No, the shoe doesn't fit. I think pronunciation is important and I said so – that's hardly what I'd call being an "arm-chair quarterback".

Great! Then the comment didn't apply to you so lighten up.

I had a good listen to some of that! He has a fair old lilt on him all right But if you knew no Irish at all, it certainly makes a grand start and sure if you are interested you can always listen to more other places and learn about pronunciation. I can see a fair bit of work went into it and I look forward to listening to the rest of it shortly.
A nice resource.

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Bí cinnte de go nglacfaidh triúr le gach aistriúchán a thabharfar.
Be sure to get three in agreement with a translation given.

I don't think the term "arm-chair quarterback critic" applies to anyone on this forum, Faber, so I would humbly suggest that you are the one who has overstepped the mark and needs to "lighten up" if you wish to contribute constructively to the forum and not be accused of being an "arm-chair cowboy".

Not to diminish Séamas' contribution to the language, but Lughaidh has also contributed quite a lot to "getting the language out there", perhaps just not in the same circles as you yourself frequent. He is quite passionate about the language and not being a native speaker of English, can come across a bit stronger than intended in his viewpoints.

I agree with Braoin that the materials in "Is féidir liom" are a well-presented introduction to the language, but some caution is warranted.

It is certainly a valid suggestion that the materials could be improved if a native speaker were to contribute to the recordings.

To me, "any Irish is better than no Irish" only applies to learners of the language, not to teachers and teaching materials. It is always tempting for enthusiastic non-native teachers to "do it yourself" when preparing materials, but it is a temptation that should be resisted. (When I present sound files here, I generally make it clear that I am not a native speaker. In fact, this is quite clearly declared in my signature.)

Personally, I would use these materials for their written value but base my pronunciation on that in Buntús Cainte/Talk Irish.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

I'm receiving the occasional e-mail message with the words: You have received a new private message from a forum member to your account on
"Irish Language Forum" with the following subject:
Re: Is féidir liom
You can view your new message by clicking on the following link: (such as) ucp.php?i=pm&folder=inbox
When I click the link I'm told that I don't have permission to read it!

Well, if that's the case, I'd much prefer not to receive these messages in the first place.

GRMA

Seamus

When you have ten posts, you can access the pms. If you reply to this post, you will have your ten.

Saoirse.

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My personal opinion on the audio content would be grand with a bit of cleaning up (the broad r is often like english, and the 'gh' is pronounced broad the whole time). After all, the blas is generally decent and in the case of the slender r, it's the best I've heard in any resource made by a non-native speaker, outside of linguistic circles.

Remember, making the phonemic differences is the most important, followed then matching the phonetic profile of a native (that is, having sounds influence each other in context, ex: making r broad before slender t)

I hope the creator of the work is not too put off by any perceived slight of his contribution so as not to perhaps be so kind as to assist us here in the future

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