Sunday, February 26, 2006

Greetings!

HELLO, everyone!
Salve! (Latin)
Hola! (Spanish)
Hej! (Swedish)
Che sha-ah la! (Chinese, Burmese, Thai
Goeie dag! (Southern African)
Shalom! (Israeli, Turkan)
Yaa! (Ghanan)
Use! (Nigerian-morning)
Bonjour! (French)
Haa! (Comanche-Oklahoma, USA)
Guten tag! (German)
Yoyo! (British Columbia Canada)
Mauri! (Pacific Islands)

Thought this was cool.
Thanks to Jennifer's Language Page...The title says there's more than 800 greetings!
Seeya...Vale!
~Ruthie Girl

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ruthie, I have this against you: You left out that princess of the tongues of men, Italian. What on earth can you have been thinking?
-Joel

...I just think of these things, and then I don't feel so bad!

  • Barnes and Noble (and books in general)
  • birthday parties
  • friends
  • fun words (like effervescent and uber)
  • knitting
  • learning languages
  • RUF
  • Scrabble...and other word games
  • skiing
  • sleep-overs
  • swimming
  • tea
  • traveling (not the car part, so much!)
  • weddings
  • writing fantasy stories