The Irish

the third dublin one is quite good, i spose- northside but not panto

i like the waterford one, reminds me of reeling in the years or hands or one of those programmes

she doesn't sound unlike a lower achill woman tbh

pollagh, specifically

not messing i'm near sure i know the woman reading the first dublin accent

mayo one is slightly spoiled due to his eehhh difficulty reading words

idk if this'll work but

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/818963/Sound%20clip%2028.mp4

Limerick one very much minded on value for money, the quicker you get through it the quicker someone will give you a fiver.

it works and you sound great!

idk is it representative but it's def what i sound like after brandy while performing so thanks

Sounds good - a bit mellower and a lot less bitter than I'd imagined, but good. A wdysl is a whole lot weirder than a wdyll though, for some reason.

i'm never all that happy with either, obv brandy working for me re mellow/bitter tbh

toddler niece too, prob

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/818963/Image315.jpg

but we digress, the southeast accent threw me, the midulster one i'd have said was on our side, not enough variety in the dubs ones obv and missing a monaghan/cavan hod accent imo but the rest easy

Sounds good - a bit mellower and a lot less bitter than I'd imagined, but good.

― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:32 (Yesterday)

always read deems posts in a 'playfully rancorous' but geographically fairly unspecific cadence

the material and setting isn't ideal for rancorous though

just imagine me as dunphy u know you want to

playfully racist

me or him, like

i liked the darragh recording. i had thought my grandmother's accent had faded after being here so long but it's very similar, she is from galway. she leaves me a lot of voice mails i would post but i'd feel mean making fun of her. they're mostly "hellooooo? are you there?" a guy i see at work sometimes is from NI and he sounds to me like he's constantly shouting.

this map thing is hilarious how different they all are!

u, i got nothin on dunphy

public transport in dublin is so quiet until schoolkids or nordies get on.

they even use normal voice before mass up there begab

fair, fair, zvooks

xp tks harbl- i think my accent is a lil neutral after years of movin round tho, so maybe yr gran has lost it a bit? tho imo galway is quite a clear/neutral accent as they go.

idk tho i'm on the red line and yknow idk is it always quiet like

aw ryan and emma

"hod accent"

what is hod?

idk u carry bricks in one and it's a heavy accent i was kinda in a hurry to get the sentence out maybe

i'd recant it even so, because the accents aren't heavy.... they're a curious mix, lyrical but with the odd edge i spose, and the vowels are fuckin evrywheah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuBVihbsU0o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L1GPftxOs4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4rNFd6Z198

that's it i'm here for the night

nakh obv you'll be loving these

it's nice to hear your voice again, darragh.

dont let on which balaclava i'm hiding behind pls

get some sleep ffs

i'm not a dobber.

hey this is my first night up in months, and the fightin talk got me all angried up

i wont sleep now til big joe joyce gets whats comin to him i tell ya

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