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From: mentat@gismo.gun.de (Sven Sommerfeld)
Subject: Merry christmas all over the world!
Date: 19 Dec 1996 16:07:00 +0200
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Hi all!

Just wonder how many "merry christmas"es we are able to collect before
Christmas Eve!

Please write down state, language and the term for "merry christmas"!

Please don't use extended ASCII. Mark an acute by adding "/", grave by
"\", umlaut ":", circumflex "~" "^"

Now here it goes...


Finland            Finnish          "hyva:a: joulua"
Finland            Swedish          "god jul"
Germany            German           "fro:liche Weihnachten"
Greece             Greek            "kala/ christou/genna"
Wales              Welsh            "nadolig llawen"




Sven Sommerfeld
University of Du:sseldorf

"Jeder Mensch hat ein Recht auf schlechte Laune. Man sollte das in der
Verfassung aufnehmen." -Georges Simenon
