Aug. 4th, 2007 11:03 pm
English optional
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muckefuckI never posted about the programme for TG4 called "No Béarla" at the beginning of the year when I first discovered it on a tip from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wwidsith. Back then, only a few selections were available online, but meanwhile the production company has put the entire series on YouTube. (Buíochas le goodboi for the tip! Unfortunately, there are no subtitles for the first episode so most of you will want to start with Programme Two; also, Programme Four seems to have been pulled due to a copyright dispute, but half a series is better than none.)
The show features a geeky native Irish-speaker (experienced travel correspondent Manchán Magan, bearing something of a resemblance to our ownzompist) trying to make his way around all corners of the island without ever having to resort to English. Yes, there are gimmicky bits, but he's generally got the charm to pull them off. Moreover, the project is redeemed by some of the amazing reactions he gets, from being thrown out of shops and government offices(!) in Dublin to being besieged by Irish-speaking schoolchildren in Ráth Cairn eager for their fifty seconds of fame.
In a similar vein, by the way, a reporter for BBC Mundo is right now undertaking a similar project: Driving from San Agustín to LA using only Spanish. I'm not sure if there's a programme in the works (frankly, I'd be surprised if there wasn't), but he is blogging the journey--in Spanish, naturalmente. (Today, he's in Houston.) All I can find in English is a brief summary of the project, but if more becomes available, I'll post about it here.
wwidsith. Back then, only a few selections were available online, but meanwhile the production company has put the entire series on YouTube. (Buíochas le goodboi for the tip! Unfortunately, there are no subtitles for the first episode so most of you will want to start with Programme Two; also, Programme Four seems to have been pulled due to a copyright dispute, but half a series is better than none.)The show features a geeky native Irish-speaker (experienced travel correspondent Manchán Magan, bearing something of a resemblance to our own
zompist) trying to make his way around all corners of the island without ever having to resort to English. Yes, there are gimmicky bits, but he's generally got the charm to pull them off. Moreover, the project is redeemed by some of the amazing reactions he gets, from being thrown out of shops and government offices(!) in Dublin to being besieged by Irish-speaking schoolchildren in Ráth Cairn eager for their fifty seconds of fame.In a similar vein, by the way, a reporter for BBC Mundo is right now undertaking a similar project: Driving from San Agustín to LA using only Spanish. I'm not sure if there's a programme in the works (frankly, I'd be surprised if there wasn't), but he is blogging the journey--in Spanish, naturalmente. (Today, he's in Houston.) All I can find in English is a brief summary of the project, but if more becomes available, I'll post about it here.
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