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Christmas Quiz!

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John

John Report 24 Dec 2004 15:14

5, 10 and 30 are fab. Catalonian and Norwegian are there somewhere.

Unknown

Unknown Report 24 Dec 2004 15:13

Back again, this time got teenage son involved (well he is doing geography for GCSE!): You just beat us to 22 - we thought Catalonian! 2. Norwegian 5. Swedish 10. Irish 30. Turkish Any good? Mandy :)

John

John Report 24 Dec 2004 15:11

25 is good, 22 is kind of Spanish - from Peru. Jude's answer for 2/ was almost right.

Louise2212

Louise2212 Report 24 Dec 2004 15:09

would have said 22 is spanish but could be portuguse as well as 25

John

John Report 24 Dec 2004 15:03

You're both very clever. Correct answers so far: 3, 6, 9, 11,12, 17, 18, 19, 21, 26 and 29

Unknown

Unknown Report 24 Dec 2004 14:58

Not duplicating some of Jude's, hubby and I reckon the following! 2. Danish 5. Norwegian 6. Dutch 8. Gaelic/Irish? 12. German 18. Japanese 21. Finnish 26. Russian 28. Portuguese 29. Spanish Mandy :)

John

John Report 24 Dec 2004 14:32

1/ REHUS-BEAL-LEDEAT [Eritrean] 2/ Gesëende Kersfees [Afrikaans] 3/ Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun. Sing Dan Fai Lok [Chinese - Cantonese] 4/ Glaedelig Jul [Danish] 5/ God Jul Och Gott Nytt År! [Swedish] 6/ Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar [Dutch] 7/ Gajan Kristnaskon [Esperanto] 8/ Ollick Ghennal Erriu as Blein Feer Die. Seihil as Slaynt Da'n Slane Loght Thie. [Manx] 9/ Joyeux Noël et heureuse année [French] 10/ Nolag mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fe Mhaise [Gaelic - Irish] 11/ Nadolic Llawen. Blwyddn Newdd Dda. [Welsh] 12/ Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein gesegnetes neues Jahr [German] 13/ Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Ethos [Greek] 14/ Mo'adim Lesimkha [Hebrew] 15/ Gledileg jol og farsaelt komandi ar. Gledlig jol og Nyar [Icelandic] 16/ Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah [Iraq] 17/ Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo [Italian] 18/ Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto. [Japanese] 19/ Merry Christmas [English] 20/ God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar [Norwegian] 21/ Hauskaa Joulua. Hyvää joulua ja Onnellista uutta vuotta [Finnish] 22/ Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo [Peru] 23/ Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur [Scottish Gaelic] 24/ Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i szczesliwego Nowego Roku. [Polish] 25/ Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo [Portuguese] 26/ S prazdnikom Rozdestva Hristova i s Novim Godom [Russian] 27/ Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa. [Singhalese] 28/ Bon Nadal i Feliç Any Nou [Catalan] 29/ Feliz Navidad y prospero Año Nuevo. [Spanish] 30/ Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun. Yeni Yilnizi Kutar, saadetler dilerim. [Turkish]

John

John Report 24 Dec 2004 14:32

If you've got time, here are thirty seasonal greetings. Tell me the language/country if you can!