Irish Translation Forum

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I was looking into fonts for the wording for my tattoo and noticed certain letters, specifically 'b,c,d,f,g,m,p,s,t' have a dot on top of them, are any of the letters ion the phrases i chose supposed to have them? If so which ones?

leamckee wrote:I was looking into fonts for the wording for my tattoo and noticed certain letters, specifically 'b,c,d,f,g,m,p,s,t' have a dot on top of them, are any of the letters ion the phrases i chose supposed to have them? If so which ones?

Any consonant followed by an "h" would have a dot over it instead in the old writing.

Redwolf

So would that mean that the word 'beatha' would be 'beata' in the old language with a dot over top of the t? I just want to make sure I get everything right before I make it a permanant fixture on my body.

Thanks for all your help so far!

leamckee wrote:So would that mean that the word 'beatha' would be 'beata' in the old language with a dot over top of the t? I just want to make sure I get everything right before I make it a permanant fixture on my body.

Thanks for all your help so far!

It's an older font/writing style...not an "the old language." It's still contemporary Irish. But yes...if you're using seanchló, you'd replace the following "h" with a dot over the "t."

Redwolf

I guess i've got a lot to learn, thank you for all your help Redwolf!