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PostPosted: Fri 20 Jan 2012 3:46 am 
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Hi everyone,

I saw a post about the phrase "Inár gcroí go brách, inár gcuimhne go buan" (Forever in our hearts, always in our memory) on the Irish Gaelic Translator.com site. The referenced post can be found here: http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/translation/topic96793-10.html

I have a questions about the correct spelling of "gcuimhne"

In one post, it is written as above: "gcuimhne" with a dot above the i.

Further down is an image using a special font, where there is no dot above the i: http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1888/image1vg.png

Can someone please tell me which is correct. I'd like to use this phrase for a memorial tattoo for the two cats we just lost (one yesterday, one on Jan.6) :(

Thank you for your help!


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shadowlark wrote:
Hi everyone,

I saw a post about the phrase "Inár gcroí go brách, inár gcuimhne go buan" (Forever in our hearts, always in our memory) on the Irish Gaelic Translator.com site. The referenced post can be found here: http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/translation/topic96793-10.html

I have a questions about the correct spelling of "gcuimhne"

In one post, it is written as above: "gcuimhne" with a dot above the i.

Further down is an image using a special font, where there is no dot above the i: http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1888/image1vg.png

Can someone please tell me which is correct. I'd like to use this phrase for a memorial tattoo for the two cats we just lost (one yesterday, one on Jan.6) :(

Thank you for your help!

There is no dot on the i in the old fonts. That makes it easier to distinguish the presence of the accent.

If you use the old font, I would recommend also using dots instead of h's:

Ináɼ gcɼoí go bɼáċ, ináɼ gcuiṁne go buan

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PostPosted: Fri 20 Jan 2012 11:50 pm 
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Thank you so much! I knew the h's could be replaced by dots (sorry - no clue what the accents are called) but wasn't sure about the i. Your help is very much appreciated! :)


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