Americans Try To Pronounce Traditional Irish Names

“I don’t even know what A’s are anymore.”
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[@PaolitaTheGreat]

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

[@MalakhiW]

Paola R facts 😂 but still

[@giaphu2091]

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

[@pheo212]

Gia Phu meanwhile pony and bologna rhyme

[@tomsteinhardt4722]

Lol. He refused the refuse.

[@Rhh26]

Just kinda here Not if pronounced correctly

[@hi-ln6ur]

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

[@theoofgamingchannel1243]

Kookie Krumble lol with hurl and shlitor in hand

[@petronella4883]

Starts throwing potatoes

[@compulsivecommenter990]

Grainnes?

[@petronella4883]

@@compulsivecommenter990 yes grannies not grandma

[@sineadmclennan3429]

I speak for my gramma

[@EleanorShellsdrop]

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

[@conalflood7895]

They also say it's spelt wrong aha

[@adhamhmacconchobhair7565]

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

[@stevelowe2647]

Americans are tantamount to Neanderthal though

[@mars7612]

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]

What is the ì and é mean

[@Katamoii]

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

[@banana_man_101]

99% chance

[@eyan4329]

Probably says they're Irish

[@oliveranderson7264]

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

[@Isometimesexplain]

Yes Irish is its own language like deis mura duit

[@brianmcg5161]

I'm from Ireland

[@adamadamadam12]

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

[@usernameisntavailableitried]

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

[@Vampirecutie447]

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

[@evankbs9949]

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

[@SamarkandChan]

Sadie Goulooze Nope, google it

[@dannyosullivan9274]

+Sadie Goulooze Irish is a language

[@TheXmisterx88]

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

[@sjg4388]

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]

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]

JON fivesevenseven its called Gaelic

[@elliedevitt6663]

JON fivesevenseven omg

[@matthewmcnerlin231]

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

[@MCDreng]

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

[@sevenseasonsofbrown]

This needs more likes

[@maeve476]

literally lmao

[@talieateste2405]

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

[@nataliana9089]

Eoin

[@bigslave6437]

@@nataliana9089 Yeah what’s up?

[@gerryadams3756]

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

[@kateryan5651]

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

[@airracer28]

Gaelic?

[@QuokkaWaka]

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

[@benjaminomahony5669]

I'm 100 percent iris and this was pain

[@focusontheroadthereisnothi6763]

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

[@AB-jt4rs]

@@focusontheroadthereisnothi6763 i am 100% pupil!

[@katewhelan4267]

Where my Irish squad at?

[@EvoVFX]

Well mate

[@keara700]

I am 89% Irish!!

[@brigidrode]

half Irish boi

[@oisinbarker5889]

Here why isn't my name here what about Oisín

[@nikodeimos]

Right here! By the way they all sound ridiculous.

[@camillacolucci7576]

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

[@elisallacasuperlaca4195]

Eccomi :)

[@mmbleachtasty6121]

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

[@dinnyspuds1245]

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

[@camillacolucci7576]

@@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]

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

[@justinanderson2926]

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

[@rageagainstthemicrowave1313]

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.

[@egalo-medina6859]

"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]

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

[@thearmoredidiot4828]

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

[@tapnad8568]

Very true

[@MrEnterainment]

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

[@joehennessy2166]

+Jarred Ocoyne I agree

[@sophiekeogh1111]

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

[@GDMcGurk]

ik the is a crack in my irish soul

[@AB-jt4rs]

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

[@hatkinson9026]

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

[@dervy5935]

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

[@saoirsetheloverofcatsandco6717]

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

[@wildgg1871]

As an irish person myself, this is comedy gold

[@Emma-im7lg]

what's your favourite tayto crisp flauvour?

[@able_.e]

@@Emma-im7lg prawn cocktail

[@sevenseasonsofbrown]

not really tbh

[@ruadhankenealy2977]

😂😂😂ik right I'm Irish too

[@that_girl4527]

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]

Oh my god

[@tealwashablemarker8886]

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]

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

[@fekhu3961]

Tà, ní maith liom mo chairde ansin

[@Blueturtle1]

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

[@emmxflynn]

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

[@adolfhipster6478]

Ahh the wrath of an angry Irish woman.

[@tashiwangdu4747]

is that an option ???

[@arwen6584]

Emma Flynn yh it is

[@tiffffffffx]

Emma Flynn Aw stop 😂

[@sopsopopop7203]

Same l hate when that happens

[@pualamnusantara7903]

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

[@1dlyrics363]

I don't think she was

[@halveyz7620]

Da_Rainbow Kitty they are just cultural norms

[@thetoxicsketch3331]

@@logansanders9307 American is NOT a language

[@robloccnmeme969]

It is tho

[@vampiregirlTVD]

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

[@shaalis]

"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]

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

[@adhamhmacconchobhair7565]

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

[@mars7612]

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]

@@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]

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.

[@jilliangiesbrecht2380]

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

[@katanah3195]

Me too buddy.

[@you-in5iy]

Yeah like we don't have people like that here

[@adammacdomhnail2014]

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

[@laila1989ism]

''Irish is a different language?'' Ouch

[@katsu8666]

laila1989ism oof

[@leylacummins7843]

Ikr

[@williambrowne9063]

Yeah it stings a little bit

[@kaitlynstaunton6515]

Same lol

[@africanmansdadafricanmansd9167]

that hearts

[@stevieboy666]

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

[@_Starzy]

Right Here 🙋‍♀️ 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@jackkirwan8146]

They make my blood boil... 🇮🇪🇮🇪🤦‍♀️🙋

[@siobhanofarrell4646]

Right here - puke bucket in hand 🤮

[@lornamurphy4041]

:0

[@banana_man_101]

here

[@maebhjordan954]

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

[@eoinoconnor5783]

Just stay calm, keep it together… 🥴

[@MrEyes-xh4bb]

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

[@peachwood8884]

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]

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

[@peachwood8884]

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

[@MrEyes-xh4bb]

ILiveForM U S I C thank you!

[@shannon6108]

They should have tried aoife 😂

[@crystalcastlesgf]

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

[@amelialikesyt_3927]

Me too

[@crystalcastlesgf]

@@amelialikesyt_3927 😂

[@Jp-gw3tu]

I mean us Scots and yous have gaelic

[@diliff]

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

[@crystalcastlesgf]

@@Jp-gw3tu yep

[@itac.2280]

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

[@seydk]

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

[@a70274]

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

[@hollysarah4762]

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

[@helplessnarwhal3722]

Trust me, we’re not all like this.

[@hollysarah4762]

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

[@moop.3549]

*they forgot Aoife.*

[@johnfitzgerald1879]

E-Faa.

[@conorbarron8113]

That’s my mums name

[@finland4ever55]

Alfalfa

[@sorchabergin6592]

And Sorcha

[@bookwoman53]

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

[@siobhansimpson4533]

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

[@roisinthornton6898]

Ur name is so easy

[@elissabailey1732]

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]

That’s ma sisters name

[@mkon29]

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]

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

[@daililac]

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

[@sevenseasonsofbrown]

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

[@daililac]

oh ok i’ll edit it

[@Kai88988]

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]

@@Kai88988 That's cause it is

[@oceandolores9440]

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

[@tomsteinhardt4722]

Lol. Sometimes I watch teaching English videos.

[@rosypup9010]

Same im irish to Lmao

[@ArkaneGamingz]

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

[@emmadilemma00]

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

[@fayegurnett1449]

The most over-used phrase in primary school lmaooo

[@icecloud1394]

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

[@minimooster7258]

No you may not.

[@thing1249]

Níl

[@miadoyle5337]

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

[@alannahoneill4828]

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

[@yelw2304]

Actually We speak galic here in Ireland

[@doylersafl8728]

Alannah O Neill ooooohhhhhhhhh

[@tannakota1846]

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]

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

[@emiquetzalkoala4288]

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.

[@caoimhekavanagh25]

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

[@Kai88988]

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]

@@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]

@@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

[@reallyeve1991]

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

[@MsVilma1970]

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

[@jackpearce3976]

Eve O'Connell same

[@skits4life920]

Eve O'Connell same im from connacht

[@ross1830]

Eve O'Connell same

[@pattychrisjackeagan1304]

I'm from Donegal💚💚💚💚💚😃😃😃😃😃

[@caoimhebrowne466]

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

[@niallwallace7457]

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]

Yes!! Finally Someone Who Knows! :)

[@vincentmethinks]

THANK YOU

[@lheajane]

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

[@cerysxox]

Ya I’m from Cork and we say “Kweeva”

[@markarthguard4356]

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

[@siobhandoherty9494]

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

[@michaeldevlin6679]

I'm also Irish 🍀🍀🍀 #irishbudds

[@PaleBluu]

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

[@broadwaybaby1317]

siobhan doherty lol I feel you

[@siobhandoherty9494]

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]

PAULA BELLIARD hahahhahahah

[@JackMMcMullan]

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

[@oonapatricia4141]

yeah same

[@roisinthornton6898]

Same

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]

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

[@Zvijezdjne05050]

Ur Irish n ur name is familija aleksandr

[@sarahx9492]

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]

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

[@John-dz6bm]

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

[@charalee4446]

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]

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

[@ControlledChaosTNT]

I rarely hear Rhodes names and I am Irish

[@charalee4446]

And I'm only 1/8 English :3

[@DaraghFIFA4life]

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

[@this_username_is_taken7004]

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

[@arnasarnas760]

Yes it is

[@drumclaypete]

Fada meaning long, so lengthening/exaggerating the verb

[@ruadhan6707]

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.

[@psCoolest.ginger]

Tá

[@peterkiraly1058]

@@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.

[@yourmumschickencurry2508]

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

[@abbydabbydoo4067]

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

[@servantofaeie1569]

but it can also sound like w

[@con_ant6032]

And bh sounds v

[@caesarvalorvmsheevpalpatin8755]

@@con_ant6032 is that not bhf?

[@con_ant6032]

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]

@@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

[@st00pidlemon52]

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

[@fightthefairy]

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

[@yagirlneedachill]

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]

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

[@Yeppro22]

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

[@Smokez360]

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

[@sydburrus1077]

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

[@TheIrishPC]

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

[@Smokez360]

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

[@Yeppro22]

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

[@milofitzpatrick5128]

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😤😤😤

[@theoofgamingchannel1243]

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

[@conalflood7895]

In a way, we're all taigs

[@aoibheemilia9169]

This burned my Irish soul

[@lukecooney9691]

Aoibhe Emilia they are fecking eejits

[@celticfans_8874]

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

[@bingbong5568]

Same. I was cringing so bad 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@Error-sy7uu]

Me too

[@we-qs2vd]

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

[@belfastrepeire8442]

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]

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

[@LpsAngelMusic]

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

[@bluue4507]

LpsAngel Awesome!! Can you still speak Polish?

[@emojimolly1901]

Same

[@danielk9861]

***** i know right XD

[@hahahaahaha1602]

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

[@nathanlafferty1309]

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

[@johnclyde5125]

Lol Inside Northern Ireland jokes

[@nathanlafferty1309]

JC Music no really mate am Scottish

[@johnclyde9868]

KrisAjerFan1888 Lol we all get it anyway

[@medrawdcoediog5628]

Тыгь)

[@Star2251999]

"Americans try to pronounce Arabic or Hebrew names"

[@LordWellington15]

Star 1999 Y

[@nadabarakat6899]

Star 1999 That's what I was thinking too!

[@InfiniteLives8]

LordWellington15 Y NOT

[@snyc42]

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

[@MsDerangedJoker]

Chinese names :D

[@rhiannonreilly921]

“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]

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

[@halveyz7620]

Clara B ur not Irish

[@nathanburke420]

Dia duit! Conas atà tu?

[@r4t.t205]

Honestly though

[@spuddus183]

Crazyanimal guy tá mé go maith

[@SwidnikLublin]

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

[@bosnia7429]

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

[@peadarruane6582]

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]

I can tell you’re an American

[@bosnia7429]

@@tealwashablemarker8886 English

[@Jamie-wg5fz]

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

[@oisinbarker5889]

ZE LOUD SAW Oisín (Usheen)

[@siobhan8412]

Oisin Barker yeah thought theyd do siobhan lmao

[@cammarc]

ZE LOUD SAW Or Séamus

[@sugarberry2798]

ZE LOUD SAW yeah

[@Platina_]

ZE LOUD SAW I honestly love the name Aoife.

[@graceowen9561]

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

[@hannahbanana9040]

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

[@louisemurphy669]

YEAH I KNOW IT MAKES ME CRINGE!!

[@Luubelaar]

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]

Its keeva in the north lol queeva makes me cringe

[@pinkitydrinkity4812]

Ikr its pronounced kweeva!

[@morgan7]

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

[@sevenseasonsofbrown]

a fada

[@doireannlynch]

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]

I know they pronounced caoimhe so weird 😂

[@shannon6108]

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]

In Russian this are Кыве and Гранья))

[@caoimhenichualain8628]

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

[@codaimcgarry2918]

Caoimhe Folan you can say it two ways keeva or kweeva

[@eilighbuckell7257]

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

[@Noodles.99]

Ekat The Bear same ahahaha

[@thomasodonoghue3239]

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

[@yalilnasties_4296]

Ekat The Bear my friends name is niamh 😂

[@rosepuker3068]

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

[@niamhx5451]

kelly m my name is niamh!!

[@alexhoulihan1176]

Caoimhe is pronounced qweeva not keeva

[@HelloKitty25xox]

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

[@Clonmel86]

+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]

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

[@Clonmel86]

J_Da_Beast Tipperary

[@josephkeane8346]

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

[@niamhwhelan7420]

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

[@cloudkevi]

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

[@matthewmccallion3311]

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]

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

[@arrandinsmore580]

We say "Cee-va" in Ulster

[@sweetie9870]

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

[@conalflood7895]

Ngl cwee-va sounds like queef

[@Ace2k12onxbox]

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]

Yes what county u from im from down

[@jacksonic8626]

lochlainn Maguire castlewellan

[@RavensSarora]

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

[@aaronayr5088]

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

[@annarees8160]

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.

[@sweetisobz]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@siobhanx4726]

Hahaha we have the same name Starbucks is so funby

[@siobhanx4726]

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

[@CrossBonez2980]

Me an Irish citizen: *facepalms with table*

[@jackdaly6860]

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

[@charlottehankins9563]

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]

Thank goodness 😂😅

[@ellaconnolly570]

That’s good to know. 😂

[@elizabethlyons1066]

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

[@LughLamhfhada0609]

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

[@charlottehankins9563]

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

[@paulaflanagan4871]

THIS IS KILLING MY IRISH SSSSOOOUUULLL

[@usuallysilence1952]

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

[@ciaranwobodike941]

Paula Flanagan same here

[@sydney6759]

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

[@aaroweafer1931]

no but being irish it hurts hearing them

[@roisinrankin80]

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

[@DundalkFanTV]

1:02 even the narrator says it wrong😂😂

[@roisinmolloy6218]

Aparently my name is raisin 😂

[@mr.moosetache3615]

Roisin Molloy poor roisin

[@roisinmolloy6218]

MR. MooseTache dont you mean raisin

[@gabbie7662]

Roisin Molloy 😂😂😂

[@TheRedPandaQueen]

Awww thats ok, my name is Saoise

[@nataliemartin5199]

Roisin Molloy 😂😂

[@rachelmarie747]

I love the name Saoirse

[@catherinelavin2434]

its my cousin name

[@SaoirseK]

Thanks, I like it.

[@sdx9621]

Rachel Marie hehe that my name

[@SaoirseK]

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

[@reneeburger7550]

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

[@aislinnburke7936]

They would've tripped badly over my name. It's Aislinn,but it's pronounced "ash-lynn"

[@Chloe.b11]

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

[@xxmlg-dabxxlol324]

I'm from Ireland and these "correct" pronounciations are so off like wtf

[@Lubluues]

XxMLG-DABxX LOL ikr

[@fnstation]

XxMLG-DABxX LOL I KNOW

[@katie4146]

Yeah 😂

[@aidansullivan3797]

XxMLG-DABxX LOL I'm pretty sure it veries from county to county.

[@nkfanning]

XxMLG-DABxX LOL ikr Caoimhe was the worst it's cweeva not ceeva

[@izzieh9936]

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

[@CoolGuy-kz2ti]

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

[@oisinbarker5889]

I know my name is Oisín I also face palmed

[@niamhcarden1301]

My names Niamh!!

[@siveth8149]

Where was Eamonń?

[@niamhfrances6156]

My name is Niamh :)

[@Shanophy]

Im sorry for saying this but theres a fada in Gráinne

[@Host-lessGhost]

"We got one of them weird symbols that I've never known what to do with." Me:It called a fada TwT

[@niamhmorrissey2187]

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

[@irelandaintreal2945]

DAMNNNNN

[@ryanmccrave4287]

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

[@thecia2294]

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

[@wednesday6853]

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

[@mollyo2407]

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

[@peepeepoopoo2397]

‘Raisin’ LOL

[@kimberlybenitezvivas746]

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

[@johnmcdonagh4270]

Lol

[@billyrooney5628]

i was thinking the same!!!

[@redpandagames9918]

I AM NOW CALLED RAISIN THEN

[@mercycolon771]

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

[@dwayne9443]

The guy wearing the blue....come on man😂

[@claudiafischer8017]

“The e has no use” English speakers: *queue*

[@juto-aniki5339]

Dude, is originally french word, not the best example tbh

[@alexpatchell6954]

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

[@patricknolan9606]

The person said Caoimhe wrong as well

[@blueguy4726]

SuperAwesome Alex same

[@kathleenharan8554]

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

[@wiggleycowgames7815]

Ya,I really need more of this

[@theweirdestchannelnightcor9019]

SuperAwesome Alex OMG yeah same 😂

[@WaaDoku]

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

[@lhaidar937]

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]

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

[@YellawayHD]

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

[@WaaDoku]

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]

Molly O Callaghan Was fada that diacritic?

[@ManaSamaLover.]

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

[@bridgetmohan5499]

“I feel like these could make a comeback”..... these names are so common now

[@leahobrien2829]

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

[@Martinoxley]

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

[@smoothordinator9529]

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

[@alexgodson4176]

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

[@AleixaMsp]

+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]

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

[@kidicarausschwettybolloxxx]

mh means v in the irish language as there is no v in the irish alphabet i am irish if you never knew

[@kidicarausschwettybolloxxx]

i also have an irish accent

[@brado1912]

+Jerry mccausland congratulations you're like 5 million other people

[@kidicarausschwettybolloxxx]

was that sarcasm

[@brado1912]

Partially

[@miabyrne8472]

Which county? Laois here

[@jay-mn7cs]

Everybody gangsta until Ovuvuevuevue enyetuenwuevue ugbemugbem osas enters

[@owyn5376]

OH MY GOD THEY DID MY NAME THEY AMOST NEVER DO MY NAME IN THESE VIDEOS

[@ruadhan6707]

They never do my name. :(

[@leanne186]

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]

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]

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

[@cupcakecutie9forever]

I laughed at your comment way too long lol

[@leanne186]

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

[@annemarjoriego4202]

***** 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!"

[@LucianoThePig]

There's no v , k or j in Irish , which is the reason for bh and mh being pronounced like v

[@seanegan8150]

+LucianoThePig No z either

[@h3lblad3]

+LucianoThePig So do early attempts at conlanging by children involve them changing out words like Siobhan with more English-like variations? Siovan? Shivan?

[@LucianoThePig]

+h3lblad3 No. If an Irish child is called Siobhan then they'd know how their own name is spelt and pronounced , like with any name

[@LucianoThePig]

+h3lblad3 Also most Irish names have no English version

[@h3lblad3]

LucianoThePig You obviously misunderstood what I said.

[@alexx6728]

i love that americans are telling us how to speak our own language

[@sweetie9870]

Yeah I know 😂

[@dunmwarupreachan4567]

One of many reasons I try to study Gaelic. I am an American, but I like getting in touch with my ancestry.

[@gracieobrien1373]

My poor Irish soul has been cremated. I think almost all of these names are assigned to one of my relatives 😂 Literally Niamh is my sisters name

[@lucygraham3573]

Gracie O'Brien niamh is sooooooo popular in Scotland I know like eight niamhs

[@niamhmurray7864]

My name 😂

[@xo801]

niamh's pretty usual in england too, i think most people know ay least one niamh

[@tlaprotege1364]

Niamh Murray my daughter's name is Nieve Murray!!!! That's so funny to me to meet another Nieve Murray. I had to do the phonetic spelling in America.

[@JudePayet]

Gracie O'Brien right