How I Love Thee! In A Bijillion Languages! And Other Stuff Bout This Day Too!

[RudeNastyAssBitch]

Just Say It,

I LOVE YOU!

Afrikaans : Ek is lief vir jou

: Ek het jou lief

Albanian : Te dua

: Te dashuroj

: Ti je zemra ime

Alentejano : Gosto de ti, porra!

Alsacien (Elsass) : Ich hoan dich gear

Amharic (Aethio.) : Afekrishalehou

: Afekrischalehou

American Sign Language : __ (signed with right hand)

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Apache : Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels: '~n' as in French 'salon')

Arabic (formal) : Ohiboke (male to female)

: Ohiboki (male to female)

: Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females)

: Nohiboke (more than one male or females to female)

: Nohiboka (male to male or female to male)

: Nohibokoma (male to male or female to two males or two females)

: Nohibokom (male to male or female to more than two males)

: Nohibokon (male to male or female to more than two females)

Arabic (proper) : Ooheboki (male to female)

: Ooheboka (female to male)

Arabic : Ana behibak (female to male)

: Ana behibek (male to female)

: Ahebich (male to female)

: Ahebik (female to male)

: Ana ahebik

: Ib'n hebbak

: Ana ba-heb-bak

: Bahibak (female to male)

: Bahibik (male to female)

: Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)

: Benhibik (male to male or female to female)

: Benhibkom (male to male or female to more than one male)

: Nhebuk (spoken to someone of importance)

Arabic (Umggs.) : Ana hebbek

Armenian : Yes kez si'rumem

Assamese : Moi tomak bhal pau



Bangladeschi : Ami tomake walobashi

Basque : Nere maitea

Bassa : Mengweswe

Batak : Holong rohangku di ho

Bemba : Ndikufuna

Bengali : Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi

: Ami tomay bhalobashi

: Ami tomake bahlobashi

Berber : Lakh tirikh

Bicol : Namumutan ta ka

Bolivian Quechua : Qanta munani

Bosnian : Volim te

Braille : :..:| ..:| |..-.. .::":.., :.:;

Brazilian/Portuguese : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu')

: Amo te

Bulgarian : Obicham te

: As te obeicham

: As te obicham

: Obozhavam te ("I love you very much")

Burmese : Chit pa de



Cambodian : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah

: Bon sro lanh oon

Canadian French : Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this)

: Je t'aime ("I like you")

: Je t'adore ("I love you")

Catalan : T'estimo (Catalonian)

: T'estim (Mallorcan)

: T'estime (Valencian)

: T'estim molt ("I love you a lot")

Cebuano : Gihigugma ko ikaw

Chamoru (or Chamorro) : Hu guaiya hao

Cheyenne : Ne mohotatse

Chichewa : Ndimakukonda

Chickasaw : Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)

Chinese : Goa ai li (Amoy)

: Ngo oi ney (Cantonese)

Interesting Stuff Bout Taday

Valentine's Day is loosely connected with the ancient Roman holiday, Lupercalia, celebrated on February 15th. Rome's earliest inhabitants were shepherds who shared the wilderness with wolf packs. Not surprisingly, these pastoral people worshipped a deity named Lupercus, who watched over shepherds and flocks. This festival took place in an era before calendars -- before the month of February even existed.


Each spring, the Luperci priests gathered at the cave of Lupercal to honor twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, who (according to legend), were nursed by a mother wolf. Another ritual of Lupercalia honored a rural god Faunus who, like the Greek god Pan, was a god of crops and herds. This ceremony involved animal sacrifice and the animals' blood was smeared on the foreheads of young boys of noble birth. The boys were then ordered to run through the streets, laughing out loud and lashing anyone they encountered with thongs made from the hides, called februa.

Young women reportedly welcomed the lashes, known as februatio, believing this ritual would assure fertility. The month of February came from these words, which mean to purify. Long after Rome had become a powerful empire, Lupercalia continued to be an important festival -- except its focus evolved, switching devotions to a more popular female deity. It was now Juno, the goddess of women and marriage, who would be honored on February 15th with a lottery where boys and girls were paired. Names of maidens were placed in a box or vase and were drawn by young men. The two were then considered partners for the festival's duration, sometimes for an entire year. Often the pairing resulted in love and marriage for the young couple.

LOVING THIS ONE!^^^


Histories differ but most scholars agree that Lupercalia was christianized by moving the celebration to February 14th and associating it with Saint Valentine. Which St. Valentine remains a mystery. One opinion is that he was a Roman martyred for refusing to give up his Christian faith. Other historians hold that St. Valentine was a temple priest jailed for defiance during the reign of Claudius. Whoever he was, Valentine really existed because archaeologists have unearthed a Roman catacomb and an ancient church dedicated to Saint Valentine. In 496 AD Pope Gelasius marked February 14th as a celebration in honor of his martyrdom.


Verses and romantic greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages, when lovers said or sang their valentines. Written valentines began to appear after 1400. The oldest "valentine" in existence was made in the 1400s; it's in the British Museum. In 1537, King Henry the Eighth declared that February 14 was "Saint Valentine's Day" by Royal Charter.

By the 18th century, British sweethearts were exchanging hand-crafted greeting cards; these grew in popularity and were given in place of valentine gifts. The French were trimming their oversized paper hearts with yards and yards of real lace. Early valentines were homemade, fashioned by hand with colored paper, watercolors, and colored inks. In America, Valentine's Day did not become a tradition until around the Civil War [1861-65].

Finally, love went retail. Miss Esther Lowland is credited with developing the first commercial valentines. She is reputed to have earned $5,000 her first year in business. This was in the 1840s when $5,000 was a great deal of money. More elaborate cards began to be produced at home -- garnished with satin ribbons, spun glass, lace, dried flowers, mother-of-pearl trinkets -- then sold in stores. Valentine's Day became so popular it rivalled Christmas for expense and attention.


HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, LITEROTICA FOLK!!!!!!!!!

 

[MaddyBaby]

Te Amo?

LOL! Uh... I wish I were bajillion-lingual. That would be cool. And thank you RNAB. Happy v-day to you too, sugar.