Can Anyone Actually Understand Paddy?

[Peter.]

I mean is it just me or is it very hard to understand paddy in Cbb? Should big brother put subtitles up!:conf:

[Novo]

I can understand him fine most of the time it's just some of his slang i don't get

[GypsyGoth]

I can understand him fine most of the time it's just some of his slang i don't get

Same with me.

[Kerry]

Yeah mostly

[Josy]

I can understand him fine most of the time it's just some of his slang i don't get

This.

[Red Moon]

I'm having trouble understanding all he say's but then my dyslexia can't be helping, but it is getting easier the more I watch.

[Zippy]

enough to get the jist of what he means

but I wouldnt want to be in charge of his subtitles

[CharlieO]

Sometimes can sometimes cant.

[Lister of Smeg]

cant understand him well but i still like him

[Mystic Mock]

I used to try to understand him but now ive given up.

[Iceman]

I get everything he's saying.

[emmetmcl]

Yeah, took me while to understand on the first night, but know what he's on about now. Probably cos he's got a kinda Irish accent.

[Callum]

Most of the time I can't, no.

[Locke.]

Don't understand a word he says but he still manages to be funny

[Jordan.]

Not at all, just the odd word.

[joeysteele]

I used to try to understand him but now ive given up.

:joker::joker::joker: I can most of the time but I have to really concentrate.

[Zippy]

I was amazed to hear him say he was born in England. He actually picked up that accent growing up here? Surely not.

[Jamietwo]

i like him but i don't want my drive resurfaced or anything....pikeys just sound irish to me

[aiv]

It's like when I listen to the people on TG4 in Ireland speaking Irish really fast and everything... I don't understand all of it but get the idea... Paddy is getting easier to understand with each show though. Needs a bit of getting used to

[CaudleHalbard]

I find it hard to understand what ANY of them are saying this year. I don't know if C5 have decided to get cheapo mikes or whatever.

But when Marcus Bentley announces the voting phone numbers, it's so loud I have to turn the sound down!

What's going on? :conf3:

[reece(:]

rarely

[Peter.]

I find it hard to understand what ANY of them are saying this year. I don't know if C5 have decided to get cheapo mikes or whatever.

But when Marcus Bentley announces the voting phone numbers, it's so loud I have to turn the sound down!

What's going on? :conf3:

Yea actually, because I know when I watch Big Fat Gypsy Wedding I could understand him no bother and also I should have an advantage because I do also live in Ireland so maybe C5 should have a look at their audio equipment:/

[Zippy]

Its not the equipment. I have no problems understanding other HMs.

[Peter.]

Maybe it's just his mic lol or as some quoted 'iPod'

[Conor]

I was amazed to hear him say he was born in England. He actually picked up that accent growing up here? Surely not.

Most Irish Travellers stay within their communities with little outside interaction. I don't know if you watched any of Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, but some of the younger ones might have been 3rd generation English despite having really strong Irish accents.

@ OPs question. I can understand about 80% of what he says. It's got a lot easier.

[lostalex]

I'm starting to understand him more. The same way it took me a long time to understand some thick scottish accents in the house on previous seasons.

[Sophiee]

I understand most of what he says now, it's getting easier the more I listen to him.

[amai-murasaki]

I understand Paddy - I suppose it helped watching The Big Fat Gypsy Wedding you get used to their accents.

[Peter.]

Also I mean that phone call sounded like a different language..:/

[Sophiee]

Also I mean that phone call sounded like a different language..:/

I did think that at first actually.

[Sunny_01]

Nope its all kind of spoken in tongues as far as I am concerned.

[Jords]

Mostly.. just about :joker:

[Marc]

I think he's hilarious BECAUSE I can't understand him :laugh:

[ABigbother]

I can only understand him when he says "Lady" or "Honest to god" apart from that it's all double Dutch.
I'm also have trouble with Tara that accent is truely horrible.

[Incensed]

I actually switched the subtitles on last night so I knew what he was talking about. :joker:

[Livia]

I think Paddy udnerstanding other people is more of a problem. People have to say the same thing to him over and over and over and still there is hardly a flicker of comprehension in his eyes.

[Peter.]

I can only understand him when he says "Lady" or "Honest to god" apart from that it's all double Dutch.
I'm also have trouble with Tara that accent is truely horrible.

he also seemed to say 'Baby' a lot to his wife...

[dwarling]

I do find him a bit to understand at times, but I'm getting there..I think he's really funny and a great choice of housemate.

[Smithy]

Why does he have an irish accent if he was born in Manchester D:

[▲¯\_(ツ)_/¯▲]

Being Irish and growing up around travellers, I can say yea I understand him easily.

He doesn't have an Irish accent though, he has a Traveller accent, but I can definitely hear a British twinge to it, Northern English to be precise.
There are a lot of things he says and words he uses that sound very English when you are used to the Irish Travellers accent

[gohan2091]

I can understand bits and pieces but it's difficult

[Bojangles]

The more you listen to him the more you will understand him.It's like listening to some people after they've had a stroke you will get the gist.
You'll obviously understand him if you're oyrish.

[SimBrotherNetwork]

No, but i love him!

['Conor]

but like he doesnt really have an irish accent :conf:

cause i dont understand him either

[crollsy]

paddy is way easier to understand than tara!

[ram513]

Sort of :)

[Kaaarenn!]

I can't really understand him all the time either. I have to listen really hard to know what's he talking about lol.

[Gillian-73]

The first night i couldn't understand a word! it got easier each night and i can now understand most of what he says.

[BOOSH]

I can for most of it, I like how they're using subtitles sometimes haha

[Niamh.]

Why does he have an irish accent if he was born in Manchester D:

That isn't an Irish accent, it's a traveller accent:nono:

[joeysteele]

paddy is way easier to understand than tara!

I have no problem understanding Paddy at all now, had to concentrate a lot at first. Tara sounds like she's talking on a mobile and breaking up all the time.

[Ammi]

I understand 'sausages', such a pleasant insult lol

[waterhog]

I mean is it just me or is it very hard to understand paddy in Cbb? Should big brother put subtitles up!:conf:



just think of susages lol