Tyrone v Kerry All Ireland Final 2008

[maggie]

The 'Galvinator' will be back!!


http://www.gaa.ulsterbank.com/news.html/3464

The fagan-inator more like (check out lookalikes thread)

[comethekingdom]

Pat Spillane just (for the first time that I can remember) pronounced Tyrone properly, i.e, Teer-Owen, and not TIRE-Owen, as per the As Gaeilge. Perhaps it was that letter into the Irish Times from a few weeks back that did the trick, from a Gaeilgoir Galway lad who'd had enough of his mangling of the name. Progress, I suppose, but he still has time yet to murder it before the Sunday Game ends. QED. 

Sure what harm in Mr P Spillane mispronouncing Tyrone? One P Canavan who pundits on the Last Word with Matt Cooper always says 'Trone' - and he's a native Trone man!!

[Puckoon]

Thats because thats how its said!

[ziggysego]

Correct. Speak it our way or no way.

[comethekingdom]

Thats because thats how its said!

Is FOSB wrong then?

[Puckoon]

Hes just smarter and more eloquent than the average hallion from the O'Neill county.

[comethekingdom]

Well youse cant slag Pat for not pronouncing it correctly - he lives about 300 miles from yere county, would have very little contact with Tyrone natives (I presume) and never had much reasons for discussing Tyrone until lately so give him a chance!

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Pat Spillane just (for the first time that I can remember) pronounced Tyrone properly, i.e, Teer-Owen, and not TIRE-Owen, as per the As Gaeilge. Perhaps it was that letter into the Irish Times from a few weeks back that did the trick, from a Gaeilgoir Galway lad who'd had enough of his mangling of the name. Progress, I suppose, but he still has time yet to murder it before the Sunday Game ends. QED. 

Sure what harm in Mr P Spillane mispronouncing Tyrone? One P Canavan who pundits on the Last Word with Matt Cooper always says 'Trone' - and he's a native Trone man!!

Say Teer-owen really fast, like you were a native, and it may come out like T'rone. But TIRE-owen, will always come out like you're some gombeen from the backwaters  

And if Spillane knew anything about the native tongue he'd know that Tír can never be pronounced as TIRE 

Thanks Puck, that's a pint I owe you 

[comethekingdom]

Thats ok but only people from Tyrone would want to speak with a thick tyrone accent. Each county to their own - thats what I say. I've noticed as well, some nordies pronouncing Kerry as 'Carry' !

[Frank Casey]

Galvin out injured. A bad fall in training.

[CiarraiAbu]

Perhaps the fact that Pat actually presents the programme through the medium of English has passed some of you buy but I would be inclined to think that that is why he (like the rest of us Ciarraíoch) pronounces it Tyrone.  Thats just a thought though!!!!

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Perhaps the fact that Pat actually presents the programme through the medium of English has passed some of you buy but I would be inclined to think that that is why he (like the rest of us Ciarraíoch) pronounces it Tyrone.  Thats just a thought though!!!!

'Tis a woeful shocking ignorance all the same, whatever spin you'd like to apply to it! 

Awful news about Galvin, eh? 

[Frank Casey]

Awful news about Galvin, eh? 

Well they will knock skelps out of each other in training 

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Well they will knock skelps out of each other in training 

Just not half hard enough Frank 

[Frank Casey]

Well they will knock skelps out of each other in training 

Just not half hard enough Frank 

Shure we'll have to leave a little for the red hands to do.