Stephen Fry: Irish Language

[laceyandeva]

I fuckin love Stephen Fry

[LvBomb]

i wish someone would have taught me this language while i was growing up!

now i'm gonna have to learn it on my own

[RyanPatrickOHara]

Live in Los Angeles, CA, and learning irish. May many others learn too.

[midcitygym]

Loved the graciousness of Fry's acceptance of the life golf club membership

[GanEdenVideo]

Ireland/Hibernia are decendants of the "lost" tribes of Israel.

[SeanOBriain]

@GanEdenVideo lol no.

[thatguy928]

@SeanOBriain check out the work of alan wilson and baram blackett on the cymraeg.  those men are spot on imho

[heloizyjhenifer]

@SeanOBriain The internet... so much misinformation polluting our lives. It even comes to you when you're not looking for it, carried by random trolls like this one.

[RidiculouslyLuis]

@GanEdenVideo Nope. Thank you for trying.

[SlyFox70100]

proud to be an Irish-Canadian!

[angelmoon1959]

Potato famine , My Arse!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was an act of genocide, no more no less , just google the Irish Holocaust

[MrMickroach]

@angelmoon1959 Bit of a throbber arent you!

[MrJoviun]

@MrMickroach Wow do you go on every Irish related video just to spread your racism and hate? Sad man with no life...

[irishxxkelt]

Are they not wearing life-jackets?

[MieowMieowEv]

Iontach suimiúil! Tá athbheochan beag ar siúil maidir leis an teanga i measc daoine óga, feicim sa choláiste é gach lá, tá sé deas a bheith ábalta an Ghaeilge a labhairt le daoine m'aois fhéin agus gnáthchomhrá a bheith agat leo, cosúil mar a dhéanfainn i mBéarla. Agus fosta tá sé deas aithne a chur ar dhaoine a tugadh i nGaeilge fosta. Tá sé furaist mothú as áit, fiú amháin nuair a bhí mé ar scoil, mar bhí mise i gcónaí ag smaoineamh i nGaeilge, ní raibh daoine eile & níor thuig siad é sin.

[taradiddle7]

@MieowMieowEv Aonataíom leat, uaireanta smaoineaíonn mé i nGaeilge. Labhraíom i nGaeilge díreach i scoil, áfach, sa bhaile labhraíom Béarla, ach is aoibheann liom an Ghaeilge!!!! :)

[3CROWNS1991]

Nice to hear Irish, Im English myself, but my Nan speaks it and always reminds me of home :)

[SeanOBriain]

@3CROWNS1991 Thanks for the comment. Always nice to hear of support from England :) Take care.

[3CROWNS1991]

@SeanOBriain No worries, all the best for the New Year!

[SeanOBriain]

@3CROWNS1991 You too buddy!

[GanEdenVideo]

@3CROWNS1991 I'm BRITISH

[mellar07]

Great job Ireland! Take your language back. Cheering for you from California.

[HarnesX]

@mellar07 and England!

[Gemmy777]

Chinese got tons of dialects...just visit the north for a taste of it....lol

[gaelfhear]

Níor cheap me ariamh go bhféicfinn Stiofain Mac Fraoi ag tabhairt moladh don Ghaeilge agus í a labhairt chomh maith. Is breá an rud é sin a fheiceáil. Bomaite stáiriúil gan amhras. Maith thú a dhuine uasail.

[Acar4youNewZealand]

You should come to New Zealand

[damvid21]

The reason Irish speakers, in my opinion, don't use Irish online and on phones is because it's easier not to have to include characters like á, é, í, ó and ú, and predictive text doesn't come in Irish. As much as I appreciate Stephen Fry's attempt to find a deeper reason for it, I doubt there is one!

[Quessir]

@damvid21 While that may contribute in a small way, I doubt that's the real reason. Any Irish speaking person will know where the fada lies in a word that doesn't feature it. I'd say it's more because to speak Irish, you have to say more than you would in English. And besides, they're going to be speaking online and through phones with Irish people who are not so fluent - thus ridding any real need to text in Irish, or use it as a language on Facebook and the like.

[Colint119]

@damvid21 I have a friend who has a phone that does predictive text in Irish!

[damvid21]

@Colint119 Wow, that's actually really cool! I've never seen one that could before.

[MrNINTENDONITUS]

is breá liom an teanga.

Beatha teanga í a leabhairt

tír gan teanga tír gan anam.

[ABitOfZero]

Ar fheabhas ar fad, go raibh maith agat don sliocht seo.

[SeanOBriain]

@ABitOfZero Fadhb ar bith! Tá fáilte romhat.

[YMarchogGwachul]

“Sit down until I’ll take a couple of Euro out of you…!” Macdara Ó Fátharta (Tadhg Ó Díréain) and Stephen Fry – never thought I’d see two of my favourite actors in the same room together! GRMA, a Sheáin, tugtar dearcadh an-dearfach ar an dteanga sa chlár seo. :)