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13508. Ms. No - 1/25/2005 12:46:09 AM Out to dinner last night with a friend and the party next to us was celebrating a birthday. The waiters came over and sang Happy Birthday and then the party at the table sang what I assume was a birthday song in a language I didn't recognize and now can't remember even the sound of to spell it out phonetically. (which I can't spell)
The refrain was "Hu-rah! Hu-rah! Hu-rah!" however and I got the impression that it might have been a Scandinavian language.
Does this ring any bells with anyone? 13509. Max Macks - 1/25/2005 1:36:36 AM Ms. NO
maybe they were all drunk and it was just
English they were singing ??LOL 13510. Ms. No - 1/25/2005 1:38:33 AM hahaha, no, they were quite a peaceful and well-behaved family group celebrating a grandmother or mother's birthday.
I was most impressed because at a table with some 10-11 people at it, everyone sang on key. 13511. Max Macks - 1/25/2005 1:47:03 AM Ms. No.
I dont know where you live...
but in the
Bay Area the English language is only one of
dozens that you hear on the streets. 13512. Ms. No - 1/25/2005 1:49:21 AM I'm in Los Angeles so we get a pretty good variety here as well. 13513. PelleNilsson - 1/25/2005 8:07:37 AM They were probably Swedish. 13514. Magoseph - 1/25/2005 5:13:50 PM Hi, Mac, thank you for the Audubon link in The Good Life--I find the following particularly interesting.
Audubon was born in Santo Domingo (now Haiti), the illegitimate son of a French sea captain and plantation owner and his French mistress. Early on, he was raised by his stepmother, Mrs. Audubon, in Nantes, France, and took a lively interest in birds, nature, drawing, and music. In 1803, at the age of 18, he was sent to America, in part to escape conscription into the Emperor Napoleon’s army. He lived on the family-owned estate at Mill Grove, near Philadelphia, where he hunted, studied and drew birds, and met his wife, Lucy Bakewell. While there, he conducted the first known bird-banding experiment in North America, tying strings around the legs of Eastern Phoebes; he learned that the birds returned to the very same nesting sites each year. 13515. Ms. No - 1/25/2005 6:31:10 PM Pelle,
That was my first thought, but I'm not familiar enough with the sound of the language to have known for sure. They looked Swedish --- which sounds kind of dumb except that there really is a Swedish look and I never would have thought so a few years ago. 13516. alistairconnor - 1/25/2005 6:33:52 PM Nice, friendly-looking people who can sing in tune, a song with gibberish lyrics and a completely inane chorus...
Obviously they were Swedish. They were Abba. 13517. robertjayb - 1/25/2005 6:51:13 PM hah! 13518. Ms. No - 1/25/2005 7:29:49 PM snerk!
Oh, Connor, you're wicked funny! 13519. PelleNilsson - 1/25/2005 7:45:57 PM We are not amused.
(Yes, it was funny) 13520. Max Macks - 1/25/2005 9:32:39 PM Ms.No
my memory comes and goes
Now I remember when you were
posting about driving to Clayton or Concord
in the xmas fog. 13521. angel-five - 1/26/2005 10:33:10 AM It might have been Ace of Bass, you know. 13522. Magoseph - 1/26/2005 12:20:28 PM Oh, hello there--I'm trying to hit as many threads as I can this morning. 13523. Macnas - 1/26/2005 5:00:25 PM It might have been the Hives. 13524. Magoseph - 1/26/2005 5:22:23 PM Hi, Mac, what's new with you--How are the kiddies and the missus? 13525. Macnas - 1/26/2005 6:00:14 PM All good Mago. How's Flexi? 13526. Magoseph - 1/26/2005 6:06:44 PM He is just fine, thanks, Mac. His blood-pressure is under control and he lost weight. 13527. Macnas - 1/26/2005 6:08:56 PM Good for him.
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