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Ó BB7B go GOA: Irish abbreviations (giorrúcháin) and textese (téacsais) Posted by 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…

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Beagáinín Eile sa “Teanga” Téacsaise: 9L is am Posted by 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…

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