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 Post subject: Tattoo Meaning
PostPosted: Mon 09 May 2016 4:27 pm 
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I am looking to get "Live Laugh Love" in a Gaelic tattoo. Am seeing it in many different ways. Can someone please help? "Mair, Gaire, Gra" is one way. "Saol, Gaire, Gra" is another.
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 Post subject: Re: Tattoo Meaning
PostPosted: Tue 10 May 2016 12:03 am 
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lynclark wrote:
I am looking to get "Live Laugh Love" in a Gaelic tattoo. Am seeing it in many different ways. Can someone please help? "Mair, Gaire, Gra" is one way. "Saol, Gaire, Gra" is another.
Thanks


This is one we've had a lot over the years (at one time it was the most common tattoo translation request for women, so you'll have a lot of company!

The issue is that not all of those three words are verbs in Irish, so we usually recommend substituting nouns:

Beatha, Gáire, Grá

Do be careful with the accent marks...if they're not there, the word is misspelled.

I prefer "beatha" to "saol" in this context. "Saol" is more "life" as in "the term of your existence." "Beatha" has more the sense of the essence of life, which seems to fit nicely with this sentiment.

Do wait for three here to be in agreement before proceeding.

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 Post subject: Re: Tattoo Meaning
PostPosted: Tue 10 May 2016 4:44 am 
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Redwolf wrote:
lynclark wrote:
I am looking to get "Live Laugh Love" in a Gaelic tattoo. Am seeing it in many different ways. Can someone please help? "Mair, Gaire, Gra" is one way. "Saol, Gaire, Gra" is another.
Thanks


This is one we've had a lot over the years (at one time it was the most common tattoo translation request for women, so you'll have a lot of company!

The issue is that not all of those three words are verbs in Irish, so we usually recommend substituting nouns:

Beatha, Gáire, Grá

Do be careful with the accent marks...if they're not there, the word is misspelled.

I prefer "beatha" to "saol" in this context. "Saol" is more "life" as in "the term of your existence." "Beatha" has more the sense of the essence of life, which seems to fit nicely with this sentiment.

Do wait for three here to be in agreement before proceeding.

Redwolf

I can second that. :good:

As Red indicated, there is something of a preference for nouns in Irish, so what you'd have would be "Life, Laughter, Love"

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 Post subject: Re: Tattoo Meaning
PostPosted: Tue 10 May 2016 2:51 pm 
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CaoimhínSF wrote:

As Red indicated, there is something of a preference for nouns in Irish, so what you'd have would be "Life, Laughter, Love"


Thanks! I'd meant to add that and forgot.

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