I haven’t forgotten to celebrate the Community Calendar…it has simply kept itself clear in anticipation of the big birthday!
From all of us here at Ancient Armitage,
Χρόνια Πολλά!
Felicem diem natalem!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
(and BTW…thanks to everyone who pretended not to notice that I was slightly premature with the celebration of the Birthday Suit…I swear – I thought it was the 22nd yesterday!!)
I still don’t think that’s enough candles…
She’ll never read this, but I wanted to take a minute to send a little love out into the universe for my Grandma Anna who celebrated her 101st birthday yesterday. Most days she doesn’t recognize my dad (her son)…but honestly, he’s one of ten, I might get a bit fuzzy on all of them myself…and she doesn’t know me at all anymore, but she gets up everyday, play cards, laughs at jokes, eats her birthday cake with gusto and lives her life. Tiny herself, she’s always been a sucker for a big handsome man…
I’m pretty sure this one could still tear her attention away from that birthday cake!
Photo by Robert Ascroft
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!!
mi-mi-mi-mi….hmmmm…
Felicem natalem diem tibi exopto,
Felicem natalem diem tibi exopto,
Felicem natalem diem tibi exopto Richardi Armitagi cari,
Felicem natalem diem tibi exopto!
It doesn’t have quite the same flow, but the sentiment is sincere :). Let’s try it in Greek!
καλὰ γενέθλια σόι…
Or something like that. It seems the ancients didn’t place the same emphasis on birthdays that we do today, so there really are no standard phrases.
Pig Latin though, is very clear : Appyhay Irthdaybay Richard Armitage!!
It’s your birthday….Artypay ’til you’re Urplepay!!
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