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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”…

If ‘straoiseog’ is ’emoticon,’ then what’s the Irish for ’emoji’? Posted by róislín on May 14, 2015

(le Róislín) Well, the short answer to the title question (“What’s the Irish for ’emoji’?), is pretty straightforward–there doesn’t seem to be an Irish word for “emoji.” Nothing surprising there, since many languages seem to have absorbed the Japanese word ’emoji’ as one of their own. Irish, on the other hand, has come up with…