#16 07-03-2008 9:37pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
Wexford is atrocious

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#17 07-03-2008 9:49pm
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The 'Eddy Hobbs' Cork accent, wow...

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#18 07-03-2008 9:56pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
Kerry by a long shot.

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#19 07-03-2008 9:59pm
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Guy I know from Sligo says 'booooooooks' for 'books'. He's a teacher and his students are always saying 'Take out your booooooooks girls' to mock him.

Poor fella, haven't a clue what he's saying half the time!

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#20 07-03-2008 10:06pm
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Yes, oh go yes!

janeybabe wrote: »

Guy I know from Sligo says 'booooooooks' for 'books'. He's a teacher and his students are always saying 'Take out your booooooooks girls' to mock him.

Poor fella, haven't a clue what he's saying half the time!

Hyere!

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#21 07-03-2008 10:08pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
"Do Sligoians Have The Worst Accent In Ireland?"
Not IMO

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#22 07-03-2008 10:10pm
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Yes, oh go yes!
The Louth accent is awful. I thought it was just Steve Staunton that spoke like that, but most of them do :eek:

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#23 07-03-2008 10:11pm
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pd101 wrote: »

The Louth accent is awful. I thought it was just Steve Staunton that spoke like that, but most of them do :eek:

Like in that Super Sweet Sixteen in Louth. Loads of 15 year old girls saying 'like oh my God like' in a Dundalk accent. Hilarious!

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#24 07-03-2008 11:19pm
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Volvoboy wrote: »

Had a chat with a Sligoan today, an experence if nothing else.

Your view,

Is there worse than the Shhligoo accent?

-VB-

Yup, the sligo town accent is a crime against nature.
Thankfully i seem to have been blessed with what can only be described as a non-descript irish acccent, so nobody knows my shameful secret.

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#25 07-03-2008 11:27pm
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This cr@p comes up all the time worst accents and all that.

I´m glad I have a Louth accent, even if some people think it´s awful or whatever.....what do you want, a bland midlands accent?

Who cares what accent you have as long as it´s not put on.

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#26 07-03-2008 11:28pm
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teehee, as a sligonian this thread is making me laugh, galway has removed a lot of my sligo-isms though and most people cant place where my accent is from.

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#27 07-03-2008 11:32pm
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JIZZLORD wrote: »

teehee, as a sligonian this thread is making me laugh, galway has removed a lot of my sligo-isms though and most people cant place where my accecent is from.

Do you now pronounce anything that ends in 'ing' as if it ends in 'in'? I do since I moved to Galway. (Or maybe Sligonians do this anyway?)

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#28 07-03-2008 11:33pm
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LIved there for a while and loved it- no probs with people or accent.

As proud Limerick man sorry to say that the Limerick scumbag accent grates hardest on the ear. Dub dragged out scumbag accent joint first place maybe.

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#29 07-03-2008 11:36pm
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basquille wrote: »

Hyere!

Hey, hey hey - hold it deyr bud, what goes on in de Sligo Forum, stays in de Sligo Forum. Gor it now bud, like?

P.S. It is a Godawful accent.

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#30 07-03-2008 11:37pm
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Wickla accent drives me demented!!!

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#31 07-03-2008 11:38pm
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Yes, oh go yes!

sueme wrote: »

P.S. It is a Godawful accent.

It depends on the part of the town really. I don't mean to generalise but the Cranmore accent is 'cah!'

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