Most annoying accents in the world

Duck Soup

Not forgetting South African. The South African accent sounds like it was designed to be spoken exclusively by military and SWAT team personnel. There's a reason you haven't seen many Seth Efrican rom-coms.

Galwayguy35

Posh Galway City accent.

Dr Crayfish

There aren't many accents I can't enjoy. I actually enjoyed how Aussie people spoke when I was down there. Same with Kiwis. I loved some of the subtle differences. Like how they'd say "crook" instead of sick.
But yeah, Northern Irish accents of all kinds wreck my head, I freak out when BBC news turns into Newsline and scramble towards the remote before I hear the word "Newtonards".
Posh "rarara" English accents, the way young Sloanie types would talk.
D4. It seems to be adopted more so by women in Dublin rather than men. Am I right? I find it insufferable.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

irishguitarlad wrote: »

The united states accent from the south, the southern english accent that women have from the south. The D4 accent.

In Spanish the mexican,colombian,catalan and ceuta accents.

I love when an italian girl speaks spanish, i dont think ive ever heard something so sexy in my life.

Which one? Colombia has several, all very different.

Dr Crayfish

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Which one? Colombia has several, all very different.

Why do you even care?

Grayson

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Why do you even care?

Some of us have spent time there, know people there and can tell the difference. Imagine if you heard someone say that an Irish accent was horrible but all they'd heard was inner city Dublin and had never heard Donegal.

Brendan Bendar

Anyone who pronounces 'Cork' as 'Koe-erk'


A1 grummitt

Brendan Bendar

Anyone who pronounces 'Cork' as 'Koe-erk'


A1 grummitt

Means Of Escape

Northern Oreland accent

Whee da weee da whee

ProudDUB

Do people hate the D4 accent, because it genuinely hurts their ears? Or do they dislike it because it represents a certain level of pretentiousness, of which they disapprove? Ye will probably all say you genuinely dislike it, but c'mon now, be honest. Is there not an element of reverse snobbery going on here?

DoozerT6

eisenberg1 wrote: »

That English accent (I thinks it's referred to as the estuary voice) essexish kind of Londony thing, it's all "Bruv" and "innit". And they all sound like English is their second language. Even in Eastenders it is sometimes hard to Hear a genuine old school cockney accent.

Is that the accent the current set of 'Lahndin' rappers use in their ranty chanty songs?

For me, I don't particularly like the Dutch accent. They all sound American - but kinda like Apu from the Simpsons did in that episode when he was trying to get his citizenship.....

DoozerT6

12Phase wrote: »

Certain South African accents just go through me. There's a really cold sounding one where all the words are clipped. Even though the people can be lovely, it just ALWAYS sounds patronising / condescending to my ears.

"Diplomatic immunity"

Corkgirl18

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Anyone who pronounces 'Cork' as 'Koe-erk'


A1 grummitt

I'd take a Koe-erk over a Kark any day :P

NiallBoo

Louth.

It's just impossible to take seriously.

Cortina_MK_IV

NiallBoo wrote: »

Louth.

It's just impossible to take seriously.

Ah now hee-or!

wakka12

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

A Kiwi bloke a few years back told me the difference between Aussie and Kiwi accents but strewth Sheila, there is some New Zealand cook on TV with misplaced vowel syndrome and everything is "incridible" chops her "viggies" and "vigit-arians." So Irritee-ting!

"Piss the rimote."

Thought that was more a south african thing

NiallBoo

Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »

Nadine Coyle

http://youtu.be/DHPxYiO9Ijw

That's not an accent, that's several accents.

Any of them on their own would be fine but it becomes annoying because her accent changes syllable-by-syllable and your brain has to put work into finding out what's wrong.

McDave

ProudDUB wrote: »

Do people hate the D4 accent, because it genuinely hurts their ears? Or do they dislike it because it represents a certain level of pretentiousness, of which they disapprove? Ye will probably all say you genuinely dislike it, but c'mon now, be honest. Is there not an element of reverse snobbery going on here?

Both, actually.

I like Keelin Shanley's actual voice. But her Sloanie accent is a total put on, and I find it unbearable. Likewise the D4/AA Roadwatch accent. Never heard it before the mid-90s. Now every second media twit has it.

McDave

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

I'd take a Koe-erk over a Kark any day :P

How about Quirk?

LaChatteGitane

wakka12 wrote: »

Thought that was more a south african thing

That would be both. I believe, because they both had a fair amount of Dutch peeps.

Commotion Ocean

Anyone who spekas with a fake American accent shall have 1 cm of their tongue removed for each syllable uttered in the aforementioned accent.

Dr Crayfish

Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy's accents. Seems like they're trying so hard to sound like they're not from Norn Iron, it's almost completely American at this stage peppered with tiny parts Norn Iron.

BorneTobyWilde

I never knew Kilkenny had an accent. Don't they just talk normal bland english.
Now Cock City of course would have an accent that is clear for all to heard.

ProudDUB

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy's accents. Seems like they're trying so hard to sound like they're not from Norn Iron, it's almost completely American at this stage peppered with tiny parts Norn Iron.

Aren't they both based in Florida? I can understand someone who has lived there for years picking up a bit of a Southern twang. I lived in Georgia for nearly two decades and I did. If that is the case with McDowell, fair enough, he's nearly 40. But there's no excuse for McIlroy. He's what, 25, 26?

McDave wrote: »

Both, actually.

I like Keelin Shanley's actual voice. But her Sloanie accent is a total put on, and I find it unbearable. Likewise the D4/AA Roadwatch accent. Never heard it before the mid-90s. Now every second media twit has it.

That sorta proves my point. It's not the accent people dislike. It's the perceived "notions" that people who have a D4 accent, are supposed to have. Either that, or it's fake. It's hardly someones fault if they are from Mount Merrion or Killiney. (Anyone who falsely adopts the accept is another kettle of fish entirely.) I'm not mad about the Cork accent. It's a bit too lilty/singy-songy for my liking, but I don't make automatic judgements that everyone who has one is a pretentious twit.

Fighting Tao

NiallBoo wrote: »

Louth.

It's just impossible to take seriously.

Which one? The county or the village? There are many accents in county Louth.

NiallBoo

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Which one? The county or the village? There are many accents in county Louth.

Ardee to Dundalk type area was what I had in mind.

I don't know the subtleties of exact areas to fully answer your question, but I think the general region has the same annoying quality (to different extents). It's the kind of sound you get when you talk one of those taking teddy-bears and swing it around really hard.

lawred2

McDave wrote: »

Both, actually.

I like Keelin Shanley's actual voice. But her Sloanie accent is a total put on, and I find it unbearable. Likewise the D4/AA Roadwatch accent. Never heard it before the mid-90s. Now every second media twit has it.

The roadwatch crowd are desperate with their bogger wannabe mid Atlantic accents

Titzon Toast

The news reader on Nova in the mornings is a pain in the hole to listen to at that hour.

The_Captain

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

I never knew Kilkenny had an accent. Don't they just talk normal bland english.
Now Cock City of course would have an accent that is clear for all to heard.

That's definitely a hard one alright. Especially when it's a bit thick, it can be quite a mouthful to deal with.

Fighting Tao

NiallBoo wrote: »

Ardee to Dundalk type area was what I had in mind.

I don't know the subtleties of exact areas to fully answer your question, but I think the general region has the same annoying quality (to different extents). It's the kind of sound you get when you talk one of those taking teddy-bears and swing it around really hard.

Ardee and Dundalk are quite different. Drogheda even more so. Don't know if every county is the same but every 5 miles there is a different accent in Louth.

Omackeral

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Ardee and Dundalk are quite different. Drogheda even more so. Don't know if every county is the same but every 5 miles there is a different accent in Louth.

They all sound like diesel launderers to me, so they do hey.

Didas

That high, whiny accent that a lot of junkies in Dublin speak with, like the lads in the film Adam & Paul.

Hammer89

Where are those people who work for Virgin Media from? I genuinely have no idea. It's a very tricky accent to place, but I f*cking hate it, and them, all the same.

I also hate the Belfast accent. It genuinely annoys me and I've no idea why.

ohnonotgmail

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Ardee and Dundalk are quite different. Drogheda even more so. Don't know if every county is the same but every 5 miles there is a different accent in Louth.

and they are all, for the most part, terrible.

Koptain Liverpool

NiallBoo wrote: »

Ardee to Dundalk type area was what I had in mind.

I don't know the subtleties of exact areas to fully answer your question, but I think the general region has the same annoying quality (to different extents). It's the kind of sound you get when you talk one of those taking teddy-bears and swing it around really hard.

It doesn't stop at county borders. There is a belt of atrocious accents which spreads across from Dundalk and Ardee into Monaghan. The Carrickmacross accent is awful and completely different from the pleasant accent in the north of county Monaghan.

OldNotWIse

Fake D4/American. Usually teenage girls.

I am embarrassed for them loike oh my gawd.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Middle class southern English guys who work as engineers for Formula 1 teams. I hate it when they come over the car radio. They sound like uncool 'Dads'.

learn_more

1. Jamaican. (I think it's because I can't bear them as a race rather than it's the worst sound ever)

2. Moroccan Arabaic. No problem with these people just you know it's a bit Klingon from Star Trek. Everything sounds like they are having a row. Very harsh at all times.

3. NI. Must be the weirdest worst accent ever, all flavours of it.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Why do you even care?

I live in Colombia and know that Bogotanos, Paisas and Costeños sound like they're from different countries.

Head Wreck

learn_more wrote:

1. Jamaican. (I think it's because I can't bear them as a race rather than it's the worst sound ever)

Jamaicans aren't a race, but you are racist.

Harvey Normal

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

I never knew Kilkenny had an accent. Don't they just talk normal bland english.
Now Cock City of course would have an accent that is clear for all to heard.

Last time we had this conversation a galwegian was shocked that anybody thought Galway had an accent. I mean Galway is totally meat and potatoes. Of course Kilkenny has an accent. Everywhere has an accent.

learn_more

Head Wreck wrote: »

Jamaicans aren't a race, but you are racist.

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GrumpyMe

Pastcal, our esteemed Minister for Expenditure and Reform and his HRT/AQI.
Seems to afflict him most when working from prepared set pieces. When winging the waffle, he drops this characteristic tonal pattern.
Don't know whether it's as a result of too many Australian soaps as a youth or maybe used as a defense against interruption. Either way I find it most annoying.

Creol1

The Northern accent? I find it annoying the way they raise their voices at the end of every sentence as if they're asking a question? There's no need to do that?

RasTa

This sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqVgtLQ7qM

Cortina_MK_IV

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in surprise resignation after 8 years.

"It' been a dickade of a lot of nights home alone (for wife)." AAAGGGHHH!!!

dd972

Subjectively decided of course

Australian/New Zealand/South African
Dublin proletarian/junkie nasal dirge.
That grindingly boring Suburban London / Home counties 'nothing accent'
Extreme Midlands bogger.
Bristolian, think Ian Holloway if you're a football fan.

fizzypish

Not really an accent but was talking to a dutch guy the weekend. Some dutch have American or British accents when speaking English. Thats fine. For some reason though when he heard I was Irish he started speaking in a more working class British accent saying **** like "Facking ell" etc.... I think he thought it was an Irish accent. Not the first time I have seen this either. Tiny bit annoying. I will not be impressed by your forced accent.