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Replying To Soma: "You're right but I meant more the fact that the name means Welshman. Mildly interesting stuff. A number of surnames in Cork pronounced differently to the rest of the country as well." Ah I get you now. One of those quirks of language I suppose. Another thing that gets my goat is the Ulster semi final of 2012 against Tyrone. Donegal were up by THREE points before Durcan made that save from Penrose. They then pointed the resulting 45 and lost by 2 points. But the amount of commentators, journalists etc since then that reference that save as having saved us from defeat grinds my gears! Don't get me wrong - it was a bloody good save from Papa but if it had been a goal we'd have been looking at a replay and not a defeat. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9132 - 13/03/2017 15:02:53 1966742 Link
Replying To Soma: "The parts of Ireland that pronounce it Welsh or Walsh would make an interesting map. Certainly many places say Welsh though it is spelled Walsh. The fact the Irish is Breathanach explains why the a is often pronounced as e." Many people spell their sir-name 'Welsh' rather than 'Walsh' neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 13/03/2017 15:23:44 1966747 Link
One used by a growing number of posters that annoys me is 'Jesus wept'. Michael Duignan always amused me with the comment, 'didn't see much in that' after the most horrific of tackles. neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 13/03/2017 15:30:20 1966750 Link
Not GAA but I feel like putting my foot through the television when Ryle Nugent says, "Better now from Ireland" after one of our rugby players runs into the first tackler for the 15th time in a row and gains about 8 inches of ground. Mickmick (Dublin) - Posts: 104 - 13/03/2017 16:13:49 1966764 Link
MC's famous it must be said....when in fact it never needs to be said most of the time. tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 13/03/2017 16:32:45 1966768 Link
Replying To Mickmick: "Not GAA but I feel like putting my foot through the television when Ryle Nugent says, "Better now from Ireland" after one of our rugby players runs into the first tackler for the 15th time in a row and gains about 8 inches of ground." Rob Kearney! GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7343 - 13/03/2017 17:12:37 1966796 Link
Replying To jimbodub: "Canning also says Dublin like no other person I've heard before "Dablin"" That sounds more like a Dick Van Dyke style pretend Cock-a-nee interpretation of how Dublin is pronounced!! MedwayIrish (Wexford) - Posts: 2324 - 13/03/2017 19:47:20 1966826 Link
And I thought I was the only one throwing things at the t.v. Bring back Micheal O Muircheartaigh, he could make a nil all draw sound interesting. Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 13/03/2017 20:13:13 1966830 Link
Martin Carney feigning familiarity with players. He would regularly refer to Frank McGlynn and Neil Gallagher as Frankie and Neilly, never heard anyone in Donegal calling them that. HEREBENJI (Donegal) - Posts: 421 - 13/03/2017 20:29:38 1966834 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Ah I get you now. One of those quirks of language I suppose. Another thing that gets my goat is the Ulster semi final of 2012 against Tyrone. Donegal were up by THREE points before Durcan made that save from Penrose. They then pointed the resulting 45 and lost by 2 points. But the amount of commentators, journalists etc since then that reference that save as having saved us from defeat grinds my gears! Don't get me wrong - it was a bloody good save from Papa but if it had been a goal we'd have been looking at a replay and not a defeat." yes, like Ireland v france in the playoff with the infamous henry handball.. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 14/03/2017 15:51:07 1967001 Link
Marty Morrissey's constant reference to " the far over side ". Any commentator or analyst who refers to "poor shot selection". The player has a micro-second to do something with possession : " hang on there ref. can I have a 5 second time-out while i make a shot selection" !!!! I really hate that term yelowbelly (Wexford) - Posts: 409 - 14/03/2017 18:09:22 1967029 Link
Replying To HEREBENJI: "Martin Carney feigning familiarity with players. He would regularly refer to Frank McGlynn and Neil Gallagher as Frankie and Neilly, never heard anyone in Donegal calling them that." Martin would know, he's one of your own. houser (Mayo) - Posts: 5 - 14/03/2017 19:06:12 1967038 Link
Replying To neverright: "Many people spell their sir-name 'Welsh' rather than 'Walsh'" what's a sir-name? houser (Mayo) - Posts: 5 - 14/03/2017 19:07:24 1967039 Link
Replying To houser: "what's a sir-name?" Heard him mentioned earlier but Darragh Maloney had an awful habit during the Pillar era of saying 'that's brilliant from Mossy Quinn' no matter what the score. Even if it was a rudimentary knock over from in front of the posts. beano (Wexford) - Posts: 1416 - 14/03/2017 19:15:12 1967042 Link
Replying To s goldrick: "yes, like Ireland v france in the playoff with the infamous henry handball.." Exactly. You'd think that if Henry's handball hadn't happened we were just gonna sail on to the World Cup at our ease. People completely overlooked the fact that we were merely level and could just as easily blown it in extra time or on penalties. In fact that was probably THE most likely outcome knowing our luck. Another noble defeat. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9132 - 14/03/2017 20:01:56 1967057 Link
"empty the tank" alexanderson7 (Down) - Posts: 8 - 14/03/2017 20:18:54 1967065 Link
from NFL -american football is called football - but bar the goalkickers the foot never goes near the ball - a touchdown - but you dont have to touch the ball down the americans referring to championship winners as world champions or a fella criticising a ref when the commentator has seen numerous replays or Two mins to go game is level and commentator says "the next score is crucial" . ..................... you dont say !!! janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 14/03/2017 23:19:30 1967134 Link
Replying To janesboro: "from NFL -american football is called football - but bar the goalkickers the foot never goes near the ball - a touchdown - but you dont have to touch the ball down the americans referring to championship winners as world champions or a fella criticising a ref when the commentator has seen numerous replays or Two mins to go game is level and commentator says "the next score is crucial" . ..................... you dont say !!!" To add to your "the next score is crucial" when Cyril Farrell used to say "Game on Ger". You don't need to remind us that game is in fact on Ger. XPAC (Westmeath) - Posts: 86 - 15/03/2017 08:45:13 1967170 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Rob Kearney!" Rob Kearney is pronounced kearney where I come from not carney! Spoddgy (Mayo) - Posts: 660 - 15/03/2017 10:27:20 1967191 Link
Marty Morrissey is a bit of a laugh and a nice fella but lord god he is an appalling commentator. It's got so that I have to mute the TV. Carney - has to be said nothing malicious in that - does he not realise we know what we're watching? theduke66 (Dublin) - Posts: 334 - 15/03/2017 11:16:02 1967208 Link