In Germany, people don't say "Happy New Year," they literally say, "Good slide into the new year."
Cool.
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4 Kommentare:
That might sound a bit crazy, but...
This saying actually was inspired by the jewish wish for their holiday "Rosh ha Shana"
(which is the new year's beginnin in the yewish calendar).
"Rosh" sounds like "Rutsch" (slide) for the Germans, so they made "Guten Rutsch!" out of it :)
Really!? That is so interesting!
Your blog is so interesting! But we also say "Frohes neues Jahr" which means 'happy new year'! :D
Keep up the good work! :)
Stimmt, und danke!
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