How do you pronounce Fine Gael?

LordSutch · 23-02-2011 11:58AM #1

With Fine Gael poised to head the next government of this country, I thought it a good time to ask "How should you pronounce Fine Gael"?

An obvious & stupid question you might say? but I have heard several politicians in the last month saying Fine Gael (as in its a 'fine' day), like its a fine gale blowing there . . . but surely its an Irish word which is pronounced 'Finna' Gael. People who have mispronounced it range from Willie O'Dea (FF) to Sandra McLellan (SF) who said the (non standard) version several times on VB last week!

Anyone got the low down on how we should pronounce the name of the Party that will lead this country in the coming years?

Mental Mickey · 23-02-2011 11:59AM

B******s.

That's how.

mike65 · 23-02-2011 11:59AM

Feena Gale

davetherave · 23-02-2011 12:01PM

Fee - na (as in NASA) Gale

Colm R · 23-02-2011 12:01PM

Please correct me if I am wrong. But I think its:

Fwina Gael

Always wondered why the blue shirts never retaliated with Fianna Fail (without the fada) when Willie says Fine (day) Gael.

Iron Hide · 23-02-2011 12:02PM

apparently 'Feena Gale' is the common mispronunciation, supposedly its more like 'Finna Gwale' or something similiar

LordSutch · 23-02-2011 12:03PM

This seems to be it, but then where do those politicians get Fine (rhyming with Wine) from ?

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=fine%20gael

novarock · 23-02-2011 12:06PM

I pronounce it "Gay-Haters"..

sensibleken · 23-02-2011 12:09PM

cúnts

aDeener · 23-02-2011 12:12PM

novarock wrote: »

I pronounce it "Gay-Haters"..

:rolleyes:

23-02-2011 12:14PM

finneh gale

liah · 23-02-2011 12:16PM

LordSutch wrote: »

This seems to be it, but then where do those politicians get Fine (rhyming with Wyne) from ?

They may have read the word before hearing it pronounced and figured it sounded the same as it was spelled?

Though, that doesn't explain why they keep saying it..

--Kaiser-- · 23-02-2011 12:17PM

Iron Hide wrote: »

supposedly its more like 'Finna Gwale' or something similiar

That's what I thought it was

ejmaztec · 23-02-2011 12:18PM

Wind and piss.

Tzetze · 23-02-2011 12:19PM

Toe-may-tah

upmeath · 23-02-2011 12:23PM

Finn(as in the people from the Baltic country)-eh Gwale

Dionysus · 23-02-2011 12:30PM

'Fine' is pronounced like the vast majority of words in Irish which end in an 'e', with an 'ah' sound - e.g. Gráinne, Aoife, Deirdre, etc.

'Gael' has a 'w' pronunciation when pronounced correctly, much closer to 'Gwale' than the English word 'Gale'.

'Finna Gwale' is a rough phonetic approximation.

Listen to RnaG, where there's currently a political discussion.

seamus · 23-02-2011 12:35PM

Pronunciations differ depending on dialect tbh.

In Dublin it's as plain as "Finna Gale". I'm sure in Gweedore it's something requiring plenty of phlegm like, "Fwee-ah-nak Gweeeale"

Dionysus · 23-02-2011 12:38PM

LordSutch wrote: »

This seems to be it, but then where do those politicians get Fine (rhyming with Wyne) from ?

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=fine%20gael

That's very much not how to pronounce it. Using an American website to pronounce an Irish word should instinctively be a bad idea, unless the American pronouncing it is Matt Mac Cárthaigh, an exceptional character indeed.

orourkeda · 23-02-2011 12:39PM

Those c*nts

23-02-2011 12:40PM

novarock wrote: »

I pronounce it "Gay-Haters"..

they'll have my vote :pac:

AnonoBoy · 23-02-2011 12:40PM

New Overlords?

Dionysus · 23-02-2011 12:40PM

seamus wrote: »

Pronunciations differ depending on dialect tbh.

In Dublin it's as plain as "Finna Gale".

'Gale' is an anglicisation, not a regional Irish pronounciation akin to that in Gaoth Dobhair or Corca Dhuibhne.

Krusader · 23-02-2011 12:42PM

Fin-eh G(w)ayl

Celly Smunt · 23-02-2011 01:19PM

Feeeeeanneh gayul,speak proper dublinese

123balltv · 23-02-2011 01:25PM

I pronounce it fina gail as english as I can

seamus · 23-02-2011 01:25PM

Dionysus wrote: »

'Gale' is an anglicisation, not a regional Irish pronounciation akin to that in Gaoth Dobhair or Corca Dhuibhne.

Any pronunciation, regardless of where it came from or how wrong it is, is a dialect if it persists for long enough in a given population. I would submit that "Gale" is in general usage in Leinster and has been for so long that it's a valid pronunciation in the leinster dialect.

The pronounciation of "Ask" as "Axe" for example has been long accepted as being part of regional english dialects despite being just plain wrong (though has unfortunately started to gain usage outside of said regions).

Xivilai · 23-02-2011 01:35PM

I always thought the correct way to pronounce the party name was "Feena Gwayl"

mikemac · 23-02-2011 01:36PM

123balltv wrote: »

I pronounce it fina gail as english as I can

Me too

But Donegal folk have something different

Hannibal Smith · 23-02-2011 01:37PM

Tzetze wrote: »

Toe-may-tah

flippin hilarious

:D:D:D

Oh, I pronounce it Finna Gale

sbsquarepants · 23-02-2011 01:44PM

LordSutch wrote: »

This seems to be it, but then where do those politicians get Fine (rhyming with Wyne) from ?

is that even a word?

How do you pronounce Fine Gael?

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