Is the Irish accent doomed?

Dudess

There are some regions of Ireland that all the American accents in the world couldn't penetrate :pac:

Latchy

Latchy wrote: »

I do remember meeting this girl in Liverpool a few years ago and on hearing her accent asked how long was she over here now and would she ever go back to Dublin ? She replied '' Oh I'm not from Dublin ,I'm from Liverpool but worked over in Dublin in a bank for 4 years '' ( celtic tiger years ) :eek:

I couldn't believe it because her accent suggested she was from some place like south Dublin .

Liverpool aka East Dublin, back in the day, Liverpool was the first part of England that many Irish emigrants saw and quite a few just stayed there.

Latchy

Deleted User wrote: »

Liverpool aka East Dublin, back in the day, Liverpool was the first part of England that many Irish emigrants saw and quite a few just stayed there.

I know this to well ... which is why many Liverpudlians , some of who would have little or no conncection with Ireland , still to this day refer to Liverpool as the Capital of Ireland because of those first famine ship emigrants who arrived , many of whom later moved out and byond the suburbs of Merseyside into Cheshire and Manchester . There is also a cemetary in Liverpool which holds the graves of about a 1000 such emigrants who fell to illness and disease and it's a recognised historical place and a part of the history of Liverpool .

Dudess

A lot of Dublin and Welsh in the Liverpool accent.

Doc Ruby

Terrontress wrote: »

There is already a strong American twang throughout young peoples' accent.

I think you mean there's a strong Irish twang to many American accents.

tempura

If someone builds a big wall around Dundrum Shopping centre we should be safe enough !

Latchy

Dudess wrote: »

A lot of Dublin and Welsh in the Liverpool accent.

And Lancashire to .

amacachi

Latchy wrote: »

And Lancashire to .

Sure the whole feckin Northwest of England is Irish! :pac:

sh1tstirrer

Dudess wrote: »

There are some regions of Ireland that all the American accents in the world couldn't penetrate :pac:

So you are saying that you got penetrated :eek:

cson

Latchy wrote: »

I have noticed over the last year or so, more and more Irish people with regional irish accents, popping up as local tv reporters or as programme presenters on regional british tv like Granada and also on Sky/C5 news which at one time you would only see on mainstream BBC/ITV ie, Terry Wogan /Louis Walsh . I don't mean with just Dublin accents but mainstream south /west/ midlands accents so this trend suggests more Irish career motivated people , in the absence of similar jobs back home in Ireland are moving into the british market at a growing rate .

Noticed this too; your one from Sky Sports News for instance [http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/rw30121020101231135643.jpg/sr=1] having said that RTE have imported some reporters too - I doubt Bethan Kilfoyle's accent is native to any county in this country.

Personally I have a phone/interview voice that is a million miles away from my native accent; in other words its neutral and professional-ish.

But listen to me this Stephens night when I'm in the pub catching up with the lads and you'd hardly think it was the same person! The east galway comes out big schtyle.

Randy Anders

Was in Galway recently and couldn't believe the amount of D4 accents coming out of the students, they were actually worse than genuine D4 accents! I reckon it's tv3 and xposes fault, genuinely feel ill when I hear them clowns on the box

eth0

Beour.

Ozymandius2011

This is more prevalent amongst young children and I find it annoying.

sheesh

oh yeah loike completely and OHMY GOD loike


this sort of stuff was being uttered trendy middle class school girls when i did the leaving cert in 1992 in Tralee there are more now admittedly but it has been there for a while

augustus gloop

its funny, me and the missus were just talking about this last night, and she admitted that my accent was a factor in her saying yes when i asked her out...
a positive factor no less... and im a bog warrior from Cavan;)

oh she is Australian BTW if it matters

The Internet Explorer

What is the meaning of life ?

Dudess

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Dudess wrote: »

There are some regions of Ireland that all the American accents in the world couldn't penetrate :pac:

So you are saying that you got penetrated :eek:

Your username in that context... Lol.

tiger55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb4m-dm-Wv8

Latchy

amacachi wrote: »

Sure the whole feckin Northwest of England is Irish! :pac:

Considering the amount of Irish surnames you will come across ,there is a very big Irish influence all over Northwest England for sure and some people will tell you in detail about their connections and Irish ancestry .Others are just ball hoppers / bull****ters who pretend they have and there easy to spot because they become more Irish then the Irish themselfs .

There's also the one who co presents I'M A C G M O O H with Ant and Dick Dec who spouts a well spoken Dub accent whom I've only seen recently on British tv .

sh1tstirrer

Dudess wrote: »

Your username in that context... Lol.

You got penetrated by a sh1tstirrer :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Didn't cop that until you mentioned it