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06-28-2007, 12:17 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lurking in the shadows.
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A belated thanks for the kind birthday wishes! I was quite pleasantly surprised, since I haven't said anything here for quite a while.
I will never really leave the Downs, though.  And Brinniel, happy birthday to you. Or, as we say in Dutch (which you must learn anyway), "gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!" |
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06-28-2007, 12:42 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves
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Let's see if I can make this out...
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gefeliciteerd - ge like in german implying something in front of a verb (right? I've never studied German more than one basic course in the Uni more than ten years ago but a lot of verbs seem to have this ge-prefix in them for some reason) and feliciteerd meaning happy or joyous or whatever... felix navidad... so let us celebrate over and over again? met - like German mit or English with? je - your? verjaardag - Jaar is year or Jahre and dag is like in Swedish/Danish/Norwegian meaning a day, and this ver is again some of this German prefix-stuff I never learned what was it all about... Sorry Cailín, I do not mean that we should reduce the Dutch language to all these other languages but only tried to make it comprehensible with the hints of these other languages I know even something about... Gah. Hyvää syntymäpäivää Brinn! (gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!) 
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06-28-2007, 02:26 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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in German the "ge-" prefix is something to do with forming the parst participle of strong verbs. But I failed O-Level German (though I studied it more later and due to a strange quirk of fate I am qualified to teach it in the 11-18 age range!!!!!! The DfEE obviously didn't think that having absolutely no qualification in the subject was a barrier .....
 Anyway happy birthday to Naria And belatedly to Cailin. Lommie, these days only octogenarians address me as "Lass" 
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06-28-2007, 11:39 PM
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Reflection of Darkness
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull.
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Thanks to Lhuna, Rune, Rikae, Kath, Cailín, and Nogrod for the birthday wishes. I promise I had a lovely day.
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06-29-2007, 12:20 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
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Sorry I didn't mean to miss you out
My brain is mush.....
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06-30-2007, 12:48 AM
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Reflection of Darkness
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Don't worry about it, Mith. I'm not offended.
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06-30-2007, 06:11 AM
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Blithe Spirit
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Been horribly busy and missed all these birthdays (it's happening in real life too, particularly as I've lost my birthday book
 )Many warm wishes and happy returns to all recent birthday boys and girls of the downs...particularly dear Mith, who had such a rainy birthday, and Saucie hosting his Long Expected (hope your marquee stayed solid)
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