Sounds like an ideal candidate for the leaving cert aural tape!
No. That’s a man with no teeth and drink on him who speaks indistinctly.
And also happens to be Irish.
Wonderful That’s the best thing on RTE since the Hardy Bucks.
It’s quite common. You’d hear that accent a lot on Kerrymen who’ve been raised by deaf badgers.
I’m ashamed to say I understand 98% of that.
It takes a minute to tune in, but once ye do it’s clear as day!
That’s not a strong Irish accent. He’s just obliterated and/or has a speech impediment.
That’s just the Killarney grunt. Every town and village in Ireland has one.
Rumour has it they’re some secret cabal. Maybe direct descendents from the druidic caste. Who were known for keeping the secrets of the clan alive in the pre-christian era.
Does that man possibly have some difficulties?
That man sham, as some of you might’ve heard he’s from Killarney, as am I, live not 15 mins away from him. I see his sister cycle in from town to see him often. I think it’s quite obvious he’s got more than a thick Kerry accent.
Definitely an accent. Just how much of it is strong Irish vs other factors idk.
That was just a sound.
Isn’t he one of the Healy Raes? /s
Takes a second listen but once I got used to it,I could understand about 80% of what he said.
It’s a strong accent but what makes it difficult to understand comes down to about 40% accent ,20% having no teeth, 20% alcohol and 20% him being a bit of a “character” .
Most towns and villages have at least one of these lads.
Sad
This needs subtitles
I can understand about 50% of what he says
Go closer to the Kerry Gaeltacht and you’ll get old fellas and aul wans mixing their Irish and English in a thick accent: if you can decipher that, you’re really doing well
It’s kind of like when Chewbacca speaks and Han Solo just understands them. This is the same kind of vibes.
The missing teeth doesn’t help but that’s about 90% understandable. honestly sounds like half the elderly in Kerry.
What always struck me for a good laugh is that I understand that accent better with drink. Whether it’s me drinking or them.
Actually met the interviewer out randomly in Rome there in October. Was standing in a queue to get some drinks and I heard a lad behind me say he did “honours English” and I turned around and asked if he was a paddy. Came over to us for a good 20-30mins for a chat, he was great craic.
We talked about this very clip 😂
It’s great to see fluent bollox spoken so beautifully.
As a non-native English speaker I have the experience that it seems a rather individual thing whether it’s hard to understand someone or not. It’s more how they pronounce than the accent itself. I encountered people with a broad accent easy to understand and people with little accent hard to understand – and vice versa, of course. This guy here… hmm, I have an idea what he’s possibly saying.
Did I hear this right… “That’s Gary he’s gay, I’m enjoying his wife, but sure he’s enjoying my brother”
What a cracker of a line!
I understood 90% of what he said. Send him to Hollywood as an accent coach.
Every town in Ireland has the local “character” like this.
And by local character, we mean the lad who is/was a massive alcoholic who is now mentally fucked from it.
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Sounds like an ideal candidate for the leaving cert aural tape!
No. That’s a man with no teeth and drink on him who speaks indistinctly.
And also happens to be Irish.
Wonderful That’s the best thing on RTE since the Hardy Bucks.
It’s quite common. You’d hear that accent a lot on Kerrymen who’ve been raised by deaf badgers.
I’m ashamed to say I understand 98% of that.
It takes a minute to tune in, but once ye do it’s clear as day!
That’s not a strong Irish accent. He’s just obliterated and/or has a speech impediment.
That’s just the Killarney grunt. Every town and village in Ireland has one.
Rumour has it they’re some secret cabal. Maybe direct descendents from the druidic caste. Who were known for keeping the secrets of the clan alive in the pre-christian era.
Does that man possibly have some difficulties?
That man sham, as some of you might’ve heard he’s from Killarney, as am I, live not 15 mins away from him. I see his sister cycle in from town to see him often. I think it’s quite obvious he’s got more than a thick Kerry accent.
Definitely an accent. Just how much of it is strong Irish vs other factors idk.
That was just a sound.
Isn’t he one of the Healy Raes? /s
Takes a second listen but once I got used to it,I could understand about 80% of what he said.
It’s a strong accent but what makes it difficult to understand comes down to about 40% accent ,20% having no teeth, 20% alcohol and 20% him being a bit of a “character” .
Most towns and villages have at least one of these lads.
Sad
This needs subtitles
I can understand about 50% of what he says
Go closer to the Kerry Gaeltacht and you’ll get old fellas and aul wans mixing their Irish and English in a thick accent: if you can decipher that, you’re really doing well
It’s kind of like when Chewbacca speaks and Han Solo just understands them. This is the same kind of vibes.
The missing teeth doesn’t help but that’s about 90% understandable. honestly sounds like half the elderly in Kerry.
What always struck me for a good laugh is that I understand that accent better with drink. Whether it’s me drinking or them.
Actually met the interviewer out randomly in Rome there in October. Was standing in a queue to get some drinks and I heard a lad behind me say he did “honours English” and I turned around and asked if he was a paddy. Came over to us for a good 20-30mins for a chat, he was great craic.
We talked about this very clip 😂
It’s great to see fluent bollox spoken so beautifully.
As a non-native English speaker I have the experience that it seems a rather individual thing whether it’s hard to understand someone or not. It’s more how they pronounce than the accent itself. I encountered people with a broad accent easy to understand and people with little accent hard to understand – and vice versa, of course. This guy here… hmm, I have an idea what he’s possibly saying.
Did I hear this right… “That’s Gary he’s gay, I’m enjoying his wife, but sure he’s enjoying my brother”
What a cracker of a line!
I understood 90% of what he said. Send him to Hollywood as an accent coach.
Every town in Ireland has the local “character” like this.
And by local character, we mean the lad who is/was a massive alcoholic who is now mentally fucked from it.
I can’t understand him 😂