r/Hozier • u/Kemr7 • 12d ago

Annunciation - a little laugh

I know there’s a running joke/discussion about Hoziers lack of enunciation (edit) in some songs, so this was too good to not share with the masses.

My daughter (she’s 5) was singing yesterday and she said “mom, why does he say limmy jimmy?” And I said “I’m sorry but I don’t understand what you mean” and she said “when my time comes around, limmy jimmy in the cold dark earth” 😂😭

Safe to say Work Song will never be listened to the same again.

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u/Stringr55 12d ago

As an Irishman with a similar accent to his, this is quite funny. We are not known for the clarity of our enunciation lol

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u/Jealous_Attorney6871 12d ago

I'm proper culchie Irish, living in the UK and the things people mishear me saying are pretty funny 😭

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u/Stringr55 12d ago

I can imagine! I spend half my year in the US…I repeat myself a lot 😂

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u/Jealous_Attorney6871 12d ago

Yeah it's rough out here lmaooo. Me and my friend have started mixing random words as gaeilge into our conversations to see if anyone questions lol

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u/Stringr55 12d ago

Hahaha I will try this!

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u/ApothicWitch 11d ago

I started gaeilge on DuoLingo! My son was like, mom what are you listening to?!?

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u/Stringr55 11d ago

Oh cool! Its a tough language if you have no grounding in it but its also super poetic and fun

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u/ApothicWitch 5d ago

Agreed! My son‘s like, “ Ma that’s a dead language!” I said not in Ireland🤣

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u/Stringr55 5d ago

Níl sé básaithe fós!