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Mothúcháin: Joy, Melancholy, Indifference, Astonishment and more, in Irish Posted by róislín on May 21, 2015
(le Róislín) In the last blog post, we looked at four emotions as shown in an early example of emoticons. They pre-date the English word “emoticon” by about a century, being from an 1881 issue of Puck magazine. Perhaps we should call them “proto-emoticons,” which in Irish could be either “prótastraoiseoga” or “luathstraoiseoga.” Either way…
Grins, Grimaces, and Emoticons: Straoiseanna and Straoiseoga in Irish Posted by róislín on May 18, 2015
(le Róislín) I was tickled pink (is there an emoji for that?) when I found out that the Irish language had its own word for “emoticon.” The word “straoiseog” [STREESH-ohg] isn’t based on either of the two words that make up “emoticon.” A classic portmanteau word, “emoticon” in English is quite transparently based on “emotion”…