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    Feliz Navidad

    Campbell Brodie
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Wed 21 Dec 2011 - 20:53

    Just in case you run into a Choctaw Indian in the pub this Christmas, here is how you say "Merry Christmas" to him/her...

      How "Merry Christmas" is said .....
      Afrikaans: Geseënde Kersfees
      Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees
      African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
      Albanian:Gezur Krislinjden
      Arabic: Milad Majid
      Argentine: Feliz Navidad
      Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
      Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
      Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal
      Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
      Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha
      Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce
      Bosnian: (BOSANSKI) Cestit Bozic i Sretna Nova godina
      Brazilian: Feliz Natal
      Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
      Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
      Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
      Chile: Feliz Navidad
      Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
      Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
      Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
      Columbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
      Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
      Corsian: Pace e salute
      Crazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
      Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
      Croatian: Sretan Bozic
      Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
      Danish: Glædelig Jul
      Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
      Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast
      English: Merry Christmas
      Eskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
      Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
      Estonian: Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi
      Ethiopian: (Amharic) Melkin Yelidet Beaal
      Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
      Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
      Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
      Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
      French: Joyeux Noel
      Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
      Galician: Bo Nada
      Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
      German: Fröhliche Weihnachten
      Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
      Haiti: (Creole) Jwaye Nowel or to Jesus Edo Bri'cho o Rish D'Shato Brichto
      Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
      Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
      Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
      Hindi: Shub Naya Baras (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
      Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
      Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
      Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
      Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
      Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
      Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.
      Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
      Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
      Jiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
      Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
      Lao: souksan van Christmas
      Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
      Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
      Lausitzian:Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
      Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
      Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
      Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
      Luxembourgish: Schèine Chreschtdaag an e gudde Rutsch
      Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
      Maltese: IL-Milied It-tajjeb
      Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
      Maori: Meri Kirihimete
      Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
      Navajo: Merry Keshmish
      Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
      Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado
      Papiamento: Bon Pasco
      Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
      Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
      Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
      Philippines: Maligayang Pasko!
      Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
      Portuguese:Feliz Natal
      Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
      Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
      Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
      Romanche: (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
      Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele or Craciun fericit
      Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
      Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
      Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
      Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
      Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh
      Serbian: Hristos se rodi.
      Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
      Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
      Slovene: Vesele Bozicne Praznike Srecno Novo Leto or Vesel Bozic in srecno Novo
      leto
      Spanish: Feliz Navidad
      Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
      Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
      Tamil: (Tamizh) Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
      Trukeese: (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
      Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai or souksan wan Christmas
      Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
      Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym or Z RIZDVOM HRYSTOVYM
      Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
      Vietnamese: Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
      Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
      Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!






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    Nollaig Chridheil Huibh!
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    Post by Topdog Wed 21 Dec 2011 - 21:00

    Thanks Cam but you missed out bullshit.
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    Post by Mischief Maker Wed 21 Dec 2011 - 21:04



    Mele Kalikimaka!
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Wed 21 Dec 2011 - 21:07

    Mischief Maker wrote:

    Mele Kalikimaka!

    Haha! That was on Radio2 today. ♫ Meli Kalikimaka ♫ de de de de deeee!
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    Post by Mischief Maker Wed 21 Dec 2011 - 21:11

    there is a kt tunstall version but no pic just the sound

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    Post by Campbell Brodie Wed 21 Dec 2011 - 21:13

    Look at the similarities of the Celtic nations...
    Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
    Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
    Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
    Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
    Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! (agus Bliadhna mhath ur! means "and a happy new year")
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    Post by Mischief Maker Wed 21 Dec 2011 - 21:15

    yep it's pretty interesting the similarities between languages
    i still remember when you pointed out gaelic and spanish word for church are very alike

    (for those who don't know eaglais and iglesia)
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    Post by 3rdforum Wed 21 Dec 2011 - 21:23

    Can i just point out that the second part of the Irish one isn't Irish i.e."Nodlaig mhaith chugnat" I don't care what other websites say! If I was to guess I'd say either Scottish gaelic or Ulster Scots. ( Why has my font suddenly increased??)
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    Post by Campbell Brodie Wed 21 Dec 2011 - 21:29

    3rdforum wrote:Can i just point out that the second part of the Irish one isn't Irish i.e."Nodlaig mhaith chugnat" I don't care what other websites say! If I was to guess I'd say either Scottish gaelic or Ulster Scots. ( Why has my font suddenly increased??)

    Nowt wrong with your font ya nutter!
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    Post by 3rdforum Wed 21 Dec 2011 - 21:37

    Gremlins innit. When I was typing it, the words got bigger and if I edit the post, there still bigger, though it might have something to do with Eileen's bifocals that I wearing Feliz Navidad 3095951175

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