Wrongly pronounced GAA Names by RTE commentators
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Topic: Wrongly pronounced GAA Names by RTE commentators
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Subject: Wrongly pronounced GAA Names by RTE commentators
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 2:54pm
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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  probably the strangest of the lot that oneAny others? Im sure there are more im forgetting |
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Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 2:56pm
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They can't seem to tell the difference between Walsh and Welch. ------------- 'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 2:57pm
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Welsh is how they say Walsh down around KK for some bizarre reason ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: MayoMark
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:00pm
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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". ------------- They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car... |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:01pm
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I forgot the great Donegal half back Carol Lacey |
Posted By: kimbap
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:12pm
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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. |
Posted By: the_walls
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:22pm
Posted By: the_walls
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:26pm
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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Roberto Baggio wrote:Posted By: Saint Tom
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:30pm
------------- My destination inchicore my next stop being kilmainham Where patriots and super saints are the topics of conversation |
Posted By: Saint Tom
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 3:41pm
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Also waterford see brick walsh ------------- My destination inchicore my next stop being kilmainham Where patriots and super saints are the topics of conversation |
Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 4:57pm
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  ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 6:23pm
No it is Karl alright
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Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2015 at 9:20pm
Just listen to David Brady or James Nallen speak and how they pronounce names in that ultra bog man accent  ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: the_walls
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 3:24am
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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Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 4:59am
Hark at the urban sophisticate Walls . Fcuk whatever accent ya have, the starting point is knowing what county yer from  ...........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. ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 7:53am
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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. ------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: the_walls
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 11:02am
Far, far from it
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 11:46am
thinking the same walls. GIve me your dulcet western tone over the sound of banjo country anyday
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Posted By: the_walls
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 11:51am
Thanks
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Posted By: sid waddell
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 1:23pm
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Certain county accents are very flat. This is mainly in what I call "the Barrow corridor", stretching from Offaly through Laois, Kildare, West Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny and Waaahfud. All these counties have very flah haccents, so dee dew, but the throatiness of the accent gradually descends into a more nasal whine as you go further south.
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Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 8:48pm
My accent is mild and has a very low tone, the Western accent is rugged and very deep for the most part. It basically has a rough and ready sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk_kZspsp1o" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk_kZspsp1o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJNBPn2-3Kc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJNBPn2-3Kc Also, I'm not from Tipperary, never once claimed to be either? There's f**k all bogs in Carlow btw  ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 8:53pm
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nice edit btw...i was just about to post this: http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/go-walk-abbeyleix-bog-loop-co-laois-1.1959278" rel="nofollow - http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/go-walk-abbeyleix-bog-loop-co-laois-1.1959278 ------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: Green Devil
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2015 at 8:56pm
Laois has nowhere near as much bog land per square mile than even the likes of Offaly has which is county pretty similar in size to Laois. Land from Portlaoise down to my village on the Carlow border has probably the best farming land in the country. ------------- "He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland," Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
Posted By: the_walls
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2015 at 12:13pm
So essentially by virtue of it being different its "bogman"? Sound
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Posted By: Conor Messi
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2015 at 12:33pm
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I'm from Laois and work in Kilkenny and the amount of different pronunciations is unreal considering there's only a few miles between me and most of the lads I work with. Walsh is pronounced Welsh by everyone Phelan is whaylan O'Neills are Nails Skehan is Skayan Healy is Hayley And it's not just all the "ee" sounds are pronounced "ay" because O'Dea is still O'Dea and Deegan is Deegan. In north Laois where my oul lad is from, Matthews is Mattis. Dowling is Doolin with some of the real mountain men! I dunno, the joys of being a bogger isn't it walls/GD?!  ------------- @MessiConor Hasta La Victoria Siempre |
Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2015 at 5:56pm
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Today it was Maher and Maar. ------------- 'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick |
Posted By: Conor Messi
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2015 at 10:26pm
Sure that's the right way to say Maher. ------------- @MessiConor Hasta La Victoria Siempre |
Posted By: sid waddell
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2015 at 10:27pm
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Paul Shootay. ------------- Edited by Trigboy 10 at 10:03pm |