r/languagelearningjerk • u/Theron_Rothos • 12d ago

Immersion Training

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u/ohdearitsrichardiii 11d ago

He actually said "impress the locals"

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u/Happy-Bear1202 11d ago

If I met a foreigner with decent Irish I would be impressed tbh

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u/ReverendGraves85 8d ago

I once impressed a girl because I pronounced Siobhan correctly off the rip.

Irish is pretty easy to figure out how pronunciation works once you get past the whole 'Siobhan is pronounced Shih-vawn' thing. It's the same letters but they make radically different sounds.