Quentin Fotrell on Ray D'Arcy

mandysmithers

I've listened to this guy a few times on the Ray D'Arcy programme, where he gives out advice to listeners. What the hell is up with his accent - he has that awful half-American twang going on, and it's so annoying to listen to! He's Irish FFS, why does he feel the need to put on that awful, cringey, embarrassing mid-Atlantic accent which seems to be most popular among a certain subset from the D4 area??!!

themont85

mandysmithers wrote: »

I've listened to this guy a few times on the Ray D'Arcy programme, where he gives out advice to listeners. What the hell is up with his accent - he has that awful half-American twang going on, and it's so annoying to listen to! He's Irish FFS, why does he feel the need to put on that awful, cringey, embarrassing mid-Atlantic accent which seems to be most popular among a certain subset from the D4 area??!!

Yes only the D4 area only.

mandysmithers

themont85 wrote: »

Yes only the D4 area only.

I just said it's most popular there, not that that's the only place you hear it.

Agricola

I was lucky enough to here Tom Dunne talkin to this dude one mornin when he was standin in for Ray Darcy. He began by introducing him as quentin fotril as opposed to FotRELL. lol Our poncy friend didnt like that one bit. Tom wasnt as in tune with his feminine side as Ray and it was like listenin to a gay man talkin about sex and the city with a middle age farmer from leitrim!

To answer your question OP, Quentin is obviously gay and alot of gay guys sound abit different to the rest of the male population dont they?
Example Graham Norton - hes from Cork. I mean, would ya ever guess that he was even Irish if ya didnt know!

FlutterinBantam

Maybe his "farmers" were acting up .:rolleyes:

EdgarAllenPoo

Wow haven't listened to the D'Arsey show in years, that guy is still on the show? I realize he make a living writing a column for braindead simps but I always wondered how he got the whole agony uncle/aunt job in the first place. What qualifies him to give relationship advice to anyone, may as well ask a random stranger in a pub for their opinion but people actually listen to that guy.

Suppose you could say the same about anyone in that kind of business, it just amazes me that people still listen to "agony aunt" type stuff.....oh and yes his accent (as my D4 friends would say) is redonkulous.

mandysmithers

Agricola wrote: »

To answer your question OP, Quentin is obviously gay and alot of gay guys sound abit different to the rest of the male population dont they?
Example Graham Norton - hes from Cork. I mean, would ya ever guess that he was even Irish if ya didnt know!

Well, Graham Norton has lived in England for years, so he might have picked up some of the accent.

I know what you mean about gay guys, but they usually have that sort of lispy sound to their voices, their actual accent doesn't change.

I hate when people completely change their accents due to a false notion that it makes them seem better/cooler/sophisticated than others - it's different if you're a television presenter or news reader and you have to tone down your accent a bit, so as to come across clearly.

I actually read a bit about Quentin on his website before starting this thread, to see if he had been raised in America or something, hence the accent, but no - he's from Dublin.

icanhearjimi

text number, every 2 f**king minutes, followed by
eh ray eh @ eh today eh fm eh .com ehhhhh followed bye text number again and again and again, ehhh.
Was standing waiting in a shop the other day and this crap was on the radio, how do people listen to this sh*te ?
ehhh text number again ehhhhh