How do you pronounce Fine Gael?

thenutflush · 23-02-2011 01:58PM

finna gale

Only david davin power says finnah gwale, just like only he says fee-ana foyle.

Luxie · 23-02-2011 02:47PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

is that even a word?

Yeah, I'm wondering what Fine Gael actually means? Do they have an English translation the way FF call themselves Soldiers of Destiny?

Luxie · 23-02-2011 02:49PM

Ah.

Fine Gael – The United Ireland Party, more commonly known as Fine Gael (, meaning Family of the Irish or Tribe of the Irish,) is the second largest political party in Ireland in terms of parliamentary seat numbers, the largest in terms of support according to all recent opinion polls

LordSutch · 23-02-2011 03:22PM

Just to reiterate, its the 'Fine' of Fine Gael that I am curious about.

As I have already mentioned in post#1, the 'Fine' is being pronounced by some Irish politicians as 'fine' as in (its a fine day), and surely this is just plane wrong?

Its correctly pronounced 'Finna Gael' as far as I know.

UrbanSea · 23-02-2011 03:35PM

I say it like 'fin-ah gaol',as in the irish for relationship,like 'gwhale'

Lawrence1895 · 23-02-2011 03:52PM

Blueshirts

Iwannahurl · 23-02-2011 05:02PM

Feeney, Gail (Blueshirt Party).

alejandro1977 · 23-02-2011 05:31PM

Fine: - Finn (as in person from Finland) -eh

Gael: - Gwael

it's amazing that the clowns giving out about the FG Irish policy can't pronounce the name of the party - which is similar to Gaeilge - the language they claim they love

Ruu_Old · 23-02-2011 05:32PM

Vay-hicle!

Aishae · 23-02-2011 05:36PM

'fine girls'

it sounds like fin gale - i think...

wurzlitzer · 23-02-2011 05:36PM

Up north they tend to pronounce it

"Fine" Gael

seagull · 23-02-2011 05:57PM

UrbanSea wrote: »

I say it like 'fin-ah gaol',

That's where we're hoping a bunch of the idle thieving bastards aka politicians end up.

xzanti · 23-02-2011 05:59PM

Finna Gale.

dlofnep · 23-02-2011 06:11PM

Depends on the dialect.

I say Finn-eh Gwayl. Some say "Finn-eh Gayl"

But it is never "Feena".

ejmaztec · 23-02-2011 08:07PM

Damp Squibs

Iwannahurl · 23-02-2011 08:51PM

Since so few people in this thread, in Ireland generally and in the party itself are willing or able to pronounce Fine Gael appropriately*, and since FG wants to abolish compulsory Irish in schools, perhaps a good start would be to change the name of the party to something more manageable in English.

Suggestions please.

*There are accepted regional variations. Click here and type in "Fine Gael" to hear a synthesised Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal) pronunciation.

Ruu_Old · 23-02-2011 08:59PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Damp Squibs

I think you'll find it's damp squid. :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4yffKvkt_s

teekayd25 · 23-02-2011 09:53PM

Finna Gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggael.

MistyCheese · 23-02-2011 10:12PM

I referred this to my good friends at Google Translate and they responded with the following:

Fine Gael Irish to English

Helpful as always. Now for some beatboxing!!

WTF?

How do you pronounce Fine Gael?

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