the next station is...........

[zag]

I don't mind having the station names announced in both languages, but I mean they should at least have yer man record the "Ta an cead stasiun eile . . ." bit.

Or is it "Is e an cead stasiun eile . . ."

z

[Mark Gleeson]

Had words with IE about the weird mix of english and irish, really they can't be bothered, they can't even decide on the Irish abbreviation for Blackrock there is a g added sometimes

Cork train is very well behaved though which shows it can be done with a little care, and IE actually listen to comments about the errors and sorted them

[Aphfaneire]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Had words with IE about the weird mix of english and irish, really they can't be bothered, they can't even decide on the Irish abbreviation for Blackrock there is a g added sometimes

Cork train is very well behaved though which shows it can be done with a little care, and IE actually listen to comments about the errors and sorted them

Isnt Pearse incorrect in Irish? When i did my oral for irish nearly 3 years ago now, my teacher told me it was "phearsig" or something not "phirsach", or the other way round. I cant quiet remember.

[Mark Gleeson]

Close enough, the station is named after 2 people infact

[KSW]

I call recall a moment on the 6am from Gorey to Dublin I boarded at 05:35 it had just arrived in and the Driver opened the doors and it was dark inside with no lights on. It was nice at that hour, Then the destination said Sligo/Sligeach and all the stations in English speaking then writing in Irish with no voice then it said Arklow,Rathdrum,Wicklow and thats how far it got in the Irish

[constellation]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Close enough, the station is named after 2 people infact

Patrick and William Pearse if you believe Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_...ailway_station

Another useless nugget of information that'll serve me no purpose whatsoever. Oh well....

[Aphfaneire]

Originally Posted by constellation

Patrick and William Pearse if you believe Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_...ailway_station

Another useless nugget of information that'll serve me no purpose whatsoever. Oh well....

Dont you mean Padraig? After all only British Historians say Patrick in history books?

[constellation]

Originally Posted by Aphfaneire

Dont you mean Padraig? After all only British Historians say Patrick in history books?

Wikipedia say Patrick and it is infallible. Much like Irish Rail timetables.

So there.

[Thomas Ralph]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Cork train is very well behaved though which shows it can be done with a little care, and IE actually listen to comments about the errors and sorted them

The announcements are still riddled with errors. For example "Tabhair ard le bhur dtoil ar na fógraÃ*..." should be "TugaigÃ* ard...".

[Thomas Ralph]

Originally Posted by zag

I don't mind having the station names announced in both languages, but I mean they should at least have yer man record the "Ta an cead stasiun eile . . ." bit.

Or is it "Is e an cead stasiun eile . . ."

z

"An chéad stáisiún eile ná" would be best if you want to put the station at the end of the sentence. "Is é/Ã* (name) an chéad stáisiún eile" is best Irish, but probably troublesome to program.