Dienstag, 28. August 2007

Dearest Creature in Creation, Studying Irish Pronunciation

Heading to a destination you cannot pronounce is always difficult. Was it "Cliffs of Moher" or "Cliffs of Moher"? Moher sounded strange, but Moher?! Couldn't be either, after all, these rocks were famous for being enormous and not for consisting of mohair!
I decided to compromise and stressed both syllables equally - the woman at the ticket office seemed to understand me. I then asked the busdriver if I had to change at Ennis or if this was a direct bus. He obviously did not want to be disturbed and let his head sink even lower, concentrating on the newspaper he was reading. And yet, I then tracked a slight nod. Yes, he was nodding! Well - was that "yes, change at Ennis" or "yes, it is a direct bus"?! Good for him I haven't learnt any Irish four-letter words (so far), really.
I did not have to change, but in Ennis the bus driver was replaced. Yeah, FIRED! - well, probably not, just finished his working hours, I suppose. The new bus driver was the exact opposite, absolutely sweet. "Sorry, folks, it is sooo hot in here!" Hot? It was the first time I did not need my extra jacket! Irish buses are freezing - they should really provide blankets. Still, our poor man was obviously sweating, checking nervously the air-conditioning ("not working - SHIT"), climbing seats, trying to open the roof window - which was (thank God) locked.
"Anybody for Cliffs of Moher?" he asked after we had passed the extensive golf course of Lahinch. There it was! "Mo:hR". What an R! Irish out-and-out. My family can confirm that I have been practising Irish vowels: "O:wen, tho:se two lo:nely, mo:aning gho:sts have to go: ho:me." I think I have come near it, but I might never be able to pronounce an Irish "r". How can they put so much drama into one small letter?

15 Kommentare:

Esther hat gesagt…

Have you got video on your mobile phone? Amazing! Great! What about a sound file with the correct Irish pronunciation? Reading is not the same as listening.

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Was hast Du getan? fragte ich mich kürzlich, als ich endlich Irlandferien für nächstes Jahr gebucht hatte. Das very little bit English, das noch vorhanden ist, reicht ja kaum aus, um einen englischen Eingeborenen zu verstehen, geschweige denn einen Iren. Nun aber bin ich beruhigt. Offensichtlich ist es für Touristen nicht nötig, wenigstens ein paar rudimentäre Sprachkenntnisse zu besitzen, Sankt Patrick rast von Klippe zu Klippe und sieht zu, dass nichts passiert. Die Iren scheints wenig zu kümmern, dass Gebotstafeln ignoriert werden und die Besitzer des privaten Grunds sind offenbar die Langmut in Person. Denn das Schild steht ja nicht erst seit gestern da! Hier riefe man ganz schnell einen Securitas-Wächter mit Hund bei Fuss auf den Plan, denn fiele jemand vom Rütli in den See -trotz Warnhinweisen- müsste eine Untersuchungskommission gebildet werden und in der Zeitung würde stehen: Tourist zu Tode gestürzt, Blocher verweigerte das Aufstellen fremdsprachiger Hinweistafeln.
Ist natürlich nicht so ernst gemeint, ich finde es sehr bedenklich, wie leichtsinnig sich der Mensch der Gefahr aussetzt. Nun- anscheinend kann die behördliche Oberaufsicht voll auf Patrick setzen.

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@ esther:

no, my photo camera has a filming modus and then I discovered imovie on my mac... I really love it!
I'm still working on the correct pronunciation... there might be sound files at some point in the future.. :-)

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