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Is the Kerry accent really that hard to understand?

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  • 18-09-2019 3:27pm
    #1
    snow scorpion
    Registered Users Posts: 2,179 ✭✭✭


    This comment caught my eye ...
    Christian Hession Burke - 1 week ago
    Can't understand and I'm irish

    ... for this video:


    I was born and raised in the Bronx and I understood every word. (Of course, my mom was from Ballybunion.)


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    Ruraldweller56
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    It's not. It's your typical joe.ie and beeping their cars outside donut places at 2am people think it's funny to say otherwise. I don't really know why.

    I'm from Kerry, worked in Israel for a while and was told I was very easy to understand compared to other Irish people.


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    Ruraldweller56
    Registered Users Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Ruraldweller56


    I'm going to see him soon actually. My missus says he's funny. I know nothing about him.


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    Ciarrai76
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    I am from Kerry and when I lived in Dublin no one believed I was from Kerry because I didn't 'sound' like a Kerry person!


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    ejmaztec
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    Ciarrai76 wrote: »
    I am from Kerry and when I lived in Dublin no one believed I was from Kerry because I didn't 'sound' like a Kerry person!

    Some Kerry people have "notions" and because of these "notions" they're more easily understood :pac:


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    Ciarrai76
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 9,367 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ciarrai76


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Some Kerry people have "notions" and because of these "notions" they're more easily understood :pac:

    Or not all Kerry people sound like what people think Kerry accents should sound like! Not sure what you mean by 'notions'....I certainly don't have 'notions'...or put on a posh accent if that's what you are referring to!
    Most people I know from here don't even sound like they have a Kerry accent.


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    uck51js9zml2yt
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    Sometimes ..yes!

    Think of MHR on steroids :)


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    riffmongous
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    It really depends like most accents, the deeper into the countryside you go and the older the people the harder it becomes to understand them. I spoke to a few farmers out in the mountains one time who I really struggled to even get the gist of what they were saying


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    partyguinness
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    I lived and worked in Kerry for years.

    It is only the agricultural/mountainy/sheep farmer types that sound like that.


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    Riskymove
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    It really depends like most accents, the deeper into the countryside you go and the older the people the harder it becomes to understand them. I spoke to a few farmers out in the mountains one time who I really struggled to even get the gist of what they were saying

    I married someone from Kerry who has no accent and no issues understanding them or their siblings

    but when her father was speaking with a friend, particularly in a pub, I often wouldn't have a notion what they were talking about.

    a combination of accent, speed and half mumbling


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    riffmongous
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    Riskymove wrote: »
    I married someone from Kerry who has no accent and no issues understanding them or their siblings

    but when her father was speaking with a friend, particularly in a pub, I often wouldn't have a notion what they were talking about.

    a combination of accent, speed and half mumbling

    Yeah exactly. I don't even have a strong accent but I can speak to my brother fast and mumbling enough to stop most people from understanding us if we want


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