Off-topic randomness here!

[Clara]

2 Kotenok_gaff: I prefer the North, anyway. Maybe we can see the sun not so often like our friends from South but I prefer living at 20-25ºC in Summer and not at 35-40ºC like them. I don´t like high temperatures..

[The Sonic God]

*does a dance*

Iiiii... just got promoted at work. ^^

[Borah]

*does a dance*

Iiiii... just got promoted at work. ^^

GRATS!!!

[The Sonic God]

Hmm... solves a theory of mine (thanks very much, BTW.)

English: Congratulations
Shortened: Congrats.
Shortened more: Grats.
Typo: Gratz.
Italian: Grazie.
Spanish: Gracias.

Hmmm...

[Borah]

^Genious

but, grazias and congratulations have nothing in common.. do they?

[The Sonic God]

Hmm...

"Congratulate" comes from the Latin word "Congratuli," meaning "one is pleased."

And, of course, "Please" and "Thank You" Go hand-in-hand.

[Borah]

Hmm...

"Congratulate" comes from the Latin word "Congratuli," meaning "one is pleased."

And, of course, "Please" and "Thank You" Go hand-in-hand.

Yes, they do... But the meaning's different... Please is begging, Thank you is thanking ... You can say plase, but if you don't get what you're asking for, I don't know how you're going to say "thank you"

[The Sonic God]

In German, "Bitteschön" can mean both "Please" and "You're Welcome." In addition, you can also say "Gern Geschehen" to say "You're Welcome."

"Please" also has a Scandinavian origin, but its pronunciation is different.

Many ways to say "thanks:"

Arigato: Japanese
Dankeschön: German
Tak: Danish
Asanté Sana: Swahili
Merci: French
Gracias: Spanish
Grazie: Italian (Also, Grásce, Camuno Italian, as in the English word "Grace.")
Dankie: Afrikaans (similar to German, related to Dutch)
Dziákuj: Belarussian
Hvala: Bosnian
Dêkuji: Czech
Dziekuje: Polish (Similar to Czech and Belarussian)
Dank u: Dutch
Ta: Australian English (curiously similar to Danish)
Ic þancas do: Old English (say: itch thankas doe)
Paljon kiitoksia: Finnish
Takk fyrir: Icelandic (Similar to Danish)
Gratias: Latin (Similar to Italian and Spanish)
Tackar så mycket: Swedish
Dakujem vám: Slovakia
Dyakooyu: Ukrainian
Spasibo: Russian

Pretty cool, huh?

[Borah]

[Kovur]

About Swahili:
Asanté - thanks
Asanté Sana - big thanks

[Furaha]

About German:
Danke - thanks
Danke schön - big thanks

[Kari]

I would say in German:
Thanks is Danke or Danke schön (it's the same)
and big thanks is vielen Dank ^-^

[Clara]

^^ Can I play?

Spanish: Gracias (Thank you)
Muchas gracias (Thank you very much)

Breton (from Breizh, Britanny France): Trugarez


I don´t know Breton but I love Celtic music and I have heard some songs in that language

[Kari]

Yeah I know about muchas gracias as thank you. It's very famous

[Furaha]

Danke - thanks
Danke schön - big thanks

Kari. I know it from school.

Yeah I know about muchas gracias as thank you. It's very famous

Too very famous!