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  1. Newsgroups: soc.penpals
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!dxcern!uxuw03.cern.ch!ferguson
  3. From: ferguson@uxuw03.cern.ch (Douglas Ferguson)
  4. Subject: Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR in 100 Languages...
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan21.203124.14590@dxcern.cern.ch>
  6. Sender: news@dxcern.cern.ch (USENET News System)
  7. Reply-To: ferguson@uxuw03.cern.ch (Douglas Ferguson)
  8. Organization: ALEPH
  9. References: <15JAN199310152457@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov> <1993Jan15.222126.16645@ast.saic.com>
  10. Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:31:24 GMT
  11. Lines: 24
  12.  
  13. >        I am very interested in this thread started by someone: Speaking
  14. >"Happy New Year" in 100 languages. The following is the languages I picked
  15. >up along this thread. If the languages you know are not included in here,
  16. >please FOLLOWUP and add them to this list. Many thanks. (T. Zhang)
  17. >
  18. >Gujrati:              Naveen saal aasheervaad ! (Happy new year)
  19. >Hindi:                Naya saal mubarak !       (Happy new year)
  20. >Japanese:             Shiawa-seh na Shin'nen !  (Happy New Year)
  21. >Malayalam:            Subhavatsaraasamsakal !   (Happy new year)
  22. >English:              Happy New Year !          (Happy new year)
  23. >Persian:              Saleh no mo-raab-ak !     (Happy new year)
  24. >Chinese:              Xinnian Kuaile !          (Happy new year)
  25. >German:               Froehliches Neues Jahr    (Happy New Year)
  26. >Filipino:             Manigong Bagong Taon      (Happy New Year)
  27. >Thai                   Sawasdee Pee Mai !     (Happy New Year)
  28. >Spanish (Mexico)      Feliz Anos  (n with ~)    (Happy New Year).
  29.  
  30. from a friend learning french:  Joyeuse nouvelle anne'e (he's not completely
  31. sure)
  32. from a dictionary: bonne anne'e   (this was deemed suspicious though).
  33.  
  34. -douglas 
  35.  
  36. ferguson@vxaluw
  37.