Limerick, April 1 2014: I don’t know how to put this.
It’s our bad.
People are constantly getting confused between Irish vs Gaelic, right?
And we slipped up too. Big time.
In preparing our Bitesize online lessons, somehow, somewhere, our course was written for Scottish Gaelic, and not as Irish Gaelic!
Right now, the blame is on an intern. He told us he spoke Gaelic. Turns out, it was Rosetta Stone Gaelic he had learned from (a fine, polished product, please do check those guys out).
I can’t put into words how sorry I am. Thousands of learners have opened accounts with Bitesize Irish Gaelic since 2010. We’ve let each and every one of you down.
To see our mistake, you could register for a free trial, if you like. Just keep in mind it’s actually all Scottish Gaelic (again, sooo sorry).
At this point, I’m not sure whether to give up, or switch our name to “Bitesize Gaelic”. At least the name wouldn’t be such a mouthful.
On the bright side, if you have Scottish heritage, we’re here to help you make a real connection with your Scottish heritage!
I’ll have to brush up now on my Rosetta Stone Gaelic. Hope you’ll join me.
Oh, and by the way, April fools.
42 thoughts on “Oops: We’ve been teaching you Scottish Gaelic all along”
ha ha funny…lol Happy April Fools a bit late to you…Got a question for you How does one pronounce please in Gaelic le do thoil….and did you get my last post about your name? Is that Gaelic for john? I am trying to figure out how to say a friends name in Gaelic…John… love these lessons <3 go raibh maith agat!! lottie watson
Hi Lottie:
Yes, I saw your last comment. Eoin is the Biblical equivalent to “John”, yes. So “Eoin” appears in the Irish language version of the Bible.
To pronounce “Please” in Irish Gaelic, say:
Le do thoil.
And pronounce it like:
/Leh duh hull./
Checkout our our members Bitesize Lesson: “Excuse Me, Please, Thank you” here:
http://www.bitesizeirishgaelic.com/lessons/polite-phrases/
I just knew that this was an April fools joke, because Eoin you speak Irish Gaelic and you would know the difference, nice try.
😛 You’re too quick for me.
Oh, I’m stupid. I spent the whole time reading that, thinking, “Really? Why didn’t I notice?! Is this why they kept telling me off for speaking Gaelic at Irish class?!?” Then I got to the end and you said April Fool’s… No, it all just means my Irish is still rubbish and my Gaelic invades everything.
Thanks Raghnaidh 🙂
Interesting – is it that you learned Scottish Gaelic before?
Yeah… My grandparents had a little and I picked up some from them, and then a couple of years ago got really interested in learning it, so I have a lot more now. Then I got fed up with the complete and utter lack of Gaelic in South Australia and started going along to the Irish Club because I figured, well, the language is close, right? It’s fun to find out about the similarities and the differences, but my Gaelic is better than my Irish, so it invades and I’m told I have a bit of a Gaelic accent.
That is very interesting. Thank you for sharing!
Phyllis Bitesize
How do you say knucklehead! in either Irish or Scottish Gaelic?
Good one!
😛 Thanks go joining in Eileen.
Jeepers, I didn’t get this until April 2, missing the April 1 posting date, so I was considerably taken aback. Fortunately, the message said to check the posts at the bottom and I did, and discovered it was an April Fool’s joke from yesterday. Otherwise, I had have been in a stunned state for quite a while.
Barry
Glad it turned out well in any case 🙂
I’ve updated the post to emphasize the date at the beginning.
ahahahahah….Have a good month everyone! Eoin you got me the first 2 minutes…. very smart idea for a joke though! Greetings from a sunny Greece!
I’m sure your Greek sun is nice an strong now. Enjoy it.
When I got the email, I immediately cancelled my subscription without even continuing to read on. What am I to do with Scottish Gaelic?…..
April fool to you as well! Didn’t really cancel- didn’t even think about it.
Terry, that’s a good one.
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Rotfl, this made my day.
😉
Moan. That was terrible. You got me at the beginning until I realized that I can read a bit & understand a bit & I was quite sure I was not in Scotland at the time.
Oh sorry.
On the bright side, lovely to hear you’re able to use your own Irish (Gaelic) to tell. Keep it up.
10/10, well played Eoin
Go raibh maith agat, a Emma 🙂
Slàinte mhath!
Thanks for popping by, Michael.
Hahahahahahaaaaa!! xD Love it, Eoin :). Fooled me last year, not so this year ;).
I wondered why everyone on TG4 was speaking Gàidhlig :P.
~ Sláinte mhaith
Hi Jon, another person we couldn’t fool. Sláinte.
hahahahaha this totally had me up until the last moment, I have to say:’)
Victorrrrryyyy!
You had me going there for a moment… esp. since I just forwarded an email to learn Irish Gaelic to a friend last night!!! I should have known… April Fool on me!!
Excellent, thanks for sharing some Irish Gaelic with the world.
Was it our Irish for Beginners free course you forwarded?
http://www.bitesizeirishgaelic.com/irish-for-beginners/
Shona Aibreán amadáin! Good one.
🙂
You got me good last year, but this year I was waiting for you. You’re good, and I enjoyed the post. Glad you made the joke; I wonder if anyone got caught in it!
Oh no, too predictable already. We’ll have to examine our approach 😉
Poisson d’Avril!
Ba ouais!
Oh, so Raidió Na Gaeltachta and TG4 are also in Scottish Gaelic, ’cause otherwise how would I understand? 😀
Haha, it’s a big conspiracy!
Glad to hear about your progress.
Buíochas le Dia!! Eoin tries to fool us. I would have been extremely disappointed if he didn’t even try it 8-)))
Michi
Michi, a chara, we had to try it as you said 🙂 Tá súil agam go bhfuil tú ar fheabhas. Conas atá an aimsear san Ostair?
Tá muid go maith, GRMA. Agus tá an aimsir go halainn. Tá se te agus grianmhar. Níl se sneachta fos.
… na sleibhte. Ar ghlac tú an grianghraf seo san Eilvéis?
Michi
(We are well, thanks. And the weather is wonderful. It is hot and sunny. There is no snow anymore.
… and the mountains. Did you take the picture in Switzerland?)
Ar fheabhas.
Tá an ceart agat, thóg mé an griangraif san Eilvéis, ón traein.