Klarinet Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 2002/01

From: "Michele deGastyne" <michele.degastyne@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] "Congratulations"
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 13:59:52 -0500

Hello Audry and Mark and Tony,

Of course! I should have figured out that is what was meant.

"Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu" everybody!

(And Happy New Year in all the other languages where people celebrate this
kind of New Years!)
;-)

best,

Michele

----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Pay <Tony@-----.uk>
Subject: Re: [kl] "Congratulations"

> On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:51:52 -0600, michele.degastyne@-----.net said:
>
> > Audrey Travis said:
> >
> > > What does "O Medeto Gozaimus" mean, Mark?
> >
> > Hello Audrey -
> >
> > This word means "Congratulations" in the Japanese language.
> >
> > best
> >
> > Michele deG.
>
> But if he'd said, "Akemashite, Omedeto Gozaimasu!" it would have meant
> "Happy New Year!" in Japanese...
>
> ...which is probably what he'd intended, rather than to congratulate
> Audrey on the fact that her hard disc was likely to be full up:-)
>
> Tony
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