Fianna Gwael.

Cee-Jay-Cee

What is it with RTE newsreaders making up their own pronunciations of words? Where the f uck did the word gwael come from? When they're talking about football do they call it gwaelic football, no off course they f uck ing don't! No matter what dialect or accent they may be using the word Gael (gale) will never have a w in it. Tossers.

Napper Hawkins

Finn-ants.

Die.

IM0

irish pronunciation understanding fail

ballsymchugh

are them the wans working for aaaar-t-e?

efb

Fine (as in Shine) Gale (as in Sale) round these parts...

notnumber

arse drink feck.

El Weirdo

efb wrote: »

Fine (as in Shine) Gale (as in Sale) round these parts...

Fucking (as in fucking) Arseholes (as in arseholes) round these parts.

Sinfonia

Tis a fine gael, but tis no pool English

KKkitty

Ah you'd miss Ann Doyle and her isssues. Typing that has made me rather emotional, I'll get some tisssues

newmug

Bethan Kilfoyle.

You come from the race that invented the language. FFS learn how to speak it properly.

Da Shins Kelly

KKkitty wrote: »

Ah you'd miss Ann Doyle and her isssues. Typing that has made me rather emotional, I'll get some tisssues

And the way she used to pronounce 'sexual' was weird too.

efb

sexsual

Mickey H

KKkitty wrote: »

Ah you'd miss Ann Doyle and her isssues. Typing that has made me rather emotional, I'll get some tisssues

There there KKKitty, there there.

KKkitty

Mickey H wrote: »

KKkitty wrote: »

Ah you'd miss Ann Doyle and her isssues. Typing that has made me rather emotional, I'll get some tisssues

There there KKKitty, there there.

Thanks, I'm ok now

mikemac1

Same reason they talk about the gord e

Chucken

mikemac1 wrote: »

Same reason they talk about the gord e

Reason?? There isn't sense nor reason to it

AskMyChocolate

KKkitty wrote: »

Ah you'd miss Ann Doyle and her isssues. Typing that has made me rather emotional, I'll get some tisssues

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

And the way she used to pronounce 'sexual' was weird too.

Lol. First thing that came to my mind when reading this thread, was the way Simon Bates used to pronounce "secksual" in the warnings at the start to a video!

Feckin' creepy.

Time for one of Daddy's "special baths".

Mickey H

KKkitty wrote: »

Thanks, I'm ok now

Good.

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Lol. First thing that came to my mind when reading this thread, was the way Simon Bates used to pronounce "secksual" in the warnings at the start to a video!

Feckin' creepy.

Time for one of Daddy's "special baths".

:eek:

policarp

Fine Troika. . .
Noonan, Reilly, Hogan and Kenny. . .

Not enough room on the Trike.
They'll have to get a quad. . .

policarp

CJC999 wrote: »

the word Gael (gale) will never have a w in it. Tossers.

Anagram for Feena Gayle. . .

trollin trollin trollin

Am i the only one to notice that Sharon ni Bheolain speaks in a low sex voice while reading the news now that she didn't have a few years ago.I not complaining though

Campare these videos to see what i mean.There are better examples of it out there though but these are all i found under short notice.

B0jangles

Dooon Layorah.

Seanchai

IM0 wrote: »

irish pronunciation understanding fail

This, OP, this. Back to school with you.

Gaelic = English word, therefore English pronunciation. Fine & Gael = Irish words, therefore Irish pronunciations. It really shouldn't be *that* difficult to understand. Most educated Irish people get it - for instance, they pronounce Deirdre with the same 'ah' ending that is in Fine, Gráinne, Aoife, Portlaoise. And so on. It's correctly more like Fina Gwael, or using the phonetic alphabet ˈfʲɪnʲə ˈɡeːl̪ˠ.

Seanchai

B0jangles wrote: »

Dooon Layorah.

Which is of course more accurate than Done Leery. See above rule for pronouncing 'e' ending words in Irish.

B0jangles

Seanchai wrote: »

Which is of course more accurate than Done Leery. See above rule for pronouncing 'e' ending words in Irish.

But virtually no-one who live there, works there or regularly visits the place calls it Doon Layorah - they call it Dun Leary. That is its name in normal usage.

It'd be like them insisting on calling Dublin Baile Atha Cliath or maybe Dubh Linn. Pointless pedantry.

Fratton Fred

B0jangles wrote: »

Dooon Layorah.

Kingstown

Teyla Emmagan

I hate that gwael thing. No matter who tells me gwaeltacht is correct, I will never pronounce it with a w.

Do you think new presenters have to go on a pronunciation course when they join Rte?

fishy fishy

what I want to know is why has miriam o callaghan changed her name.

coupla years ago it was just plain old "Miriam"

now she's calling herself "MARY UM"

:rolleyes:

smash

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Do you think new presenters have to go on a pronunciation course when they join Rte?

Hell no. Sure I bet they don't even need a junior cert...

Matt_Trakker

aye, RTE presenters are taught to say Irish words according to the pronunciation of the Irish letters hence why it is 'arrrr' t. e and not r.t.e because the acronym is for 3 Irish words not English ones.
Simple as that, they're saying it the proper way

LordSutch

B0jangles wrote: »

Dooon Layorah.

I have heard it pronounced like this from time to time (by just one or two) RTE presenters, but it sounds wrong.

smash

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

the acronym is for 3 Irish words not English ones.

radio isn't an Irish word.

I know Raidió is, but the R is still pronounced the same isn't it?

LordSutch

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

aye, RTE presenters are taught to say Irish words according to the pronunciation of the Irish letters hence why it is 'arrrr' t. e and not r.t.e because the acronym is for 3 Irish words not English ones.
Simple as that, they're saying it the proper way

Some RTE newsreaders say it one way, and some the other, take Paul Reynolds for example who is a really good exponent of the exaggerated Orr.Tee.E sound.

veryangryman

CJC999 wrote: »

What is it with RTE newsreaders making up their own pronunciations of words? Where the f uck did the word gwael come from? When they're talking about football do they call it gwaelic football, no off course they f uck ing don't! No matter what dialect or accent they may be using the word Gael (gale) will never have a w in it. Tossers.

They also call PortLaoise "PORT-LEESHA". :mad::mad::mad:

Seanchai

veryangryman wrote: »

They also call PortLaoise "PORT-LEESHA". :mad::mad::mad:

I'd be more embarrassed at the people who call it PortLeesh. Serious lack of education going on there.

summerskin

ballsymchugh wrote: »

are them the wans working for aaaar-t-e?

Have you seen the Dara O'Brien skit where he's pointing out that nobody in the UK understands him when he says the letter "orr"?

That's because it's pronounced "arr". Did you never watch Sesame St., or any programmes from outside Ireland????

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

aye, RTE presenters are taught to say Irish words according to the pronunciation of the Irish letters hence why it is 'arrrr' t. e and not r.t.e because the acronym is for 3 Irish words not English ones.
Simple as that, they're saying it the proper way

In English the letter is pronounced "arr".

snubbleste

veryangryman wrote: »

They also call PortLaoise "PORT-LEESHA". :mad::mad::mad:

That's close to the correct pronunciation.

smash

summerskin wrote: »

That's because it's pronounced "arr". Did you never watch Sesame St., or any programmes from outside Ireland????

Or pirate of the caribbean?

Seanchai

LordSutch wrote: »

I have heard it pronounced like this from time to time (by just one or two) RTE presenters, but it sounds wrong.

Of course it does to you, Lord Sutch. It's closer to the correct pronunciation of that Irish name in Irish. Why pronounce something correctly when you can pronounce it incorrectly - especially when it's an Irish word?

Lord Sutch engages in yet another "something English is better than something Irish" shocker on Boards.ie.

Stabshauptmann

veryangryman wrote: »

They also call PortLaoise "PORT-LEESHA". :mad::mad::mad:

Because that's the correct pronunciation.

I'm from Laois, I know that locals commonly call it "port leesh". But that doesnt change the fact that the name is correctly pronounced as gaeilge as "port leesh a"

But thats not how its usually referred to by Laois people. No, if RTE were to pander to your ilk we'd need "Tommy Gorman reporting from the town, where violence has erupted in "port laaysh" jail"

ozt9vdujny3srf

CJC999 wrote: »

What is it with RTE newsreaders making up their own pronunciations of words? Where the f uck did the word gwael come from? When they're talking about football do they call it gwaelic football, no off course they f uck ing don't! No matter what dialect or accent they may be using the word Gael (gale) will never have a w in it. Tossers.

Seeing as we're been pedantic, it's fine, not fianna.

Stabshauptmann

Alvaro Helpful Rivalry wrote: »

Seeing as we're been pedantic, it's fine, not fianna.

Not pedantic enough!

I'm sure the OP knows that it is spelled "fine" but thinks that it is pronounced "fianna".
"Fine" is an irish word, not pronounced like the english word of the same spelling (rhymes with shine) nor like the word Fianna ("feen-na", but it is close. Its pronounced "f-win-a"

Stabshauptmann

Actually can I just solve the thread?

OP: I can't pronounce Irish
Rabble: And its stupid language anyway, we should pronounce things the english way
Rabble: No, we should just agree that the correct way is the way people speak, and around my way its XYZ, so thats the right way
Rabble: Rabble rabble rabble
Non-Idiot: But, look here, this accredited text books clearly says...
Rabble: BURN THE WITCH!

LordSutch

trollin trollin trollin wrote: »

Am i the only one to notice that Sharon ni Bheolain speaks in a low sex voice while reading the news now that she didn't have a few years ago.I not complaining though

Campare these videos to see what i mean.There are better examples of it out there though but these are all i found under short notice.

Finally, after about two years somebody else has commented on this!

I think I started a thread about her fake husky voice many moons ago, but nobody else could hear it.

LordSutch

Seanchai wrote: »

Of course it does to you, Lord Sutch. It's closer to the correct pronunciation of that Irish name in Irish. Why pronounce something correctly when you can pronounce it incorrectly - especially when it's an Irish word?

Lord Sutch engages in yet another "something English is better than something Irish" shocker on Boards.ie.

The thing is Seanchai, people are getting sick and tired of your rabid and unhealthy obsession with all things English/British even when they are not part of the narrative. Your latest portrayl being that because I say 'arr' instead of 'Orr' then I must be English, you are like a broken record Seanchai. Take the latest BAN handed out to you only yesterday for this kind of ranting > http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=80556051&postcount=43.

hoodwinked

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

aye, RTE presenters are taught to say Irish words according to the pronunciation of the Irish letters hence why it is 'arrrr' t. e and not r.t.e because the acronym is for 3 Irish words not English ones.
Simple as that, they're saying it the proper way

no they aren't they call it R-T-E

e as in eee

but if you look that e has a fada over it and should be pronounced like the english letter 'a'

so if it was pronounced right it would sound like: R-T-A :pac:


also

its Fine (sounds like Feena or sheena with a f instead of the sh) gael, and Fianna (fi-an-na) fáil.

Seanchai

LordSutch wrote: »

Your latest portreyal....[blah, blah, blah]

:rolleyes: None of this irrelevant, turgid post detracts from the fact that you are wrong about the indisputably (by educated people) correct pronunciation of Fine Gael, and other Irish words. At least try and stay on topic. Pronouncing Irish words correctly evidently does not sit well with your prejudices. In fairness to you, though, you don't seem to have much of an affinity with spelling or pronouncing English words correctly either, despite all your lauding of all things British here. It's that obscurantist mentality of rejecting knowledge generally and embracing ignorance. Before looking down on all things Irish, and giving lectures on correct pronunciations in that language, perhaps you could at least master the language you laud so much. Or is it easier for you to hate others than to put the work into being good at something like English/defining yourself positively?

Helpful hints:

1) Ditch your IE browser and start using Chrome or Firefox. That way you will have a spellchecker built into each post you make here. You will look more thoughtful and erudite than you are.

2) Learn how to link properly here. It's simple, and shows you at least put some work, yes work, into your ranting benighted posts.

LordSutch

Seanchai wrote: »

Pronouncing Irish words correctly evidently does not sit well with your prejudices. In fairness to you, though, you don't seem to have much of an affinity with spelling or pronouncing English words correctly either, despite all your lauding of all things British here. It's that obscurantist mentality of rejecting knowledge generally and embracing ignorance. Before looking down on all things Irish, and giving lectures on correct pronunciations in that language, perhaps you could at least master the language you laud so much. Or is it easier for you to hate others than to put the work into being good at something like English/defining yourself positively?

That's it Seanchai, you are a lost cause, sinking deeper and deeper into your obsessive British/English/ Anti Irish mire . . . ad Nauseam.
Remember that it was only yesterday that you were handed out a ban for this unhealthy obsession.

> http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=80556051&postcount=43.

Stab*City

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/samantha-libreri/27/402/221

Its library! FFS RTE are trying to start their own version of the english language.. Man that paul reynolds is very bad. I know people in Kerry who actually thought he was English.

emeraldstar

Alvaro Helpful Rivalry wrote: »

Seeing as we're been pedantic, it's fine, not fianna.

Seeing as you're being pedantic, can I be pedantic?

pickarooney

summerskin wrote: »

Have you seen the Dara O'Brien skit where he's pointing out that nobody in the UK understands him when he says the letter "orr"?

That's because it's pronounced "arr". Did you never watch Sesame St., or any programmes from outside Ireland????




In English the letter is pronounced "arr".

With two silent Rs?