Please!!!

FlutterinBantam

Please!!!

Now that GE is under way could we please learn to pronounce two of the parties names correctly.

FINE GAEL... FINNEH GHAEL... Not FINE GALE... not FINNEH GWALE..not ..FIANNAH GALE.

FIANNA FAIL FEEANAH FAHIL.. not FEENAH FALE not.. FINNEH FAWL..not FIONA FALE

Would that be TOO much to ask

delly

I can think of a few more pressing issues, but hey, boat - yours - floated - whatever.

Stark

I'll be voting for Fiona Foal anyway.



Children's primary school literature is a big election issue for me. In particular the issue of alliteration in character names. Children are our future!

FlutterinBantam

Indeed ,so can I,but hey, lets start on the right foot anyway.

It does help to be able to pronounce the party's name correctly.

That would seem to me anyway to be an obvious starting point,but if you don't give a b****x about correct pronounication, boat ..float... whatever.

Seth Brundle

FlutterinBantam wrote:

but hey, lets start on the right foot anyway.

start what?

FlutterinBantam wrote:

It does help to be able to pronounce the party's name correctly.

how does it help?

Heinrich

kbannon wrote:

start what?
how does it help?

Well if you pronounce the Tanaiste's name correctly you get

Do all.

jhegarty

I could make a job about to pronounce Sinn Féin, but i don't fancy a ban..

FlutterinBantam

The same way as it helps to be able to pronounce anything correctly I suppose.

If you want to make up your own language and pronounciation ,fair dues to you, but in my humble opinion being able to pronounce names correctly,would get my attention over someone who seems to think it doesn't matter what way you pronounce things.

seems fairly straightforward to me tbh :rolleyes:

brianthebard

Isn't that saying fair duce?

FlutterinBantam

No! it's not Brian

is_that_so

How do you know if we are mispronouncing it when we write it?
That aside I agree in principle but it is not really a big issue for me.

FlutterinBantam

heh heh... By "we " I refer to general public,commentators,pundits,and general gombeen men who appear on TV and radio.

This post was inspired by a dude on the radio this morning who continually referred to FINE GAEL as

Fine gael, as in fine girl you are,commercial radio stations and RTE who pronounce "GAEL" as "GWALE".

hey, if there is a right way of doing things why not do it???

No need to be a chav all your life.

Judt

People lying on trollies, violent crimes making the headlines and whiffs of corruption coming through the cracks and what are we worried about? Phonetic etiquette.

FlutterinBantam

Il'l say it for you "Think of the children"

Sure, theres car bombs in Bagdad,famine in Darfur,unrest in Zimbabwe, MU have won the Premiership,Corruption in Africa/Asia/S America et al.


Does that mean we should not pronounce things correctly?

Oh.... theres an earthquake in Indonesia, gives me carte blanche to call "Italians" Eyetalians" and not be immediately branded as a skanger.

HelterSkelter

To the OP, you have little to be worrying about....you say "get it right", I say to you "get a life".

oscarBravo

On that note, I think this thread has outlived its usefulness.