I guess the point it looks like the standard latin alphabet shared by many western nations. In these countries, the latin alphabet tends to have a fairly common sound-set - despite differences in language. It would probably confuse people less if the characters looked a little different - but as it looks so similar, people don't make the connection that it might not be the same.
@@vanessaoyole7790 the languague is called Gaeilge or Irish, not Gaelic. I think what they mean is that theres doffernt letters not ised in Irish, we wouldnt have K, Q, W etc. In the language, those noises are acjeoved by putting different letters together.
@@jackdavenport5011yeah she is . She is such a gem , she just doesn't date people and in an interview she was telling that she hasn't gone to date and don't know how to date , she was 23 then. I really respect and love people like her who wait for their soulmates❤.
I think I need to save this on my phone for quick reference! I think the problem is the Latin script to be honest. That's probably why so many people who grow up speaking English have a hard time with pronounciation. In so many langueges the way letters are pronounced is different. Some less than others, but the point remains. Best example "A" in English is phonetically "Eii" .While in many other langueges "A" is closer to "Ah".
@@eoinoconnor5783A large part of it is seeing letters of Latin alphabet being pronounced in ways one is unaccustomed to. Look at a German word and a Spanish word, and you can bet that if the both have an M in it, it will sound like an M. If you see a word in some other language that has an M in it, but suddenly the M sounds like T, it's going to be weird for you.
I don't consider it mockery. Why would curiosity be mockery? I find it very interesting and beautiful. Feeling a little sensitive today (3 months ago)?
It's not ridiculous, it's just not English, it's Irish. My name is pronounced "Ee-fah" (Aoife), because when you put 'aoi' together in certain words, it makes an 'e' sound. For example, the word: 'Aoibheann' is pronounced "Ee-van", and aoibheann would be used in the sentence "is aoibheann liom" which means, "I really like." ❤👍
I used to work with an Aoife and it's still a ridiculous way of spelling. It's overcomplicated for no reason. English has also its fair share of spelling nonsense though.
I'm Polish living on Ireland a 14 years ... I remember when I met Irish colleagues .. and the schedule of hours at work .. I heard their names but on the schedule I couldn't tell who I was working with the next day hahah 🙂👍 .. and now I really like Irish names! The Irish language is beautiful and it's a wonderful country and people! Ireland Love You and life here!🍀🍀❤️🇵🇱🦅👍👊💪🇮🇪
And that just cos they're reat great grandpas from there so they think think that they know everything about ireland cos they think that they are irish
Its beautiful, and I wish people would open their eyes and see that this is an indigenous European language and should be preserved, as all indigenous languages should be. YES, Europe has an indigenous culture too, and its about time we claim it without the nonsense of the Church, nationalism, or modern ideology as a whole.
The transition from feudalism during industrial revolutions across the European subcontinent allowed the rich to eradicate the cultural diversity of those lands. The Irish managed to mostly fight it, as have many. In fact, if there was still such cultural variety a lot of people would probably be more comfortable with diversity even if the people don't look like them.
@@concord5859 That isn't true. So you'd rather live in a feudal state as opposed to an industrial or post industrial society? I'm sorry, I much prefer the modern world with modern medicine and technology that allows people to live longer lives and have free time to explore things like history, culture, and bettering lives than just a daily struggle to survive. People are responsible for maintaining their culture, not everyone else. Further before unifying governments and the Church that you disparage, all of Europe was a bunch of warring tribes. But, whatever.
I think Irish names are beautiful. We have a family I met where the dad is from Ireland and their children all have traditional Irish names. It’s lovely to get to say them.
So; Irish traditionally doesn't have the letters v-z, so 'v' is often replaced with mh or bh, so to pronounce them in English, first replace an mh or bh with a v. Niamh - Niav Siobhan - Siovan Caoimhe - Caoive I mean, it's not perfect, but helps you make a better guess.
One of my friends (who happens to be names Siobhan) father is names Ciatlan or something? I have two questions. One, what is the correct spelling? And 2, how do you pronounce it?
@@cheetahman515I'm irish and honestly I've no idea. Maybe ask her? Or could you give a phonetic spelling of how you say it? Because the closest I can think of is Caitlin ( pronounced kate-lyn) and that's a woman's name, irish for Catherine
@@cheetahman515 oh great, most people in ireland pronounce it as key-rawn but it can also be pronounced as key-rin. All depends where in the country you are and your specific accent
I’m from Ireland and This frustrates me so much when people do this to Saoirse or like call Cillian Murphy British or Pearce Bronsnan English… like do your most basic research people. If you’re gonna host a celeb or someone in the media the most basic thing you can do is learn their name (and how to say it properly) and where they come from. It feels like it’s so easy to take a dig at Irish actors could you imagine an Asian or African actor going on a show to talk about their work and the host taking the piss out of there names or not even bothering to know where they come from? They wouldn’t dare. Immediately cancelled. But Irish people? Yah sure we’re fair game. 😕
These are often the same people who'll tell you the Irish haven't experienced oppression. Apart from centuries of occupation, mass starvation, being transported to Australia in chains, land clearances, being hanged for speaking the Gaeltacht, wearing green or talking back. You're expected to be "be a good sport" about it. Don't mention the "Peace walls" still necessary in Belfast, the arguments you can get into about Derry's name or the PSNI just being the RUC with newer Landrovers & fewer British agents. 26+6 still don't = 1.
The names aren’t hard to pronounce, but the sound you want doesn’t match the letters you used. Ha ha ha the mbugrcp’s on us. Oh, that’s pronounced like ‘joke’ but I’m drunk.
I live in Wisconsin and I enjoy hearing them try our city names. Oconomowoc. Kaukauna. Gratiot. Weyauwega. Menomonie. Chequamegon. Mukwanago. Nepeuskun. And the like.
I pronounce alot of these differently, like the last one is pronounced “keeva” to the girl i know, and “oisin” is “osheen”!”saoirse” is “seersha”!”Niamh” is “neeve”
same like my name is saoirse and i pronounce it sairsha i think it just differs depending on what part ur from like im from cork so i have a rly strong accent
I got to go to Ireland 20+ years ago - when I was early 30s. It was a business trip with golf clubs. All expenses covered. The Irish people I met in those ten days were fantastic. Polite and considerate. They liked asking questions about America. And the women are gorgeous. 💘 🍻🥃🖖🇮🇪
Yeah ironically all the Gaelic languages are WAY more phonetically accurate in how they're written than English is. You have to learn each English word individually to know if you're pronouncing it right whereas with Irish here you just have to read it and you'll know how to say it (assuming you know the pronunciation rules).
@@asterismos5451 The problem is not knowing the pronunciation rules. I would've tried to shove in what I thought was US/English pronunciation rules to those words. Doesn't help that, in my mother tongue, the pronunciation rules for Latin symbols are the same as what they are in the US, England, or Spain.
@@oscarcacnio8418Yeah it's mostly just that some of the consonants become v sounds when there's an h after them (mh, bh, for instance) and the vowels are just different from most Latin sounds, and change a lot when combined with other vowels.
Used to work with a girl called Siobhan. I used to call her Sio-ban rather than "shivaughn". She knew that I knew how it was pronounced and just laughed when I got it "wrong" . I think I was the only one that got away with it as she corrected everyone else (so did I when i heard them say it incorrectly).
Saoirse Ronan is known for being extraordinarily private and protective when it comes to her personal and loved one’s lives so, this is what she actually prefers to do during interviews.
Too bad most people don’t actually know true Irish culture and are not interested in it. Most young people in Ireland couldn’t give a shite about our language or history before our war for independence a lot of them don’t even know about our Celtic culture and going further back
The alphabet is not that different to the English. It's missing a few letters, for example, the letter v. Instead you would use the letters b and h together to get the sound of a v, or ic together to get a k sound. It's an ancient language with a sprinkling of old nordic in there.
I know 4 different Saoirses, each of whom pronounce it slightly differently. There's one who pronounces it like "SEER-shə", another who says "SARE-shə", one who says "SORE-shə" and a fourth who just calls herself "SƏR-shə" (ə represents a vowel sound called schwa, its just that very low-effort vowel that most vowels in unstressed syllables default to, sorta halfway between "eh" and "uh" where you just… open your mouth and make a noise.)
Gaelic amd cymraeg are supposed to be as harder than the one in Swaziland. I'm 2 years into welsh and looking at Irish at the same time. I'm glad with my choice 😂
Gaeilge gets treated as if it's so exotic because a lot of people outside of Ireland don't know it exists/don't know lots of Irish names come from it. I've seen it done with Welsh too.
I dont know why people get a free pass at making fun of the irish and our language, they wouldnt make fun of arabic cuz it "makes no sense" its a different language, different rules and pronunciations
How is this making fun of Irish names??? They're bringing attention to our language and culture. Please don't scare people away from enjoying Irish culture
No.. pretty much the entirety of Mexico, Central and South America were conquered by the Spanish originally. You speak Spanish in that part of the world because the conquistadors and Spanish priests practiced the systemic r*pe and cultural annihilation of the indigenous people. Now the English and French also did these horrible things but the Spanish were hands down the most successful. Que tengas un excelente día!!
There are accents (short angular lines) called fadas missing from over some of the vowels in the names. These change the pronunciation. She should know
She is not running a class in Irish, she does know, she is just pronouncing the names that are in front of her, not that deep. it's an American chat show for goodness sake, relax
@@jacquelinegosnell5340 yep, fully agree. I use them on my phone but I have yet to figure out how to add them on a standard laptop keyboard. It does kinda annoy me because the word is only correct when the fada is in place but, whatever, I'm usually not trying to teach anyone Irish, I'm just commenting from my kitchen table in Ireland, so it's not that deep lol
Won't be around for long unfortunately. Biggest demographic change per capita of an country in history without the need for a physical war according to an ex Garda for integration.
It's a regional variant. When I took my first Irish class the teacher would give three or four regional pronunciations for every word and it confused the heck out of me 😆
He wouldn't joke about the names of other Counties ,this then would be regarded as Racism. Irish names have A History well before America was Discovered.Pleease do not Disrepect other Nation's Heritage .She should have told him to Get Lost .....
Pointing out that languages different from your own are harder to pronounce is disrespect? Wow. Every foreign exchange student I've ever met that struggled with names and laughed at how strange they sounded owes me a big apology then /s
@@kat8295they didn’t say that pointing out differences between languages is wrong, there are obvious differences between gaeilge and English and there is nothing wrong with pointing these differences out, however calling a spelling of a word in a foreign language ridiculous just because you don’t understand it is most certainly disrespectful
When the English tried to take our whole ethnic Irish culture from us we still spoke our native language which is Gaelic. Irish language is taught in every school in Ireland. Just shows how little that guy knows about Ireland
You may have missed in history class The Scots were setting up castles in Ulster too. If you're going to place blame, make it accurate. The English and Scots were equally at it.
@@geordiewishart1683 Couldn't have brexit without running everything by Dublin for approval first . The occupied northern region is Irish , clawing it back bit by bit , the clue is in the name Northern Ireland . hahahahhah. The Scottish are cowards who worship the King of England , they fly a union Jack as their own flag , they also speak old Irish . Couldn't even develop a language of their own . Sad barstewards
If you listen to how the names are pronounced they’re actually astonishingly beautiful. The spelling doesn’t match English phonetics but I always loved many of them.
This poor woman is eternally cursed with pronouncing Irish names for late night chat show hosts
Being Irish is not a curse!
Yes and she's pronouncing a few of them wrong as well ..
It’s not English that’s why it’s not a curse.
@@thealienfilesnot exactly. If you were Irish you'd know that there are things called _regional dialects_ and _accents_
@@incognito1783 your right there...
My name is Niamh
My sisters name is Caoimhe and my cousin name is Oisin
And your brother is bollix.
@@LaurenceOConnor-fg4dk how long did it take ya to come up with that one buddy?
@@Daran-bi7qhcalm down spaz
I have a cousin called Oisin and another called Caoimhe!
Never heard anyone named Oisin until 20+ years ago when they started making the language fashionable.
People don’t understand they’re like that because Irish has a different alphabet.
I know it winds me up how people act as though they’re a British language
Is it not Gaelic?
I guess the point it looks like the standard latin alphabet shared by many western nations. In these countries, the latin alphabet tends to have a fairly common sound-set - despite differences in language. It would probably confuse people less if the characters looked a little different - but as it looks so similar, people don't make the connection that it might not be the same.
@@vanessaoyole7790where did y’all come up with that
@@vanessaoyole7790 the languague is called Gaeilge or Irish, not Gaelic. I think what they mean is that theres doffernt letters not ised in Irish, we wouldnt have K, Q, W etc. In the language, those noises are acjeoved by putting different letters together.
Move over, A-A-Ron. The Irish have entered the chat!
Buhluhkee's coming with him hahaha
I already told Oshakhennesy he is waiting😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Aaron's still pronounced "Ay-Ay-Rhon" right?
🤣
@@austinh1028 yep 😂
😂 why did I know how to read A-aron
She is stunningly beautiful and so patient.
Every time she is asked the same thing and she answers patiently and politely.
Who is she?
Her name is Saoirse Ronan@@kennethdennis40
@@kennethdennis40I think it’s Saoirse Ronan
@@jackdavenport5011yeah she is . She is such a gem , she just doesn't date people and in an interview she was telling that she hasn't gone to date and don't know how to date , she was 23 then. I really respect and love people like her who wait for their soulmates❤.
She is well paid for that
01) Caoimhe (KEE-vah)
02) Pádraig (PAW-drig)
03) Dearbhla (Derv-la)
04) Maeve (MAY-ve)
05) Grainne (GRAWN-yah)
06) Eoghan (Owen)
07) Aoife (eee-FAH)
08) Siobhan (SHIV-on)
09) Tadhg (Tige)
10) Síle (SHEE-lah)
11) Niamh (Neev)
12) Seamus (Shay-muss)
13) Máirín (Maw-reen)
14) Saoirse (Sur-sha)
15) Bairbre (Barbara)
16) Máirtín (MAR-steen)
Thank you 😍
I am Irish and my name is Dearbhla soo many people get my name wrong I have been called debra debla and many more nobody can pronounce it
I think I need to save this on my phone for quick reference!
I think the problem is the Latin script to be honest. That's probably why so many people who grow up speaking English have a hard time with pronounciation. In so many langueges the way letters are pronounced is different. Some less than others, but the point remains. Best example "A" in English is phonetically "Eii" .While in many other langueges "A" is closer to "Ah".
1) Was more like Kweevah when Saoirse Ronan said it.
@@heliotropezzz333Both are correct
It’s almost like they’re names from a whole different language 😮
English speaking talkshow hosts seem to find that so baffling.
@@eoinoconnor5783A large part of it is seeing letters of Latin alphabet being pronounced in ways one is unaccustomed to. Look at a German word and a Spanish word, and you can bet that if the both have an M in it, it will sound like an M. If you see a word in some other language that has an M in it, but suddenly the M sounds like T, it's going to be weird for you.
Bless Ms. Ronan for her great good patience and her tolerance of such tasteless mockery.
Soirse Ronan
@@ZodiacMy With respect, her name is Saoirse Ronan.
Cheers
It's light hearted fun..not tasteless..but hey ho it's all about opinions..
How you write "tasteless mockery" in Irish? :P
I don't consider it mockery. Why would curiosity be mockery? I find it very interesting and beautiful. Feeling a little sensitive today (3 months ago)?
Well, they’re in the Gaelic language. Many names in other languages can be difficult if you don’t speak the language.
Gaeilge*
@@IrishGK. I stand corrected. Gaeilge it is!
@@simonllewellyn1825 ah no worries
Gaeilge is actually Irish for Gaelic so everyone is right.
@@tconnolly9820 fair enough
Living in Ireland made me learn these names. I love Irish names.
Me too
Same!
same but some names I forget how to pronounce lol
Same
Yeah but so many people hear your name but can't spell it. I've heard people spell my name (Tadhg) like taighde before and it gets really annoying
It's not ridiculous, it's just not English, it's Irish. My name is pronounced "Ee-fah" (Aoife), because when you put 'aoi' together in certain words, it makes an 'e' sound. For example, the word: 'Aoibheann' is pronounced "Ee-van", and aoibheann would be used in the sentence "is aoibheann liom" which means, "I really like." ❤👍
Aiofe's a gorgeous name- if I ever had a daughter that would be her name (and I'm in no way Irish!)!
I used to work with an Aoife and it's still a ridiculous way of spelling. It's overcomplicated for no reason. English has also its fair share of spelling nonsense though.
@@georgezee5173 No language has any ridiculous ways.
so aoife is a shortening of aoibheann like real is a shortening of really ?
@@e7193 no, the commenter was just comparing the "ao" sound in both words
I interviewed her when Lady Bird came out and she’s a sweetheart.
Did you ask better questions?
I'm Polish living on Ireland a 14 years ... I remember when I met Irish colleagues .. and the schedule of hours at work .. I heard their names but on the schedule I couldn't tell who I was working with the next day hahah 🙂👍 .. and now I really like Irish names! The Irish language is beautiful and it's a wonderful country and people! Ireland Love You and life here!🍀🍀❤️🇵🇱🦅👍👊💪🇮🇪
Aye man and we irish love u too bro, my brothers half polish and my soon to be fiance is Polish as well and I'm doing my best to pick up some polish❤
@@moonmarcher 🙂😅👍👍😎🔥💪🍀🌞💪❤️
Welcome friend 😊
@@patricksteele 🍀👍😀💪
The Irish equivalent of Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz? 😂😂
Why can't Americans get around the fact that our names are in a different language, and one that predates the actually United States itself
And that just cos they're reat great grandpas from there so they think think that they know everything about ireland cos they think that they are irish
you take this far too serious
@@skilledcrayon92I don't think so
@JamieLamb-ft6io no I know so because the yanks come in their droves to our island and talk shite about how they're irish. Yer not yer american
Because they're thick.
Its beautiful, and I wish people would open their eyes and see that this is an indigenous European language and should be preserved, as all indigenous languages should be.
YES, Europe has an indigenous culture too, and its about time we claim it without the nonsense of the Church, nationalism, or modern ideology as a whole.
The transition from feudalism during industrial revolutions across the European subcontinent allowed the rich to eradicate the cultural diversity of those lands. The Irish managed to mostly fight it, as have many. In fact, if there was still such cultural variety a lot of people would probably be more comfortable with diversity even if the people don't look like them.
it's too alte for irelandistan
LOL @ "without nationalism."
The Celtic languages of Europe are no more indigenous than the Germanic and Romantic languages. All three are Indo-European
@@concord5859 That isn't true. So you'd rather live in a feudal state as opposed to an industrial or post industrial society? I'm sorry, I much prefer the modern world with modern medicine and technology that allows people to live longer lives and have free time to explore things like history, culture, and bettering lives than just a daily struggle to survive. People are responsible for maintaining their culture, not everyone else. Further before unifying governments and the Church that you disparage, all of Europe was a bunch of warring tribes. But, whatever.
I think Irish names are beautiful. We have a family I met where the dad is from Ireland and their children all have traditional Irish names. It’s lovely to get to say them.
They're all beautiful names. Unique and usual, that's why they're beautiful.
Please. Can't pronounce them here in the US of A, and the spelling of them is ugly as well.
You mean unusual.
@@lenpey Oh yes, sorry!
Not too unusual in Ireland though!
So; Irish traditionally doesn't have the letters v-z, so 'v' is often replaced with mh or bh, so to pronounce them in English, first replace an mh or bh with a v.
Niamh - Niav
Siobhan - Siovan
Caoimhe - Caoive
I mean, it's not perfect, but helps you make a better guess.
One of my friends (who happens to be names Siobhan) father is names Ciatlan or something? I have two questions. One, what is the correct spelling? And 2, how do you pronounce it?
@@cheetahman515I'm irish and honestly I've no idea. Maybe ask her? Or could you give a phonetic spelling of how you say it? Because the closest I can think of is Caitlin ( pronounced kate-lyn) and that's a woman's name, irish for Catherine
@@plaidshirtanomaly just looked it up and it’s Ciaran. I think it is pronounced chyaran with a rolled r
@@cheetahman515 oh great, most people in ireland pronounce it as key-rawn but it can also be pronounced as key-rin. All depends where in the country you are and your specific accent
Ona maíth 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👌
My mother named me Sionainn.
I once had a very sweet old gentleman sing me a song about the River Shannon.
Can someone remind him of words like 'enough', 'infamous' and hundreds of other english words🤣?
Knowledge!!!!
She’s a great ad for Ireland!
where are you from
Not really, she's a poshie that pretends to be from the flats
Who's she?
Is she an actress?
Probably one of the best actresses in the world right now
I’m from Ireland and This frustrates me so much when people do this to Saoirse or like call Cillian Murphy British or Pearce Bronsnan English… like do your most basic research people. If you’re gonna host a celeb or someone in the media the most basic thing you can do is learn their name (and how to say it properly) and where they come from. It feels like it’s so easy to take a dig at Irish actors could you imagine an Asian or African actor going on a show to talk about their work and the host taking the piss out of there names or not even bothering to know where they come from? They wouldn’t dare. Immediately cancelled. But Irish people? Yah sure we’re fair game. 😕
These are often the same people who'll tell you the Irish haven't experienced oppression. Apart from centuries of occupation, mass starvation, being transported to Australia in chains, land clearances, being hanged for speaking the Gaeltacht, wearing green or talking back.
You're expected to be "be a good sport" about it. Don't mention the "Peace walls" still necessary in Belfast, the arguments you can get into about Derry's name or the PSNI just being the RUC with newer Landrovers & fewer British agents.
26+6 still don't = 1.
Part of the joke is that her name is so hard to pronounce for anyone who interviews her and Colbert gets it right, so at least he's trying.
or presidents are irish
Daily reminder to learn Irish, its spelling is actually incredibly regular once you get used to how it works
Honestly, irish names are beautiful
Im from Ireland and i love seeing ppl struggle saying these names
The names aren’t hard to pronounce, but the sound you want doesn’t match the letters you used. Ha ha ha the mbugrcp’s on us. Oh, that’s pronounced like ‘joke’ but I’m drunk.
@@CorePathway ok
I live in Wisconsin and I enjoy hearing them try our city names. Oconomowoc. Kaukauna. Gratiot. Weyauwega. Menomonie. Chequamegon. Mukwanago. Nepeuskun. And the like.
Me being Irish: all right
Same
Samsies I'm Doireann
im not Irish but I lived there for 5 years and i got all right too 😅
Same up Monaghan!
Same, coming from Carrick.
God bless the Irish people, free Ireland 🇮🇪 and free Palestine 🇵🇸
One of our twins is named Siobhan and the other Saoirse, birthday is 29 February. They were 6 last week. Or 24, depending on how you count.
Happy belated birthday to the little ones! :D
lol leap year babies!
She was so young here but yet so charismatic and relaxed. Amazing woman.
She's all of the three still.
@@Ambar42right? I was worried she died lol 😭
I LOVE the Irish accent. I could listen to her talk for hours. Not to mention how cute Irish people are. She's adorable.
A lot more Irish accents than that.
My sister’s name is Siobhan. In the mid 60’s the teachers were actually angry with my Mum for choosing an ‘unreadable/unpronounceable’ name!
Caoimhe is more commonly pronounced as ‘Kee-va’ in the north of Ireland.
I pronounce alot of these differently, like the last one is pronounced “keeva” to the girl i know, and “oisin” is “osheen”!”saoirse” is “seersha”!”Niamh” is “neeve”
same like my name is saoirse and i pronounce it sairsha i think it just differs depending on what part ur from like im from cork so i have a rly strong accent
Yea, I’ve never understood why Saoirse pronounces her name that way. To me it’s the way you say it, ‘Seer-sha’. Oisín is ‘Ush-een’.
Etc.
Why do they spell them this way in English then,?
@@spideyocdit’s not english
I've heard that Queeva is more the Republic Of way of pronouncing it, whereas Keeva is more Northern Irish.
Imagine him trying to say Aoibheann
😂
"Sharon"
ee-van? Yvonne?
Next movie they’ll ask her this again…and again and again and again. She’s such a good sport
I got to go to Ireland 20+ years ago - when I was early 30s. It was a business trip with golf clubs. All expenses covered. The Irish people I met in those ten days were fantastic. Polite and considerate. They liked asking questions about America. And the women are gorgeous. 💘 🍻🥃🖖🇮🇪
I mean... before I learned English well, I thought JOHN is supposed to sound like JOH-HEN 😂
Yeah ironically all the Gaelic languages are WAY more phonetically accurate in how they're written than English is. You have to learn each English word individually to know if you're pronouncing it right whereas with Irish here you just have to read it and you'll know how to say it (assuming you know the pronunciation rules).
@@asterismos5451 The problem is not knowing the pronunciation rules. I would've tried to shove in what I thought was US/English pronunciation rules to those words.
Doesn't help that, in my mother tongue, the pronunciation rules for Latin symbols are the same as what they are in the US, England, or Spain.
@@oscarcacnio8418Yeah it's mostly just that some of the consonants become v sounds when there's an h after them (mh, bh, for instance) and the vowels are just different from most Latin sounds, and change a lot when combined with other vowels.
I thought it was like Yon, with a long o (Yo-on). (1st language is German)
@@yoriex3577 yes! Yo hen or Joh hen definitely not Jong (first lingo Chinese)
Used to work with a girl called Siobhan. I used to call her Sio-ban rather than "shivaughn". She knew that I knew how it was pronounced and just laughed when I got it "wrong" . I think I was the only one that got away with it as she corrected everyone else (so did I when i heard them say it incorrectly).
You know, the Irish could have chosen to write their names phonetically, but they chose to write it out of spite instead, and I respect that.
Saoirse Ronan is known for being extraordinarily private and protective when it comes to her personal and loved one’s lives so, this is what she actually prefers to do during interviews.
Irish culture is so rich, intense and beautiful! ❤
Thanks mate! Glad you like our Culture! ❤
But cuisine is a yawn.
@@lenpey fair enough, our drinks aren't though
Too bad most people don’t actually know true Irish culture and are not interested in it. Most young people in Ireland couldn’t give a shite about our language or history before our war for independence a lot of them don’t even know about our Celtic culture and going further back
Its almost like its a completely different language with a completely different alphabet
Wonder why 😂
The alphabet is not that different to the English. It's missing a few letters, for example, the letter v. Instead you would use the letters b and h together to get the sound of a v, or ic together to get a k sound. It's an ancient language with a sprinkling of old nordic in there.
@@Bopzibeel yeah ik but the letters make different sounds than they do in tye English alphabet.
@@Bopzibeel Just a regular c gets you k. "ic" or "ec" would be specifically a palatal version because of the slender broad distinction.
So is Russian, but when we translate it to English the letters make the right sounds.
The spelling of Irish words was designed to make it easier to spot the Englishman.
I know 4 different Saoirses, each of whom pronounce it slightly differently. There's one who pronounces it like "SEER-shə", another who says "SARE-shə", one who says "SORE-shə" and a fourth who just calls herself "SƏR-shə" (ə represents a vowel sound called schwa, its just that very low-effort vowel that most vowels in unstressed syllables default to, sorta halfway between "eh" and "uh" where you just… open your mouth and make a noise.)
Yay schwa!
There's a 5th way where the second S is silent and it becomes something like Sor-ca
A Kennedy relative died several years ago was named this. No wonder she didn't make it in the US.......
As a irish person i was like its obvious 😂
SHE'S ADORABLE.
Irish names are beautiful
Gaelic amd cymraeg are supposed to be as harder than the one in Swaziland. I'm 2 years into welsh and looking at Irish at the same time. I'm glad with my choice 😂
Our language is called Gaeilge
@@abigailisvirtual3358If you spoke our language, you would know that it is also called "Gaelic".
They ain’t ridiculous
Super cute 😍 Love the accent.
I love Irish names..they have a special meaning💕
I'm irish and knew all😂
I wish you werent, fucking state of ya
I love em ! They sound so lovely ❤
Im gonna be honest. Im from South Africa and those are beautiful names.
He got me with the "you go to h3ll"😂😂
It would be great if you had the phonetics in the subtitles as well!
Funny short!😂❤
Those subtitles def made understanding the English phonetic pronunciation tough lol
Great ambassador for Ireland.
How?
Gaeilge gets treated as if it's so exotic because a lot of people outside of Ireland don't know it exists/don't know lots of Irish names come from it. I've seen it done with Welsh too.
I just imagine a bunch of drunk Irish people having a meeting about making their own original names and these were the results after a 36 hours.
I dont know why people get a free pass at making fun of the irish and our language, they wouldnt make fun of arabic cuz it "makes no sense" its a different language, different rules and pronunciations
I know
It's making fun of our culture
I NEVER knew Irish was this cool...who is so stupid to make fun of such a great language?
How is this making fun of Irish names??? They're bringing attention to our language and culture. Please don't scare people away from enjoying Irish culture
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it's the same thing as Spanish, two l's are pronounced 'y'. we were conquered by the English too but we still have our own language
Any other language has the same things.
German: w pronounced like v
English: ph sounds like f
No.. pretty much the entirety of Mexico, Central and South America were conquered by the Spanish originally. You speak Spanish in that part of the world because the conquistadors and Spanish priests practiced the systemic r*pe and cultural annihilation of the indigenous people. Now the English and French also did these horrible things but the Spanish were hands down the most successful. Que tengas un excelente día!!
Irish names are so pretty.
I've been reading a lot of irish related books, so i knew how to pronounce those names, and I'm very proud of myself 😂
Im irish, and i tell ya I love playing this game with forigners.. Irish names are beautiful.
Bet you suck hard at pronouncing foreign names too if you had to play their game 😅
Gobnait isn't.
My daughters are Sadbh and Blàthnaid.
And how are they pronounced phonetically in American English?
Does Sadbh sound like "save"?
@@callmechia Sadhbh = Sive
Bláthnaid = Blaw-nud
Irish names are so beautiful
Its like my first name...pronounced differently then spelt. Love them
My name is Caoimhe
There are accents (short angular lines) called fadas missing from over some of the vowels in the names. These change the pronunciation. She should know
Yeah and it let's you know if it's pronounced differenly though in the USA you have to learn the word if that makes sense
I mean yeah the names are meant to have fadas, but a lot of people don't include them in the name when they themselves use it
She is not running a class in Irish, she does know, she is just pronouncing the names that are in front of her, not that deep. it's an American chat show for goodness sake, relax
The fades are important I don't let them out but others do also its a pain in the neck to get on your laptops just my take on it as a Irish native
@@jacquelinegosnell5340 yep, fully agree. I use them on my phone but I have yet to figure out how to add them on a standard laptop keyboard. It does kinda annoy me because the word is only correct when the fada is in place but, whatever, I'm usually not trying to teach anyone Irish, I'm just commenting from my kitchen table in Ireland, so it's not that deep lol
I love Irish people 🇮🇪.
A lot of greetings from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿.
Thank you 😊
Irish names are absolutely gorgeous
Beautiful culture
If You Only Knew
Won't be around for long unfortunately. Biggest demographic change per capita of an country in history without the need for a physical war according to an ex Garda for integration.
@@Fatfrogsrock Are you talking about immigrants or Brits?
Brits?
Do you refer to Pakistanis as Pakis?
My son OISIN ❤
If a daughter Roisin ❤
It’s confusing but at the same time unique! I like it
I worked with a lady named Siobhan. The sweetest, toughest lady I ever worked with. 💜
Happy Hispanic heritage day
Caoimhe can also be pronounced Key-va with no w sound
Best pronunciation imo
But it would be wrong
@@ohnoitisnt666 no
the a makes the C broad, not slender. so, no.
It's a regional variant. When I took my first Irish class the teacher would give three or four regional pronunciations for every word and it confused the heck out of me 😆
I love the sound of Oisin! Beautiful!
Everyone knows Siobhan from Bananarama.
As being irish I know all these
I'd be concerned if u didn't 😂
@@skilledcrayon92😂
@@skilledcrayon92😂
He wouldn't joke about the names of other Counties ,this then would be regarded as Racism.
Irish names have A History well before America was Discovered.Pleease do not Disrepect other Nation's Heritage .She should have told him to Get Lost .....
Pointing out that languages different from your own are harder to pronounce is disrespect? Wow. Every foreign exchange student I've ever met that struggled with names and laughed at how strange they sounded owes me a big apology then /s
@@kat8295they didn’t say that pointing out differences between languages is wrong, there are obvious differences between gaeilge and English and there is nothing wrong with pointing these differences out, however calling a spelling of a word in a foreign language ridiculous just because you don’t understand it is most certainly disrespectful
The Irish language is a declaration of war to the English.
I love it.
Do the Americans not realise that we as an Irish Republician nation have our own language?
@@Scale_Slotcars_Latviatrue
@@Scale_Slotcars_Latviathere's regions in Ireland with no English spoken, only Irish
@@Scale_Slotcars_Latvia where are you from?
I don’t blame them for not knowing, it’s uncommon for irish people to even know the language
@@Scale_Slotcars_Latviait’s awful the English stripped us from our culture
When the English tried to take our whole ethnic Irish culture from us we still spoke our native language which is Gaelic. Irish language is taught in every school in Ireland.
Just shows how little that guy knows about Ireland
You may have missed in history class The Scots were setting up castles in Ulster too. If you're going to place blame, make it accurate. The English and Scots were equally at it.
@@bradavon I always just say the Brits, meaning English, Scottish and Welsh. They have all had boots on the ground enforcing British rule in Ireland.
@@bradavon It was the UK overall, Scotland is part of the UK
Love it.
I'm a Protestant Ulster Scot living in Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Five hundred years and counting!
@@geordiewishart1683 Couldn't have brexit without running everything by Dublin for approval first . The occupied northern region is Irish , clawing it back bit by bit , the clue is in the name Northern Ireland . hahahahhah. The Scottish are cowards who worship the King of England , they fly a union Jack as their own flag , they also speak old Irish . Couldn't even develop a language of their own . Sad barstewards
If you listen to how the names are pronounced they’re actually astonishingly beautiful. The spelling doesn’t match English phonetics but I always loved many of them.
I had kids in my school with these names. I now realise I've been pronouncing them wrong for decades.
Homer Simpson: Why didn’t someone tell me!? Oh I’ve been making an idiot out of myself! 🏃 💨
Americans have similar names that don't sound how they're spelt. A classic example is 'Trump' which is pronounced, 'Wanker'.
😂
😂😂
Weird I pronounce that one "winner of the 2024 election" ;)
😂😂
@@kaugh. That’s why you too are a Wanker.
*other languages exist*
Americans: "You go to hell"
I'll hold the door open for ya'
Which state then?
I'm Italian, Irish just sucks
To be fair, mh = v is weird.
@@jeffredfern3744 because you're using your English language brain
Love the way she says vowels
Is that the young lady from the movie Lovely Bones? She was phenomenal...
He’s so much better when he just sticks to being funny.
There are 3 different Irish dialects and "Caoimhe" is pronounced "Kee-vah" in one of them
I’m Irish, and I’ve never encountered anyone that has it pronounced the way she did.
My friend pronounce it Keevee
my friends name is saoire hahaha
I fucking love irish.
What's ridiculous is the English speaking world thinking nothing exists beyond it. I say that as an English person of Irish blood.
She's from Carlow but has a Dublin accent.
She's from Howth I think
She I think so too
She was born in the Bronx
@michaelward1945 yes but she's Irish DNA and culturally wise
@@jasonwebb41 I know
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people when languages arent English: 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Beautiful names
Didn't even realise these names were an issue for people.. they're just normal names in ireland😂
Ikr
It’s just we’re not as familiar with them. Sean, Sheila, Terence & Erin are in my fam. Lots of Patrick’s, Liam’s, Neil’s, Brian’s