Happy day!

hb harbly<3

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omg happy extremely belated birthday to lxy harbl!

let us give (now slightly belated) happy birthday wishjes to harbl

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hb harbly<3

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a very late harbly birthday to you!

thank you, dearest lxy

Congratulations, your application for Irish citizenship through entry on the Foreign Births Register has been successful.

Comhghairdeas, d’éirigh le d’iarratas ar shaoránacht Éireannach trí iontráil i gClár na mBreitheanna Coigríche.

foc

see also damnú, although none of these translations suitably suggest envy

AMAZING!!!

do you have your passport yet? have you started learning gaelic? when are you moving there?

we say ‘irish’ as a rule, although this is seemingly more and more a thing outside ireland- ive not noticed any different uptake of gaelic as a term used within our shores.

use this privleged information wisely

hi harbl. what will you do with this new set of powers at all at all

whats the gaelic irish for sinister silence

sorry for the silence, i have been doomscrolling and worrying and forgetting to visit the sandbox

i’m not sure i will do anything. the prospect of moving anywhere seems like a lot, including finding a new job. finding one in your own country is hard enough. i didn’t get the passport yet but maybe i will do the application this weekend.

my dad has always said gaelic, i had presumed that’s because his parents did but i’m not sure. he and my mom went last spring and visited a bunch of his cousins and their cows, and also the guy who lives in his mother’s old house (who is not related to us, lol), and since then has been sending me instagram videos of like how to count to 10, etc. i’m old enough to know i will probably not learn it, i’m not feeling motivated or disciplined enough to do anything lately!

did you get the names of any of the cows

tbrr learning irish is a fine thing to do but it would be low down the list of things id be telling anyone to work on if assimilation was the point.

i dont have a list to hand but will start one.

good wellies

relish for gossip

a head for relatives and locals

knowing who doesn’t be well, poor bugger

rascal spotting 101 (after speaking with)

rascal spotting 102 (from across a bar)

rascal spotting 103 (from across a field)

discussion of roads, weather, which roads youd take depending on weather, etc

does ‘craic’ cover items 2–7

depends on a number of factors but its hard to enjoy the craic with with feet id say

i think he did tell me the cow’s names! but i forgot them

thats you suspect under #s 2 and 3 anyway

congratulations harbly, i still have not done this so i’m enthralled with your efficiency

nuair a bhionn aon ann agat ach puicin gabhair

o happy day, dear harbly <3

^^^

happy belated birthday, harbly <3

dear harbl, jergïns and i are working on a list of grocery stores to visit when you come here. there are so many good ones!

omg lxy. i’m so sorry i got so tired and i forgot to come to the sandbox for many months. yes! i want to come!

very happy to see this thread