Manchán Magan and Dara Ó Briain discussing the Irish language

[@catherinemira75]

Heart warming to see and hear a living language!! Keep it up!

[@tainahollo]

I think this is very funny, even if the thing is actually a very serious one! Thanks!

[@serviustullus7204]

Excellent talker, he has the gift of gab.

[@tommy8ball2007]

@ 2:35 think thats the first time I've seen Dara O Briain get genuinely emotional.

[@The_Gallowglass]

I would have a fada in my name, if youtube would bloody well let me.

[@kmfw72]

"Y'now?" "I mean?" "Excuses?" Ní Gaeilge iad! The problem is that Irish is devalued in Ireland itself, never mind Britain, and Irish names are anglicised. There's enough problem getting English-speaking people to spell and pronounce Portuguese names like José Mourinho correctly - God knows what it would be like if Portuguese in Portugal were a minority language like Irish in Ireland!

[@copyvio]

re: poster I feel the need to point out that in Spanish, French, etc. accent marks are often left out of all caps text

[@The_Gallowglass]

I'd still use it. I don't care if its confusing.

[@zecchinoroni]

2:11 Is that Bláithín from the @Facts videos?

[@Deblijeegel]

She does look like here, so could be.

[@anpratadraiochtuil5293]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@The_Gallowglass]

Is mise Dáibhidh Ó Slatraigh. Who gives a shit if other people don't understand? It's their problem, not ours. XD

[@una3204]

Maith thú, a chara! 💕

[@The_Gallowglass]

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[@The_Gallowglass]

Put it back in! :D

[@marmaladekamikaze]

@musicman45805 Check out Bród club, you can tune in on the RTÉ player to help you with learning the Cúpla focal.

[@mjakes20]

I mo thuairim, fadhb níos measa a bhaineann le Gaeilge sa lá atá inniu ná daoine ag rá píosaí Béarla idir abairtí cosúil le "ye know", "I mean" nó an ceann is measa, "just". Cad é an dochar má fhágtar amach an fada, fulaingeoidh an teanga ma thosaímid ag meascadh tuilleadh Béarla le Gaeilge. Ach is dócha go bhfuil an saincheist sin níos deacra a réiteach, mar deir daoine na focail sin ó dhúchas in ionad rogha.

[@The_Gallowglass]

Cad is anim dhuit?

[@JorWat25]

As someone who has only heard Dara speak English, this is very strange to listen to...

[@Tracymmo]

Interesting discussion. In the US this issue comes up with Spanish/Latino names. But, as mentioned in this video, it's not easy using accent marks in English speaking countries. I have customers with names like Wojiechowicz, Nguyen and Berisavljevic. I can't imagine someone trying to describe diacritic marks over the phone. Then the differences in naming conventions, such as two last names in Spanish speaking families, gets confusing too. What do others think?

[@OShaughnessyC]

Regarding spelling one's name over the phone, I was once talking to my local bank (in French, in France) and the customer service person asked me to spell my name. Which I did. But after saying "O", she asked me, "How do you spell 'apostrophe', madame?" !

[@mouthforwar17]

Wow I didn't know Dara spoke Irish :D

[@zecchinoroni]

mouthforwar17 isn't he pretty famous for that?

[@Mecklybver]

exátamente.

[@The_Gallowglass]

Who? Dara Ó Briain? :)

[@murraymicha]

SIBHSE AG CAINNT FAOI'N FADA NACH BHFUIL AR NEAMH.

[@ajrollo1437]

My neighborhood in Canada recently decided (amongst ourselves, within the community league, which is a pleasant surprise) that a historical home of the Cree people should NOT bear the name of an English clergyman who wrote entire books about how much he wanted to kill the Cree people. The winning name was, not surprisingly, a Cree name - ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (Wîhkwêntôwin). There were concerns about it being difficult to pronounce, or "too foreign", but they just put up signs that say "It's pronounced Wee-kwen-toe-win", and it took maybe a month for people to switch. As an extra bonus, people are suddenly more willing to learn more Cree words. You hear more white people saying "tanite" when they pass you by. It's beautiful. Certain commonplace racial slurs are slowly vanishing from daily life. Change happens. Anyway, if you just put the fada and append a small note people will adapt. Xenophobes bark but let them bark with a good pronunciation on the fada.

[@dal_riata_music]

Déan nóta de na sineadh fadaí.

[@edwardowens3643]

Maith thú

[@jm123456789101112]

😆

[@kmfw72]

Is cuma liomsa