Irish Translation Forum

I've recently taken to writing "An bhfuil Gaeilge agat?" on napkins, paper placemats, grocery lists, etc. (I haven't degenerated to bathroom walls...yet). Wouldn't it be hilarious if someday someone were to come here asking "I found this written on a placemat at El Palomar in Santa Cruz...do you know what it means?"

Redwolf

Woo! I write things in Irish but with the translation on the Guinness coasters at the Irish pub

We must have the same twisted mind

In maths the other day i was writing my oscar speech in irish

Oh, there's Sesame Street in Irish as well?

Méabh wrote:Oh, there's Sesame Street in Irish as well?

Hey if they can have "Cops" in Irish, Sesame Street, there will be!

Gaeilgeoir wrote:

Méabh wrote:Oh, there's Sesame Street in Irish as well?

Hey if they can have "Cops" in Irish, Sesame Street, there will be!

I am getting this horrible aural "image" of the "Cops" theme song sung in Irish...".

Redwolf

I'm not quite that bad. When I have half a bag on, I talk to the dog in Irish. She looks at me like, 'What in THE hell are you saying'?? I try it on Karen too, and she asks, 'Are you calling me an a*****e??

An even better opportunity! My fave veg restaurant here in Santa Cruz just redid their bathrooms so all the verticle surfaces are chalk board (I guess they figured it was easier than begging people not to draw on the walls). We eat there about once a week, so I'm going to have to start collecting phrases to write as Gaeilge.

Hmmm...how WOULD you write "Kilroy was here"? "Bhí Cill Rua anseo"?

Redwolf

Redwolf wrote:An even better opportunity! My fave veg restaurant here in Santa Cruz just redid their bathrooms so all the verticle surfaces are chalk board (I guess they figured it was easier than begging people not to draw on the walls). We eat there about once a week, so I'm going to have to start collecting phrases to write as Gaeilge.

Hmmm...how WOULD you write "Kilroy was here"? "Bhí Cill Rua anseo"?

Redwolf

That would probably be better than Bhí Kilroy anseo, although if you put that, you won't have all of those 'WHAT??' replies next to it.

I was thinking of doing the little "Kilroy" drawing with it...that might stir their pot-fogged brains. Or maybe not...be my luck someone would say "Dude! My invisible friend wrote a message to me in our secret language! It says 'Oh wow, look at the moon!'"

This is, after all, Santa Cruz...land of fruits, nuts and vegetables, as we like to say. The fruits and vegetables are OK, but they're usually outnumbered by the nuts!

Redwolf