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Rant: Estates/Streets whose names are a mouthful (often As Gaelige)

  • 26-06-2018 11:56am
    #1
    pj9999
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭


    This is a place I’ve had to go to recently:
    Lus Na Meala

    So over the phone yerman was like "Lus na meala it’s 3 words L U S no not L U F it's S for Sugar space Na Yeah N for November Ah for Apple, Yeah its Irish, space ya another space and another word Meala No no not Neela I’ll spell it M for mother E for elephant A for Apple L for what’s L for.. L for Liam A for Apple.

    Another one Radharc an Bhaile. There’s half a chance Paddy will spell it correctly but what a pain if the party you’re giving it doesn’t have the Cupla Focail.

    I dunno is the the developers or the council who come up with these gems.


Comments

  • #2
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    An American couple asked me before how to get to Doonlaygohara. I wouldn't blame them, Dun Laoghaire doesn't look like it sounds like that. I've also heard them say Inchickory for Inchicore which was fun.


  • #3
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    I used to work in hostels, we used to get sh*t like that daily.


    How do I get to How?th?


    Is there anything to see in Talla-ag-thhh?


  • #4
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    Is there anything to see in Talla-ag-thhh?

    Yeah there's a lovely supermarket called Lid... Oh wait it's gone.


  • #5
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,813 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Meh, if you go to a foreign country it's just part of the deal


  • #6
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,530 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    I think the whole Irish language thing is a waste of time and money when you have official street names, road names and public information signs where the Irish part is actually gibberish; grammatically wrong, misspelled or badly translated on Google.


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  • #7
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    I don't mind the As Gaeilge ones, it's the ones that are "Something something drive" or boulevard that annoy me.

    It's like little parts of suburban cookie-cutter America imposed on our countryside


  • #8
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    They should all be named after famous professional wrestlers.


  • #9
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,534 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    People need to use Eircodes more for issues like the OP.

    Outside of that, it's pretty common in many countries to have issues pronouncing place names, even English speaking countries:
    England - Greenwich, Reading, Chiswick, Ruislip
    US - Poughkeepsie, Boise, Spokane, Arkansas


  • #10
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    MOD Thread closed, I think there is already a section that is more in tune for your post OP ;)https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1193


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