# Cheers!!!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers/25007
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 9, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers/25007 "2000-07-09T04:35:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers/25007/1 "2000-07-09T04:35:00Z")

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That’s what they say in Britain.

In Sweden it’s skol (w/an umlaut over the “o”).

Anti-Castro Cuban-Americans say “Batista”.

The French say “Salut”.

What do they say where you live?

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### Author: ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2000, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers/25007/2 "2000-07-09T05:12:59Z")

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“Stop drinkin’ my booze dammit!”

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### Author: ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers/25007/3 "2000-07-09T06:07:54Z")

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“You’re getting this round, right? I would except that…um…I left my wallet back at the hotel, yeah, that’s it.”

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### Author: ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers/25007/4 "2000-07-09T17:44:14Z")

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It’s skål, not sköl.

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### Author: ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers/25007/5 "2000-07-09T17:50:26Z")

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Na strovia – Russia  
Prost – Italy(?)

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### Author: ![Nika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@Nika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nika)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers/25007/6 "2000-07-09T19:26:21Z")

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The Swiss-French actually say “sante”

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### Author: ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers/25007/7 "2000-07-09T19:57:59Z")

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I’m from Flint, MI.

I won’t post how we greet here. This is family board, after all.

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### Author: ![Oncle\_Biere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8baadc/32.png) [@Oncle\_Biere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oncle_Biere)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheers/25007/8 "2000-07-09T22:18:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Oncle Bière \*  
> \*\ ***Eat, drink and by merry, for tomorrow you sleep in!**
> 
> Escanaba! \*\*