The Irish

there is a fairly big diff in the Cavan and Monaghan accent, feel like the Monaghan is more sing-songy and the Cavan is harsher in the NI fashion yet idiosyncratic and weird

donegal accent is very nice, love that place

who in terms of famous ppl has the platonic ideal of dublin accents

robbie keane seems pretty real

robbie's isn't really typical imo. a specific type.

shane lynch of boyzone the most famous person (in his day) to have a strong dublin accent.

besides like ronnie drew and stuff but that's a bit more classic.

there was none that seemed like it was supposed to be galway city so i did one bc it is not really a "connemara" accent even if it technically is, drowsy first thing drawl, faggy intonation:

They bought a kit to make beer
She bought herself a new dress
They walked into the trap
There are a lot of people outside
Jason wanted the Golden Fleece
He cut the piece of twine
There are four horses in the field
They had a goat on their farm
They didn’t have a good start in life
I suppose they are happy now
She’s learning how to dance
They have a new water supply
The rail track is overgrown
You will have to run for the bus
The whole floor is wet
He used to strut about town
It’s just his style
She put on a brave face
We took another path
They realised the problem
You should go soft on him
They are the pride of the nation
The choice was the right one
The force of the wind increased
The prison term was quite long
They were eating out of the palm of her hand
Put a comma after that word
I think it’s time to go
There are two of them here
The rail track was overgrown
There’s a gap in the field
He was talking about his wife
That wasn’t very fair
It’s just his style
He put his foot in it
Spare a thought for your parents
The price has gone up again
The city is at the mouth of the river
It’s near the modern station, down by the town square
The film should start soon
There’s a letter for you today
Now breathe in slowly please
She said she was coming
My back is very sore lately
He put his cap on
She took her shoes off

i get thrown by "she put on a brave face on" bc i would naturally say "she put a brave face on her" which i guess is more distinctly west of ireland

i mean:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/lhxzufmrgj1qe5w/Voice%20021.mp3

As an Irishman abroad, the one that really jumps out (in that I'd forgotten that people say it and it produces a wince) is cyarr.

plax i could just about recognise as western

ftr i sent the link to someone from mayo and they also thought the kilkenny sample sounded quite western

i love thick ulster accents, my friend has a superb one. "power shower for an hour"

nakh obv you'll be loving these

― the gowls are not what they seem (darraghmac), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 04:46 (10 hours ago)

oh yeah i have been all over the traveller fighting youtubes before

the bragging/challenge videos are more interesting than the actual fights which are resolutely amateur and lacking the frisson of the beautifully filmed 'brazilian bodybuilders vs knackers' cinema verité triumph of late last year

i like one with the topless dude whose complexion gives the suggestion that he has spent a lot of time sitting outside wearing a vest during the summertime

xp yes, I was quite disappointed that none of the sentences featured the words "owl", "towel" or "however"

that bodybuilders v "knackers" one is the birth of the "ah hey-ore, leevirou'! leevi fuckin ou'" meme, right? think i've seen it as polish bodybuilders.

I showed it to my brother and he was disgusted by me and i was ^2 delighted. He was a scrapper in his youth but is holier than thou about idiots getting kicked in the head these days

This video needs more love IMO so if nobody objects I'm just going to shoehorn it in for no reason other than the fact that it's Irish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhHW17OUbkY

anyway i youtubed longford accent and got into a spool of feuding tapes. There is on feudtubes, good times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3kR4An-4n4

'absolute units' of unclear nationality

darragh were you a scrapper in your youth

Youth? He's a scrapper now.

Oh i'll enjoy the rest of that later aonghus. Is it carlow?

reminds me of a book of irish negative thinking strategy i was gonna write called 'feel the fear and cop yerself on wouldya'

"feel the fear and don't tell anyone for god's sake"

Dayo u are biographically quizzically troublesome imo. I was only a scrapper insofar as defending.myself from a scrapper older brother, and the odd time the aul lady tbf. I never scrapped anyone else if they looked twice at me the brother'd oftentimes put them through a window and word gets around.

ay, so you were a scrapper

Nah but i'd plead a rueful guilty to having had a mouth on me

lol now i look at it, they didn't even bother with midlands- otm

I did the same list as plax.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50272574/recording1704.mp3

plax I picked as western by the consonants and the short As in words.

Drogheda accent has to be best in the whole country, no contest.

I suspect bias!

bias?

Where ya from

And just how many of you are there?

might do this later

Offaly

Ah so, bias accusation rescinded! I've known some offaly ppl, not a strong accent iirc

also, meant to post this - http://mooncountry.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/later-as-an-accent-marker/

this is essential

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=G2b0bzUYq8Y#!

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

steve coogan doing a particular central mayo accent, from 1.30 onwards. it is flawless.

man those rally guys tho

musha now whisht whist! now you're at it! heaaugh haw HA ehHAHAha

it's like a synge play set in a racecar, but more craic

otm

I'm aware that if I still lived in Ireland I'd already be tired of a) these chancers and b) this behaviour, but still:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpZbaz3Wlfw

i went to ireland once. my then-gf's host family was great. they got really drunk with us and then were like, making fun of their own kids.

then were like, making fun of their own kids.

I'm aware that if I still lived in Ireland I'd already be tired of a) these chancers and b) this behaviour, but still:

yerwan playin mammy is inspired

just dipping in to say i LOVE that rally vid posted upthread, those dudes are the best & their accents RULE

i'm guessing cavan, could be monaghan tho

xpost most of the americans i have known in my life, including my parents, are not the type of people who even complain about their kids to strangers. the cult of childhood is very strong among upper middle class people in central jersey at least, and kids are like status symbols here... everyone thinks their kid is amazing. so this irish family was pretty different than that, even though they seemed like great parents who would do things with their kids etc.

lol catholics

darragh how would u pronounce 'viking'

― 乒乓, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:54 PM (3 months ago)

lol btw

darragh what do you make of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JllQi0cNRuM

Cant view cos itd wake yerwan. The screenshot is promising, ill get back to you asap.

adult on helium imo

also sounds like a fucking performance school kid with a script basically i hope they and the pushy parent behind them die roaring tbh