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PostPosted: Tue 29 Jan 2013 6:09 pm 
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Redwolf wrote:
AnBraonach wrote:
tide wrote:
But Grá mo chroí go deo thú sounds very romantic, doesn't it?


Try not to think of it in terms of the English translation. You won't find a better judgement of its appropriateness than here below:
Bríd Mhór wrote:
Grá mo chroí go deo thú.
That would be my favourite too.
("Grá mo chroí thú" - is a common idiom in Conamara, it can be used romantically and non-romantically)


tide wrote:
The other phrase sounds really nice.

Which one do you mean? It's probably ok too.

Crossed with Breandán


I think by "the other phrase," tide meant "tá cumha orm i do dhiaidh" for "I miss you."

I agree...if Bríd says it's fine for this usage, you're golden. If you like these, tide, I think you're good to go! Do others agree?

Redwolf

Yes, i meant Tá cumha orm i do dhiaidh.

What do you guys say? Do you have a "better" font maybe? It doesn't look as good as the first one, but the meaning is better.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6l77orncs3b73jj/tattoo2.jpg

Here's the first one:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qnchqi604k26exq/tattoo.jpg


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PostPosted: Tue 29 Jan 2013 6:15 pm 
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tide wrote:

Or does it sound better if the first line is Tá cumha orm i do dhiaidh and the second Grá mo chroí go deo thú?


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PostPosted: Tue 29 Jan 2013 6:59 pm 
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tide wrote:
tide wrote:

Or does it sound better if the first line is Tá cumha orm i do dhiaidh and the second Grá mo chroí go deo thú?


I think either order is fine.

I like the font, but if you'd like a traditional Irish font, Breandán can probably do that for you.

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PostPosted: Tue 29 Jan 2013 11:28 pm 
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It does look nice in that font.

Here they are in a more traditional font:

Grá mo ċroí go deo ṫú

Tá cuṁa orm i do ḋiaiḋ

The h's are usually replaced with dots above the letters when writing in this script.

But artistically, what you have is quite nice.

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