{"id":11620,"date":"2021-10-22T17:11:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T17:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=11620"},"modified":"2021-10-22T17:11:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T17:11:53","slug":"texting-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/texting-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Texting in Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Texting in Irish<\/h3>\n<p>Love it or hate it, modern technology and texting has given rise to a new sort of language, and that is language of texts and emojis to quickly communicate your thoughts, needs, and emotions.<\/p>\n<p>In Irish it&#8217;s no different &#8211; and it&#8217;s especially exciting because it means that the language is really living and being used often by young speakers. So let&#8217;s take a look at some ways to text <em>as Gaeilge.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11623\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11623\" class=\"wp-image-11623 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/10\/mobile-phone-6721915_960_720.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/10\/mobile-phone-6721915_960_720.png 960w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/10\/mobile-phone-6721915_960_720-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/10\/mobile-phone-6721915_960_720-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Pixabay, CCO.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Here are some basic ones to get you started. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You&#8217;ll see the common English abbreviation, meaning, Irish abbreviation, meaning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">LMFAO = laughing my &#8212; ass off = ABMTAG = Ag briseadh mo th\u00f3in ag g\u00e1ire<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">LOL = laugh out loud &#8211; GOA = g\u00e1ire \u00f3s \u00e1rd<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">ROFL = rolling round the floor laughing = RTUG = Rolladh timpeall an urlair ag g\u00e1ire<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">OMG = Oh my God = OMD = \u00d3 Mo Dhia<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">YOLO\u00a0 = You only live once = NASAA = N\u00edl ach saol amh\u00e1in agat<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Thnx = Thanks\u00a0 = Grma = Go raibh maith agat<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Tn = Tonight =\u00a0 An8 = Anocht<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Wer r u? = Where are you? =\u00a0 C\u00e1 wil 2? = C\u00e1 bhfuil t\u00fa?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Plz = please =LDT = le do thoil<br \/>\nOk = CGL =\u00a0 ceart go leor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This a great YouTube video of Ciara N\u00ed \u00c9 who posts videos every week answering people&#8217;s questions about the Irish language. In this one she goes through her commonly used Irish text abbreviations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WTF!? Texting as Gaeilge! (How to say YOLO in Irish!)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eoZnPfRHV3w?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Her list of text speech covered in the video:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\nGRMA &#8211; go raibh maith agat (thank you)<br \/>\nGRMMA &#8211; go raibh m\u00edle maith agat (thanks a million)<br \/>\n(a)GOA &#8211; (ag) g\u00e1ire os ard (LOL)<br \/>\nABMTAG &#8211; ag briseadh m\u00f3 th\u00f3in ag g\u00e1ire (ROFL, literally \u201cbreaking by arse laughing\u201d)<br \/>\nNASAA &#8211; n\u00edl ach saol amh\u00e1in agat (YOLO)<br \/>\nCF &#8211; c\u00e9n f\u00e1th (why)<br \/>\nNBB &#8211; n\u00e1 b\u00ed buartha (don\u2019t worry)<br \/>\nGML &#8211; gabh mo leithsc\u00e9al (excuse me)<br \/>\nDS &#8211; deireadh seachtaine (weekend)<br \/>\nTBO &#8211; t\u00e1 br\u00f3n orm (I\u2019m sorry)<br \/>\nOMD &#8211; \u00d3 mo Dhia (OMG)<br \/>\nSGF &#8211; sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill (CYA)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">V &#8211; bh\u00ed (past tense of \u2018b\u00ed\u2019)<br \/>\nAN8 &#8211; anocht (tonight)<br \/>\n7n &#8211; seachtain (week)<br \/>\nCCAB2 &#8211; c\u00e9n chaoi a bhfuil t\u00fa (how are you)<br \/>\nCCAB6 &#8211; c\u00e9n chaoi a bhfuil s\u00e9 (how is he)<br \/>\nJ mar? &#8211; caid\u00e9 mar at\u00e1 t\u00fa? (how are you)<br \/>\nA # &#8211; a thaisce (my dear)<br \/>\nK &#8211; c\u00e9 (who)<br \/>\nFAB &#8211; fadhb ar bith (no problem)<br \/>\n7 = &amp; (this is called a &#8216;tironion et&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever texted <em>as Gaeilge<\/em>? Let&#8217;s try to start a conversation in the comments below, I&#8217;ll start:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>T\u00e1 m\u00e9 go maith, GRMMA. CCAB2? GOA, NASAA. SGF!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/10\/mobile-phone-6721915_960_720-350x233.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/10\/mobile-phone-6721915_960_720-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/10\/mobile-phone-6721915_960_720-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2021\/10\/mobile-phone-6721915_960_720.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Texting in Irish Love it or hate it, modern technology and texting has given rise to a new sort of language, and that is language of texts and emojis to quickly communicate your thoughts, needs, and emotions. 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