I'm from Rutland in England and I know most of the English and Scottish accents, along with the American ones, but I only know two or three Irish accents, the northern one that sounds sort of Scottish, the regular southern Irish accent like Colin Farrel, and the sort of muted accent that Irish people who've spent a lot of time in Britain or maybe have connections to Britain have, like Graham Norton (ugh). He said it was the younger generation – the Celtic Tiger kittens – who were now using it in the main, having picked it up from their parents. I see, alright, I thought it was distinct from the 'soft Irish/a bit British' accent which I always thought was just an accent that developed from Irish people who'd spent a lot of time in England (like being sent away to an English public school or going to university at Oxford or Cambridge etc) or Irish people with a strong connection to England, such as Anglo-Irish people or that ****** Bob Geldof. I've pulled up both of them on YouTube, Damo and Ivor sounds like Irish people trying (badly) to imitate an American accent, like Jedward from X Factor, and that Senator's accent sounds almost like the old school Queen's English (the kind where house rhymes with mice) with just a hint of Irish. Girls of D4 have massive mouths and this gives them a very deep base almost masculine sound. If you can track down some of that you'll see a D4 accent. Sign in to disable ALL ads. However, not all discoveries make for pleasant listening. While still popular with legions of Dubes-wearing southside teenagers, lexicographer and UCD professor Terence Dolan believes the days are numbered for the affected D4 accent. As for Brian O'Driscoll, I sort of hear it, it sounds distinctive, definitely Irish but different. What's cringe about it? Examples are Vogue Williams and Glenda Gilson, Girls of D4 have massive mouths and this gives them a very deep base almost masculine sound. You can listen to the full interview on Today with Sean O'Rourke on RTÉ Radio 1 above. I'll keep this updated as long as I can.

You may have to go there to truly experience it in all its glory. He joined Vera Regan, Professor of Sociolinguistics in UCD on Today with Sean O’Rourke to discuss his issues with our evolving pronunciations. Play All | Info | Get me on Chrome / Firefox, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser.

The D4 accent may have originated in the fashionable Dublin 4 postal district, however, it is now encountered around the country. One from Co Mayo suggested the term 'circling Shannon' as a euphemism for being unwell and incapable of action and which arose from former Russian president, vodka-loving Boris Yeltsin's, ill-fated stopover in Ireland in 1994 when he left then Taoiseach Albert Reynolds waiting on the tarmac. D4 is an area in Dublin, called 'dublin 4' but abbreviated to suit the accent of people who live there. Other new entries include "ghost estate" to describe unoccupied or unfinished housing estates, "dig-out", another offering from Mr Ahern and defined by Prof Dolan as a "discreet financial loan from a friend to help someone out of a cash crisis" and "Dubes", the Dubarry brand deck shoes often favoured by rugby-following D4 types. "The kittens are showing off to pretend their parents are still well off, but it's an illusion," he said. People called d4s generally never live in d4, they just like to think they do, and follow the d4 culture. 'Dublin 4' or its abbreviation, 'D4', is sometimes used as a pejorative adjective to describe Dublin's upper-middle class based on the perceived characteristics of residents of this area. However, it sometimes even used to refer to the Irish upper middle class in general, regardless of whether or not they live in the D4 area. Colin switches between 2 Irish accents, his normal muted one and a more hammed up Dub one, it depends who he's talking to. If you like accents, these two videos (1, 2) are very good. The only famous person I can think of with anything approaching a D4 accent is Brian O'Driscoll. It’s not like the people in Glasgow are meeting the people from London so that has to be the media…  It’s a really powerful thing.". The D4 accent would not be the equivalent of RP. They’re getting some from their Netflix but there is definitely an effect of media. But there is also a more general posh RP style accent that isn't location based, it's education based and you can hear that from Senator David Norris for one. I kind of like it actually lol. The only famous person I can think of with anything approaching a D4 accent is Brian O'Driscoll. BOD is from the Tarf and was schooled in Blackrock, any D4 inflection only comes from being in UCD for college maybe but he's not the most extreme example of a posh accent really. For example, Shane Ross. That video is very interesting and helpful for someone like me. D4InfoNet ist ein intelligentes Tool für zertifizierte Unternehmen, die Arbeitsprozesse dokumentieren und sich kontinuierlich verbessern müssen. EDIT: jesus christ he just referred to his mates as his "posse".

RTÉ is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Filmmaker and folklore expert Michael Fortune recently wrote an article for thejournal.ie lamenting "the D4/ mid-Atlantic/ makey-up English accent" that he claims is "blighting" Ireland. That man, Shane Ross, sounds English, I wouldn't ever guess he was Irish.

One of my mates at college is Irish and we were talking and he mentioned a D4 accent, which is the Irish equivalent of how posh English people talk (Received Pronunciation). It generally has connotations of being a country idiot. Rob Lipsett for a male example (absolute gobshite). The equivalent of RP in Ireland is RP. This is might help (the south dublin accent is basically D4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee_N3g4ORLk. Which is in the east by the way. the regular southern Irish accent like Colin Farrel. By southern I meant not Northern Ireland, sorry, I know that Dublin is not literally on the south of the island, and that's there a part of the Republic of Ireland that's north of Northern Ireland, just a figure of speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BmtV4k4o6E. The D4 accent would not be the equivalent of RP. "It’s something that I’ve noticed since the early 90’s Sean and it’s something that always gritted on me a little bit…  Maybe I was cranky on Monday or Tuesday morning when I wrote it but I suppose it needed to be said, there’s so many people saying it… I’ve noticed in the last ten years that young lads now, I could be in Tipperary and they have that accent.". I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. IT'S the end of the line for the much derided – yet often copied – 'Dort' accent. Borrowing from Home Counties British English and American English, it is distinctive for its distorted vowels, so that "car park" becomes "corpork", a liberal dousing of the quotative "like" or "loike" and what is known as the high-rising terminal whereby statements sound like questions. Prof Dolan compiled his new entries by listening to the radio, reading newspapers and receiving suggestions posted by attentive linguists from around the country. As a culchie with a partner from a posh Dublin suburb the D4 accent always sounded like an Irish person trying not to sound Irish, if you know what I mean. Prof Dolan revealed that he likes to eavesdrop on conversations and always carries a small notebook where he jots down new words or phrases. How do you say Dublin 4 (D4) accent?

Meáin Náisiúnta Seirbhíse Poiblí na hÉireann. For example, Shane Ross. That explosion of (usage of the word) ‘like’ wouldn’t have happened because these people don’t meet enough and we’ve got a study which shows that people in Glasgow are talking the same way as the people from EastEnders.