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    Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 2:54pm
Donal Vaughan - pronounced Donal Vauckin

Bonar or Anthony Maher - pronounced Bonar (Anthony) Marr

Benny Coulter - pronounced Benny Cooolter

Anthony Thompson -  the "Th" at the start of the surname is pronounced. Why is the H pronounced here and not in the word 'three' for example. If he scored 0-3 in a game the commentator would probably say "Thhhompson has now scored tree"

Walter Walsh - pronounced Walter Welsh Confused probably the strangest of the lot that one

Any others? Im sure there are more im forgetting




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They can't seem to tell the difference between Walsh and Welch. 
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Welsh is how they say Walsh down around KK for some bizarre reason
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Walsh is pronounced Welsh in a load of places in Ireland. Strange one alright, very confusing

Also, Keane being pronounced "Kane".
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I forgot the great Donegal half back Carol Lacey


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My last name is Walsh,4th most common name in Ireland.Pronounced Welsh in many parts of the west and also Kilkenny.

Staunton is also pronounced Stanton,keane as Kane,lots of examples of this. 
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Originally posted by Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio wrote:

I forgot the great Donegal half back Carol Lacey



I think its meant to be spelt Karol and thats where the confusion lies Id imagine. I know a lad from Donegal with that name but its pronounced Karl. Id say Ringerbell could shed more light on that
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Originally posted by MayoMark MayoMark wrote:

Walsh is pronounced Welsh in a load of places in Ireland. Strange one alright, very confusing

Also, Keane being pronounced "Kane".
not really when the name breathnach originates from the one from wales
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Also waterford see brick walsh
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Originally posted by Saint Tom Saint Tom wrote:

Also waterford see brick walsh

That would be Brick Welsh, who plays home hurling games in Welsh Park. Referred to as nothing else around here, anyone with that surname pronouncing it as 'Walsh' would be seen as someone with notions about thereselves LOL




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Originally posted by the_walls the_walls wrote:

Originally posted by Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio wrote:

I forgot the great Donegal half back Carol Lacey



I think its meant to be spelt Karol and thats where the confusion lies Id imagine. I know a lad from Donegal with that name but its pronounced Karl. Id say Ringerbell could shed more light on that
No it is Karl alright
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Just listen to David Brady or James Nallen speak and how they pronounce names in that ultra bog man accent
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Originally posted by Green Devil Green Devil wrote:

Just listen to David Brady or James Nallen speak and how they pronounce names in that ultra bog man accent

Any chance you could characterise what constitutes a bog man accent? By virtue of it coming from the west perhaps? You are fully entitled to your little smiley face, you clearly dont like the west of Ireland accent and that is purely a subjective opinion that you are more than entitled to. However, I would like to know what makes a lad from from Carlow/Laois/Tipperary think it is acceptable to throw stones inside the old glass house as regards the whole "bog man" thing. Aren't the best bogs from that part of the country?
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Originally posted by the_walls the_walls wrote:

Originally posted by Green Devil Green Devil wrote:

Just listen to David Brady or James Nallen speak and how they pronounce names in that ultra bog man accent

Any chance you could characterise what constitutes a bog man accent? By virtue of it coming from the west perhaps? You are fully entitled to your little smiley face, you clearly dont like the west of Ireland accent and that is purely a subjective opinion that you are more than entitled to. However, I would like to know what makes a lad from from Carlow/Laois/Tipperary think it is acceptable to throw stones inside the old glass house as regards the whole "bog man" thing. Aren't the best bogs from that part of the country?

Hark at the urban sophisticate Walls LOL. Fcuk whatever accent ya have, the starting point is knowing what county yer from Wink...........

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Whelan pronounced weelan in most places is pronounced waylan in the South East. Something similar happens with Phelan. Pronounced faylan in the SE.

A strange one that i never understood.
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Originally posted by deise316 deise316 wrote:

Originally posted by the_walls the_walls wrote:

Originally posted by Green Devil Green Devil wrote:

Just listen to David Brady or James Nallen speak and how they pronounce names in that ultra bog man accent

Any chance you could characterise what constitutes a bog man accent? By virtue of it coming from the west perhaps? You are fully entitled to your little smiley face, you clearly dont like the west of Ireland accent and that is purely a subjective opinion that you are more than entitled to. However, I would like to know what makes a lad from from Carlow/Laois/Tipperary think it is acceptable to throw stones inside the old glass house as regards the whole "bog man" thing. Aren't the best bogs from that part of the country?

Hark at the urban sophisticate Walls LOL. Fcuk whatever accent ya have, the starting point is knowing what county yer from Wink...........

Those Tipp bogs ?? Aye, they still kind of exist, but co-exist with eco-warrior windmills, all 758 of them dotted around the flatlands outside Thurles after a full year's spinning would just about be enough to power the main beam on yer rothar for about 20 minutes, that is, if you had a rothar in the first place. 




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Originally posted by the_walls the_walls wrote:

Originally posted by Green Devil Green Devil wrote:

Just listen to David Brady or James Nallen speak and how they pronounce names in that ultra bog man accent


Any chance you could characterise what constitutes a bog man accent? By virtue of it coming from the west perhaps? You are fully entitled to your little smiley face, you clearly dont like the west of Ireland accent and that is purely a subjective opinion that you are more than entitled to. However, I would like to know what makes a lad from from Carlow/Laois/Tipperary think it is acceptable to throw stones inside the old glass house as regards the whole "bog man" thing. Aren't the best bogs from that part of the country?
thinking the same walls. GIve me your dulcet western tone over the sound of banjo country anyday

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