An American language learner left Irish locals tongue-tied when he visited Dublin and spoke as Gaeilge - with some so confused they thought he was speaking Portuguese.
Arieh Smith practised for about three weeks before travelling here and found many he interacted with could say way more than they first thought.
The 32-year-old polyglot from New York, who has studied between 30 and 40 different languages including Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and Spanish, also said he found Irish on the more difficult side to learn.
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Arieh, who has more than 5.5 million subscribers on his Youtube channel called Xiaomanyc, makes videos based on travel and learning new tongues.
