# Wish me a happy birthday

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-a-happy-birthday/460883>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 22, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-a-happy-birthday/460883 "2008-08-22T01:39:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-a-happy-birthday/460883/41 "2008-08-22T20:20:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Yllaria]  
I’m handing you an imaginary balloon. One for each of you. You get to pick what color it is.  
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Ooo, pretty!

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**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-a-happy-birthday/460883/42 "2008-08-22T21:15:37Z")

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Hann á afmæli í dag!  
Hann á afmæli í dag!  
Hann á afmæli hann **levdrakon** (og hinir líka)  
Hann á afmæli í dag!

(happy birthday to all of you)

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-a-happy-birthday/460883/43 "2008-08-22T21:37:40Z")

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[QUOTE=WormTheRed]  
Hann á afmæli í dag!  
Hann á afmæli í dag!  
Hann á afmæli hann **levdrakon** (og hinir líka)  
Hann á afmæli í dag!

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The Reykjavík Ruby Tuesdays must sound kind of scary on birthdays.

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-a-happy-birthday/460883/44 "2008-08-22T21:46:57Z")

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[QUOTE=WormTheRed]  
Hann á afmæli í dag!  
Hann á afmæli í dag!  
Hann á afmæli hann **levdrakon** (og hinir líka)  
Hann á afmæli í dag!

(happy birthday to all of you)  
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That’s so cool. Thank you! I’ve had “happy birthday” sung to me in more languages than ever in my life.

Now, how would I pronounce that? I bet it sounds cool.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-a-happy-birthday/460883/45 "2008-08-22T22:00:47Z")

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[QUOTE=levdrakon]  
Woo! Fellow Leo! I don’t know you, but..

::smooch::  
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Hey! I’m a fellow Leo too! Where’s my smooch!

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-a-happy-birthday/460883/46 "2008-08-22T22:50:10Z")

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[QUOTE=swampbear]  
Hey! I’m a fellow Leo too! Where’s my smooch!  
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\*::Smooch::  
\*

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**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-a-happy-birthday/460883/47 "2008-08-22T23:55:20Z")

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[QUOTE=levdrakon]  
That’s so cool. Thank you! I’ve had “happy birthday” sung to me in more languages than ever in my life.

Now, how would I pronounce that? I bet it sounds cool.  
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Well, darn… I actually found a YouTube of it 😉

Enjoy the [icelandic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF-jUHJ3XHA&feature=related)

> [@Sampiro](#):
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> The Reykjavík Ruby Tuesdays must sound kind of scary on birthdays.

They don’t sound that scary, do they 😉

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