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Re: CHAT: Happy Birthday (was Re: Re: Uglossia and Utopia)

From:Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...>
Date:Saturday, September 25, 1999, 18:49
>Gustavo Eulalio wrote: > >Well, happy birthday (or unbirthday, as it may be) to all! >Question: how do people here wish others a happy birthday >in their conlangs?
The Tokana don't celebrate birthdays, but if they did, they'd probably say something like "onie kesta emoitanko ume", which means "may your acquisition of a year be happy" (trust me, the Tokana original is much less clunky than the translation!). Matt.