Tuesday 15 May 2012

Euro 2020 Tap Secret Negotiations.

Havin' been rejected in ma quest fur a sister toon fur Banbridge, Ah note that the Free State is tae join wi' Scotland an' Wales in a bid for the Euro 2012 fitba.


Faroe Islands, luk a bit like the Copelands. 
Nat tae be ootdun, Ah hiv duly emailed the Faroe Islands Football Association. Ah stuck this through Google Translate. 


Greetings Faroe islanders


I write from Northern Ireland, which, you will know, is a country not too far from your country. I am sorry for my use of words, I have put this message through Google Translate and do not know what it will come out like. 


I'd like to make a suggestion for your football federation. As you may know, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales are together making a bid to host the 2020 European Football Championships. I am a bit angry that no one invited us to take part, and was thinking that perhaps our two countries should get together and make a bid? This plan would allow both our nations to qualify for the Euros, and for both our Federations to make a lot of money. We use pounds here, what do you folk use? 


Our two nations have much in common. Your nation is quite small, and so is ours. No one ever takes any notice of either of our countries and we both talk in quite odd accents. Neither of our nations is very good at football, but we still play and don't like being picked on by our bigger neighbours. Here in Northern Ireland we have a place called Strangford. Vikings gave it that name, and you folk are Vikings. Jim Shannon lives near it, you won't have heard of him, but he is very famous here, and a bit mental. 


Please keep the contents of this email secret, as these plans are at a preliminary stage. If you don't want to take part we might ask either Iceland or Germany to join us, but you are closer, so we thought we would give you first call. 


Many thanks
Professor Billy McWilliams
xo

When it goes through Google Translate it luks like this, amusingly.....

Kveðja Færeyjar VestmannaeyingarÉg skrifa frá Norður-Írlandi, sem, þú vilja vita, er land ekki of langt frá landi þínu. Éger hryggur fyrir notkun mína á orðum, hef ég sett þessi skilaboð í gegnum google translate og veit ekki hvað það mun koma út eins og.
Mig langar til að gera tillögu um sambandsríki fótbolta þinn. Eins og þú mega vita,eru á Írlandi, Skotlandi og Wales saman að gera tilboð til að hýsa 2020 EuropeanFootball Championships. Ég er dálítið reið  enginn bauð okkur að taka þátt, ogvar að hugsa um að kannski tvö lönd okkar ætti að koma saman og gera tilboð?Þessi áætlun myndi gera bæði þjóðir okkar til að vera hæfur fyrir evrur, og fyrir bæðiríkjasambönd okkar  gera mikið af peningum. Við notum £ hér, hvað gerir þú fólknota?
Tvær þjóðir okkar hafa mikið sameiginlegt. Þjóð þín er alveg lítill, og svo er okkar.Enginn tekur alltaf allir tilkynningu um hvort af löndum okkar og við bæði tal í nokkuðstakur kommur. Hvorki þjóða okkar er mjög góður í fótbolta, en við spilum enn oggera ekki eins og að vera valinn á eftir stærri nágranna okkar. Hér á Norður-Írlandivið höfum stað sem heitir Strangford. Víkingar gaf það nafn, og þú menn eruVíkingar. Jim Shannon býr nálægt henni, verður þú ekki hafa heyrt af honum, en hanner mjög frægur hér, og svolítið andlega.
Vinsamlegast hafðu innihald þessa tölvupósts leyndarmál, sem þessar áætlanir eruá fyrstu stigum. Ef þú vilt ekki  taka þátt við gætum beðið annaðhvort Ísland eðaÞýskalandi til að tengja okkur, en þú ert nær, þannig að það myndi gefa þér að hringja fyrst.
margir takkPrófessor Billy McWilliamsxo

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thon isnae tha Faroe's leid - thon's Icelandic. Ye maun gie tha Danish leid a wee go, gin ye're ettlin tae attract tha Faroese boys.

Professor Billy McWilliams said...

Yer richt anonymous. Ah was misled by the fact that when Ah looked up the Faroe football wabsite the google translated it intil Icelandic. Ah hiv sent it agin wi a wee apalogy fur gettin' mixed up.

Anonymous said...

Ye're a quare fella, so ye are, Professor. Thon boys in tha Faroes will be richt pleased fur tae hae a letter frae such an a man as yerself; fur A hear-tell there doesnae be a wile lock gaun on up there in tha North Sea.

Mebbe we cud ax a wheen o them Faroese yins tae bide wi us a sennicht or twa, an we cud tak a wee sail up tae themmuns. Fur cultural purposes, ye ken. We cud twin Portballintrae wi Torshavn.

Anonymous said...

If only they had allowed the Bobby Sands Stadium at the Maze to be built it would have been the correct capacity (51000 seater) then we could have been invited to join in.

Anonymous said...

Professor Billy, you're very close to the mark about Norn Ireland being like the Faeroes - imagine a cross between Rathlin Island and the Glens, cut the trees down and then you have it! (It's also very cloudy and damp) The Faeroese already know about us though, they would be the first to tell you that the Irish monks arrived before the Vikings. P.S. they have a football pitch for every village so there shouldn't be a problem about capacity.

Old Bitter Balls said...

Norn Irn, the land of my fadders, the land of the Orange rebels, the land of the tickos. Gotta luv dem tick paddies.

Magnus2013@gmail.com said...

how the frak I got 'er I'll nevr kno, but I speak/read awee iclandic as ma mutter is...but dats irrelavant...ya think there be reason for the name fo "Faroese" soundin like "Pharaoh"...read if ye can find it: "The Irish Origins Of Civilization" by Michael Tsarion...theres You-Tube videos as well you can look at.