That's, "I am from Australia", in Irish. Pronounced more or less like this: iss ass on tass-troyl meh.
Personally, I like the Irish word for England: Sasana. You can practically hear it being spat from the lips, any time between 1169 and 1922.
If you liked that, why not go hardcore, and listen to the above in all three major dialects of Irish Gaelic? I know I did!
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You might enjoy this one then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF9FLBvxgho&feature=related
Eheheheh...
Having known quote a few Irish folks in my time (when I worked in in the UK) ... that ad is far truer than you might think.
I caught one friend of mine counting to twenty when she was claiming to be speaking Irish to me! You could hear by the rhythm.
I'll send that one around...
The ad was hugely popular in Ireland for that reason. The vast majority of the public have only a very basic level of Irish and only a tiny minority - in the Gaeltacht areas* - actually speak it in daily life.
Until the last decade or so [you know: feckin' Celtic Tiger and all that shite] Irish was very uncool at school. Now every second kid is called Dearbhla or Proinsias and there's a bit of an Irish revival going on.
*and Aer Lingus stewardesses. Naming your national airline "Air Line" has got to be very fucking Irish.
Ah, sounds like we both have in-country experience then.
Yes - those were the days, when Ireland was a country of emigration, and London full of Micks.
The only place I really heard it being spoken 'indigenously' - as it were - was Connemara, and the Aran Islands. I gather there's another Gaeltacht or two up in Donegal, but I didnt go.
Funny: I heard Gerry Adams speak in Dublin one time. He made the mistake of opening in Irish. Everyone was sniggering - his Irish was, I gather, complete rubbish. Not his fault I dare say, but still. Dont try it if you aint got it!
Verification: "phouf". No, rheally.
Now every second kid is called Dearbhla or Proinsias and there's a bit of an Irish revival going on.
Or Fheadhour?
MC: Revival!
[crowd: revival!]
MC: Revival!
[crowd: revival!]
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