What’s a #Gtuít? Gaelport.com has all the answers!
June 11, 2013
Junior Cert students took to Twitter yesterday to express their confusion about a certain #Gtuít which featured in the higher level reading comprehension section. But what does the enigmatic hashtag actually mean?
Drumroll please… #Gtuít refers to the first Irish language Tweet Up organised by Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge last September.
#Gtuít started trending on Twitter yesterday the minute after higher level paper one was handed up but students seemed more confused than anything about the word’s meaning. Not to worry though, Gaelport.com has all the answers!
In recent years the Irish language has reached new heights with the help of social media, Twitter in particular. Irish is mentioned as one of the top minority languages used on the social media with thousands of users messaging and connecting with one another as Gaeilge every day.
The ‘G-Tuít’ concept was developed by Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge a year ago to launch the new mobile app m.gaelport.com. The event was an Irish language version of a ‘Tweet-up’, with the G standing for Gaeilge and also for Gaelport.com’s signature logo.
An invitation was extended to the Irish language ‘twitterati’ to come and socialise with one another in ‘real-life’ rather than hiding behind an online persona or @username. Although the social aspect of the event was a success, people had no qualms about escaping into cyberspace to send a tweet or 20 as seen in the following video:
Watch the clip on www.gaelport.com
Although yesterday’s tweets showed confusion at first about #Gtuít, it is clear from the latest feedback that young people are thinking positively about the Irish language in technology:
“Felt so weird hashtagging in Irish, in an exam #Gtuit”
“#Gtuít – Best Hashtag ever.”
“#Gtuít abú!!”
“Loved the Irish junior cert today wooo #Gtuít”
Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge intends on organising more G-Tuít events in the near future that would bring together bloggers, developers, the Irish language community in general and those interested in technology. If this sounds like your kind of thing, send an e-mail to eolas@gaelport.com to express your interest.
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