Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Day 128: Hola, Bonjour, Jambo...

In English alone, there are a myriad of ways to say "hello." Hi. Hey. What's up? Yo. G'day. How you doin'? And so on, with more ways in every other language too, obviously. And today I added three new ways to say "hello," in three languages I know no other words in.

Icelandic: Godan dag, to Bjork, who is Icelandic.

Gaelic: Dia duit, to Ewan McGregor, who is Scottish, so therefore Gaelic, I think?

Luxembourgish: Moien, to George Clooney, who is not from Luxembourg, but it's his birthday, and he's pretty, and I would love to say "moien" to him.

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