Saoirse Ronan Tries To Teach Stephen An Irish Accent

AMERICANS LOVE IRISH PEOPLE. >> EVEN THE WAY YOU SAID THAT IT SOUNDED VERY IRISH. >> Stephen: DID IT NOW? >> NOT BAD WITH THE OLD IRISH BROGUE THERE. >> Stephen: CAN YOU TEACH ME TO DO A REAL IRISH ACCENT? >> I COULD TRY. I COULD CERTAINLY TRY. >> Stephen: I COULD TRY. >> IT COULD BE A CHALLENGE. >> Stephen: IT COULD BE A CHALLENGE. >> WE'LL GIVE IT A GP G. BUT IT'S YOUR SHOW. YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. >> Stephen: GIVE ME A WORD. >> DON'T TRY-- STOP. >> Stephen: WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING NOW, STEPHEN. >> WHATEVER THAT IS, IT'S WRONG. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO REMEMBER, WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE TRY TO DO AN IRISH ACCENT THEY ALWAYS SORT OF GO UP HERE LIKE THAT-- THEY KIND OF-- YES THEY DON'T USE WORDS. >> Stephen: NO, THEY DON'T. >> THERE'S NO WORDS, NO COHERENT WORDS. >> Stephen: OR THEY GO REALLY DEEP. >> THAT'S THE IRISH. >> OKAY. >> THAT'S THE, LIKE, ANGRY IRISH CATHOLIC. >> Stephen: THERE'S I'M IRISH AND I'M IRISH. NOTHING IN BETWEEN. >> IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU WANT TO BE. >> Stephen: GIVE ME A HOOK. WHAT SHOULD I SAY? >> I THINK YOU SHOULD BE BUBBLY. YOU'VE GOT A SHOW. YOU'VE GOT AN AUDIENCE. THEY'VE ALL COME TO SEE YOU. THEY'VE PAID GOOD MONEY. >> Stephen: THE SHOW IS FREE. THE SHOW IS FREE. >> THERE'S A TELESCOPE UP THERE. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. SO I FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD BE SORT OF-- YOU SHOULD BE BUBBLY. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS KEEP YOUR VOICE WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW. >> Stephen: RIGHT HERE WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW I THOUGHT WE WERE STARTING. I APOLOGIZE. YOU'RE TOUGHER THAN DE NIRO. >> YOU'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO THIS FOR A SECOND. I SUPPOSE YOU NEED TO KEEP THE SOUNDS QUITE OPEN. SO EVERYTHING SORT OF SOUNDS QUITE MELODIC AND SING-SONGY. START OFF BY SAYING, "HOW'S IS GOING? I'M STEPHEN?" >> Stephen: HOW'S IT GOING, I'M STEPHEN. >> THAT'S NOT BAD. >> Stephen: THAT'S NOT BAD. >> IT WASN'T BAD. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S NOT GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT-- ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HOW DID I DO WITH YOUR NAME? HOW DID I DO WITH YOUR NAME? SURSHA. >> PERFECT, LIKE INERTIA. >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. HOW OFTEN DO PEOPLE GET IT RIGHT ON THE FIRST TRY? >> HARD HARDLY EVER. >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE WORST PRONUNCIATION OF YOUR NAME YOU EVER HEARD. LET ME GET IT OUT HERE FIRST SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. THAT'S HOW YOUR NAME IS SPELLED. >> DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IT'S A RIDICULOUS NAME. >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE WORST PRONUNCATION. >> SAUER-ES-'S, SUAREZ. >> Stephen: YOU DO LOOK A LITTLE BIT LIKE A SUAREZ. >> I DO. PRETTY EXOTIC YOU. >> Stephen: HAVE A VERY, VERY THICK MEXICAN ACCENT. >> AND I'VE GOT THE SKIN TONE TO GO WITH IT. >> Stephen: YOU CAN HELP ME OUT WITH SOMETHING, THOUGH? THERE ARE SO MANY IRISH NAMES THAT ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE NOT FROM IRELAND TO PRONOUNCE. THESE ARE REAL IRISH NAMES. TELL ME HOW TO SAY THEM. >> DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT IN THE AUDIENCE? TIG. NAEF. BUT IT'S NEEVE. >> Stephen: HOW ABOUT THIS ONE. >> O-SHEEN. >> OSH-EEN. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT'S PRONOUNCED. >> Stephen: SHOULD ONE I KNOW. SHI-VON. RIDICULOUS. RIDICULOUS. >> THEY'RE ALL RIDICULOUS. >> Stephen: THIS IS ONE THAT BREAKS MY BRAIN. >> THERE'S A LOT OF "L'S" IN THAT NAME. QUEVA. >> Stephen: YOU GO TO HELL.

Channel: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Id: Hwstj9FJHGg

Length: 3min 45sec (225 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 13 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/cdt59]

TIL and still didn't learn

[u/Loud_Stick]

Damn that's a lovely accent

[u/fedupofbrick]

We have some pretty great names here. Aoife(eefa, girls) Aoibheana(evanna, girls name) Aodh(Ai, boys name) and Cathal(caw-hil, boys name)

[u/dicks4dinner86]

As a Sean, I got lucky.

[u/[deleted]]

I knew Siobhan only because I went to school with a girl with that name. Though a lot of people would say it the way she said people mistakenly said it.

[u/nerohamlet]

Dona Èireannaigh ar reddit

Níl a fhios acu aon rud faoi Èireann nó an teanga. Fágigí è.

Tà eejit amhain as na S.A.M. agus is amadàn den chead scoth é...

Tar ar ais go dtí /r/Ireland agus fan glan ar an dtrioblóid

[u/makeinstall]

This is because they are Anglicised versions of the names.

There is a really good play called "Translations" by Brian Friel and the theatre company he set up with Stephen Rea (you might know him as Chief Inspector Finch in 'V For Vendetta'), that deals with language and communication during a time when the British Army along with cartographers were Anglicising Irish place names.

An example is Belfast is actually Béal Feirste is gaelic. A town near Dublin was anglicised as 'Dunleary' but is Dún Laoghaire in modern Irish orthography.

There's a Caoimhe where I work as well!

[u/AFH3]

Conchobar

[u/ikesbutt]

Watching him try to pronounce these made me think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKcakyy7uBc