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Ó BB7B go GOA: Irish abbreviations (giorrúcháin) and textese (téacsais) Posted by róislín on Apr 8, 2015
(le Róislín) As lives get more and more abbreviationized and acronymized in the English-speaking world, we may as well look at what’s happening in the Irish-speaking realm. Let’s start with the oldest one I know of — BB7B. Its age is a reminder that using abbreviations, acronyms, and other space-saving approaches in writing isn’t a…
Beagáinín Eile sa “Teanga” Téacsaise: 9L is am Posted by róislín on Mar 3, 2011
(le Róislín) Seo sampla deas de théacsais: 9L is am. An dtuigeann tú é? Key thing, I’d say, especially for relative newcomers to Irish, is that you want to think of the phrase fully in Irish. Since the amount of English-based texting far exceeds the amount that’s Irish-based, we may have to remind ourselves that…