My children have Dublin accents

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and I fucking hate it!

There, i said it.

I can't link to it because I'm on the mobile, but look up Niall Tóibín on Irish accents. Sure we have an accent for every county!

My DD had BBC English voice due to years of international school. We moved back to Scotland. 2 months at high school and she is pure Glaswegian 😂😂😂

I grew up in the south east. I once had a north Dublin bf. Ummm it was weird. We could never understand each other

The "no accent" thing with English people means an accent a not-English actor puts on if they are playing an English part - "Estuary English".

I spent a huge chuck of my childhood in England and have the regional accent from there. It's one that everyone (in England at least) seems to hate too!!! It's not strong though as I've been back in Ireland a long time now. People here think I've an English accent alright but not everyone can place it to the right region.

I think for most people their accent gets "imbedded" in childhood. (But not always, years ago I met a woman in Birmingham who had a very strong Birmingham accent - told me she was from Crumlin moved to Birmingham in her 20s.)

I have an English accent now, my Irish family say I sound posh lol or 'you sound very English'

It could be worse, you could be bringing them up in Drogheda.

I would pay good money for my DS(6) to have a Dublin accent. I'm from Dublin myself, but we live in East London. Every time he says "Ahve already go' one of vose fings, fanks" I die inside. And now he's learning to write, I realise he genuinely can't hear the difference between "th" and "f" or "v". And he's learning phonics from people who can't say "r", so it's not likely to get better.

"Ahve already go' one of vose fings, fanks"

At least he has good manners I suppose!

True.

But I gave him credit for being able to say"already" - in fact of course he says "awweddy".

I'm no accented English. Not quite the queen but close

Hilarious! Why do English people say this? "I have no accent". So funny.

I find it weird too! EVERYONE has an accent

If it's any consolation my accent is an absolute abomination of a mix of scouse and arklow, possibly to two ugliest accents of England and Ireland combined. Grew up between the two and both parents have pretty strong accents. Neither parent is happy about it (neither am I particularly but I can't help how I speak).

I would much prefer a nice soft dublin accent. I'd even take a Cork accent over the one I have.

@BillywigSting, I'm sure your voice sounds like raindrops on rose petals to those who love you.

Haha nope I have many fabulous qualities but my speaking voice is not one of them I am fully aware of how I sound

my accent is an absolute abomination of a mix of scouse and arklow, possibly to two ugliest accents of England and Ireland combined

DS had a lovely nursery teacher whose accent was 50% Limerick, 50% Barking. I'd say she could give you a run for your money.

The "no accent" thing with English people means an accent a not-English actor puts on if they are playing an English part - "Estuary English"
Noooo, Estuary can’t be described as no accent. I grew up in Essex/the East End and had a thick Estuary accent, gathered from school, friends and work I suppose. In amongst a family of strong Kerry accents I was the odd one out certainly. Though everyone at my Catholic school spoke the same as me but literally all our parents had one kind of Irish accent or another. I’ve moved to Kent in my parenting years and have now trained myself out of it - if only everyone could speak proper like wot I do .

Limerick is still (very marginally) better than good ol aarrrkla

Is the Arklow accent truly worse than the Drogheda one? I'll have to consult youtube.

Arklow always reminds me of Dustin the Turkey.

Depends how strong it is really I suppose but arklow is pretty dire (not just the accent either you couldn't pay me to live there again)

My categories for Dublin accents are:
Howiya
Old Dublin - you often hear older Dublin people who have a very strong inner city Dublin accent but it’s much nicer than the more pronounced Howiya accent that younger people have.
D4 or South County Dublin
Neutral (which I have 😜)

Wait, wait, I've just thought of the 'Frostbit' (65 year old) boy. That's one heckuva accent.

I'd love to hear a 'howiya' accent right now. Has been so long since I've been home!

I must be unusual, but I absolutely love a Scouse accent. I bet you sound wonderful @BillywigSting

I think some people's accent change so quickly- as soon as they relocate they pick up a new one.

The range and variety of accents in the British isles is nothing short of astonishing, and it's something that friends from outside Britain comment on often.

Arklow always reminds me of Dustin the Turkey

Now I've got Born Greasy stuck in my head.

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