Merry Christmas!

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Hello all,

Just drop by to say hello to you all and wish everyone here a merry christmas.


Shirley.

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hi,

Many thanks Shirely, and hope that everyone has a great New Year.

regards, Scott

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Hi everyone,

Molly and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Geseende Kerfees en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar (Afrikaans)

Gozhqq Keshmish (Apache)

Selamat Hari Natal dan Tahun Baru (Bahasa)

Winshuyu sa Svyatkami i z Novym godam! (Belorussian)

Mbung Mbung Krismie & Mbung Mbung Ngouh Suiie (Bandang)

Shuvo Baro Din - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a Stastny novy rok (Czech)

Shuvo Nabo Barsho  (Bengali)

I'Taamomohkatoyiiksistsikomi (Blackfoot)

Seng Dan Fai Lok, Sang Nian Fai Lok (Cantonese)

Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth (Cornish)

Glædelig Jul og godt nytår (Danish)

Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! (Dutch)

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! (French)

Gilotsavt Krist'es Shobas & Gilosavt akhal ts'els (Georgian)

Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr! (Deutsche)

Kala Christougenna Ki'eftihismenos O Kenourios Chronos (Greek)

Natal ni shub kaamnao & Saal Mubarak (Gujarati)

Shubh Naya Baras (Hindi)

Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket és Boldog újévet! (Hungarian)

Selamat Hari Natal & Selamat Tahun Baru (Indonesian)

Nollaig Shona Dhuit (Irish)

Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo (Italian)

Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto (Japanese)

Seva piroz sahibe u sersala te piroz be (Kurdish)

Linksmu Kaledu ir laimingu Nauju metu (Lithuanian)

Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Mandarin)

Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa (Manx)

Crist Yesu Ko Shuva Janma Utsav Ko Upalaxhma Hardik Shuva & Naya Barsa Ko harkik Shuvakamana (Nepali)

eg ynskjer hermed dykk alle ein god jul og godt nyttår  (Norwegian Nynorsk)

Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku. (Polish)

Nave sal di mubaraka (Punjabi)

Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom (Russian)

Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ur! (Scots Gaelic)

Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo (Spanish)

God Jul och Gott Nytt År (Swedish)

Suksan Wan Christmas lae Sawadee Pee Mai (Thai)

Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun (Turkish)

Veseloho Vam Rizdva i Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku! (Ukrainian)

Nadolig LLawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda (Welsh)


I hope that I have not missed anyone out (I don't know the Tagalog or Pueblo, sorry).

A bottle of Merlot for the first person to spot the spelling mistake.

Regards

Bob

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Holy Smoly, Bob, you speak a lot of languages!

Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year to all readers/contributors

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Tagalog

Maligayang Pasko! - Merry Christmas!
Masaganang Bagong Taon! - Happy New Year!


Ilonggo

Merry Christmas - Malipayon nga Pascua
Happy New Year - Mahamungayaon nga Bag-ong Tuig

Thai

Suk San Wan Christmas

But for me as a Scotsman

Roll on Hogmanay


Cheers

JJ

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Hi Fizzy & Jumping Jock,

It's amazing how many languages you can speak after a few drams.

Thanks for the Tagalog and Ilonggo , but I had already given you the Thai. Nice try though.

Where would they speak Illonggo? Paisley perhaps!

Bob

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Yes but the Thai said merry Christmas and a happy new year  so I thought I would just show the pure merry Christmas( สุขสันต์วันคริสตร์มาส) for the very few non Thai speakers

You obviously have not been to Glasgow recently as the SM2H (Scotland my 2nd Home) scheme has been successfully running for years along side the UKGMM ( United Kingdom Give Me Money) long term tourist initiative.

How about LAO - souksan van Christmas

I wonder who will be my first foot (you can explain it ha ha)

 

JJJ (Jumping Jimmy Jock)

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It's a fair point,

Being able to trace my heritage back to Black Olaf via the Gunn & Mackay clan the highlands will always be my ancestral home. A'dinnieken aboot they  Sassenach toons such as Glasgae and London yuud hae tae be a Windae-licker tae bide there.

An Englishman entered a bar and stood beside a Scotsman. After they had chatted for a while the Scot asked "Where are you from?" The Englishman replied "I'm from the finest country in the world." The Scot looked sceptical and replied "Are you? You have a damn funny accent for a Scotsman."

First-Footing, in British folklore, especially that of the north and Scotland, is the first person who crosses the threshold on New Year's Eve. Good luck is believed to be brought to the house by the First-Foot, and a female First-Foot is regarded with dread. In Lancashire a light-haired man is as unlucky as a woman, and it became a custom for a dark-haired male to be the one and only first-foot. In Worcestershire luck is ensured by stopping the first carol-singer who appears and leading him through the house. In Yorkshire it must always be a male who enters the house first, but his fairness is no objection. The first-foot usually brings a gift of coal and salt. The coal representing "warmth" for the year ahead and the salt representing "flavour". In Scotland first-footing was always more elaborate than in England, involving a subsequent entertainment.

I hope my first foot is Gwen Stephanie, bugger the folklore!

Rab

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A Scotsman walking through a field, sees a man drinking water from a pool with his hand.
The Scotsman man shouts ' Awa ye feel hoor thatâs full Oâ coos Sharn'
(Don't drink the water, it's full of cow s ** t.)
The man shouts back 'I'm English, Speak English, I don't understand you'.
The Scotsman man shouts back 'Use both hands, you'll get more in.'


Well I bide 25 miles North of Aberdeen and try not to go to the deep south of Glasgow

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?&hloc=GB|AB42#t=l&map=57.50119,-2.06371|12|4&loc=GB:57.50119:-2.06371:15|AB42%205dg|AB42%205DG
and a dram to the first person who can guess my occupation

Cheers

JJ

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Hi JJ

You'll be a forester then or a monk at Deer Abbey.

Rab

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Ha ha - Love the Monk idea

Good guess with the forester

I am a Gamekeeper and Gun dog trainer

cheers

JJ

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I am truly envious, a fine life you have.

The owner of a hunting lodge in Scotland presented his gamekeeper with a

fur cap, of the sort having ear flaps. When at the lodge the following

year, the gentleman asked the gamekeeper how he liked the cap. The keeper

shook his head dolefully."I've nae worn it since the accident."

"What accident was that?" his employer demanded. "I've heard of none."

 "A mon offered me a dram, and I heard naething of it."

Cheers

Bob

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Hi JJ,

A fine lot of dogs you have. Did you enjoy working on "The estate"

Bob

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Ha ha

Well tracked down   

If you are anywhere near at any time, drop in for a water of life

JJ

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Hi JJ

A dram of anything from your area would be most welcome. Although I fear it will be some time before I can take up your invitation as we are off to live in Penang as soon as our house is sold.

You seem to have some links with Thailand , did you live there at some time?


Slainte Mhath

Rab