The Irish accent has been voted sexiest in the world. Great! Except for one thing...which one? West Cork is a damn sight different to West Dublin when it comes to accents. Cavan and Kerry people sound like they are from different planets to each other. So, when people say they like the Irish accent, which one of the country's many accents are they referring to? This really puzzles me.
2006-11-14 14:14:37 · 20 answers · asked by Rachel Maria 6 in Travel ➔ Ireland ➔ Other - Ireland
Yes! There are many dialects in a little city like Dublin and East is different to West. The South Dublin one is a scream! Lately, they've taken to pronouncing the 'ou' sound in words as 'ai' so they say 'abait' for 'about'. This makes them sound like runners in to Belfast, if they only knew! It sure ain't sexy! So, again, which accent is the sexy one? I hope it's mine!
2006-11-15 01:33:48 · update #1
The last remark was addressed to Genius. Forgot to put that in.
2006-11-15 01:34:46 · update #2
Jaysus aye, i do be harin a hape of paypel sayin that and cant get me hed around that at all. Bates the sh!te out me peh. Sorry.
2006-11-14 14:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by ugly little hate machine 1 · 10⤊ 2⤋
Well it definitely wasn't judged on a midlands accent or the "wesht" for that matter. Certainly not Cork. to quote Tommy Tiernan the brilliant Irish comedian, "The Cork accent sounds like tinkers trying to speak french" Not very sexy. I would go with my own accent.Just cos I have to! The lovely Waterford county accent, not the city accent, they're just wannabe dubs. I don't see how the rest of the world can't distinguish between all the different dialects. You certainly can't generalise the Irish accent. Then again, we don't win things very often so this is a cause for celebration!!
2006-11-15 11:37:10 · answer #2 · answered by oif1983 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think they mean the Colin Farrell accent which I think he totally puts on over the top, his brother and sisters have a different accent to him, he sounds like he was raised in the gutter and his family are so posh!
Anyway, I think the Irish accent only sounds sexy if the guy is hot, imagine the same accent from a toothless farmer, not so sexy!
Maybe they are referring to the general irish accent that you hear in American movies, you know the put on one, like in Darby O'Gill and the little people or the Devils Own. I think its quite funny.
Im from meath, and the Navan accent must be the least sexy of all Irish accents..
2006-11-15 08:11:06 · answer #3 · answered by Diane 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the rest of the world cant tell the difference between a West Cork accent and a West Dublin accent. What about East Dublin and East Cork anyway? are there 2 different accents in each of those cities? that seems almost impossible.
2006-11-14 22:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Anybody outside of Ireland can't tell one accent from the other!!! I've had people say that "I have a friend who sounds just like you" and it turns out that The friend is from Dublin While I'm from the south east!!!!
But they're right I do have a damn sexy accent!!!
Oh and My husband has a totally different accent to me(still sexy tho') and we grew up Six miles apart!!! one in town one in the country!! (big feckin' culchie anyway!!)
2006-11-15 09:08:07 · answer #5 · answered by Shiv 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I'm from Northern Ireland, studying in England at the moment and I know a few girls who may beg to differ when it comes to the Belfast accent not being as sexy as the Southern accents.
2006-11-16 18:29:25 · answer #6 · answered by Irishman 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I KNOW!!! I found this really strange too. I can't imagine what accent they are talking about-I am certain that people from other parts of the world can distinguish between Kerry and Dublin, for example. I would also have to note that v few (if any) of our accents strike me as particularly sexy-e.g. Midlands!!Pure Mule....yuck!
2006-11-15 08:46:52 · answer #7 · answered by Charlotte C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have you ever talked to anyone from Louth? Hardest Irish accent to understand.
It's just easier to say "irish" accent just like we're pegged with an "american" accent over there. And Lord knows there are lots of American dialects and English dialects.
2006-11-14 22:25:41 · answer #8 · answered by msuzyq 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Terry Wogan Limerick accent(sometimes referred as to West Brit)
2006-11-15 04:52:17 · answer #9 · answered by your pete 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
West Cork accents are really good.
2006-11-15 09:08:44 · answer #10 · answered by Only Sometimes 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Meath accents, no doubt about it
and yes there's loads of regional accent variation in Ireland as there is everywhere else
2006-11-15 01:40:24 · answer #11 · answered by dermotsuks 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋