I've been away - love all the new signage in the city centre.

Poor Craythur

I moved out of Dublin in February 2010 and have been back sporadically since. Every time I'm back I notice all the things that are different when I go back. One thing I love that has changed since I left is all the new city centre signage (well, not sure if it's new but it's new to me).

Parliament Street


Talbot Street


I always thought this was an area where Dublin was really lacking so it's great to see!

Degsy

The irish language signage is a an eyesore..the only people who pretend to understand it are arran-sweater weirdbeards and barren spinsters with hooded eyes.

AnonoBoy

An Hugh Lane?

What in the hell could that mean?


Leave it out Degsy, it's hardly an eyesore. Just because you haven't a word of the language doesn't mean the rest of us don't.

donegalgirl28

I love them TBH. Every other city has them, about time Dublin got them too.

Poor Craythur

Degsy wrote: »

The irish language signage is a an eyesore..the only people who pretend to understand it are arran-sweater weirdbeards and barren spinsters with hooded eyes.

What do you mean? On the signs I posted? The Irish is hardly an eyesore, the signs are very neat and compact. I'm no Irish language fanatic but I think they're fine.

cosmic

I wonder if they were provided at a nice discount by JC Decaux. Because they all seem to have the Dublin Bikes points very clearly marked on them.

BeerNut

cosmic wrote: »

I wonder if they were provided at a nice discount by JC Decaux. Because they all seem to have the Dublin Bikes points very clearly marked on them.

AFAIK they were part of the Dublin Bikes deal.

stovelid

Maybe it's my own puerility but I thought it said Liathroidi James Joyce first.

Degsy

AnonoBoy wrote: »

An Hugh Lane?

What in the hell could that mean?


Leave it out Degsy, it's hardly an eyesore. Just because you haven't a word of the language doesn't mean the rest of us don't.

I have more than a word of teh language and i can tell you most of these signs are made up on the spot.."fotographiochta" for example..ridiculous.

Where i work they have signs advertising "Photchopail"..really..something to do with horses,eh?

BeerNut

Degsy wrote: »

most of these signs are made up on the spot.."fotographiochta" for example..ridiculous.

Where i work they have signs advertising "Photchopail"..really..something to do with horses,eh?

My all-time fav, from the Civic Offices:

AnonoBoy

Degsy wrote: »

I have more than a word of teh language and i can tell you most of these signs are made up on the spot.."fotographiochta" for example..ridiculous.

Where i work they have signs advertising "Photchopail"..really..something to do with horses,eh?

Aha! So you do understand them! How's that Arran sweater treating you?

Nah, I agree that there's far too many makey-up words used these days for things the language already had words for.

I still wouldn't class the signs as eyesores though.

MrStuffins

I know that ya mean OP. I moved out last year too and came back last weekend and saw the new signs.

I was also really impressed by the new fangled Bus Stop displays....... although I think Dublin and Nairobi were the last 2 places on earth without them!

Poor Craythur

MrStuffins wrote: »

I know that ya mean OP. I moved out last year too and came back last weekend and saw the new signs.

I was also really impressed by the new fangled Bus Stop displays....... although I think Dublin and Nairobi were the last 2 places on earth without them!

Yes, that's another thing - the new real-time bus displays. Love it!!!

Gae

BeerNut wrote: »

My all-time fav, from the Civic Offices:

What exactly bothers you about that? The Irish word is almost exactly the same as the English word, which is almost exactly the same as the Latin word, which is almost exactly the same as the Greek word. Languages borrow words from other languages all the time, there's nothing odd about that.

Degsy

Gae wrote: »

What exactly bothers you about that? The Irish word is almost exactly the same as the English word, which is almost exactly the same as the Latin word, which is almost exactly the same as the Greek word. Languages borrow words from other languages all the time, there's nothing odd about that.

You have a beard,dont you?

[Jackass]

I do like these signs, but I think it's retarded that the Irish is so visible and the English is blanked into the background, so the 2% of us who speak Irish will understand. It should be the other way around.

I would have thought that the main purpose of these signs would be for tourists. Why do we have to force feed Irish as the 1st language. Why can't we accept everyone speaks English, hardly anyone speaks Irish and visitors certainly wont have a clue what the signs mean.

IRELAND! WHERE PRACITCALITY SHOULD BE POLITICAL! 800 YEARS!!!1`1

John_Rambo

The signs will be used mostly by non-Irish speaking tourists in fairness, some of the made up Irish translations are silly, the exact same as the English ones with "An" put in front. However, I am sure someone made a fortune translating everything. I like the font and the fact that it's aligned to the post, I think it looks neat. I have looked at them and they are put in pretty good places, they are easy to follow, as in a bit of thought was put in to them and not everything on them is a tourist destination, ie; maternity hospitals.

Poor Craythur

John_Rambo wrote: »

The signs will be used mostly by non-Irish speaking tourists in fairness, some of the made up Irish translations are silly, the exact same as the English ones with "An" put in front. However, I am sure someone made a fortune translating everything. I like the font and the fact that it's aligned to the post, I think it looks neat. I have looked at them and they are put in pretty good places, they are easy to follow, as in a bit of thought was put in to them and not everything on them is a tourist destination, ie; maternity hospitals.

Yeah, I think they are very neat looking too! And have lots of useful things on there like stations and hospitals. The poster above does have a point that the English should be more prominent.

Degsy

The most visible omission fromm any of those signs is the "Beware of Scumbags,Junkies and Thieves"..far more helpfull to tourists IMO.

BeerNut

Gae wrote: »

What exactly bothers you about that? The Irish word is almost exactly the same as the English word, which is almost exactly the same as the Latin word, which is almost exactly the same as the Greek word. Languages borrow words from other languages all the time, there's nothing odd about that.

There isn't, but θέατρο/theatrum/theatre is not a word that Irish has borrowed from Greek, Latin or English. The usual Irish for theatre is amharclann.

αμφι is used is in Irish, in the likes of amfaibiaigh (amphibian), so amfaiamharclann seems to me to be a much better translation. Personally, I'd have just gone for amharclann or something that translates as "open-air theatre" -- I don't think the amphi- element really adds much to the meaning, in English or Irish.

Cookie_Monster

Gae wrote: »

What exactly bothers you about that? The Irish word is almost exactly the same as the English word, which is almost exactly the same as the Latin word, which is almost exactly the same as the Greek word. Languages borrow words from other languages all the time, there's nothing odd about that.

I must go and see those Anteaters some time...

Cookie_Monster

[Jackass] wrote: »

I do like these signs, but I think it's retarded that the Irish is so visible and the English is blanked into the background, so the 2% of us who speak Irish will understand. It should be the other way around.

well you can thank a certain poster on here for that who complained and got DCC to reprint all the signs cos the Irish was not correctly represented or the wrong colour or some such nonsense

Japer

[Jackass] wrote: »

I do like these signs, but I think it's retarded that the Irish is so visible and the English is blanked into the background, so the 2% of us who speak Irish will understand. It should be the other way around.

I would have thought that the main purpose of these signs would be for tourists. Why do we have to force feed Irish as the 1st language. Why can't we accept everyone speaks English, hardly anyone speaks Irish and visitors certainly wont have a clue what the signs mean.

+ I. Its time we looked after our tourists better / made it easier for them to find and get around our city.

Dyr

Most foreigners I know who visit comment favourably on seeing irish displayed on signs and street signs

AnonoBoy

Degsy wrote: »

The most visible omission fromm any of those signs is the "Beware of Scumbags,Junkies and Thieves"..far more helpfull to tourists IMO.

"Tabhair Aire. Tá Scúmbaganí anseo is ansuid."

woysworld

I was walking along Wolfe Tone St about 5.30 this evening and saw a load of scum bags being escorted out of the park by the cops... As i turned onto Abbey St another scum bag was lying in a door way on abbey street.... Then i noticed security guys at the luas stop wearing stab proof vests. And as i turned onto Liffey St there were another 2 scum bags, one guy was screaming at the other who couldnt to stand upright and was hanging onto a lamp post. What has happened to this city?:mad::(:(

AnonoBoy

woysworld wrote: »

I was walking along Wolfe Tone St about 5.30 this evening and saw a load of scum bags being escorted out of the park by the cops... As i turned onto Abbey St another scum bag was lying in a door way on abbey street.... Then i noticed security guys at the luas stop wearing stab proof vests. And as i turned onto Liffey St there were another 2 scum bags, one guy was screaming at the other who couldnt to stand upright and was hanging onto a lamp post. What has happened to this city?:mad::(:(

We got new signs. Didn't you hear?

Cookie_Monster

woysworld wrote: »

. What has happened to this city?:mad::(:(

It's simple enough

1. Scumbags hassle people / fight / rob / etc
2. Gardai arrest them, bring to station for a while and release, no charges or court appearances
3. Repeat 1 and 2 100's of times
4. Scumbag realise they are above the law and nothing can be done to them so get more abusive and louder and spread to the nicer areas and show their scumbag kids how to get away with everything
5. City and everyone else suffers cos the justice system is too lazy to go after them, Gardai stop bothering cos they know they are only wasting their time arresting them as the courts have no interest.
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6. Eventually everyone gets fed up, three strike US type rule brought in, scumbags cleared out. (not likely but can only hope)