Americans Try To Pronounce Traditional Irish Names

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@PaolitaTheGreat 5 років тому

English speaker: "there's no other way to pronounce this" Also English speaker: thought, tough, though

@MalakhiW 4 роки тому

Paola R facts 😂 but still

@giaphu2091 4 роки тому

uh uh uh there is more Rough , cough , dough , fought , trough WHY NONE OF THEM RHYME ? English is broken

@pheo6452 4 роки тому

Gia Phu meanwhile pony and bologna rhyme

@tomsteinhardt4722 4 роки тому

Lol. He refused the refuse.

@Rhh26 4 роки тому

Just kinda here Not if pronounced correctly

@pualamnusantara7903 4 роки тому

*"iRiSh iS a dIfFeReNt lAnGuAgE?"* Somebody please tell me if she was joking.

@1dlyrics363 4 роки тому

I don't think she was

@halveyz7620 4 роки тому

Da_Rainbow Kitty they are just cultural norms

@thetoxicsketch3331 4 роки тому

@@logansanders9307 American is NOT a language

@robloccnmeme969 4 роки тому

It is tho

@vampiregirlTVD 4 роки тому

they do believe Europe is a country so there's that as well

@EleanorShellsdrop 3 роки тому

The most common Irish name for Americans is “Sean”, and Americans don’t even know it’s Irish

@conalflood7895 3 роки тому

They also say it's spelt wrong aha

@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 3 роки тому

Exactly 😂 They don't know Shawn & Shaun comes from the Irish name Seán

@stevelowe2647 3 роки тому

Americans are tantamount to Neanderthal though

@mars7612 3 роки тому

Most Americans actually do know that Sean is Irish. Especially if their name is Sean. Americans tend to have names that match their family heritage/ancestry.

@windows-kx1of 3 роки тому

What is the ì and é mean

@Katamoii 4 роки тому

“Is Irish an actual language” probably has Irish ancestry too lol

@banana_man_101 4 роки тому

99% chance

@eyan4329 3 роки тому

Probably says they're Irish

@oliveranderson7264 3 роки тому

She’s Jewish but yeah, a lot of Americans have some Irish ancestry

@Isometimesexplain 2 роки тому

Yes Irish is its own language like deis mura duit

@brianmcg5161 2 роки тому

I'm from Ireland

@adamadamadam12 9 років тому

"Irish is a different language?" GOD DAM EVEN A LOAF OF BREAD COULD FIGURE THAT OUT!

@usernameisntavailableitried 9 років тому

its a dialect not a language your loaf of bread was wrong

@Vampirecutie447 9 років тому

*whistles innocently* gosh, like the nerve of some people to not know that Irish is a different language.

@evankbs9949 9 років тому

I'm from Ireland yes it is a laungage...in our school it's called irish laungage studies

@SamarkandChan 9 років тому

Sadie Goulooze Nope, google it

@dannyosullivan9274 9 років тому

+Sadie Goulooze Irish is a language

@katewhelan4267 7 років тому

Where my Irish squad at?

@EvoVFX 7 років тому

Well mate

@keara700 7 років тому

I am 89% Irish!!

@brigidrode 7 років тому

half Irish boi

@oisinbarker5889 7 років тому

Here why isn't my name here what about Oisín

@nikodeimos 7 років тому

Right here! By the way they all sound ridiculous.

@MCDreng 3 роки тому

"There's no E in Owen-oh never mind" American education

@sevenseasonsofbrown 3 роки тому

This needs more likes

@maeve476 3 роки тому

literally lmao

@talieateste2405 3 роки тому

i, an american, concur with your assessment. our educations system sucks ass.

@nataliana9089 3 роки тому

Eoin

@bigslave6437 2 роки тому

@@nataliana9089 Yeah what’s up?

@gerryadams3756 4 роки тому

“In a way that you wouldn’t expect ..... raisin”

@hi-ln6ur 4 роки тому

"Irish is a different language?" **angry irish grannies have entered the chat**

@theoofgamingchannel1243 4 роки тому

Kookie Krumble lol with hurl and shlitor in hand

@petronella4883 4 роки тому

Starts throwing potatoes

@ashlingmcgee74 4 роки тому

Ha this is true

@compulsivecommenter990 4 роки тому

Grainnes?

@petronella4883 4 роки тому

@@compulsivecommenter990 yes grannies not grandma

@egalo-medina6859 8 років тому

"Irish is a different language?" With some of these videos, I'm really starting to think that most of the Buzzfeed staff is fiercely uneducated

@tapnad8568 8 років тому

I think fiercely is underestimated considering the probable iq of every single personnel of their staff.

@thearmoredidiot4828 8 років тому

+Jarred Ocoyne Yeah, you can't expect much from Buzzfeed people.

@tapnad8568 8 років тому

Very true

@MrEnterainment 8 років тому

+Jarred Ocoyne I'm staring to think Americans aren't as smart as us Irish fellas ;) they should've tried to pronounce 'Deirbhile'

@joehennessy2166 7 років тому

+Jarred Ocoyne I agree

@camillacolucci7576 3 роки тому

American sees an accent: "oh oh we've got one of those strange symbols" Me an italian: wait what

@elisallacasuperlaca4195 3 роки тому

Eccomi :)

@mmbleachtasty6121 2 роки тому

Italian rarely even uses accent marks. The only commen word with an accent mark is è and sì

@dinnyspuds1245 2 роки тому

Its called a fada it goes the opposite way see this is fada "é" and this is italian accent " ì"

@camillacolucci7576 2 роки тому

@@mmbleachtasty6121 i hope you're kidding, we have plenty of words having an accent at the end. The main difference with other languages such as french or Spanish is that in italian there can't be any written accent in the middle of a word but just at the end

@mmbleachtasty6121 2 роки тому

@@camillacolucci7576 I speak Italian as my first language and besides borrowed words there's really not alot of accent marks

@justinanderson2926 3 роки тому

"Some of these letters are not being used..." Says native English speaker. ;-D

@rageagainstthemicrowave1313 3 роки тому

English is such a bastard language of so many other ones. I'm learning Latin right now and it makes so much more consistent sense than English.

@emmaflynn5957 7 років тому

"Irish is a language?" I was about to fuckin box her through the screen.

@adolfhipster6478 7 років тому

Ahh the wrath of an angry Irish woman.

@tashiwangdu4747 6 років тому

is that an option ???

@arwen6584 6 років тому

Emma Flynn yh it is

@tiffffffffx 6 років тому

Emma Flynn Aw stop 😂

@sopsopopop7203 6 років тому

Same l hate when that happens

@TheXmisterx88 7 років тому

'Irish is a different language' I'M GOING TO SLAP SOMEONE

@sjg4388 6 років тому

I understand them because many famous Irish authors, like Joyce, wrote their works in English and not many people speak Irish. Even Irish people don't speak Irish.

@siobhandornbierer9900 6 років тому

김상윤 We have to learn Irish in school tho (I'm Irish but lived moved 4 years ago so I forgot all but chair)

@paigehawkins2556 6 років тому

JON fivesevenseven its called Gaelic

@elliedevitt6663 6 років тому

JON fivesevenseven omg

@matthewmcnerlin231 6 років тому

I know. for so many of them claiming to be Irish (even though they cannot) you think they would know we have our known language

@wildgg1871 3 роки тому

As an irish person myself, this is comedy gold

@Emma-im7lg 2 роки тому

what's your favourite tayto crisp flauvour?

@able_.e 2 роки тому

@@Emma-im7lg prawn cocktail

@sevenseasonsofbrown Рік тому

not really tbh

@that_girl4527 4 роки тому

The sad thing is when I start talking in Irish to my family for instance on the phone my friends are like “uh why are you speaking like that lol” i had to explain to them I was talking irish and most of them said “wait, irish is a diffrent language!?!”

@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 3 роки тому

Oh my god

@tealwashablemarker8886 3 роки тому

they say “why are you speaking like that” though?? like they haven’t heard of different languages?! doesn’t surprise me with americans but

@beaukiff9 2 роки тому

I just lost faith in americans in the first two seconds of this video and this comment.

@fekhu3961 Рік тому

Tà, ní maith liom mo chairde ansin

@Blueturtle1 Рік тому

@@FeachArAchoimreMoChainealI am so happy that I understood most of this

@kateryan5651 5 років тому

“Irish is a different language” 😂 My Irish soul is dying

@airracer28 5 років тому

Gaelic?

@QuokkaWaka 5 років тому

@@airracer28 Nobody really calls it Gaelic, unless you count the Irish word for the Irish language (Gaeilge)

@benjaminomahony5669 5 років тому

I'm 100 percent iris and this was pain

@focusontheroadthereisnothi6763 5 років тому

Oh that's cool, i'm a 100% cornea.

@AB-jt4rs 5 років тому

@@focusontheroadthereisnothi6763 i am 100% pupil!

@crystalcastlesgf 5 років тому

*irish is a different language?* Im losing faith in humanity

@amelialikesyt_3927 5 років тому

Me too

@crystalcastlesgf 5 років тому

@@amelialikesyt_3927 😂

@Jp-gw3tu 5 років тому

I mean us Scots and yous have gaelic

@diliff 5 років тому

To be fair, I thought it was called Irish gaelic, not Irish.

@crystalcastlesgf 5 років тому

@@Jp-gw3tu yep

@shaalis 4 роки тому

"MH" is a V sound. And it makes somewhat sense when you start to play with your own sounds. In th eUSA you also have names like "Leigh" or "Lee", same thing.

@arrandinsmore580 3 роки тому

It's not always a V sound, depends on the vowels either side of it (usually)... Can be a W sound too

@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 3 роки тому

It's not always a V sound is the H is a séimhú

@mars7612 3 роки тому

How is "Lee" the same as "mh" making a V sound? Lee is "ee" making an E sound, "mh" is 2 consonants making a different consonant sound.

@georgiaaa6789 3 роки тому

@@mars7612 I think she’s just pointing out examples of letters that can be pronounced differently. An American who sees the name Leigh written down would probably know to pronounce it Lee, they would know its not pronounced like neigh 🐴 with an L. In this case “gh” is pronounced “ee”, other examples are “mh” being pronounced as “v”

@The_Devil_Himself 3 роки тому

MH is a V. The BH in Siobhán is a V, making it "Shevaun" I feel like that's alota work, just use the letter V.

@flyingrafts7287 4 роки тому

"Irish is a different language?" Every Irish student ever: Yes, unfortunately.

@corkcityfc9131 4 роки тому

Haha so true she doesn’t get the years of pain and suffering every irish student has to go through 😂😂

@katie228_ 4 роки тому

I'm Irish and I absolutely hate the language haha and we have to learn it

@flyingrafts7287 4 роки тому

@@toffeecaoimhe yes, it is a nice language, but it's not fun to learn. any Irish student will tell you that.

@a.v.d2315 4 роки тому

@@katie228_ i really want to learn Irish! celtic languages are so unique...all other languages seem to be either germanic or romance..and it's just different!

@chloegar4899 3 роки тому

OMG YEA

@stevieboy666 4 роки тому

Where all my Irish people at who had to suffer this torture

@_Starzy 4 роки тому

Right Here 🙋‍♀️ 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

@jackkirwan8146 4 роки тому

They make my blood boil... 🇮🇪🇮🇪🤦‍♀️🙋

@siobhanofarrell4646 4 роки тому

Right here - puke bucket in hand 🤮

@lornamurphy4041 4 роки тому

@banana_man_101 4 роки тому

here

@sophiekeogh1111 6 років тому

My Irish soul is broken "irish is a different language?" OML

@GDMcGurk 5 років тому

ik the is a crack in my irish soul

@AB-jt4rs 5 років тому

Your irish but you never new that it was a language?WHAT THE FREAK?

@hatkinson9026 5 років тому

Sophie Keogh I know right... Even people that aren’t irish should know that

@dervy5935 5 років тому

Sophie Keogh I was like could they be any more stupider 😂

@saoirsetheloverofcatsandco6717 5 років тому

Sophie Keogh help my soul it's escaping to America with all this grammar needing people

@jilliangiesbrecht2380 4 роки тому

"Irish is a different language" oh I am so glad to be Canadian right now.

@katanah3195 3 роки тому

Me too buddy.

@you-in5iy 2 роки тому

Yeah like we don't have people like that here

@adammacdomhnail2014 2 роки тому

@@you-in5iy Because yous actually have brains in Canada😂

@maebhjordan954 4 роки тому

'Irish is a different language' ~deep breath in~

@eoinoconnor5783 10 місяців тому

Just stay calm, keep it together… 🥴

@itac.2280 5 років тому

"Irish is a different language...?" Oh boy off to a bad start already xD

@laila1989ism 6 років тому

''Irish is a different language?'' Ouch

@katsu8666 6 років тому

laila1989ism oof

@leylacummins7843 6 років тому

Ikr

@williambrowne9063 6 років тому

Yeah it stings a little bit

@kaitlynstaunton6515 6 років тому

Same lol

@africanmansdadafricanmansd9167 6 років тому

that hearts

@MrEyes-xh4bb 4 роки тому

man, i love having an irish name "asslin? ayeslin? esslin? asian? how the hell do you pronounce that?"

@peachwood8884 4 роки тому

Oh Aisling, I'm so sorry for all the people who have wronged you ( well your name.) Also, ARE YOU A TWOSETTER? :O

@MrEyes-xh4bb 4 роки тому

ILiveForM U S I C it's spelled aislinn, but no i don't play violin lmao i get that question a lot

@peachwood8884 4 роки тому

@@MrEyes-xh4bb Oh oops! I apologise. Your name is very beautiful Aislinn.

@MrEyes-xh4bb 4 роки тому

ILiveForM U S I C thank you!

@shannon6108 4 роки тому

They should have tried aoife 😂

@dod6031 4 роки тому

Girl: Irish is a different language? Me: cries in guinness

@miadoyle5337 6 років тому

Oh my god when she said "is Irish a different language?" ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@alannahoneill4828 6 років тому

Mia Doyle I was like no it's a coffee shop

@yelw2304 6 років тому

Actually We speak galic here in Ireland

@doylersafl8728 6 років тому

Alannah O Neill ooooohhhhhhhhh

@tannakota1846 6 років тому

I know it's hard to believe for some, but to a person who is not Irish or exposed to the Irish culture, it can be a common misconception, I believe, to think Irish is simply a people and an accent. Again, it may seem obvious, but not necessarily for someone who, in their young life, never really had a reason to question otherwise. ❤️

@murph05xxx42 6 років тому

TannaKota agghhhhhhh good Did ty do geography we learned everything even America 😬we probably know more than you do about your country 😬boom slan

@reallyeve1991 7 років тому

I am Irish and it was so funny watching them try to pronounce Irish names😂😂

@MsVilma1970 7 років тому

Eve O'Connell I'm not Irish but I live in Ireland and it's still quite amusing. 😁

@jackpearce3976 7 років тому

Eve O'Connell same

@skits4life920 7 років тому

Eve O'Connell same im from connacht

@ross1830 7 років тому

Eve O'Connell same

@pattychrisjackeagan1304 7 років тому

I'm from Donegal💚💚💚💚💚😃😃😃😃😃

@emiquetzalkoala4288 4 роки тому

I am Italian, so even pronouncing "John" feels like forcing my mouth to produce an almost alien sound (yeah, our phonetics is unbelievably different!). After some years I've got used to how English sounds and to how the spelling often seems to be almost completely unrelated to the pronounciation, to the point that sometimes you just can't guess how to read a word unless someone tells you how it should be pronounced and this is so strange to me, coming from a Language where every single letter of the alphabet is always pronounced in the exact same way (except for a handful of combinations such as "gn", "gl", "ch"). Then I watch this video and now I know English is a walk in the park in comparison to Irish! I guessed every single name wrong. And in a couple of cases I know I would have never guessed the right pronounciation even if I tried 20 or 50 times. Quite fascinating.

@daililac 3 роки тому

“oh no we’ve got one of those weird symbols “, dude it’s called a fada

@sevenseasonsofbrown 3 роки тому

Its ironic... I dont think theres a fada in fada haha

@daililac 3 роки тому

oh ok i’ll edit it

@Kai88988 2 роки тому

but how are we meant to know that? to us these names sound made up. like how is Naimh pronounced as Nieve? it makes 0 sense in english and its plain wrong. unless this is from a completely different language that is written in english

@addisonbaker8211 2 роки тому

@@Kai88988 That's cause it is

@siobhansimpson4533 5 років тому

I'M PISSED THAT THEY DIDN'T DO SIOBHAN, WHAT A CLASSIC, I ALWAYS GET SOME GOOD ONES!!!

@roisinthornton6898 5 років тому

Ur name is so easy

@elissabailey1732 5 років тому

I’ve heard people pronounce it like this Siyo-ba-han even tho I know it’s pronounced shivawn. 😂😂dont know how to type how it’s pronounced

@millie649 5 років тому

That’s ma sisters name

@mkon29 5 років тому

i had a girl from surinam come to my class for a while who was named siobhan so i learned how to pronounce it thankfully :)

@SoraAoi97 4 роки тому

This video came up when I was looking at the pronounciation of Siobhan....gotta say am disappointed it was not includee

@moop.3549 5 років тому

*they forgot Aoife.*

@johnfitzgerald1879 5 років тому

E-Faa.

@conorbarron8113 5 років тому

That’s my mums name

@finland4ever55 5 років тому

Alfalfa

@sorchabergin6592 5 років тому

And Sorcha

@bookwoman53 5 років тому

Super Flute Aiofe, missing u always. Bad joke, I know. Sorry.

@seydk 3 роки тому

"irish is a different language" I have lost all hope for America and we're 2 seconds in

@a70274 2 роки тому

blame the natively english speakers who didnt take foreign language classes nor paid any attention in anything to do with non english subjects

@markarthguard4356 4 роки тому

Girl: Irish is a different language I SEE YOU HAVE CHOSEN DEATH

@John-dz6bm 9 років тому

All my friends are like "Daithi and Tadgh, Roisin, Maeve" and I'm over here like "My names John..." XD

@charalee4446 9 років тому

Same. Fucking Niamh, clionagh, Ronan and Ruairi. Most fucking Irish names ever. I'm just like, hi I'm Nathan Lee. No I'm not Asian I'm Irish.

@John-dz6bm 9 років тому

Nathan Lee Hehe I'm John Jekaterina... I'm only 1/4 russin ffs =O

@ControlledChaosTNT 9 років тому

I rarely hear Rhodes names and I am Irish

@charalee4446 9 років тому

And I'm only 1/8 English :3

@DaraghFIFA4life 9 років тому

I've no clue how Irish my name is "Daragh"

@belfastrepeire8442 9 років тому

OMG I'm Irish and did not actually even contemplate how difficult it would be for people outside Ireland to pronounce those haha, I just thought everyone could LOL. That was so funny :D

@bluue4507 9 років тому

***** YH lol exept I'm Polish and I live in Ireland

@LpsAngelMusic 8 років тому

Alicja Sparkle me too, I was born in Poland but I moved to Ireland when I was 1. Now I'm 11 ☺

@bluue4507 8 років тому

LpsAngel Awesome!! Can you still speak Polish?

@emojimolly1901 8 років тому

Same

@danielk9861 8 років тому

***** i know right XD

@hollysarah4762 4 роки тому

:Irish has a different language?” Me:🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️American at her finest

@helplessnarwhal3722 3 роки тому

Trust me, we’re not all like this.

@hollysarah4762 3 роки тому

@@ryt25 just like how I know in France they speak french, in Spain they speak Spanish🤦🏻‍♀️

@caoimhebrowne466 5 років тому

In Northern Ireland 'Caoimhe' is pronounced 'Keeva' but in the south it’s pronounced 'Kweeva'

@niallwallace7457 5 років тому

I've heard a good few different pronunciations of my name, Irish and Gaelic pronunciation does mutate quite a bit in its travels from the Mizzen to the butt of Lewis; enough that people on Islay complain about BBC Alba using Stornoway Gaelic to the point of incomprehensibility.

@caoimhec6628 5 років тому

Yes!! Finally Someone Who Knows! :)

@vincentmethinks 5 років тому

THANK YOU

@lheajane 5 років тому

This is my friend's sister's name. I pronounce that as Kaye-mee, and I feel soooo embarassed rn

@cerysxox 5 років тому

Ya I’m from Cork and we say “Kweeva”

@siobhandoherty9494 6 років тому

And all the yanks on st paddys day " im irish"!!!!! Every other day : " Irish is a language??"

@michaeldevlin6679 6 років тому

I'm also Irish 🍀🍀🍀 #irishbudds

@PaleBluu 6 років тому

Totally agree! I'm American, and I hate when other Americans tell me they're Irish.

@broadwaybaby1317 6 років тому

siobhan doherty lol I feel you

@siobhandoherty9494 6 років тому

PAULA BELLIARD omg thats so funny because I am Irish! And the language i study in school is called Irish! Yes our main language is English but parts of Ireland (Gaeltacht) speak irish!! The language is not ‘Gaelic’ it is Irish and is widely spoken.lmaooo

@siobhandoherty9494 6 років тому

PAULA BELLIARD hahahhahahah

@caoimhekavanagh25 3 роки тому

As a Irish girl named Caoimhe (I pronounce it Queeva), who’s lived i. Ireland my whole life, this physically hurts my soul

@Kai88988 2 роки тому

i need to know, did the irish not know how to spell in english? or is it a completely different language that is written in english? because the spelling makes no sense to me, like how is Naimh pronounced Nieve? it makes 0 sense in english

@AGLubang Рік тому

@@Kai88988 Mutations is the main reason, which exists in all modern Celtic languages (like Welsh, Breton, etc.). Irish is a completely different language with its own orthography system. I am not Irish, so here is just what I observe: if a consonant follows with "h" (like the "mh"), mutation happens! (in the case of "m", into "v"/"w") Lastly, I think the vowels are also not pronounced as they are. For Caoimhe for example, the "aoi" is pronouned "ee" or "uee" for some reason. Maybe it's like English: "aoi" is pronounced as "A-yoy" in ancient times, but speakers changed while the spelling remained. I don't know for sure...

@Blueturtle1 Рік тому

@@Kai88988are you ok in the head? Irish is a language that exists, and is written in the *LATIN ALPHABET* (there is no English alphabet). It had different rules just as say french or Spanish does. My god I lose faith more and more everyday

@oceandolores9440 4 роки тому

I was laughing the whole time because I am irish and i felt so smart.

@tomsteinhardt4722 4 роки тому

Lol. Sometimes I watch teaching English videos.

@rosypup9010 3 роки тому

Same im irish to Lmao

@this_username_is_taken7004 5 років тому

0:26 Ma'am, that _weird_ symbol is called a fada

@arnasarnas760 4 роки тому

Yes it is

@drumclaypete 4 роки тому

Fada meaning long, so lengthening/exaggerating the verb

@ruadhan6707 4 роки тому

There is a Swedish person above by the name of Alexander Fooy who insists on calling the sineadh fada an accent mark, even though it doesn't mark accents.

@psych0jojo 4 роки тому

Tá

@peterkiraly1058 4 роки тому

@@ruadhan6707 originally it does have the name "accent mark", although in Hungarian we don't use it to mark accents either. Here the accentuated syllable is fixed (always the first) and we use these marks the same way as Irish, to lengthen the vowels.

@user-ht5zy8zs9l 5 років тому

Being Irish and watching this made me want to jump off a cliff.

@oonapatricia4141 5 років тому

yeah same

@roisinthornton6898 5 років тому

Same

5 років тому

I live in the States, and I am named after my great uncle, who was named after the Saint. I live with this *every day.* I've lost count of the number of times I've had this conversation: "is... roo-AD-han there?" It's pronounced like 'Roo-ahn.' "No it's not!" Ma'am, do you speak Gaelic? If not, then maybe *I'm* the one who knows how to say my name?

@kitvos2615 5 років тому

To be fair, I’m learning Irish and I could not figure out the pronunciation of tadgh.

@Zvijezdjne05050 5 років тому

Ur Irish n ur name is familija aleksandr

@sarahx9492 4 роки тому

Póg mo thoin (kiss my butt in irish Uachtar reoite(ice cream) Gailge (irish) Here’s a irish name! Chloghda (clo-da) pronunciation Caoimhe (queeva)pronunciation Sóricha(sor-ic-a)pronunciation Here’s what ireland looks like!.... 🌧 🌧 🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧

@stopmotionvideoer 4 роки тому

Oh boy off to a great start - “Irish is a different language”.

@izzieh9936 7 років тому

"Irish is a different language?" Me- cue with the face palm 😂 Love the Irish way of spelling Neve/Niamh

@CoolGuy-kz2ti 7 років тому

No pretty sure Neve is the American way of spelling Niamh not the other way around.

@oisinbarker5889 7 років тому

I know my name is Oisín I also face palmed

@niamhcarden1301 7 років тому

My names Niamh!!

@siveth8149 7 років тому

Where was Eamonń?

@niamhfrances6156 7 років тому

My name is Niamh :)

@st00pidlemon52 5 років тому

I’m so upset, My name is Niamh. This gave me anxiety Literally every teacher says this to me .

@fightthefairy 4 роки тому

Kaiyo Nightcore Niamhe is the only one I know how to pronounce straight away.

@yagirlneedachill 4 роки тому

Oh dw about it I'm Irish and I have an Irish name unlike all the common Irish ones (it's ornaith pronounced or na) and all my teachers (who are Irish) get it wrong unless theyre an Irish teacher or are really good at guessing

@caramelpeacock5250 3 роки тому

I'm literally so in love with name Niamh, but I don't want my child to suffer from people who can't grasp the spelling in America or any other country, so I might have to elope one day from everyone to Ireland just to call my daughter this gorgeous name

@ManaSamaLover. 3 роки тому

Aaaahh this is my fave content watching ppl say names i have said an heard a billion times

@hahahaahaha1602 4 роки тому

They were all so confident in their answers🤦🏽‍♀️😂

@leanne186 9 років тому

I want to be a teacher, but this literally discouraged me. Like on the first day of school taking role. "Boh-ni, no uh, bic-neur, wait, BAFIRGH!" "It's pronounced Ben"

@AWOOGO 9 років тому

there was someone in my class calld echlan, pronoucned ek-lan, i gurentee everyone with an awkward name will tell u an easier way

@rosieworldxx2162 9 років тому

My real name is niamh teachers hate me 😂😂😂😂

@cupcakecutie9forever 9 років тому

I laughed at your comment way too long lol

@leanne186 9 років тому

rosie worldxx I would probably call you "Nye-Am-Ah" or "Nee-ah-mmm-heh"

@annemarjoriego4202 9 років тому

***** That would work only if you'd know how to spell their names.. you'd be like "what are they saying?!? those names aren't on the list!"

@rachelmarie747 7 років тому

I love the name Saoirse

@catherinelavin2434 7 років тому

its my cousin name

@SaoirseK 7 років тому

Thanks, I like it.

@sdx9621 7 років тому

Rachel Marie hehe that my name

@SaoirseK 7 років тому

***** "sir-sha" is how you would usually pronounce it. It's not difficult once you get used to it.

@reneeburger7550 7 років тому

there was this cartoon character in secret of kells and she was like what you think of when you think of saoirshe

@niamhwhelan7420 2 роки тому

Ooh, I watch these videos to laugh and whenever my name (niamh) comes up they are so lost it's the funniest thing.

@yourmumschickencurry2508 3 роки тому

Tip for the Americans, a lot of the time an S is a Sh sound and mh is a th or v sound

@aoibheemilia9169 6 років тому

This burned my Irish soul

@lukecooney9691 6 років тому

Aoibhe Emilia they are fecking eejits

@celticfans_8874 6 років тому

Same 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

@bingbong5568 6 років тому

Same. I was cringing so bad 🇮🇪🇮🇪

@Error-sy7uu 6 років тому

Me too

@we-qs2vd 6 років тому

Aoibhe Emilia honestly mood every time this is recommended to me!! my sister’s name is Caoimhe, let her live :(

@eilighbuckell7257 7 років тому

My sister Niamh and I just watched this for a laugh, we both have Irish/Gaelic names. Well done America

@Noodles.99 6 років тому

Ekat The Bear same ahahaha

@thomasodonoghue3239 6 років тому

Ekat The Bear you mean gaeilige names unless you arent using munster irish

@yalilnasties_4296 6 років тому

Ekat The Bear my friends name is niamh 😂

@rosepuker3068 6 років тому

Ekat The Bear mine is saoirse and people say like sarsha and it manes me triggerd

@niamhx5451 6 років тому

kelly m my name is niamh!!

@gregh4284 Рік тому

The actual sounds are pleasant to my ears but the visuals are like a bag of rocks.

@SwidnikLublin 3 роки тому

“It’s one of those Special Characters i don’t know how to say” Ahh. Classic Americans

@ArkaneGamingz 9 років тому

an bhfuil cead agam dul go dtí an leithreas? Irish people know what I'm asking ;)

@emmadilemma00 9 років тому

*Clicks 'Translate'* Haha guess I'm Irish ayy

@fayegurnett1449 9 років тому

The most over-used phrase in primary school lmaooo

@icecloud1394 9 років тому

Níl cead! Níl na daone san "chat" seo ró-cliste!

@minimooster7258 9 років тому

No you may not.

@thing1249 9 років тому

Níl

@graceowen9561 6 років тому

Any other Irish person get annoyed when they said Caoimhe was Keeva. For people who aren’t Irish, Caoimhe is pronounced Kweeva

@hannahbanana9040 6 років тому

Grace Owen IKR!!! My best friend is called Caoimhe but everyone calls her Keeva!

@louisemurphy669 6 років тому

YEAH I KNOW IT MAKES ME CRINGE!!

@Luubelaar 6 років тому

I was told by a girl named Caoimhe that there's two ways to pronounce it, depending on what part of Ireland you're from. It's either kee-va or kwee-va. Considering it was her name, I took her word for it.

@conordavies3839 6 років тому

Its keeva in the north lol queeva makes me cringe

@pinkitydrinkity4812 6 років тому

Ikr its pronounced kweeva!

@bosnia7429 4 роки тому

Why are people mad? They are very irregular for an English speaker, they are saying it how it would be in English.

@peadarruane6582 4 роки тому

Its not the mispronunciation per se, its the attitude implied, that somehow the Irish are pronouncing this names incorrectly, because they don't follow English phonetics

@tealwashablemarker8886 3 роки тому

I can tell you’re an American

@bosnia7429 3 роки тому

@@tealwashablemarker8886 English

@milofitzpatrick5128 3 роки тому

2:26 Well I'm sory iff our language is a bit different to English and just cuz it's different doesn't mean it wrong😤😤😤

@HardcoreGamer499 9 років тому

Honestly I'm Irish and I don't even know some of these

@Smokez360 9 років тому

I am Irish. Seriously most of these are so common besides Mairéad and Roisín.

@sydburrus1077 9 років тому

My name is Eoghan, and people here mispronounced my name till I got to secondary school. Cx

@TheIrishPC 9 років тому

Smokez360 Róisín is fairly common too. I'm from Dublin and I know a few Róisíns.

@Smokez360 9 років тому

TheIrishPC Ya I'm from Cork i suppose it's just less common down here because i only know of 1 Róisín.

@HardcoreGamer499 9 років тому

Smokez360 I thought Roisín was pretty common. At least where I live

@sweetisobz 8 років тому

I've had so many different spellings and pronunciations of my name!! I think my favourite, is a Starbucks spelling from a few weeks ago, Chiffon, I suddenly became fabric lol!! I must say, even with an Irish name myself, I did struggle with a few of these.

@MiSSiABLET 8 років тому

Shiv-aw-n? That's how you pronounce Siobhan isn't it? I found some of these difficult but I thought somebody was going to get Niamh (I see it as a fairly common name because my sister is called Niamh)

@patriciawhelehan7632 8 років тому

Omg I feel your pain I've been called Ain , Anne , Annie or when I was in America in Starbucks they spelt my name Anya 😂

@ichigoyume6664 8 років тому

I have a principal with that name Siobhan is just the Irish way of spelling shivawn

@siobhanx4726 8 років тому

Hahaha we have the same name Starbucks is so funby

@siobhanx4726 8 років тому

+HeyitsAine ha that's my friends name took me a while and I'm Irish 😂😂

@nathanlafferty1309 4 роки тому

Her:”Taig” Me: *sweating profusely* Is someone gonna tell her?

@johnclyde5125 4 роки тому

Lol Inside Northern Ireland jokes

@nathanlafferty1309 4 роки тому

JC Music no really mate am Scottish

@johnclyde9868 4 роки тому

KrisAjerFan1888 Lol we all get it anyway

@medrawdcoediog5628 4 роки тому

Тыгь)

@morgan7 4 роки тому

“Uh oh, one of those weird symbols!” An accent?

@sevenseasonsofbrown 3 роки тому

a fada

@rhiannonreilly921 4 роки тому

“Irish is a different language “ someone hold my beer I’m bout to swing a chair at someone😂👀 Mate these people are clueless mygodddd😴😴

@clarab7028 4 роки тому

I'm 10% Irish and can pronounce all of those names.

@halveyz7620 4 роки тому

Clara B ur not Irish

@nathanburke420 4 роки тому

Dia duit! Conas atà tu?

@r4t.t205 4 роки тому

Honestly though

@spuddus183 4 роки тому

Crazyanimal guy tá mé go maith

@Ace2k12onxbox 9 років тому

Seriously guys, Niamh was by far the easiest to pronounce. Or maybe I'm just saying that because I'm Irish. Anyone else here Irish? :D

@lochlainnmaguire9923 9 років тому

Yes what county u from im from down

@jacksonic8626 9 років тому

lochlainn Maguire castlewellan

@RavensSarora 9 років тому

It's only easy because we're Irish so we know what it is.

@aaronayr5088 9 років тому

Also, it's not keeva as it was pronounced, it's. Queeva

@annarees8160 9 років тому

In my opinion, Naimh is by far one of the prettiest names I've ever heard, and I was shocked at how hard it was for them to pronounce it.

@abbydabbydoo4067 4 роки тому

Now we know that in Irish “mh” sounds like “v”

@servantofaeie1569 4 роки тому

but it can also sound like w

@con_ant6032 4 роки тому

And bh sounds v

@caesarvalorvmsheevpalpatin8755 4 роки тому

@@con_ant6032 is that not bhf?

@con_ant6032 4 роки тому

Aedrim I’m not sure, my sister’s name is Aoibhe, which is pronounced Eva. So I just assumed that bh=v from that

@caesarvalorvmsheevpalpatin8755 4 роки тому

@@con_ant6032 Actually now that I think about it, bhí, the most common word in irish, is pronounced vee. So yeah you would be right. I'm just used to bh being prounounced as w in alot of words

@cloudkevi 4 роки тому

0:59 your narrator pronounced that wrong. It's not "Cee-va" it's "Cwee-vaa"

@matthewmccallion3311 3 роки тому

You're right that in the southern dialects of Irish, it's pronounced "kwee-va", but in the Ulster dialect it's pronounced "kee-va"

@tehefangirltehe 3 роки тому

I know two one prounouced kweeva one just keeva I think it’s your choice

@arrandinsmore580 3 роки тому

We say "Cee-va" in Ulster

@sweetie9870 3 роки тому

Its cee-va in certain counties but here in donegal its cwee-ca

@conalflood7895 3 роки тому

Ngl cwee-va sounds like queef

@audieh 8 років тому

I'd love to hear them try to pronounce Icelandic names. I'd laugh as they struggled to pronounce names like Sigríður or Þór. (I know there are other Nordic countries with hard names, but I'm most familiar with Icelandic names)

@kwt890 8 років тому

+Auddie GH I wiped my screen

@dabadeeb1818 8 років тому

+Kyle Taylor same

@audieh 8 років тому

***** true

@welcometomylife212 8 років тому

+Max Arnarson I went to Eyjafjallajökull last year! It was amazing! I'm from the UK :)

@jameschurch2441 8 років тому

+Auddie GH Icelandic has the strangest words to foreigners, but i really want to learn it

@Star2251999 9 років тому

"Americans try to pronounce Arabic or Hebrew names"

@LordWellington15 9 років тому

Star 1999 Y

@nadabarakat6899 9 років тому

Star 1999 That's what I was thinking too!

@InfiniteLives8 9 років тому

LordWellington15 Y NOT

@snyc42 9 років тому

Arabic and Hebrew names are long and require you to use your throat a lot. Those are probably the hardest names to pronounce.

@MsDerangedJoker 9 років тому

Chinese names :D

@Chloe.b11 Рік тому

“Uh oh we got one of those weird symbols” boils my blood

@caoimhe2227 4 роки тому

1:11 😂😂 you guessed better than my supply teachers

@alexhoulihan1176 8 років тому

Caoimhe is pronounced qweeva not keeva

@HelloKitty25xox 8 років тому

+Alex Houlihan i think it depends where you're from, I have friends that pronounce it both ways

@Clonmel86 8 років тому

+Alex Houlihan It depends or what part of the country your in in the South East we say it as qweeva mainly but I've hear keeva aswell

@josephkeane8346 8 років тому

+Darán Antoin Are u from clare??? i am

@Clonmel86 8 років тому

J_Da_Beast Tipperary

@josephkeane8346 8 років тому

Darán Antoin What part cause I have cousins from Rossgrey (idk how to spell it)

@charlottehankins9563 4 роки тому

Oh my god this absolutely kills me. I’m so sorry for all the Irish people who watched this, not all Americans are as uncultured as them.

@WeeBelle 4 роки тому

Thank goodness 😂😅

@ellaconnolly570 4 роки тому

That’s good to know. 😂

@elizabethlyons8539 4 роки тому

She meant to say," not all Americans are as uncultured as THEY," not them. Some of us know grammar as well.

@LughLamhfhada0609 4 роки тому

@Elizabeth Lyons Are you joking or do you just have terrible grammar?

@charlottehankins9563 4 роки тому

Elizabeth Lyons I know what I said. Check yourself, Elizabeth.

@jackdaly6860 4 роки тому

When the lassie said “taig” a though ooooo shite 😂

@roisinrankin80 3 роки тому

The way they say my names if how my teacher pronounce it *flash backs*

@leahobrien2829 8 років тому

I'm from Ireland I'm sorry but I'm cracking up right know

@Martinoxley 8 років тому

+Leah O'Brien is that craic - ing? :)

@smoothordinator9529 8 років тому

+Leah O'Brien ikr, it's Kwee-va, not kee-va. Yanks, right?

@alexgodson4176 8 років тому

+Leah O'Brien An féidir leat labhairt ar aon hÉireann

@AleixaMsp 8 років тому

+Leah O'Brien Sammeee like My god..ooo My names really tara and half my family says it like Tar-ea Tar-a -Tai-r-ea when really its just Ta-ra

@emmalouise2039 8 років тому

+Leah O'Brien ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)

@Jamie-wg5fz 7 років тому

They never did the most popular one, Aoife (Eeefah) or siobhan (Shivon)

@oisinbarker5889 7 років тому

ZE LOUD SAW Oisín (Usheen)

@siobhan8412 7 років тому

Oisin Barker yeah thought theyd do siobhan lmao

@cammarc 7 років тому

ZE LOUD SAW Or Séamus

@sugarberry2798 7 років тому

ZE LOUD SAW yeah

@Platina_ 7 років тому

ZE LOUD SAW I honestly love the name Aoife.

@phylk4683 4 місяці тому

It’s great to see Irish culture and identity getting air time - thank you. Eilis is also an Irish name which has become more popular because of Billie Eilis - there’s fadas in Eilis too so it’s authentically spelt Éilís

@MrCrayEgg 7 місяців тому

"Merd" 😂😂

@peepeepoopoo2397 6 років тому

‘Raisin’ LOL

@kimberlybenitezvivas746 6 років тому

Cora I'm going to name my child Raisin. LMFAO jk.

@johnmcdonagh4270 6 років тому

Lol

@billyrooney5628 6 років тому

i was thinking the same!!!

@redpandagames9918 6 років тому

I AM NOW CALLED RAISIN THEN

@mercycolon771 6 років тому

Is that a hair on your screen ? YOUR PROFILE PICTURE 😭😭😂💛

@WaaDoku 8 років тому

"Irish is a different language?" - OH MY GAAWWWDDD!! THIS IGNORANCE!!! IT'S UNBEARABLE!!

@lhaidar937 8 років тому

和ァ独 Right?! I hated when that one guy at 2:26 said, "There is no other way to pronounce it. If they say it a different way, it's wrong." Um, there are other languages in the world besides English, you know. -_-

@mollyocallaghan5065 8 років тому

Yeah,also when that girl said the fada was a weird symbol I'd like to see them try an Irish class

@YellawayHD 8 років тому

French really isn't that hard, apparently polish is one of the hardest languages using the latin alphabet. Basque is apparently also difficult.

@WaaDoku 8 років тому

L Haidar I feel like the lack of American English variants (and please tell me if I'm wrong) and the "American pride" are factors that lead people to not appreciate language diversity. Cause if they would care, those hundreds of Native American languages wouldn't be close to extinction. And maybe if they had a more positive attitude about Native American culture and so on, every American would learn a bit of a Native American language that used to be spoken in their area before Westerners came to the New World. Pro side though: many Americans learn at least a bit Spanish. So that's a start.

@WaaDoku 8 років тому

Molly O Callaghan Was fada that diacritic?

@theoofgamingchannel1243 4 роки тому

Let me break it down Tai-g Rosheen Seer-sha Ke-va Owen Ma-raid Ni-v Graun-ya

@conalflood7895 3 роки тому

In a way, we're all taigs

@doireannlynch 4 роки тому

Caoimhe is not even pronounced "Ceemha" ITS PRONOUNCED "CWEEBHA" "GRAINNE" HAS A FADA IN IT!SO ITS "GRÁINNE" EOGHAN IS MOSTLY SPELT AS "EOIN" Btw I know lots of people pronounce it different, it's just I've never heard of anyone spelling it other ways!dont be offended 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

@RichterJonny 4 роки тому

I know they pronounced caoimhe so weird 😂

@shannon6108 4 роки тому

Caoimhe is pronounced two different ways my wee sister is call caoimhe we say it like keyva but my friend is called caoimhe pronounced kweva💚🤍🧡

@medrawdcoediog5628 4 роки тому

In Russian this are Кыве and Гранья))

@caoimhenichualain8628 3 роки тому

THANK YOUUU. I SAY CWEEBHA AND I WAS SO ANGRY THEY GOT IT WRONG

@codaimcgarry2918 3 роки тому

Caoimhe Folan you can say it two ways keeva or kweeva

@hippyvanobsessed 9 років тому

I'm fluent in Irish and I forgot that others found our names hard. It was only when I saw an Australian youtuber stumble a lot over the name Niamh. Also 4 of my cousins moved to the states 3 of whom have Irish names Ailbhe(Alva), Eoin(Owen) and Tadhgh(Tige) the attempts were hilarious :-) and And FADAS the sign over vowels lengthen the sound of the vowel: A is said the same as English Á is said Awh I is the same as English Í is said ee O is the same uh Ó is said the same as English (Oh) U is said uh Ú is said eww

@ukuleledeparis 9 років тому

wait wasn't there an author named Eoin Colfer? I remember reading somewhere that it was indeed pronounced "owen" lol

@hippyvanobsessed 9 років тому

ukuleledeparis Yeah in Irish we spell it Eoin it Eoghan (it along with Seán can be a translations of the name John) xx

@wjadams2819 9 років тому

Beth Freeman I have a friend called Eoin at first I thought his name was said Ewan

@hippyvanobsessed 9 років тому

WjAdams yeah a lot of Americans thought my cousins name was Ian. Its an excusable mistake we've some funky combinations of letters :-P xx

@jadoresen 9 років тому

Okay

@roisinmolloy6218 6 років тому

Aparently my name is raisin 😂

@mr.moosetache3615 6 років тому

Roisin Molloy poor roisin

@roisinmolloy6218 6 років тому

MR. MooseTache dont you mean raisin

@gabbie7662 6 років тому

Roisin Molloy 😂😂😂

@TheRedPandaQueen 6 років тому

Awww thats ok, my name is Saoise

@nataliemartin5199 6 років тому

Roisin Molloy 😂😂

@DundalkFanTV 4 роки тому

1:02 even the narrator says it wrong😂😂

@CrossBonez2980 3 роки тому

Me an Irish citizen: *facepalms with table*

@mayaxx1813 7 років тому

who lives in ireland hands up because I LIVE IN IRELAND ;D

@garymichael5591 6 років тому

I'm putting my hands up. Can you see?...CAN. YOU. SEE.

@samcleary5719 6 років тому

Maja Wojciechowska Yea Im from Dublin but I live in Wicklow

@ainehurley5177 6 років тому

cork city ;)

@insanegaming9464 6 років тому

Maja Wojciechowska KILKENNY 4 LIFE

@ciandarcy7568 6 років тому

🙋🏼‍♂️

@niamhmorrissey2187 5 років тому

If you're not related to someone who has one of these names Are you really Irish?

@irelandaintreal2945 5 років тому

DAMNNNNN

@ryanmccrave4287 5 років тому

Lol I have a cousin named ciamhe and an uncle named Cìaràn

@thecia2294 5 років тому

my name isn’t on here. it literally means dirt

@wednesday6853 5 років тому

I’m 25% Irish so uhmm that doesn’t count

@mollyo2407 5 років тому

haha im american but some of my cousins are roisín, ciarán, and cian, and my foster cousin is dáithí. some are normal though like laura and eliza even though they all live in ireland

@brandonsucksatdriving1733 4 роки тому

1:39 My sisters name is Mairead and I love watching people try to pronounce it

@Alyssa-qc2it 3 роки тому

What is that weird symbol? 🤣🤣 all the junior infants be like hahahah.

@paulaflanagan4871 6 років тому

THIS IS KILLING MY IRISH SSSSOOOUUULLL

@usuallysilence1952 6 років тому

Paula Flanagan I know right its so annoying that they have never heard these names

@ciaranwobodike941 6 років тому

Paula Flanagan same here

@sydney6759 6 років тому

they're american, do you really expect them to be educated on irish names?

@aaroweafer1931 6 років тому

no but being irish it hurts hearing them

@alexpatchell6954 6 років тому

Omg I’m Irish and I’m cringing so hard rn

@patricknolan9606 6 років тому

The person said Caoimhe wrong as well

@blueguy4726 6 років тому

SuperAwesome Alex same

@kathleenharan8554 6 років тому

Ikr like “ irish is a language??” Like what omg yeas i learn it in school everyday

@wiggleycowgames7815 6 років тому

Ya,I really need more of this

@theweirdestchannelnightcor9019 6 років тому

SuperAwesome Alex OMG yeah same 😂

@FandubWorld Рік тому

Why isn't Siobhan on here? Its a lovely name which I know how to pronounce ("shi-VAWN") but when I see it written down my mind says "sigh-OH-ban". It's also quite a common name. What about Aoife? It took How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria (which also had a Siobhan) for me to register it as "EE-fa". Another beautiful name.