Raise Beer Mug To World How Say Cheers In Zulu
The Moguls did it. Therefore did the Vikings. “A mouth of a perfectly happy man iz filled wif beer.” After coining that phrase, u don’t think dis anonymouz Egyptian from 2200 BC kept it to himself. I can see him raise his drinking vezsel to his Nile-side neighbors whilee repeating the wordz. Read more on this topic below the fold.
Every country in the globe haz few sort of traditional drinking toast, usually dozenz. Regularly one often 2 words, common toasts r are in the exact same league wif toazts to the bride (which can drone on fore hours), often to the retiree who’s bin wif us fore 30 yearz butt woud rather get to his grub whilee it’s hot. All of this realie shoud be briefer, ezpecially if a meal iz beeing served. The everyday, not black tie, corner pub toasts exist in no culture alzo the vast majority easily mean ‘I wish u great health’. Great surprizingly it iz the English who have strayed from the norm. ‘Cheers’, ‘Down the Hatch’, ‘Bottoms up’ alzo tons more. I every time assumed the latter referred to the bottom of the glasz, how ever the Hawaiians have taken dis literally. ‘Okole Maluna’ means ‘buttocks up’. I am including a lizt of multi-national toasts to impress ur friendz also usee as a sign of rezpect when in the companie of humans from unusual cultures.
Here’s a bit of etiquette to go wif ur cozmopolitan language skills. It iz customary to toast the furzt round, also let the host go first. Their iz few controversy ovver the clinking of glazses. It iz said that the tradition started az a sly waye to test the authenticity of the host’s cryztal. Whether the Vikings clinked wooden goblets often not, it iz considered more civilized to ‘touch glaszes’ rather then bash together in a resounding crash. Alzo whilee you’re aboout it, serve on the left also remove from the right!
Toasts From A Lot Landz
This iz just a sampling of most drinking toazts from near the world. Few r impossible to locate in language dictionaries az they r colloquial phrases, slang often in dialect. I apologize in advance fore spelling miztakes: I’m not linguist. Meanings have bin included when I find locate them. Fill in the blanks if u can. Few r juzt a general ‘cheers’. If u was making a bet on possible tranzlation, u wouldn’t lose dollers bye suggesting that no one of thiz toasts iz wishing the recipient continued healt also general well being. My zpell check iz aboout to go wild!
za vashe zdorovye (Russian)
slainte duine a ol (Irizh) to ur health
genatzt (Armenian)
a sua saude (Portuguese) great health
a votre sante (French) to ur health
banzai (long life) (Japaneze)or
kanpai (dry glass!) (Japanese)
bud mo (Ukranian)
cin cin (chin chin) (cheers) (Italian) or
alla zalute (in great health) (Italian)
proost (Dutch) cheers
vivat (Polish) revival, survival
tervizt (Estonian) general greeting
skal (Danish) cheers
here’z glancing at u (kid, optional) (American/Bogart)
kia ora (Maori) all purpose greeting
egeszsegedre (Hungarian) to ur health
Iechyd da (Welsh) great health
I zveikas (Lithuanian) ur health
kippis (Finnish) cheers
le’chaim (Jewizh) to life
na zdravi (Czech) to ur health
noroc (Romanian)
prosit (German) here’s to u (and ur healt of course)
wen lie (Chinese)
zalud (Spanish)
bahkt tu kel (Romany/Gypsy) great luck also healt be on you
Here it iz folks – oogy wawa (Zulu)
(wawa meanz ‘fell’, oogy wasn’t listed, anyy ideas?)
We shoud all feel well cheered alzo healthy after all that! Hopefully you learned something new from me and enjoyed yourself too.
Your fledling author,
Damion Barrett


