LL-L 'Idiomatica' 2006.08.29 (02) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 29 August 2006 * Volume 02
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From: 'Karl-Heinz Lorenz' [Karl-Heinz.Lorenz at gmx.net]
Subject: LL-L 'Celebrations' 2006.08.28 (02) [E]

> From: Ben J. Bloomgren [Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu]
> Subject: LL-L 'Celebrations' 2006.08.25 (02) [D/E/F]
>
> Reinhard, birthday boy?
>
> Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!
>
> Aw man... Gefeliciteerd? Doesn't the Germanic branch have its own version
> of
> "made happy" or somesuch?
> Ben

Hartelijk gelukwens aan je verjaardag!
Het beste aan je verjaardag!

for German:

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag!
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!

Don't these translations work at all?

Do you also use "geboortedag" for "birthday"?

What about: (Een) zalig verjaardag! or "(Een) gelukkige verjaardag!" for Happy
birthday!

or more modern:

Een geiles verjaardag festje!

Does this work? Did Dutch "geil" undergo the same change of meaning as German "geil"?

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From: 'Marcel Bas' [roepstem at hotmail.com]
Subject: LL-L 'Celebrations' 2006.08.28 (02) [E]

>Aw man... Gefeliciteerd? Doesn't the Germanic branch have its own version of
>"made happy" or somesuch?
>Ben

Hi Ben. Sure, in Afrikaans you got 'Veels geluk met jou verjaardag', and in Dutch
you could say 'Van harte gelukgewenst met...' whatever. But 'gefeliciteerd
met...' is normal. I even believe that in Groningen people say 'Felisiteerd met...'.

Best regards,

Marcel.

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From: Paul Tatum [ptatum at blueyonder.co.uk]
Subject: LL-L Mice

Squeak squeak.

P. Tatum

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