Happy Birthday Esmerelda_t!!

[anteros_lmc]

Lt Hornblower would like to wish the divine Ms Esmerelda_t a very Happy Birthday and Many Happy Returns of the Day!




Ps What does "many happy returns of the day" actually mean?!

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[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

[azdak.livejournal.com]

What does "many happy returns of the day" actually mean.


I've always assumed that it meant "may this day return happily many times" ie "I wish you lots of happy future birthdays", but I've never actually checked so I could be completely wrong.

Whatever it means, I wish esmerelda_t happy birthday, too!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

That seems to be the general consensus *nods* It just suddenly struck me that it's a curious phrase we use but which I'd never really thought about!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

I shall add your greeting to my repertoire! If I could pronounce it... ;)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

/ˈgraˌtʰɪs pʰoː ˌføːdelsɛˈdɑgɛn/
Yikes! XD

if you stress 'anden' in one way it means 'the spirit', but if you stress it differently it means 'the duck'.
ROFL! Any language with the potential to confuse ducks and spirits wins in my book :)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

/ˈgraˌtʰɪs pʰoː ˌføːdelsɛˈdɑːgɛn/
*faints*

'Stöta på' can mean 1)bump into 2)hit on :D
Hmmm yes, I can see that would causes problems!

"Får får får?"
Does that have anything to do with ducks?!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Nope. Sheep.
Sheep??! *dies laughing*

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

I think you lost me on the third far ;)

I have to confess I have never heard much Swedish. I'm a bit more familiar with Norwegian as I have a Norwegian colleagues I used to do a lot of work with, but I have no idea if the two languages are familiar or not? There's cerainly some commonality between Norweigian and Gaelic as they share a certain amount of vocabulary due to the Norse influence in the Highlands and Islands during the Viking period.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

we have three more letters than youuu!
And a lot more sheep too by the sound of things! ;P

Some of the place names on the island I'm from will probably sound very familiar to you: Sandwick, Bosta, Laxdale, Ness, Islivig, etc, etc. You'd feel right at home!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

*nods* That makes perfect sense. It's an oddly archaic phrase to use isn't it?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_likimeya/]

So that's what triggered the grey hair worries? ;)
Happy Birthday!!!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

I can't speak for esmerelda_t or Lt Hornblower but I swear by Naturtint hair dye! XD

[http://users.livejournal.com/_likimeya/]

Sounds good. =) Mine is called Terra. The guidelines advice you to add tea to it to intensify the colour, and it somehow preserves the smell, so that my head smells of tea whenever it gets wet. :D *ms random information*

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Well Ms Random Information, if we ever meet I will look out for the girl that smells of tea!

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

Thank you to all, including Lt Hornblower, for the birthday wishes!

One of my other friends assures me it's a platinum highlight and not a grey hair. *nods*

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

You are most very welcome indeed m'dear! And I hope you have had a splendid day :)

it's a platinum highlight and not a grey hair
Don't worry sweetie, I'll lend you my Naturtint ;P

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

Huzzay, huzzay, huzzay!

[nodbear.livejournal.com]

Birthday greetings from Me too and on behalf of volgivagant
Here is a nice boy from Cardiff come to cheer you up for the grey hair!