Raise Your Beer Mug To The World Or How To Say Cheers! In Zulu
December 25, 2010 by Celebration
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By : Eunice Randon zero times read
The Moguls did it. Thus did the Vikings. “A mouth of a wonderfully happy man is crammed with beer.” When coining that phrase, you don’t assume this anonymous Egyptian from 2200 BC kept it to himself. I can see him raise his drinking vessel to his Nile-side neighbors while repeating the words.
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Every country in the globe has some type of ancient drinking toast, usually dozens. Typically one or two words, common toasts are not in the same league with toasts to the bride (which will drone on for hours), or to the retiree who’s been with us for thirty years however would rather get to his food whereas it’s hot. All of those very should be briefer, especially if a meal is being served. The everyday, no black tie, corner pub toasts exist in each culture and the overwhelming majority simply mean ‘I want you good health’. Not surprisingly it is the English who have strayed from the norm. ‘Cheers’, ‘Down the Hatch’, ‘Bottoms up’ and several more. I continuously assumed the latter observed the bottom of the glass, but the Hawaiians have taken this literally. ‘Okole Maluna’ means that ‘buttocks up’. I am including a list of multi-national toasts to impress your friends and use as a sign of respect when in the corporate of folks from different cultures.
Here’s a bit of etiquette to go with your cosmopolitan language skills. It’s customary to toast the first round, and let the host go first. There’s some controversy over the clinking of glasses. It is said that the tradition started as a sly method to check the authenticity of the host’s crystal. Whether the Vikings clinked wood goblets or not, it is thought of additional civilized to ‘bit glasses’ rather than bash along in an exceedingly resounding crash. And whereas you’re concerning it, serve on the left and remove from the correct!
Toasts From Several Lands
This is often just a sampling of easy drinking toasts from around the world. Some are impossible to search out in language dictionaries as they’re colloquial phrases, slang or in dialect. I apologize in advance for spelling mistakes: I’m no linguist. Meanings are included once I might find them. Fill in the blanks if you can. Some are simply a general ‘cheers’. If you were creating a bet on potential translation, you wouldn’t lose cash by suggesting that each one of those toasts is wishing the recipient continued health and general well being. My spell check is about to travel wild!
za vashe zdorovye (Russian)
slainte duine a ol (Irish) to your health
genatzt (Armenian)
a sua saude (Portuguese) smart health
a votre sante (French) to your health
banzai (long life) (Japanese)or
kanpai (dry glass!) (Japanese)
bud mo (Ukranian)
cin cin (chin chin) (cheers) (Italian) or
alla salute (in good health) (Italian)
proost (Dutch) cheers
vivat (Polish) revival, survival
tervist (Estonian) general greeting
skal (Danish) cheers
here’s trying at you (child, optional) (Yankee/Bogart)
kia ora (Maori) all purpose greeting
egeszsegedre (Hungarian) to your health
Iechyd da (Welsh) sensible health
I sveikas (Lithuanian) your health
kippis (Finnish) cheers
le’chaim (Jewish) to life
na zdravi (Czech) to your health
noroc (Romanian)
prosit (German) here’s to you (and your health after all)
wen lie (Chinese)
salud (Spanish)
bahkt tu kel (Romany/Gypsy) sensible luck and health be on you
Here it’s people – oogy wawa (Zulu)
(wawa means that ‘fell’, oogy wasn’t listed, any ideas?)
We tend to ought to all feel well cheered and healthy after all that!
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Originally posted 2010-10-10 12:54:20.
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