Saoirse Ronan Tries To Teach Stephen An Irish Accent

The star of Brooklyn gives Stephen a primer in speaking with an Irish brogue.

[@Ragd0ll1337]

Poor Saoirse, every show she goes on she has to do this bit.

[@randytrashcan]

As someone who doesn't know Gaelic, it's both fascinating and enlightening to hear of another's culture.

[@emmawilson1816]

+Red Whovian Gaelic is more Scots Gaelic, but the Irish version is called Gaeilge which translates to Irish.

[@HongFeiBai]

Yeah, but people are fine going up and sharing their culture.

[@flixerdk7947]

Blame the irish or her parents!

[@ellenboylan2386]

The english spelling of Gaeilge is not gaelic it's just 'Irish', the term you are looking for is the Anglicised version. Besides nobody uses the term Gaelic to refer to the language because there is more than one gaelic language. People try to sound intelligent when actually the correct way to say it is either 'Irish' or 'Gaeilge'. Nowhere in Ireland do they refer to it as Gaelic, that is something foreigners seem to do... I mean I don't know if your Irish or not but I do know that that is actually something that really irritates Irish people..

[@eiloccorb2797]

I love how she became a star and now has to answer for all the Irish.

[@isaacolivecrona6114]

Oh, what did the Irish do?

[@kkandsims4612]

I mean Liam was doing it for years so it’s her turn now 😂😂 plus I swear there are a lot of Irish actors like michelle Fairely aka catelyn stark shes Irish so is little finger and Varys all Irish .

[@silverkitty2503]

@@isaacolivecrona6114 what didn't we do ;) ??

[@jameskilmartin00]

she speaks for fuck all irish ya tool

[@daniel11111]

It’s better than Connor mcgregor representing the Irish.

[@caranook]

As an Irish person, I find the confusion of non Irish people reading our names hilarious!

[@juliejoyce5474]

Pls same

[@queenofnevers6990]

Honestly, they (you) could adopt katakana as writing and it would have as much sense as Latin alphabet in Irish.

[@haroldinho9930]

Yeah

[@xx_penelope_x6192]

I’m not Irish but my husband is and I find it hilarious too XD His name is Tadgh XD It made me happy to see his name in the video though!

[@cooldaddy2877]

As an Irish person I am confused almost every time an Irish person tries to pronounce their own names. Miss Ronan is a perfect example. Her name is pronounced always as SEERSHUH.....never SERSHUH.

[@zackv3957]

My favorite part of Stephen Colbert is how he'll ask someone a question and just immediately start talking over them constantly

[@adambe1126]

It's actually so annoying

[@phutureproof]

@@adambe1126 yes thats the point they were making

[@adambe1126]

Ik, I was agreeing with them

[@cannibalholocaust3015]

So everyone is agreed he is a dose and Saoirse is a wee dote / darling.

[@TrueWalker88]

I thought they had great rapport. Wasn't interrupty at all, just a funny back and forth.

[@LostChildOfTime]

Now I want a 60 minute video of nothing but Irish names and how they are pronounced.

[@wolfrayne8355]

Poison Kiss that's exactly what I am looking for now 😂

[@Eva12218]

Let me take a stab in the dark here...by any chance is it pronounced ee-fa? Could be totally wrong but thought i'd try it anyway

[@zachmcclay5450]

Poison Kiss Try Welsh names

[@jadealexanderangelicaeliza4815]

Caoimhe is quee vuh

[@johnnyvenus5435]

So funny from an Irish person's perspective

[@BS-se4yg]

Irish and Scottish are such beautiful accents.

[@sammagee727]

Bruno Scopel they're also completely different

[@pmcl3616]

Well Northern irish accents and Scottish accents are more similar.

[@PlsCallCYFS]

Sam Magee who said they were the same? Fucken idiot

[@MemeGang420]

Irish yes, british accent is terrible.

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

Calm down, everyone.

[@KeanuReeves-dp8ur]

American: are you Irish? Irish: Yes American: Okay, do you know Conor Mcgregor?

[@nemonade2695]

No not this.

[@Wsupermain2]

To be fair, went to Dublin last year overnight for work and sat across from him in the pub for lunch. My colleague went over and asked him for a picture and he told him to f**k off because he was eating his lunch. Though dissapointing, it was satisfying in a very stereotypical way....

[@justdefacts]

@@Wsupermain2 He's a jerk. He'd likely have been obnoxious no matter what he was doing.

[@TheHashashins]

I do only have one Irish friend and he actually used to train with McGregor years ago.

[@Blue-Lady]

GIMME YA BELT!!

[@Itsabellybuttonringgg10382]

Her personality adds onto her beauty and I’ve never seen such a great person I want to be like her 🥰

[@Blackrew]

Her eyes are really pretty

[@ionizingemr9225]

Expressive eyes that dance when she is excited. I know some people like that.

[@rareview362]

That's sweet...

[@markmauk8231]

Overall shes just average tho

[@matheusjanczkowski9107]

She is insanely beautiful, not just her eyes

[@calvinrock8385]

sami6291 are you okay?

[@sayantanmukherjee8074]

There's something about this girl that is unique.

[@Charlotte-ti6oq]

Yes, she's beautiful but also has an incredible down to earth and fun loving personality with a brain and maturity beyond her years.

[@mr.timjohnston546]

well thats because she is lad

[@RandommVideoShots]

@@mr.timjohnston546 *laid

[@hertungwert2759]

Her weird face?

[@marciabramson6194]

Yes. Talented. Outstanding actress. All her film characters are marvelous. Especially when younger. Camera loves her.

[@gretacarter3498]

My grandfather who passed away on Saint Patrick’s Day in 2009 was 100 Percent Irish, I was only about 7 at the time so I really don’t remember if he had an accent or not !! He was an amazing man and I really wish I could have gotten to know him better and for longer than my first 7 years of life !!! Miss and love you pop corn !! So proud to be Irish !!!

[@dmitrytannill7436]

Am I only one who: - Just. Shut. Up. For. A. Second. And. Listen. To. Her.

[@slyjokerg]

Yeah, most hosts of shows like this are like that. They are conditioned to fear even one instant of dead air, so they yap like toddlers on meth. Plus, they are self obsessed attention whores by nature, and they want the spotlight and for everyone to think they are clever at all times. The best at avoiding those issues is probably Seth Meyers.

[@impractical1158]

Yes he was so annoying

[@amannaidu73]

Same here

[@jacquelinehauser220]

Dont blame him. She us on the show to sell herself.

[@literally9056]

They are having a perfect conversation, dumba---.

[@imme4810]

Theres over a thousand accents in Ireland...her one is a middle Dublin accent

[@frostyblade8842]

True I'd laugh if there was kerry or Cork accent

[@imme4810]

@@frostyblade8842 oh god😂😂

[@markhenley3097]

Yeah especially some rural regions. Some people in my school even speak in a similar tone to the Dublin accent(from Southern England).

[@irishcountrygirl78]

I agree.... Each village changes.... So many accents....

[@cigh7445]

@@markhenley3097 The standard Irish accent developed as part of a dialect continuum stretching from west country England to Dublin in the 15th/16th and 17th centuries. And it slowly spread from Dublin to the rest of the country. (Ireland is known for it's many regional accents, but experts on the English of Ireland say that the regional accents are dying off and being replaced by the standard 'RTÉ' accent originating in Dublin, which is the way people with status tend to speak. This is especially noticeable in younger women, even as far south as Kerry very few women under 35 will have a regional accent, and as all experts in linguistics know, women are generally the forebearers of language change across cultures as they always adopt the higher status way of speaking and carry new trends). And I'm not surprised that people in the south of England have a similar tone, because the south Dublin accent developed from people trying to sound more English years ago. Add in to the mix the effect American mass media has had on the speech of young people everywhere and it's not surprising at all that there are similarities!

[@vladtepes723]

imagine being sarcastic and saying "i got the skin tone to go with it" but when you go to mexico you legit see that skin tone and hair colour along with the eye colour

[@myBquest]

That was a very ignorant joke, I'm so dissapointed on her.

[@artcritic7458]

@@myBquest That was very rude, its sad to know she is that kind of person

[@verm7148]

that was very racist, it disappointed me

[@heishephaestion4178]

@@verm7148 call the wahhmbulance crybabies. soft as shite.

[@bobsmith5441]

@@verm7148 You completely picked that up incorrectly. In Ireland because we are so pale and most of us like tanned skin she was being self deprecating about her pale skin and nothing racist to Mexians. It was more her way of saying she would like to have tanned skin tone like Mexicans than anything against them. Everything needs to be framed within the particular cultural reference. And to us that was her taking the piss out of being so pale

[@theultimatecatloverchannel9432]

I think her accent is not from where she's from (since she traveled so much during her formative years). It's actually her parents' accents. Her parents are her anchor, her roots, her identity and her guide. She never lost it because it probably makes her feel grounded, plus, everybody loves it so she jokingly says that it's too late to change it now. I don't get why some Irish people call her out on her "fake Dublin" accent. How can she fake something like that? She's had it since she was a child. Is she supposed to have a Carlow accent? She grew up everywhere. The only stable accent she's heard were her folks'.

[@joshuavanderstam1345]

It's a fake Dublin accent.

[@michaelcullen5308]

It is possible to play up your accent.

[@leona7997]

i'm so glad saoirse kept her ethnic name and didn't change it to make it easier for others bc it's beautiful!!

[@carlosandleon]

just write sershe

[@KayColeLynn]

@@carlosandleon but that's not her real name

[@carlosandleon]

@@KayColeLynn doesn't matter. Phoenetics is more important than how it's spelled

[@KayColeLynn]

@@carlosandleon to some spelling is more important then phonetics. I'd rather someone screw up saying my name then spell it wrong but that's also because you should be able to spell to my name give or take a letter based off of how its pronounced.

[@carlosandleon]

@@KayColeLynn You don't Talk to people by spelling. Phoenetics can cross cultures and languages. Spelling not so much. You can't spell your name as ypu want in Japan

[@danieljob3184]

Irish Spelling Vs Pronunciation was developed with one specific goal: To confuse the sh*t out of the English!

[@jkarnes7529]

Come to the south in the US.

[@neilwilson5785]

It worked.

[@sof4183]

@uildanach2010 you re just completely besides the point saying "The names don't sound the way the are written in English": it's just that in both those languages there are letter combinations that make a sound different than how it is written. nothing to do with it being a name or with latin origins (especially because english is a mix of latin and germanic and on top of it latin actually works like english anyways, with no letter combinations).

[@elzbieta3850]

It worked😂

[@hipeople968]

Or you know, the names could’ve been spelt with the Irish alphabet but now I’m just talking crap...

[@Apparently_No]

That was hilarious! The Irish accent has to be the best, with Scottish being a close second.

[@MikeDoyleRealMan44]

As an Irish man myself, Irish accents are my favorite. Saorise is now my favorite Irish actress

[@irishkelly654]

Agreed, cheers brother!

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Saoirse means “Freedom” in Irish.

[@coldwynn]

I just clicked to hear how it is pronounced.

[@bimjeam0088]

Nope it's Toi T Toi t Toi t toi T

[@koshaz3x]

Can William Wallace back this up?

[@bimjeam0088]

@@koshaz3x yup! They mae take oor life, but not oor saoirse RONAN!!

[@isolde04]

@Salwa Iqtait we used to have our own language known as Irish but we got colonised by the English a long time ago and we lost our language and now we all speak English but we all are still taught it in schools. I know a fair bit of Irish.

[@ayushanand5221]

DONT INTERRUPT HER WHEN SHE SPEAKS

[@peiyentsai6430]

@tinwoods no he isn't. he's just being plain rude.

[@literally9056]

She is not interrupted, they are having a conversation, you are too slow and dumb, spamming your standard interview hate (for Trump or whatever...).

[@ibrahimn.606]

For real, in many shows and conversations I see, people talk over each other and I feel like I'm in the wrong for not liking it.

[@guillemvidal1958]

IF SHE BREATHES

[@waynemclaughlin8937]

Let Stephen mansplain himself for gawd sake! 😉😂😂

[@gwho]

awesome! i love how in-depth and technical they got, instead of the usual superficial fun time talkshow thing.

[@tomfoley5837]

This is very superficial

[@AbbyKunn]

2:38 actually there are blondes in Mexico.

[@jeromeirvinggo]

"You go to hell" ahahahahahahahaha

[@Wired4Life2]

+jerome go Literally my thought when she first pronounced that name. I was wondering where your quote comment would come from. :)

[@jeromeirvinggo]

Now you know :) haha!

[@Kainthemain]

+jerome go yeah that was awesome

[@cupcakecaoimhe]

Offended 😂😂

[@BlazeVarley2580]

+caoimhe carrie Its a struggle

[@kristiea8131]

The last name just threw me off. "You go to hell" hilarious

[@CKellz-dq6ck]

Kristine Ahn its acc pronounced "key-vah" not "crwee-vah"

[@CKellz-dq6ck]

Theres rhe traditional Irish "cwee-vah" and then everyone I know says it "Key vah"

[@1948DESMOND]

in our oldest province, ulster, it is often called Creevagh. just like the irish lingo word for hill (kinnock) is often called Crock in irish!! yeah, crock!! and ulster should know ... it is a ncienet, after all.

[@irishcountrygirl78]

My nieces name, but pronounced "Keeva" in Donegal and the west... The east of the country pronounce it "Queeva".

[@walruso5745]

That’s my cousins name

[@aberizal8022]

she's stunning 🥰

[@_daisyyyyyy]

Irish eyes is so beautiful her and Cillian have the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen

[@ZhangtheGreat]

"Americans love Irish people." Amazing how much things can change in 150 years, eh? =D

[@Dingalingring]

+ZhangtheGreat Huh?

[@kewlpc]

+SallyTheSeahorse Irish immigrants were heavily looked down upon when they first started coming to America in large numbers. Racists and anti-immigration types (but I repeat myself) claimed the Irish weren't actually white somehow, and some segregated places forbade Irish people from using the "Whites" facilities.

[@katehu7194]

+kewlpc what?

[@ZhangtheGreat]

SallyTheSeahorse Kate Hu As kewlpc already explained, back in the 1800s, Irish immigrants (who were the largest in number arriving in the US pre-Civil War) faced huge discrimination for being poor and Catholic. In many parts of the US back then, people were grouped into four main "races": white, black, Native American, and Irish. This kind of discrimination actually lasted well into the 20th Century and didn't really go away until the Cold War. Remember when JFK was elected president and how so many people feared having an Irish Catholic president for the first time?

[@JynxXFPS]

+ZhangtheGreat that's something we don't learn in school

[@agnimitraroy2777]

This woman will never leave behind the talks about her name. Any talk show she goes, she is subjected to this.

[@ashleytrueblood2200]

Her choice

[@RougeMaire]

Britt Volkonskaya that’s rather ignorant of you it’s not her choice my name gets brought up every day of my life because people butcher it I’m not going to keep my mouth shut about correcting people on my name

[@ashleytrueblood2200]

No, it's "not rather ignorant". I get my name butchered all the time. I know it's because most English speakers don't know. Get over yourself

[@RougeMaire]

Britt Volkonskaya them not knowing is the definition of ignorance because they are capable of learning and knowing. I am American my language is English I know of those speakers you talk about but there’s still no excuse when someone corrects you on how to pronounce their name three times for them to mispronounce it again because they feel like it’s close enough. I’m done talking you can have your opinion all you like and excuse people for it all you want.

[@jsmoker10]

@@ashleytrueblood2200 people butcher the name Ashley? Really?

[@Dvon5604]

She is so beautiful, her beauty is like a beauty of an queen

[@lisadougherty5999]

She's an amazing actress!

[@craftistic82]

I think I love this woman

[@craftistic82]

im actually 70, so i look pretty great for my age

[@malikbenslimane2873]

No fucking way you're 70

[@Hephaestion96]

hahaha bitchass you believe him

[@mikophilo348]

No f**king way he's not a pedo, either.

[@julesjayoma3994]

Hey look! A cancerous reply section! Great! 😀👍

[@wolfman8325]

Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson and Saoirse Ronan should all star in a film together. "The Unpronounceables"

[@Dingalingring]

They actually call him 'Sillian'?! Fuckin' hell, the Yankee doodles must be half-bent in the head to believe his name is really pronounced like that.

[@Dingalingring]

They actually call him 'Sillian'?! Fuckin' hell, the Yankee doodles must be half-bent in the head to believe his name is really pronounced like that.

[@Dingalingring]

They actually call him 'Sillian'?! Fuckin' hell, the Yankee doodles must be half-bent in the head to believe his name is really pronounced like that.

[@Tallestdwarf]

+SallyTheSeahorse 99.8% of Americans can't speak Gailge and the vast majority of major languages are pronounced phonetically. It's only natural for non-Irish to call him Sillian.

[@wolfman8325]

I love lamp

[@josephbuckley5638]

fun fact - pronunciation of Irish names is incredibly regional sometimes so if she was born in the southern province of Munster it would be pronounced "see-or-sha", the other ones seen in this clip stay the same Saoirse is also the Irish word for freedom

[@Black_Dawn]

As someone trying to learn Gaelge (Irish), I find his reactions to the names relatable. Almost every word in Irish Gaelic doesn't sound like what a monolingual English speaker would expect, or ANYBODY who isn't familiar with Gaelic for that matter! But if you take away that writing system and only focus on the sounds of the language, it sounds so melodic in a "welcome home" kind of way.

[@phenbuz]

She is adorable girl. I love her

[@Damop17]

I love her more

[@lora6925123669]

I love her more and more !

[@phenbuz]

hahaha

[@agz1993]

I love Saoirse in a way words can't describe. She is THE GIRL that comes to my mind whenever I think of who would I like to be with me.

[@miloblackmetalhate]

Same here. Epitome of the perfect girl :)

[@djdb1214]

I'm obsessed with her accent. Gorgeous!!

[@Musical00Minecraft]

Delana Trujillo-Johnson j

[@strawberrykicker2]

It's ridiculous, nobody in Ireland actually sounds like that, completely fake

[@Obsessivemind]

strawberrykicker2 yes they do lmao what are you saying?

[@strawberrykicker2]

Obsessive mind aka The Sad Rapper no they don't,she sounds like an American/British actor trying to do an Irish accent, 'ah jaysus, sure little auld me from oireland with me potatoes and me shillelagh, I'm in a little filum begorrah' she's ridiculously fake

[@vonvon6551]

Delana Trujillo-Johnson ya can't beat the fecking Irish accent

[@colbymasvidal2397]

She is amazing❤

[@bouffant-girl]

Great Irish voice coach and beautiful young lady ❤

[@RavensSarora]

There are dozens and dozens of Irish accents. Every county has it's own accent, and some have more than one depending on where you're from in that county. Hence why all the comments saying "she's pronouncing this wrong" are wrong. The way you say it, will depend on where you are from in Ireland. Slight differences, but you can hear them all the same.

[@RB-NZ2]

Ah sure what's the chraic with you lad you little bollocks?

[@wlingwood3851]

+RavensSarora True, like in Cork City you can almost tell what street somebody is from, by the way they lilt and sing at ya :P For the record though, Saoirse's accent is all over the gaf. As a Gaeilgeoir nothing makes me cringe more than hearing a fake Dublin accent wrap itself around the finer points of a triple vowel sound. "Sertia", ffs lol.

[@darraghflynn5577]

+W Lingwood roscommon mayo sligo leitrim and offaly all have a very very similar accent

[@DylanMcDonald28]

+Darth Irish Bit ironic that you've a picture of an English football teams crest as your profile picture but sure...

[@RB-NZ2]

Dylan Mc Donald So I can't follow a team that I like because I'm irish? Fuck off lad get back in your biscuit tin.

[@agoochy]

Jeez. Can he shut up and just listen until she’s done explaining

[@antonishedsp2036]

fakin amehikan aksent

[@lines4822]

@@antonishedsp2036 😅

[@ningsetya8499]

Maybe he loves his own voice

[@Ed19601]

Conan always interrupts guests

[@SuperSMT]

Every TV talkshow host is trash

[@Exercise_as_Medicine]

She’s gorgeous… ❤

[@altarseni4553]

She's so beautiful 🖤

[@filteredcreativity9409]

she's so fucking lovely

[@caoimherandles5185]

My name is Caoimhe! ( Pronounced "Qweeva" for everyone asking), traveling is fun! :)

[@danielmata3491]

I can spell your name easily it sounds beautiful honestly i like the way saoirse pronounced in my native language is Kuivë

[@jackellis2647]

You go to hell

[@hunam3876]

Sup, Quiver.

[@elandragalor4264]

It's pronounced as "KEEVA" right?

[@ransherman1611]

the problem with the names is not how they sound, it's that they are written differently from the way it is pronounced, which is clearly their sadistic way of torturing us... =P

[@darrelnelson1395]

Just love that girls accent. She is gorgeous

[@simonhattrell5321]

She is delightful and a great actress.

[@ZAKITASHI]

She is absolutely beautiful! And i don't usually comment that on youtube.

[@ZAKITASHI]

+hamsterpoop What? What the hell are you talking about? What videos?

[@Beechwoodboy]

+hamsterpoop link?

[@hamsterpoop]

BLACK_WOLF welcome to youtube comments

[@ZAKITASHI]

+hamsterpoop Ok... And, i still don't understand what you were talking about...

[@totallynotaseaotter4946]

+BLACK_WOLF He's trying to throw you off. Its Internet speak.

[@GinaDeSeta]

Literally for months upon months I have been calling a friend of mine who's name is Caoimhe, "kay-mee" and she neeeeever corrected me until I came to her house and her mother called her "quee-vuh". I honestly didn't know how to act, at first I thought she was calling upon someone else but well....apparently not. 😂 (I still call her Kay-mee today)

[@baristamojito]

yea, but it's (Kwee-vah)

[@baristamojito]

but sometimes i hear (kee-vah)

[@baristamojito]

+caoimhe Mccay so, you can speak Irish Gaelic (Ulster) ?

[@HongFeiBai]

This is why Americans who've changed their names to sound American should change it back to make their names unique.

[@kevo4178]

The name in translation is actually Kevin in English.

[@alygirl1745]

Love her so much!!!!!

[@aikonoklas]

OMG SHE IS SO LOVELY!!!

[@vsh1998]

Holy shit those names are hard.

[@Richard_Bumblebee]

I know right I kept laughing every time a new one came I screen. I'm just sitting here like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

[@toyotaprius79]

+Merc With A Mouth Try Medb or Meadbh! Or the most Irish name of them all... Brian.

[@PhilG95]

+toyotaprius79 The Brian one is just unfair. As an Irish person living abroad I'm so glad I dodged a bullet. Meanwhile the poor Eoghains haven't a hope

[@maxpowr90]

+Merc With A Mouth Harder than my phallus? I think not!

[@johnwalsh1701]

The Irish language is really difficult, it's lovely though

[@horneybadger86]

I will marry anyone with that accent

[@sorayacatfriend]

a leprechaun?

[@stiimuli]

+Vincent Phan even that crazy irish guy from Braveheart?

[@ThePC3D]

marry my Dog!

[@stiimuli]

***** Umm, no, the crazy Irish guy wasn't scottish.

[@leclerkmusic]

+Thom Yanks Think he's referring to the mad Irish man Stephen.

[@harkyo]

She's gorgeous 😍

[@WowUsernameAvailable]

Her gorgeous dress stole the show.

[@jessicahare5910]

Could listen to an Irish accent all day. ❤️

[@MsAsh3070]

Oh really? You know there's a lot of variety in Irish accents? In that case, I challenge you to listen to MissElayneous, an Irish 'rapper' from Finglas, an area of inner city Dublin :)

[@jessicahare5910]

MsAsh3070 challenge accepted

[@maryamkim1281]

Mon Lemon I used to have to listen to Irish accents all day, and I do not recommend it. Some nice people, etc., but the accent? Good Lord, NO.

[@interestedobserver2582]

Mon Lemon...Although you are correct in saying Irish accent, it is a very broad term. There are many Irish accents, at least one for every county. The accent she´s using is a Dublin accent. In Dublin there are several accents and they tend to be strongly linked to social class and education. Her accent could be described as low-class Dublin.

[@pompiliusangerean9143]

@@MsAsh3070 you mean "Doblin"

[@2ndRatePetronius]

You left off Domhnall. General Hux will be displeased.

[@Turbo9987]

+2ndRatePetronius DOE-nall... How the fuck do you leave out the 'm'?!

[@darraghtate440]

+Turbo9987 Mh is an E sound, Bh is a V, and É is an A. Crazy, I know.

[@RedPaintedTable]

+2ndRatePetronius H = V therefore phonetically it is spelled "DoVnAWl"

[@jimbobeire]

+RedPaintedTable "H" is not "V" "bh" would be the "v" , but "mh" is more like a "w" so it's "Donal" - rhymes with "tonal"

[@chrisflanagan7564]

+jimbobeire Both "bh" and "mh" are pronounced like both V and W depending on a few things. mostly the broadness/narrowness* of the vowel/consonant. GENERALLY, if the nearest vowel is broad then both "mh" and "bh" are pronounced like an English "w". If the vowel is narrow, then it's time for a good auld "v" sound. In "Domhnal", the vowel is broad, so it's "Dow-nal", "Doe-nal", or similar. In "Caoimhe", the vowel is narrow, so it's like "Kwee-Veh" or "Kee-Vah" depending on your accent, what part of Ireland you're in, and a little bit of personal preference. (ao is ee for REASONS, the "i" in the middle there is to warn you that the "mh" is narrow and so is silent, and I say "it's like" because this name is said in variety of ways depending on who's talking, some people would say it ends with an "ah" sound some with an "eh" sound. ) However! Niamh has the "mh" at the end so it's a "v" sound ... so Niamh is like "Neev", even though the closest vowel is broad... *the board vowels are the one that make your mouth round, the narrow make your mouth narrow... i, í, e, é are narrow; a, á, o, ó, u, ú are board. The couplets ("ae", "ea", "ao" "ui" "iu" and so on) are tricky, and sometimes have a subtly that's lost on people... like some nationalities trying to get their L and R sounds right. Why not just use "w" or "v"?! Those letters aren't in the Irish Alphabet, and within the Irish Language there are many reason to distinguish between "mh" and "bh" as the 'h's come and go in many words depending on case, tense and so on...

[@sihambenzai3620]

Adore this accent!

[@lilyraimey3499]

She’s so wonderful.

[@Shaivya87]

N she z beautiful 😍

[@chamekke]

Irish pronunciation does make sense according to Irish orthography. Most people in North America already know how to pronounce the name Seán ("shawn") - in Irish, the letter S is pronounced "sh" when it's next to an I or E, but as "s" everywhere else. So the "sh" sound in Siobhan shouldn't surprise people too much.. and when you see the name Saoirse, it begins to make sense that the first S is sounded like a "sh" while the second is "s". (I'm not going to get into vowel combinations like aoi, though, because it may make your brain hurt.) And the name Saoirse is beautiful - it means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic.

[@elgranlugus7267]

And for others is confusing of how "mh" sounds, you know, if next to "a, o, u" sounds like a "W" and next to "i, e" sounds like a "v"

[@PucaCiuin]

@@elgranlugus7267 Might be easier to just say "h" isn't a letter in Irish, it's just a modifier to the previous letter, so whenever you see an "h" in Irish, you should expect it and the previous letter to make a different sound than it would in English. For those curious, "h" takes the place of an accent marker (a dot above the letter) on previous letter that was standard in Old Irish. I don't know this for sure, but my guess is they made that change to make things easier with the introduction of the printing press (since they had plenty of "h"s lying around, but consonants with dots probably would have to have been specially made) So a name like Siobhan using the old orthography would be Sıoḃan. (I hope KZbin uses a font that renders that correctly…)

[@elgranlugus7267]

@@PucaCiuin It all comes to dialects, if you say Siobhan like "Sho-van" it's correct, same as "Shoe-wan". However, in other sentences, names or words, slender "bh" is like a "v", and broad bh is "w". The word bhaile, needs to be pronounced as "wah-leh" yes or yes. Broad MH - "w" Slender MH - "v"

[@verohmora4186]

Sean Shane is the most typical Irish name Etan

[@sammagee727]

cha mekke 'aoi' is pronounced *ee* in Irish. For example the word 'naoi' (nine) is pronounced *nee*. Any Irish person could look at any Irish name even if they've never seen it before and would still be able to pronounce it. Names like caoimhe oisin siobhan saoirse and roisin are very common in ireland

[@bimjeam0088]

Irish kindergarten school be like Teacher - A for? students - apple teacher - spell apple students - chmioarzxt teacher - how is it pronounce? students - Apple.

[@mr_reddii07]

😂

[@heirofthenazareen3812]

LOL :-)

[@ben-dn4sv]

Tf is kindergarten

[@ben-dn4sv]

@Anarchist nah i actually don't know what kindergarten is?

[@anikajosefs]

@Anarchist Well, in Germany we do have kindergarten, but we don't learn how to spell there, the kids only play and learn social skills and at a maximum learn how to draw within lines and how to use scissors properly. Letters and learning how to spell is reserved for primary school. @Ben Ski it's the place young kids are usually send to before they start going to school. But what you do there varies (maybe from country to country?).

[@miathompson1172]

Saoirse is amazing… 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@shaniquawhitfield94]

id love a half hour more of this

[@Ziaheart]

I had an Irish classmate once. I asked for his name and was confused because I thought it was strange that a boy would be named after a dance involving tutus. Then he spelled it and it was "Billy", not "Ballet".

[@vascanj]

This just made me think of Billy Elliot.

[@kjamison5951]

I suspect he was from Belfast in Northern Ireland… that part still connected to the U.K. In the Irish Republic, Liam (LEE-um) would be the equivalent of William and Billy is the diminutive. Being an Ulsterman and living here all my life, I have heard quite a few names and understand what you are saying about “Ballet”. For the others reading this who don’t understand… Ballet (bah-LAY) is the dance. Billy (BAL-ay) is the Belfast pronunciation. We have some rare words and phrases. Quare geg. Kwer gay-g = very funny Quare craic Kwer krak = very enjoyable Boutye? Bough-t-yee (Bough as in tree branch) = How are you? Grand = fine or good as in I feel fine, I am good. And we tend to talk too quickly for people to understand us.

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Ziaheart I'm 300 % Irish and have never heard that name in my Life

[@AmeRain]

Pierce McManus you've never heard the name Billy... Let me tell you right now, you defiantly have.

[@UnicornScrotum]

Aye yis are wile hard to understand hi.

[@leyyaahmed]

at 0:40 she sounded like Luna Lovegood

[@Compl33tR4nd0mZ]

Omg yes!!

[@LeahWolfMSP]

Well, Evana Lynch is Irish.

[@sethjohnson2743]

She was considered for the role of Luna Lovegood but it ultimately went to Evana Lynch.

[@resaj.s2398]

Probably why most people bring up their voice to sound irish :D

[@jackelinvalentin1260]

Leyya Ahmed She actually auditioned for Luna Lovegood.

[@Imran-Emu]

Wish you a very Happy Birthday Saoirse Ronan. Love you. ❤️

[@theoutspokenhumanist]

Saoirse has a broad Dublin accent. It's like a New Yorker teaching someone to speak American. And she always showed so much patience 😁

[@gkw9882]

Here's a simple phrase to practice: whale oil beef hooked. Not an Irish phrase at all at all, but say it a few times then emphasize oil. See how it sounds then.

[@Lun4Om1n3]

Geoff Webster took me awhile. 😂

[@diktea]

hahahahaahahahahaha got it

[@avtgomez]

Geoff Webster good one... Hahahaha

[@filthycade2399]

Great!

[@adhiraj9781]

We'll all be foocked?

[@kaylabostic9705]

I could literally listen to her recite the dictionary, I love her accent

[@mindriot91_96]

She's so beautiful 😍😍

[@kayan4715]

She so beautiful..

[@caoimhehickey1]

CAOIMHE ITS A GREAT NAME *cough*

[@zaragreen4601]

🤣😂

[@A.A_xv]

Caoimhe {Quee-va} LOL “Quee-va”

[@caoimhe3759]

Yes

[@josephine.strand]

Love it

[@sabertooth207]

Kao-meh!

[@asland52]

I get that a lot of you wanna talk about the whole Irish thing but OMG can we talk about her face?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! It's perfect.

[@roguishpaladin]

Taylan Safak The song is 'Star of the County Down', I fear, and she has not lived there. She has lived in County Carlow and County Fingal.

[@conorokeeffe6553]

+roguishpaladin county fingal.....

[@ma.8436]

She is american

[@User-xw6kd]

Bella Bennet She's from the Bronx. Born there but grew up in Ireland.

[@surfdocer103]

She’s just adorable

[@anggiyuniprastiwi7573]

She is beautiful 😍

[@rachelb.684]

For all you wondering: Eoin is pronounced the same as Owen, Cian is pronounced the same as Keane, Micheál is pronounced Mee*hawl*, Pádraig is pronounced *Paw*drig, Tomás is pronounced Tuh*mawss*, Darragh and Daragh are pronounced the same as Dara, Róisín is pronounced Roe-sheen, Aisling is pronounced the same as Ashling, Sinéad is pronounced Shin*aid*, Cathal is pronounced Caw*hil*, Fionn is pronounced Fyunn, Áine is pronounced *Aw*nyah (the N's pronounced like ñ is Spanish), Gráinne rhymes with Áine, Orlaith is pronounced the same as Orla, Eimear is proceed Eemuhr, Clodagh is pronounced Cloe-dah, Máire is pronounced *Moy*rah, Diarmuid is pronounced Deer-mid, Méabh is pronounced the same as Maeve, Ailbhe is pronounced Al-vah, Sorcha is pronounced Sore-sha, Sadhbh is pronounced Sive, Eabha is pronounced the same as Eva, Laoise is pronounced Lee-sha

[@almondtree2011]

Thanks for taking time to write it all 😁

[@elgranlugus7267]

In my accent, the name of Máire sounds more like "Mawreh", the "Moy" speallin i often use it with names like "Maige"

[@elgranlugus7267]

@Ray Kah Because, "v" though it comes from Proto Indo European, most of cultures, would use an alternative consonant. Germanic languages use the "V" , however, it seems that, in proto-germanic, commonly the use a "W" sound.

[@lorrainekissane5641]

Éabha is Ava in some cases too, though, since a fada on an E gives it an “ay” sound. Máire can be pronounced “maw-ruh” either, as a fada on the A gives it an “aww” sound.

[@brisie_gisie]

Rachel B. Ok yeah, I just screenshotted this for future reference. Thanks!🌸💕

[@Funkestech]

CAOIMHE = Quiver??? WTF NOT A SINGLE LETTER MATCHES THERE!!! IT'S LIKE "TEMOHEP = JIM!"

[@edisonsun21c]

lol

[@Erdavorn]

it doesn't match in our understanding only...

[@lexisbeckett]

Caoimhe must be one that is pronounced slightly differently depending on the region because I know 3 girls named Caoimhe, and they all pronounce it like KEE-va. Not that that makes any more sense than Quiva...

[@ferofax]

Oi, my friend's name is Temohep. We call im Jim. (naw just kidding lol)

[@martindonaghy677]

Manhattan kaboul

[@tanamurphy7388]

I love that dress!!!!

[@vancortez8894]

Her persona is so warm🥺

[@aldozilli1293]

I love how Americans always say they are Irish. They might be 50% German, 30% English, 10% Chinese, 5% Native American, 3% African but that all gets ignored when Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather Sean was a Dublin man!!! haha

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Aldo Zilli exactly!

[@aonghaspringle7822]

No, they always say they’re Scottish! Atleast in my experience

[@Nicole3900]

Let us be proud of are small connections to a great country such as Ireland!! :P We say it out of nothing but love! lol

[@amandas2639]

@@aonghaspringle7822 I don't run into too many people who claim Scottish only. It's almost always Scots-Irish, it seems, and at least where I'm from, that's probably more accurate than not. A LOT of Scots (and Irish, to a lesser extent) ended up settling in Appalachia back in the day, to the point where in some of the more remote hollers, you still have words in common usage that come directly out of Scots vocabulary. I watched a documentary once about the dialect here, and there were a surprising number of people commenting that the people in the documentary sounded an awful lot like old timers in their countries. One person in particular was like, "Why does this guy sound exactly like my grandpa, who's never left Ireland in his life?" lol Personally, I don't hear it. Appalachian accents to me sound NOTHING like Irish or Scottish accents. But it seems others think otherwise, so who knows. But that's what you get in what's still a very young country full of immigrants: a whole lot of people trying to find their identity through their ancestry. I think that's pretty cool, actually, and if it leads to people developing an interest in other countries and cultures, more power to 'em.

[@SuperKing604]

There are many Americans who still are very irish

[@dreamwishergirl]

Irish is my favorite accent in the world

[@canerovskii]

Wren Wisp-Wings how ??? How is that even possible

[@aoifehenry8723]

Wren Wisp-Wings You do have an Irish accent just probably not a very broad, strong one. But other nationalites would be able to tell your Irish, it's the way we speak

[@karinarose3462]

Thanks

[@user-fk1we3gs4d]

I prefer Irish women's to their accent....

[@orlafinnegan7186]

Lulu Love I’m Irish 🤘🏻☘️🇮🇪

[@tomrichter244]

She is one of the most charming young women that I ve ever seen. If the acting career slows down, she would be great in her own talk show. S

[@warrenguy76]

What a wonderful actress. Saoirse deserves an Oscar.

[@toobasaurus23]

Gorgeous

[@BanimatorLive]

+toobasaurus23 *Gargeous :P

[@WH1SK3YJ4CK]

+Blinksumk Eh, Irish accent not the Dublin one :P

[@badtotheappendixx]

+Blinksumk no.

[@avedic]

Looks like HANNA went and grew up on us. What a pretty lady. I was born in the US, but my dad's side of the family is one of those cliche Irish families. I have something like 30 cousins on my dad's side....so many I don't even know how many there are, let alone all their names. They all live in Michigan, are Catholic, and definitely Irish. My name is Sean. I've never really felt a connection to my heritage...but I wish I did. It's amusing to me how Colbert, Conan, and Jack White..._all three_ come from giant rust-belt Irish Catholic families. Though, not all the cliches are true; I'm not big on alcohol...while I adore marijuana. Then again, which one of those is *_green?_* ; )

[@test7er]

+Blinksumk *Gaoirges

[@TrueWalker88]

This is one of my favorite late night clips.

[@kiribundi]

Caoimhe = Queever = lol

[@TheDarkAngel112]

cinemofo yup

[@joshualeon3223]

Coimurhanlin = Can

[@thecrankedamps]

cinemofo Queeva

[@ubiquitous_star584]

It's either keeva or kweeva

[@ubiquitous_star584]

Wren Wisp-Wings My nan always said it like that

[@rhwinner]

Anyone whos not seen Brooklyn, _go._ It is simply one of the all time best films.

[@zyxwut321]

It's a decent film but hardly one of the all-time greats.

[@rhwinner]

I think because of the universal story, an engaging and nuanced screenplay, the inventive use of color, cinematography and set design, and the high watermark of one of the best, if not the best, young actresses working today, Brooklyn is a future classic.

[@zyxwut321]

The cinematography was very nice. I remember it looked kind of like a moving painting in some scenes (especially in Ireland or when they went to the beach at Coney Island). The story is universal in some ways but it's also very specific in ways that might not be as transferable to today. It's more about the white ethnic American immigrant experience of previous generations then the more modern multiracial immigrant experience of today. European immigrants, especially if they already spoke English, were obviously more able to "assimilate" (i.e. become white) and more quickly and easily become and be considered "American", especially by the time of the post-World War II era that the film was set in.

[@rhwinner]

Yes, it is a look back to the Ellis Island as opposed to the border or refugee experience today. Chaplin was obviously a big influence in the earliest scenes. John Crowley had obviously spent some time watching _The Immigrant_ before filming.

[@rhwinner]

Thanks for the advice. I'll try to see some more good ones soon....

[@littlekiwi9792]

She was my fav in little women and now I'm in love with her real personality... seems like a best friend I can never have

[@Noiiizeeey]

Domhnall doesn't sound that crazy now, does it?

[@ZombieKilla2008]

+NezihBouali I think you actually pronounce his name like "Doughnul"

[@michaeloconnor5904]

+ZombieKilla I can confirm that.

[@Noiiizeeey]

Yes I know it's pronounced that way. Like "tonal". That's why I didn't ask.

[@verisimilitone]

+NezihBouali aye siwmae

[@ULYSSES-31]

+ZombieKilla Donal.

[@chae226]

I was saying "Saoirse" as "Saweersay" instead of "Sersha." Oh my God, I'm a filthy animal.

[@somethingbeyondwords9553]

No, you're a normal human being who's not Irish. Nothing to be ashamed of, it takes one interview...

[@satansfashionconsultant1588]

The first time I tried to pronounce her name I said SAY-YOURS and now I feel dumb too lol

[@mystifiedlover]

I used to pronounce it as Say-or-say, like Beyon-cé

[@yaraf.1108]

For some reason, when I first read her name I mentally read it as Say-o-rees

[@V0r4xiz]

Not being able to read Irish phonetics makes one feel like an uncultured peasant/swine, doesn't it? I actually watched pronunciation guides by native speakers on YT to stop being a complete donkey. Now I can pronounce like half of it decently.

[@akshaykothawade]

'You go to hell' was best of all😂

[@wsosoI]

she's so so so beautiful

[@hectorramirez3757]

Suarez needs to be on the show more, what a fun personality Suarez.

[@shitgiest1924]

Hector Ramirez right, I wonder why is not there much biting!

[@junehaase2171]

Mayur Kishanchandani poldark M

[@junehaase2171]

Mayur Kishanchandani is

[@johncrossing]

Dear God. She's adorable 😂

[@gaaraofddarkness]

Her eyes..♥︎

[@vongolavorace]

Absolutely adorable

[@Steve27775]

I knew Siobhan and Niamh. Must remember "Saoirse like inertia."

[@MrSpookyLover]

+Steve27775 like Siobhan, Siobh-an a jumper there its freezin! lol!

[@LOSTmanONTHEINTERNET]

+Steve27775 Actually the most common way to pronounce saoirse is "seer-sha"

[@jimbobeire]

+Steve27775 I'm from Ireland and I've never heard it said like that before. Must be the Dublin accent. I didn't know that's how she said her name. Most people I know would pronounce it "seer - sha" and it isn't just a name, it's also the gaelic word for "freedom".

[@default8042]

It's not "Saoirse like inertia" though it's Sear-sha. Like inertia is easiest for Americans that's the only reason she pronounces it like that not because it's actually pronounced like that.

[@shanrocox]

+Ciaran Murray She's actually said in many interviews that she pronounces hers as "sir-sha" so no, not correct. That's just her preferred pronunciation.

[@Charlotte-ti6oq]

She is SOOO loveable.

[@ginz9r]

You are beautiful too

[@Readandwrite2020]

I have lived in the republic of Ireland for 10 years,in Dundalk,Dublin and Naas(County Kildare). Have made the nicest & sweetest friends and in touch even after 18 years. Those 10 years were THE BEST! The Irish are the friendliest people I have ever met & to the honest I too had a wee bit of an Irish accent but now it's unfortunately all gone. Ireland is so beautiful and green esp the countryside 🤗! It's a MUST visit place if you haven't seen it. You'll meet friends for life like I have done..🇨🇮💚

[@Brenda-hi7rl]

" And I got the skin tone" oh man