Most annoying accents...and sexiest ones...

**Magicme** · 02/08/2007, 4:38 PM

Its funny coz I love the Drogheda accent and am partial to my native accent too but Dundalk wrecks my head.

Carrickmacross should just go ahead and join Louth coz they have such a dundalk accent too.

**citizenerased** · 03/08/2007, 12:46 PM

thats true..

**NJTom** · 05/08/2007, 2:42 AM

I could listen to a Cajun accent all day.

**biscuit** · 05/08/2007, 4:38 PM

obviously biased... but have always found when we go away on holliers the birds always prefer a sligo accent...our friends in westlife are probably to blame for that,\ but hey if u get a chance to get ur jump out of it,what harm!

**OwlsFan** · 09/08/2007, 1:03 PM

The artificial D4 accent so common now to TV3 and RTE Presenters.

House = hise, thousand = Thigh-sand, roundabout = roundabite etc etc

Marty Whelan and Tony Fenton, Colm Murray are many of the male proponents but it's soooooo common among new female news readers, weather forecaster etc etc. That one who presents the Breakfast show with Cagney on TV3. Artificial and learned at speech classes.

Grrrrrrr.

Also don't like the Eastenders accents.

Favourite: just about any others other than snooty English.

**Pauro 76** · 10/08/2007, 2:08 PM

The Spanish accent i hear a lot and its quite nice!

Quite partial to the Italian accent too.

WORST:
Not too keen on Polish.

**bellavistaman** · 10/08/2007, 2:15 PM

nothing worse than a pure cork city teenager massive earings and unbelievabley fake accsent going 'heeeeeawwwre she likes you they la' or some childish comment like that
WHAT THE **** LIKE!!!

**michaelguineys** · 10/08/2007, 2:58 PM

Like:
London
Welsh
Northern Irish
Dublin (to a certain extent)

Hate:
Drogheda
Sligo
Kerry
Basically most culchie accents
D4
American
South African
Scouse
Geordie

**TheOneWhoKnocks** · 28/09/2014, 8:09 PM

I hate the Welsh and Manc accents.

**Charlie Darwin** · 28/09/2014, 10:54 PM

That is one hell of a bump, TOWK.

**BonnieShels** · 29/09/2014, 1:57 AM

Well... now that it's bumped.

Cork city accents, especially when accompanied with the phrase "C'mon the Rebels" in Croker.

Kerry accents, especially when accompanied with the phrase "C'mon the Kingdom" in Croker.

All Louth accents.

The Carrickmacross accent.

Belfast accent.

Wexford accents especially around New Ross.

That SE Dublin Accent encompassing Shankill, Ballybrack, Loughlinstown, Old Conna and Bray.

Most Midland accents with a big shout out to Offaly and Longford here.

That stupid high-pitched accent from around Shannon and Cratloe.

That weird Clonmel to Carrick-on Suir accent.

Special mention to Waterford City, Derry and Armagh.

**nigel-harps1954** · 29/09/2014, 6:58 AM

ahem..Donegal.

..nod to Bonnieshels.

**DannyInvincible** · 29/09/2014, 9:03 PM

It's quite a list, but are they accents you love or hate, Bonnie?

Even within Donegal, there are so many local variations:

**DannyInvincible** · 29/09/2014, 9:10 PM

I've always perceived the Cork accent to share bizarre and striking similarities with some Caribbean accents. Imagining a Jamaican as if he were a full-blooded langer always makes me laugh, but it is the completely southern Irish accent of the "Black Irish" of Montserrat that really is quite special:

**Kingdom** · 06/10/2014, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

Well... now that it's bumped.

Cork city accents, especially when accompanied with the phrase "C'mon the Rebels" in Croker.

Kerry accents, especially when accompanied with the phrase "C'mon the Kingdom" in Croker.

All Louth accents.

The Carrickmacross accent.

Belfast accent.

Wexford accents especially around New Ross.

That SE Dublin Accent encompassing Shankill, Ballybrack, Loughlinstown, Old Conna and Bray.

Most Midland accents with a big shout out to Offaly and Longford here.

That stupid high-pitched accent from around Shannon and Cratloe.

That weird Clonmel to Carrick-on Suir accent.

Special mention to Waterford City, Derry and Armagh.

Bonnie, you could have just said you're fond of Connaught accents.

**BonnieShels** · 06/10/2014, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Kingdom

Bonnie, you could have just said you're fond of Connaught accents.

I'm not particulary.

I tend to like Donegal (Missus is from there), Derry, Tyrone, Fermanagh as a rule and that lovely Glen accent that some wimmin have from North Antrim or Down. I definitely have a predilection to Uladh

Galway and Mayo as a rule are decent though.

**BonnieShels** · 06/10/2014, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

ahem..Donegal.

..nod to Bonnieshels.

The above ones are "DISLIKES".

I think I have to like the Donegal accent. Thank fook she doesn't have an LK accent.

**DannyInvincible** · 28/02/2015, 10:33 PM

I spoke to an elderly Guyanese couple today over the phone in work and initially thought they were Irish. In fact, I would still be thinking they were Irish except for the fact that their address was in Guyana and a few "off" pronunciations here and there, but the man sounded like the resurrected De Valera.

**Spudulika** · 01/03/2015, 12:21 PM

I don't know where she's from, probably the pits of hell, but your woman, the queen of whinge and plastic surgery Terry Prone, christ. I made the grivous error of beginning to listen to Shane Coleman's round up of the Sunday papers, and on she came. How? I object to her on many levels, but apart from accent - how can she come on and begin slamming some parties without being asked "Who are you working for?" She said she is arranging the different ard fheis's for 40 years, including this year, but which one? I think it's a disgrace to have someone on who is an advance spokesperson. Anyway, her accent - like nails on a blackboard.

Sexy, I used to think women from Antrim sounded nice, but it is always a let down when some cute girl opens her mouth and something from Meath tumbles forth. Not nice.