The Rev. Dr Ian Paisley
My guilty pleasure is everyone's favourite mad bigot Ian Paisley. Not when he's in rant mode - obviously - but when he's speaking in a more conversational mode.

First of all, I've always loved Ulster accents (if I ever meet Crackhouseceilidhband I might not be able to control myself...); but there's something about Paisley's slight croakiness, combined with the way he pronounces the letter "s" at the end of words - it becomes a kind of whistle - that I really like.

If the end of a car journey coincides with the beginning of a Paisley interview on the radio, I will refuse to get out until the end of that interview. Once, the end of a journey coincided with the beginning of a whole documentary about him. I listened to the lot. Not because I like what he says; simply because I like the way he says it.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 9:28, 15 replies)

yeah, best buy some control pants
I once had the fortune to walk past City Hall in Belfast when Paisley and his Free P cohorts were entertaining converting the masses by singing "Oh Happy Days" over a huge PA system. Never have I heard a gospel hymn sung less joyously, yet somehow it did actually make me roll on the pavement, laughing.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 9:33, closed)

He's seen my arse!
Many years ago, a friend and I were leaving our shared student house. There was a godawful racket, and who should come around the corner but Ian Paisley in one of those cars with a loudspeaker on top (as if he needs a loudspeaker!). Being mature individuals, always ready to engage in the cut and thrust of political discourse, we promptly ran through an alleyway to intercept him as his car turned on to the mainstreet, then saluted him with our spotty ass cheeks.
(drunkenfud, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 9:40, closed)

I do like the way
the 'ow' sound is produced in the N. Ireland accent. A bit like 'aiee'. Quality!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 10:05, closed)

like
how now brown cow?
haie naie braien caie?
hay nay brayn cay?
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 10:09, closed)

That's it!
Spot on.

Hoo noo broon coo, as we'd say up here, is much less interesting.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 10:12, closed)

Crackhouse...
Oh, say it again.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 10:18, closed)

well
if you're really good I'll say...
potatoes!

Ahaaaa, potatoes, potatoes. Such sweet, lyrical wonderment.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 10:21, closed)

@CHCB
If you were to post a recording of yourself saying all of this, I think Enzyme would be unable to control himself.

_{And I must admit I may not be far behind...}
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 10:31, closed)

^
I will consider a public service broadcast.

Admittedly, it works for me too when I listen to Liam Neeson. RRrrrrrRRRrrLLLllllllllllll. Seamus Heaney is close behind but not as fuckable arousing.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 10:33, closed)

Enzyme - Having met CHCB
I can safely report that her accent is very softly spoken, without the rough edges of yor stereotypical Norn Ire'nd accent.

Plus she's so much nicer than that ginger one out of Girls Aloud.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 14 Mar 2008, 10:57, closed)

@PJM
Thanks for using "softly spoken" as a euphemism for "talks complete bollix very, very quickly". Thats nice.

And as for PJM? Well, he doesn't look like a weirdo...
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 11:05, closed)

@ CHCB
Use Legless's DaftDoggy thing (I think it's called that) where you can record yourself and upload and link it so we can all enjoy your wonderful accent!

Hearing you speak the other night made me feel nostalgic for my childhood...Catholic nuns.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 11:26, closed)

Ian Paisley
gave my grandmother a hug. Bigoted oul cunt though he may be, he's a national treasure.

And Liam Neeson lived up the road from her in Ballymena, many time she's commented on seeing him 'running the streets with no shoes on'.
(SurferRosa causing the lamentation of the womenfolk since, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 13:08, closed)

THAT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE
My old neighbour was a prison officer in NI some twenty five years ago and was on duty when his bellowing reverendness came to visit.

Upon frisking him, my neighbour discovered a revolver about Paisley's person and insisted that it was handed in.

"Sorry, I'm an Ulsterman too (lie - he was born in Wiltshire) but I can't let you in with a weapon"

"Ah wull pursunully write to yur sooperiur offisur!" Paisley raged.

True to his word, a letter was duly dispatched to the chief of prisons, NI, who duly (and personally) ensured my neighbour received a commendation.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 14 Mar 2008, 14:00, closed)

I agree wholeheartedly with PJM
CHCB's accent is very soft, not at all harsh.

Whereas I have the accent of a drunken Geordie. Which is ironic, because technically I'm not even a Geordie...

I only have the accent of a drunken Geordie when I'm drunk, though. The rest of the time I consider myself quite well spoken.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 16 Mar 2008, 22:36, closed)