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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I was pointing out that there are contexts (such as signage) in which they often don’t. It is possible to write perfect Irish without ever using a TH. For example:

“Go raiḃ maiṫ agat agus go n-éirí an boṫar leat”.

There are indeed books you could open and not find a single instance of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ahh, I misunderstood what you were saying. Thanks for clarifying

Admittedly it's been a while since I've read an Irish book (or any book, audiobooks are more convenient for me) but I'd never come across anything modern that used the dot throughout, only in much older manuscripts or the like. Or stylized writing for designs. Signs are a good example.