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thrylos
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 Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: How do you say holiday greetings in other languages? |
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Such as "Happy holidays", "Merry Xmas", "Happy New Years"....
Greek-- "Kales giortes", "Kala Xristougenna", "Kali Protohronia"
Korean-- "Sehebok mani paduseyo" (same), "Sehebok..." |
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tzechuk
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lawyertood
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Location: Seoul, Incheon and the World--working undercover for the MOJ
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rokgryphon
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| There was one guy in my college town, he was homeless and every year around holiday time he would rush into the local Subway sandwich shop and scream, "Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Lick my hoop!". Now I know that is English but it is certainly a new way of saying it. |
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D-Man
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Polish: Merry Christmas = Wesolych Swiat
Happy New Year's= Szczesliwego nowego roku(trying saying that 10 times fast!)
German: Merry Christmas= Froliche Weinachten(spelling is a bit off I think) |
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pidgin
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Thai:
Happy New Year: "Sawatti Bee Mai" |
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ntchimy
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| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:43 am Post subject: |
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Vietnamese:
"Happy New Year" --> "Chuc mung nam moi" |
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CentralCali
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daskalos
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| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:09 am Post subject: Re: How do you say holiday greetings in other languages? |
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| thrylos wrote: |
Such as "Happy holidays", "Merry Xmas", "Happy New Years"....
Greek-- "Kales giortes", "Kala Xristougenna", "Kali Protohronia"
Korean-- "Sehebok mani paduseyo" (same), "Sehebok..." |
I've never met a Greek who said, "Kali protochronia." It's just "kali chronia." (Καλή χρονιά) But the generic, never-fail Greek for any celebration (birthday, which they largely do not do, name day, independence day, no day, Christmas, New Year's) is Chronia Polla - Χρόνια Πολλά - Many Years. |
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