Can people in the South discern between different Nordie accents?

SharpshooterTom

amcalester wrote: »

I grew up 5km from the border and it’s all just Nordie to me.

There’s varying degrees of annoying but I couldn’t place them on a map.

What about South Armagh accents?

My Dad grew up literally on the Louth/South Armagh border went to school in Dundalk but also socialised in Crossmaglen, he used to tell me there was a difference between Dundalk and a Cross accent. To me around there they just sound all the same.

But South Armagh accents are surely much closer to Louth than to Belfast?

Witchie

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

There's supposed to a real difference between the Lancashire and Yorkshire accents in England, but to most southerners (like me) they all sound the same.

People from those two counties think its dead obvious. And that there are differences reportedly between a Bolton accent, a Manchester accent, and Sheffield accent, a Leeds accent. Wouldn't have a notion personally, but the people up there its obvious.

Was chatting to a man in a pub here in Malaysia and although was pretty sure I knew where he was from, I did the polite conversation and asked. He said he was from near Manchester. I said, you sound more like someone from Bolton.

He was from Bolton. Just hadn't expected anyone to know where the was as he had been living in Asia for 20 years.

There is a difference.

I am from Monaghan and always got asked if am from Belfast when was living in Dublin or having said I was from Monaghan, was asked about sterling and living as the Queen's subject. Twats didn't know we are in the south.

I don't even have a real Monaghan accent, just a slight twang. Until am drunk. Then the nordy truly comes out hai.

Philipx

Newry.....just use 'wee' as every other word in your sentences...

"would you like a wee bag for that?"

"Just put your wee card in the wee machine"

"would you like a wee receipt?"

If you say effin wee once more I'll have an effin wee on your wee effin counter :p:p:p

stoneill

South of you or south of me?

all the bais

*Londonderry

Mad_maxx

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

What about South Armagh accents?

My Dad grew up literally on the Louth/South Armagh border went to school in Dundalk but also socialised in Crossmaglen, he used to tell me there was a difference between Dundalk and a Cross accent. To me around there they just sound all the same.

But South Armagh accents are surely much closer to Louth than to Belfast?

Crossmaglen is barely inside northern Ireland, its similar to a louth accent and a paddy kavanagh iniskeen monaghan accent, that triangle has just about the most ear assaulting accents in the world outside New Zealand

Mad_maxx

Witchie wrote: »

Was chatting to a man in a pub here in Malaysia and although was pretty sure I knew where he was from, I did the polite conversation and asked. He said he was from near Manchester. I said, you sound more like someone from Bolton.

He was from Bolton. Just hadn't expected anyone to know where the was as he had been living in Asia for 20 years.

There is a difference.

I am from Monaghan and always got asked if am from Belfast when was living in Dublin or having said I was from Monaghan, was asked about sterling and living as the Queen's subject. Twats didn't know we are in the south.

I don't even have a real Monaghan accent, just a slight twang. Until am drunk. Then the nordy truly comes out hai.

Monaghan has a fairly big variation of accents, big difference between carrickmacross and emmyvale or even mid monaghan, south monaghan might as well be meath at times

Whehey!

I'm from Wexford and on multiple occasions over the years I have been asked if I'm Northern Irish? Apparently I have a twang of it.

Altho in saying that, I love the Northern accent!

gozunda

Tell the differences between different Norn Iron accents?

Aye surely - that's nothing, so it is...

topper75

wakka12 wrote: »

... but I dont know what somebody from like ... Carlow .. sound like

Easy.

It's just a soft country accent but you swap out all the internal 't's for glottal stops.

So I'll not be eating any potatoes tonight Mattie becomes I'll naw be eehin any potahoes tonigh Mahhie.

Ush1

gozunda wrote: »

Tell the differences between different Norn Iron accents?

Aye surely - that's nothing, so it is...

So ya have, so ya will...

Sky King

Eye lick mudderbike raisin and lawndernin deezel hi

gozunda

Sky King wrote: »

Eye lick mudderbike raisin and lawndernin deezel hi

A Ballymena man aye?

Sky King

*Ballah Meena

gozunda

Sky King wrote: »

*Ballah Meena

I had to translate for those not speaking northernese.... :pac:

ohfa6muwtsvkc1

I was at a free dinner, kinda fancy one, once. Got seated next to a proper milf. I was knocking back the wine and well on it before the starters arrived. I was getting on great with her and then said "So what part of Antrim are you from?" Turns out she was from Down and was furious. Didn't get in there.

Eggs For Dinner

I can't distinguish different Norn Iron accents, but it's not important. I doubt I'll ever have cause or desire to visit the area

DEFTLEFTHAND

Of course not.

I wonder can they differentiate between our accents?

gozunda

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Of course not.

I wonder can they differentiate between our accents?

Yes we're all Mexicans ....

jimgoose

It all sounds like tinkers trying to speak Japanese. :pac:

SharpshooterTom

Eggs For Dinner wrote: »

I can't distinguish different Norn Iron accents, but it's not important. I doubt I'll ever have cause or desire to visit the area

Not even Belfast and Derry?

Would the average person the Republic (border counties aside) be able to tell the difference between the east and west?

Edgware

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Not even Belfast and Derry?

Would the average person the Republic (border counties aside) be able to tell the difference between the east and west?

Give me ****ing strenght

SharpshooterTom

Edgware wrote: »

Give me ****ing strenght

I meant east and west NI.

Edgware

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

I meant east and west NI.

Even in Belfast there is such a difference in accents I dont think anyone from the deep South could pinpoint a Derry/Tyrone slant nomore than a Northerner could differentiate the accents in Cork City i.e. Montenotte/Blackpool/Ballyphehane.
Even Fergie at United couldnt understand what Keane and Irwin were saying when they got going ( and then O Shea arrived with his Deise twang)

Ipso

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Of course not.

I wonder can they differentiate between our accents?

Accents? You mean speech impediments!

Ariadne

I can't tell Northern accents apart at all. I'm from Cork though so in my defence I am at the opposite end of the country I do like the Nordie accent though, I think it sounds lovely. I had a colleague from Tyrone who always said cyar and I thought it was cute. I'm actually just shyte at Irish accents in general, even though I was born and raised here. I can tell a Dublin accent, a Cork accent and a Kerry accent. That's about it, and I still sometimes mix up Cork and Kerry! I might be able to identify a Cavan accent as my grandfather is from there or a Waterford accent at a push.

SharpshooterTom

I admit my knowledge of accents in the south are only limited to Dublin and Cork accents mainly.

However I found on a youtube a guy who does 15 different Irish accents, which has helped my understanding. He appears to be getting praise for this Dundalk accent, although I personally think his Belfast accent is a bit off (says gyarden for garden which no one uses there), I'm not sure his Cork is spot on either, but it appears to be a good effort overall from the comments section.

I had actually no idea there the difference in the north and south Dublin accents were so stark.