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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:12 AM
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Teach us to say "Merry Christmas" in a foreign language, please.
In honor of my mother's Bohemian ancestry, here it is in Czech:

Vesele Vanoce - Va See Lee Va nos (second word rhymes with verbose)
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:13 AM
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1. Feliz Navidad
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:58 AM
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28. There is no CRISTO in "Navidad"... What Gives?
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:14 AM
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2. I only know Feliz Navidad and Joueux Noel
If I even spelled those right.

LOL :)

Merry Christmas though :)
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:15 AM
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3. Bah, Humbug!
That's geezer/miser for Merry Christmas :)
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:16 AM
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4. Frohe Weihnachten
That's German, for those who can't tell :D I think there's other ways to say it too, but this is the only one I know.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:32 AM
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10. Froehliche Weinachten
eom
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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 10:12 AM
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19. ...and Gesegnete Weihnachten :)
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:57 AM
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27. or Herzlige Weinachtsfest
...a more southern FRG phrasing, IIRC.
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 10:27 AM
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21. Oops . . .
:D
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:57 AM
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26. Google Translates That To Be: "MERRY WINE-RESPECTING"
Wh-wha-WHAT?? Where's CHRIST?? --- What's wrong with Germany... have the TAKEN CHRIST OUT of Christmas???

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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:10 PM
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40. ROFL Merry wine-respecting
Thanks, now I finally had a laugh to-day :)

I think that might be because it's really spelled with an H - WeiHnachten, not Weinachten. Wein = Wine, that's true. Weih-nachten means something like "hallowed night".

*is still chuckling*
:hi:
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:16 AM
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5. Buon Natale
Italian
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:22 AM
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6. Nollaig Chridheil Huibh
Scots Gaelic. One of the few phrases I remember from a Christmas season in the foothills of the highlands. Hope I got the spelling correct.
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eleonora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:23 AM
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7. Joyeux Noel n/t
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:23 AM
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8. Meri Kurisumasu
Japanese

180
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:26 AM
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9. Mele Kalikimaka
Hawaiian. Wish I was there instead of freezing my ass off here in the deep freeze.
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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:34 AM
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11. Eyzben dejhed!
Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 09:41 AM by Algorem
In Sikh.
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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:41 AM
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12. *signs Happy Christmas*
that's ASL for Merry Christmas... ASL doesn't really have a sign for Merry, so we use the sign for happy. This is Merry Christmas:
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:51 AM
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15. Very cool, thanks for that!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:43 AM
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13. Errymay Istmaschray!
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LiberalKid Donating Member (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:49 AM
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14. MARRY CHHR1STMAS! lmao - I is t3h 1337!
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:52 AM
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16. Danistayohihv & Aliheli'sdi Itse Udetiyvsadisv - Cherokee
Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 09:53 AM by Catch22Dem
That's Merry Xmas & Happy New Year
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corksean Donating Member (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:53 PM
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47. Nollaig Shona Duit - Irish n/t
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:56 AM
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17. Here's a cool language!
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 10:04 AM
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18. Gajan Kristnaskon
Esperanto!
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 10:27 AM
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20. God Jul
på Svenska
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 12:55 PM
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37. och på Norska och Danska. n/t
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Pikku Donating Member (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 10:43 AM
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22. Hyvää Joulua - Finnish
O8)
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 10:55 AM
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23. Selamat hari natal-Indonesian!
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:07 AM
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24. Cool Yule
From the sixties.
Yes it was a foreign language
Man
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HEAVYHEART Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 11:56 AM
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25. Maligayang Pasko
Ok, can anyone here guess what language this is?
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 12:01 PM
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29. Icelandic?
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 12:38 PM
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32. In Icelandic it's "Gleðileg jól."
Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 12:38 PM by ZombieNixon
Pronounced approximately as "GLETH-ih-leg YOLE" where TH is like the "th" in "the."
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 12:33 PM
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30. Sorry. Replied to wrong post.
Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 12:34 PM by ZombieNixon
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 12:34 PM
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31. Tagalog. n/t
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HEAVYHEART Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 03:48 PM
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50. You are correct!
:* :bounce:
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:18 PM
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41. Tagalog
or some other Philippine language.
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HEAVYHEART Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 03:49 PM
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51. You too Lydia, are correct!
:* :bounce:
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Flammable Materials Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 12:40 PM
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33. Gelukkige Kerstfeest!
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 12:46 PM
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35. Flemish
also Marols and some dialects of Dutch.
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 12:44 PM
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34. ...
Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 12:51 PM by ZombieNixon
Irish: Beannachtaí na Nollag (BANE-akh-tee na KNOLL-ahg), Maith Nollag (MYE KNOLL-ahg) or Nollaig Shona (KNOLL-ige HO-na)

Norwegian: God jul (GO yule)

Hindi: Krismasa mangalamaya ho (KRIS-muss-uh MUNG-guh-luh-muh-yuh HO)

This language I made up: Ghraeigenu kobus kapú
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 12:54 PM
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36. Ooh, remmebered another one.
Russian: S'Rozhdestvom Khristovym
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barackmyworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 12:55 PM
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38. Polish--Wesolych Swiat
phonetically, it's kinda like "weh-sow-weh shfyont"
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 01:41 PM
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39. Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije
Frisian. (A province of Netherlands with its own flag, language and passport. And sometimes it even closes its borders.)

Dutch...Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:19 PM
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42. Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jaungadu
Latvian
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:20 PM
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43. Shengdan kuaile
Mandarin Chinese
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:21 PM
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44. Estonian
Rõõmsad Jõulud! (Merry Yule)
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:27 PM
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45. "Happy Chrimble"
Mid 1960's Liverpudlian dialect
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 02:34 PM
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46. Craciun Fericit! (cra-ch-oon fe-ri-chit) - Romanian
Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 02:35 PM by robbedvoter
Lots of beautiful carols, traditions there.
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eSTIV Donating Member (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 03:03 PM
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48. "FELIZ NATAL" ...Portuguese (BR)
feh-leez nah-tahl (short a not ahhh)
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Lizzie Borden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 03:45 PM
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49. C ROZHESTVOM
literally 'with the birth'. Russian.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 05:12 PM
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52. Boldog Karacsony!
That's Hungarian.

By the way, that phrase has NOTHING to do with either bulldogs or the Sony Corporation. :-)
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BuddhaGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 06:10 PM
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53. Shnorhavor Nor Daree yev Sourp Dzenount
Armenian (I think I remembered correctly!!) :-)
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 06:11 PM
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54. Errymay Istmaschray
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lakemonster11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:21 PM
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55. Kala Kristouyenna!
(Greek)
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:25 PM
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56. Joyeux Noël
français
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-25-04 09:26 PM
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57. Binary - inspired by other thread....
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