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November 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition

"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Fuair mé m'fhógra ar maidin. 24 mhí de Ghramadach le Stró, 12 mhí d'athoideachas Béarlachais
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🧿🧿🧿 rinne siad iarracht ar a laghad
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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When I was reading a lot of early 20thC popular Irish weekly papers (as you do) I found at least one short story where going to Gaelic League language classes was how young men made themselves attractive to the cool girls and therefore got a girlfriend. So that pushes it back to c.1908!
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Chuir an leathanach sin chuig an leathanach seo mé:
irishforenglishspeakers.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/m...
Ní raibh a fhios agam go raibh a leithéid ann. @panuhog.bsky.social an t-údar mura bhfuil dul amú orm. Beidh orm súil a thabhairt ar na hiontrálacha eile ar an mblag sin anois.
My list of alliterative runs in Irish
A LIST OF ALLITERATIVE RUNS – RUTHAIG UAMACHA Alliterative runs are a feature of traditional Irish style, and you will find at least some of them in any book written by a native speaker or collecte…
irishforenglishspeakers.wordpress.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Is breá liom an liosta sin.

Seo ceann deas eile: www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaeilge/corp... (An tusa a chur an ceann sin le chéile, dála an scéil? @kingdonncha1.bsky.social)
Aidiachtaái uamacha
www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Turn signal / treotháscaire
a yellow bmw with a license plate that says pnn1040
ALT: a yellow bmw with a license plate that says pnn1040
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM