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HchrisH t1_jclvdnu wrote

Reply to comment by Porrick in The Pogues - The Irish Rover (feat. The Dubliners) [Celtic Punk] by TheBlitzkid46

Listen to enough Punk and/or enough Irish accents and it's a fair bit easier. Also The Pogues were big at a time when people still bought CDs and cassettes, and those had liner notes with the lyrics in 'em.

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Porrick t1_jclvwdg wrote

I'm from near Dublin and Shane & Victoria have been sort-of-regular guests at my mother's house for as long as I can remember. Shane is unintelligible even in one-on-one conversation. His accent has nothing to do with it.

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HchrisH t1_jclzref wrote

That's kind of hilarious. I always thought he just sounded like a pretty typical Punk vocalist with some Irish pronunciations added to the mix, but I guess it's a bit more than that.

Still, when he wanted to drive it home on songs like Thousands Are Sailing I always thought he annunciated well enough.

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drivermcgyver t1_jcm32bi wrote

His alcoholism is a big part of his slurring I believe. I wouldn't call it hilarious.

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