Traitors Ireland

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Can’t see a thread. Anyone watching?

Just a thought. RTE viewers might be more likely to desist from spoilers if the UK posters didn't keep posting frankly prejudiced stuff about how terribly hard it is to understand Irish accents.

I don’t understand the “prejudicial” term context. I put the subtitles on for lots of different accents, including my own East London one.

So 'Tesco Value' and uncouth too ;)

I'm enjoying it, I've been living in London for decades but I recognised all the character traits pretty quickly. Irish people ARE different, we're not all twinkly souls either and would go through you for a short cut. My DD mentioned the swearing only that she's impressed comes so naturally to us, just like normal nouns and adjectives!

Edited to add that Eamonn is clearly a bad egg.

I tried to watch it but find the vibe too different from the UK version. It seems to have descended into chaos quite quickly .
Im not warming to the characters , and don’t like the swearing even Though I swear myself. The presenter is good but she lacks Claudia’s warmth and isn’t connecting to the contestants. I’ve given up.

Yeah, the vibe is off. Everyone seems very stressed and jumpy? Chaotic and no strategy at all.

Eamon is a dick.

I always have subtitles on now I have reached my 60’s even watching the news. I can’t watch a downloaded program any more if no subtitles 😬

I always have subtitles on the TV. Strangely I find I can hear the radio perfectly well without them.

Move on

I’m looking forward to Mondays now 😆

Correct 😂

Why?

Why does anyone watch with the subtitles on? Maybe ... just maybe ... because she can't hear it properly otherwise? A lot of programmes these days have very loud background music which can sometimes overpower the dialogue, and there is also a tendency among actors and presenters to mumble and garble their lines. I also frequently need to use the subtitles and wouldn't describe myself as being hard of hearing - I can decipher every word on the radio.

Yes quite

move on to another thread and no more spoilers please

Irish dialect has a faster articulation rate

noon is saying it’s negative - equally positive more sophisticated

some people are throwing in Irish Gaelic aren’t they too?

I agree on Siobhan, she does a fab job on pottery throw down, warm and relatable, but I said up thread she seems to be trying to emulate Claudia and it’s coming across quite fake, like she’s playing a role. Shes not relaxed and it doesn’t come across as genuine. She needs to make it her own. Like Alan Cummings did in the USA version. She doesn’t need to play at being Claudia, it will never be a patch on the original.

im enjoying it but im not finding it a patch on the uk one right now.

I've just watched the first three episodes back-to-back on BBC3 this evening. I really want to like it, and I'm trying my best, but it's not happening for me so far.

I'm hoping it will grow on me though.

@TheFifthTellytubby is right. I can no longer hear properly. I can’t decipher when people mumble especially on tv and have started (like my mother), asking people to repeat themselves and speak up.

Going to a restaurant is hell if in a group as I can’t hear properly any more. I need a hearing test but keep putting it off. 😂

As someone with Irish roots, I have been very tickled by the amount of tea drinking that seems to go on!

I’m Irish although haven’t lived in Ireland for a long time and have to retune my ear a bit to some of the accents at times.

It’s the first season of the Irish version. I’d say Siobhan is doing what the producers/directors have told her to do. She may well be able to make the role more her own in another season after the success of this one.

@NewAgeNewMe - I have just had to have some hearing and balance testing done and was told I’ve lost a bit of hearing at the higher frequencies. Which I haven’t noticed. It doesn’t affect me. Can hear tv and radio and conversations etc with no issues. But the audiologist still stressed I should think about hearing aids due to all the links now found to early onset dementia and hearing loss. It wasn’t a sales pitch as it was at a hospital clinic.

That’s your issue. It is NOT a spoiler when it aired four years ago. Get a grip for heavens sake and just stay of traitors threads if you can’t handle hearing results from FOUR years ago.

Well said. I’m English and frankly ashamed of some of the comments. Put bloody subtitles on if you have to. Some English accents from other regions can sound difficult to me. I love the different accents.

I thought that Traitors Ireland was first aired in the autumn of last year.

I have now binged the episodes on Iplayer and I’m enjoying it so far.

I don’t understand all the references but that’s part of the depth to this one, you observe a bit of another culture I guess.

The players were not backward in coming forward with their suspicions, a bit like the US one but without the fish lips.

I initially liked Eamon but he’s shown his true colours now. Not quite sure about Paudie, whether it’s his age (memory)letting him down a bit or his demeanour they don’t like. They all three seem to have caught the eye of some of the Faithful very early on.

I like the presenter, don’t know her but she seems dry with cuddly moments. Creating her own persona. Alan Cumming waxes lyrical that his presenter is a separate character, I think if we realised that, he might go down better with people. Claud is being Claud. Clever, human and knows when to bring the humour.