Irish Language - Discussion on the Late Late Show (Part 1)

[tranquilnightmares]

His Irish is quite shit to be honest. My Swedish is better than that after having learnt it for only 5 months.

[Animotion1000]

@converter7 sry forget that ladt last

[Animotion1000]

@converter7 pog ma hon- means kiss my ass you thick racist cunt

[joker102877]

This guy sounds like he's from Brooklyn, New York. Where is he from?

[MrsCplusthree]

@joker102877 He is from NY as far as I know, Des Bishop, comedian!!

[joker102877]

@MrsCplusthree Oh, well that makes sense then, lol.  Thanks.

[brianmullins1991]

The secret is to immerse yourself in the language when we learn it we speak it for about 10 minutes then spend the rest of the time writing stuff

[epower94]

fair play des bishop! tá i bhfad níos mó gaeilge aige ná an chuid is mó d'Éirinn faraoir :/ Tír gan Teanga, Tír gan Anam!

[mazzata66]

The Irish are lucky to have Irish in school. I wish I went to school in Ireland to have the opportunity to learn the language. My ancestors spoke Irish, however, living in America they had no choice but to lose the language to fit in. Good for Ireland!!

[Tibialmario]

who does this yank think he is, asking to change things on the irish coriculum

[RsonW]

@Tibialmario American here, he doesn't sound quite American. We don't say "learnt", for example, we say "learned".

[Tibialmario]

@RsonW yeah i think he is american but moved here when he was a kid or something. and dont get me wrong, im not imsulting americans. but im also not irish, but lived in ireland since im a kid, and know that you respect the place and dont try to change things.

[okee9]

@Tibialmario Well it's obvious it ain't working, if only a small percentage of the country is fluent in it after 12 years of being taught it in school.He's american and spent a year learning it and can now speak it fluently so he has a say in the matter.

[SeanOBriain]

The Late Late audience is dry as sandpaper.

[seankinsellasean]

this on time i seen a cat get splatterd by a truck and even that was funnier than des bishop

[converter7]

exempt from Irish class? What a joke. They should exempt people from English class, most people already speak English, yet they can't speak there mother tongue

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[thethreeamazingmen]

@converter7 there mother tongue? O_o its not haha , its useless...although i wish that wasnt true... it is :(

[jfbecks17]

@converter7

*their. :)

[TheCelticChimp]

@converter7

mother tongue? English is what the majority of Irish people speak and are raised with. Get over it.

[converter7]

@TheCelticChimp Unfortunatetly this is true, but it doesn't have to be that way. A bi-lingual nation is fast becoming the norm across the world and it is a great advantage to your children if you raise them bi-lingually. An amazing gift. It is never too late for language reversal.

[TheCelticChimp]

@converter7

Bi-lingual is only advantageous when both language are actually used. Don't get me wrong; I have no issue with anyone who wants to speak Irish. Personally, I don't want to. I don't like the sound of it and it also seems a fairly crude language to me. Thats just my personal tastes though.

It seems a shame to me that many Irish people get all caught up on the least important thing to Ireland as a nation. We have lost far more important aspects of our culture than the language.

[iamadamsusername]

@converter7 Their*

[RobertNicholls]

@converter7 But English class is more to learn about literature than to actually learn English.

[Ancupola]

@converter7

Their not there.

Yes, Irish people should speak Irish!

[Djsouthpaw1987]

@converter7 It's written "their". Maybe there is a point to having english in class isn't there?

[converter7]

@Djsouthpaw1987 I never claimed my English was perfect, nor have I said we should get rid of English from the classroom. I was just saying the native tougue of a people must take priority. English is a great international language, but people must know their native toungues first. Just like our schools should be teaching national history before teaching the history of other nations. Thankfully this is changing, but it wasn't the case when I was in school, we never learned any of

[converter7]

@Djsouthpaw1987 our countries history in school. I had to learn it for myself before taking a degree in it in university. Thankfully times are changing. I love languages, including English and love to learn diffrent languages and believe every school should be teaching children many languages. But the native tounge must always come first, we can't keep our languages at the heath, they must be the language of academia, the workforce and the public sector too.In varietate concordia

[barnbersonol]

"exempt" from learning Irish, WTF??

[wildcherryspray]

@barnbersonol Yeah once your over 12 when you arrive to Ireland you are exempt from the language the same goes for some dyslexic children. My little brother is exempt from it.

[barnbersonol]

@wildcherryspray it's almost like exempt from military service or saved from a horrible disease ..

[PsySwitch1983]

The longer des bishop lives in Ireland the thicker his accent gets. Twat.

[sbaker12]

@PsySwitch1983 how does that make him a twat? hes been in ireland longer than america

[canman1878]

@PsySwitch1983

Chill out mate, he takes more time to learn and embrace what being Irish actually means, more so than most irish people

[breda206]

"he actually texts in Irish, that's how bilingual he is"......Pat Kenny ya gobshite, what???

[snimothy]

part 2 please!!!!!

[S4561230]

Pat Kenny de smugest man on earth

[ADoyle131]

do ya have páirt a dó??? le do thoil??

[dazpatreg]

Féar Plé dhuit Dessie hay!