breadbox..... looked but cant find the right connotation
I want to buy a Honda Element( looks like bread box or toaster) and get vanity plates for it. so i need to get the best word for it GRMA!

"bosca aráin" -- too many letters? Maybe just "bosca" then?

Or "toaster", which is just "tóstaer"?

But hey, what are the aerodynamics of those things?

box shaped but good for my dogs and camping
waterproof seats for 2 black labs!! and they love
to go in car and water but the vanity plate has to be 8 letters or less any help on this one? come on y'all
Thanks Dennis

Eight letters, eh. You must live in one of the big states.

8 mo bhosca = my box
7 an bosca = the box
7 conchró = kennel

I like 'conchró'. You could write the fada above the 'o' with a black marker without distorting the letter itself.
The word 'con' refers to hounds, and is more appropriate for labradors (I think they were actually bred for hunting long ago) than the word 'madra' which translates your garden variety 'dog'.
And a 'cró' is an enclosed space; to me it implies a small space. The word has a variety of meanings, including a socket, small building, or animal shed on a farm.

'Tigh con' is another idea.
I'd translate it 'Hounds' house' or 'house of the hounds.'
The word 'Tigh' is used for pub names. 'Tigh Murphy' = 'Murphy's House' or 'Murphy's Pub.'

'Tigh' (I'd pronounce it similar to 'chee', but be warned that my accent is terrible) is the dative singular of 'teach'. It's use is similar to that of the French 'chez.'

Another good Irish word for license plates is 'sláinte' which translates literally 'health' and (as everybody knows) is a drinking toast.

Hmmm. mo2madra - My 2 dogs. 8 letters.

2cú dubh - 2 black hounds. 7 letters + space

cú istigh - hound inside. 8 letters. Yes, I realize it says only a single dog. It's a shot. :)

síob con - hounds' ride. 7 letters + space I'm not so sure of the grammar on that though. I think more properly you'd use the article. Then again, there may be some who might argue to turn it into a compund word.

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mo2madra - My 2 dogs. 8 letters

Nope. "2" (dhá) lenites: mo2mhadra But mo2chú works just fine!

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2cú dubh - 2 black hounds. 7 letters + space

I think the excruciatingly correct version would be 2chú dhubha, although I'm not sure about the lenition of dhubha here. Even without it, you're over the limit on that.

GO RAIBH MAITH AGAT! Wa is large but not too much population 6 million maybe? liz i like the ones you gave to me but any more? slan! again thanks Dennis and Maidhc og

Ah yes, GRMA for the corrections there Dennis. I'd suggest painting the urú dots aobove the letters where they would go, but I don't know the legality of that in WA. Here in PA, it's illegal to make any sort of alterations to your plates - anything to make a buck from us. :-(
con¿íob Gee, I thought that was cute.

is every body from wa?
what about bosca mhadra?

Bosca is masculine, so > bosca madra / bocsa madaidh, anyway.

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is every body from wa[shington state]?

Tusa, mise, Liz, Mahoo. Cé eile?

I'm from WA. Lynnwood area