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enaj64kr
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 Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: about happy birthday |
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We say "Happy birthday to you." to many children and adults.
Can we say "Happy birthday to you." to a new born baby, too? |
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CP
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Not until it is one year old. One's birthday is the anniversary of one's birth, not the day of one's birth. Anyway, a newborn won't understand you no matter what you say. 
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lotus
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hi enaj64kr,
Some new fathers might say "Happy Birthday" to their babies at some time on the day they are born-- since it is their "birth" day. This is kind of a cute way to welcome the baby to the world. In China, you are one years old when you are born.
--lotus
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