Steve Webb: It's day 21 of the 2022 encore of the 2009 season
of the Lifespring Why Christmas show hosted by James Cooper,
creator of whychristmas.com. And me the OG Godcaster Steve Webb
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Hello, and welcome to Day 21 of the Lifespring White Christmas
show for 2009. Today, James is join me and we're going to try
some tongue twisting fun as we did last year, finding out how
to say Merry Christmas in some different languages.
James Cooper: Well, I've got my mouth all limbered up and ready
to go. So I'm going to start with some perhaps more familiar
one to get me in, get here we go. Happy Christmas in French is
Joyeux Noël. In German, it's Frohe Weihnachten. In Italian
Buon Natale, in Spanish Feliz Navidad. Right, Steve, are you
going to try some?
Steve Webb: Well, I don't know why not. You know, it's so fun
to listen to a Brit do these other languages. Because I've
never heard Spanish with a British accent before. So it's
fun. I'll try Japanese.
James Cooper: Feliz Navidad
Steve Webb: Let me try Japanese. Japanese is Meri Kurisumasu,
Norwegian and spr-- . Thank you like that. Yeah, thank you.
Here's nor... Norwegian and Swedish. It's God Jul. Okay,
now, New Zealand. You know, we should have a good friend Craig
Patchett from the Godcast Network do this next one because
he's a New Zealander. Although I don't know if he speaks Maori,
but in Maori, which is the native New Zealander language.
Merry Christmas is Meri Kirihimete, or something like
that. I'm not a Maori and I've never met one. So what do you
think of that?
James Cooper: Yeah, I think they were very good. And I'm going to
tie up with some really tricky ones. Okay. This is Russian. And
here we go.
Steve Webb: This is a hard one I remember from last year.
James Cooper: s rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM. I'll try
Steve Webb: Why try it again?
that again.
James Cooper: s rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM.
Steve Webb: You know, one of the problems with some of these
languages is that we try to read them as they're written.
James Cooper: Yeah.
Steve Webb: And the sometimes it just doesn't work that way. But
the way we speak these letters is not the way that they do it
over there, but it's still a lot of fun to listen to. What's your
next one here, James?
James Cooper: It's Finnish. And it's I think this has been
easier. It's Hyvää joulua.
Steve Webb: Oh, that sounds good. Okay, what's next?
James Cooper: And in Ghana in the Dagbani language. It's Ni ti
Burunya Chou.
Steve Webb: Okay. Geshundheit.
James Cooper: Yeah, quite. And in Chinese in Mandarin, it's
Sheng Dan Kuai Le. And in Cantonese, it's Seng Dan Fai
Lok.
I'll
Steve Webb: I'll take your word for it. Very good. If you want
to try these languages, plus lots more, then go on over to
whychristmas.com and the language section where there's
over 70 different languages.
James Cooper: Well, I think we did rather well there, Steve.
Make sure you come back tomorrow to listen to another Lifespring
Why Christmas show. And to keep it simple to end with. I'll just
wish you all a Happy Christmas.