Fair play to him for giving it a go in spite of his Irish being a bit rusty.
One of the reasons why English speakers are bad at languages is that we’re too embarrassed to speak a language if our ability in it is anything less than stellar. We’re so overexposed to non native speakers speakers with excellent English. But it’s confirmation bias because the ones who are still learning tend not to interact with native English speakers.
Poorly speaking a language (and that’s not at all to say that Paul’s Irish is poor) is an unavoidable step to becoming fluent.
The more you embrace speaking a language regardless of your ability, the quicker you’ll learn that language.
Irish is so beautiful language.
He always seems like such gent
You love to see it
Nice guy. Always seems fairly unassuming and modest, I don’t get the impression he’s the type for those big expensive parties.
Getting Vietnam style flashbacks to the LC Oral exam now 😂😂
I mean I’d risk making a fool of myself with my bad Gaeilge if Caitlin NicAodh was interviewing me 🤷♂️
But seriously, respect and fair play to him.
Oh shit, I didn’t know your man was Irish.
He was the lead on the first movie I ever got to work on a few years back, while I was in Australia.
To be fair, I’ve been away a looong time.
Edit: my sense of time is warped, I worked on the film in late 2021.
Nobody should ever be embarrassed by however little Irish they speak, it’s the giving it a go that matters. And people often under-estimate their level, so many times I’ve heard people say they have no Irish but then been able to follow along or respond
Ní fhaca mé an scannán fós. Cé he Pól/Paul?
Iarracht maith
Hardy Bucks the movie clearly his next gig.
His Irish is much better than politicians when they mumble through an interview for TG4.
He did a good job, being put on the spot like that.
Think he said he went to a Gaelscoil and then did his Junior Cert through Irish. It’s a pity that it’s so hard to get to use the language day to day, that even someone who must have had a very high standard 10-15 years ago feels a bit under pressure.
I know obviously being at an event like that & having a big camera in your face isnt exactly relaxing, and with a little more time I’m sure it’d all come back to him.
I often think I’d like to send my kids to a Gaelscoil when they’re older, I’d love to know if people who’ve been to one or sent their kids felt it was “worth” the effort.
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What did he say?
Fair play to him for giving it a go in spite of his Irish being a bit rusty.
One of the reasons why English speakers are bad at languages is that we’re too embarrassed to speak a language if our ability in it is anything less than stellar. We’re so overexposed to non native speakers speakers with excellent English. But it’s confirmation bias because the ones who are still learning tend not to interact with native English speakers.
Poorly speaking a language (and that’s not at all to say that Paul’s Irish is poor) is an unavoidable step to becoming fluent.
The more you embrace speaking a language regardless of your ability, the quicker you’ll learn that language.
Irish is so beautiful language.
He always seems like such gent
You love to see it
Nice guy. Always seems fairly unassuming and modest, I don’t get the impression he’s the type for those big expensive parties.
Getting Vietnam style flashbacks to the LC Oral exam now 😂😂
I mean I’d risk making a fool of myself with my bad Gaeilge if Caitlin NicAodh was interviewing me 🤷♂️
But seriously, respect and fair play to him.
Oh shit, I didn’t know your man was Irish.
He was the lead on the first movie I ever got to work on a few years back, while I was in Australia.
To be fair, I’ve been away a looong time.
Edit: my sense of time is warped, I worked on the film in late 2021.
Nobody should ever be embarrassed by however little Irish they speak, it’s the giving it a go that matters. And people often under-estimate their level, so many times I’ve heard people say they have no Irish but then been able to follow along or respond
Ní fhaca mé an scannán fós. Cé he Pól/Paul?
Iarracht maith
Hardy Bucks the movie clearly his next gig.
His Irish is much better than politicians when they mumble through an interview for TG4.
He did a good job, being put on the spot like that.
Think he said he went to a Gaelscoil and then did his Junior Cert through Irish. It’s a pity that it’s so hard to get to use the language day to day, that even someone who must have had a very high standard 10-15 years ago feels a bit under pressure.
I know obviously being at an event like that & having a big camera in your face isnt exactly relaxing, and with a little more time I’m sure it’d all come back to him.
I often think I’d like to send my kids to a Gaelscoil when they’re older, I’d love to know if people who’ve been to one or sent their kids felt it was “worth” the effort.