East Coast Irish English (Dublin).

East Coast Irish English (Dublin)

General information

This dialect originates from the working class deconstruction from English language. Even though it originated from the working class, Dublin residents have adopted this language as their own in an attempt of looking for identity in the English speaking community. This dialect is commonly found in the urban areas from Drogheda in the North to Waterford in the south. Famous speakers are Gabriel Byrne, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleason, Damien Dempsey, members of U2 and other rock bands.

Characteristics

-R in the end isn’t pronounced.

-Vowels are diphthongs

-Vowels i and e in a word are pronounced as oy, for instance, Bike would be pronounced as Boyk

-Th is pronounced simply as t

-Sentences are structured towards the importance of the action

Since working classes didn’t have a good education, and Dublin received high amounts of working class families, grammar and vocabulary have been modified to a point where outsiders can’t fully understand locals. This accent is viewed either as interesting or poor depending on the person.

In modern society, surveillance can either be embraced, or rejected. Both texts C and D view in different perspectives the topics of surveillance and information monitoring. Text C is written in an online letter question and answer format, while text D is written as a song. The intended audience in text C is potential employees, job-applicants and the working-population that might be interested in how to write a resume, and the author uses this text as a tool to help his audience with how one can make him look more attractive to employers. In text D on the other hand, the intended audience is usually rebellious youth and a general lower income population, and the author makes sure to criticize the system. This commentary will compare and contrast both of these texts in terms of figurative language, structure and tone.

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