Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Marianne Williamson
Monday, February 25, 2008
But when the self speaks to the self, who is speaking? The entombed soul, the spirit driven in, in, in to the central catacomb; the self that took the veil and left the world -- a coward perhaps, yet somehow beautiful, as it flits with its lantern restlessly up and down the dark corridors.
Virginia Woolf
Thursday, February 21, 2008
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BY
Lord Alfred Tennyson
O beauty, passing beauty! Sweetest sweet!
How can thou let me waste my youth in sighs?
I only ask to sit beside thy feet.
Thou knowest I dare not look into thine eyes.
Might I but kiss thy hand! I dare not fold
My arms about thee—scarcely dare to speak.
And nothing seems to me so wild and bold,
As with one kiss to touch thy blessed cheek.
Methinks if I should kiss thee, no control
Within the thrilling brain could keep afloat
The subtle spirit. Even while I spoke,
The bare word "kiss" hath made my inner soul
To tremble like a lute string, ere the note
Hath melted in the silence that it broke.
Footprints In the Snow:
Footprints In the Snow:
We fall to the earth like leavesLives as brief as footprints in snow
No words express the grief we feel
I feel I cannot let her go.
For she is everywhere.
Walking on the windswept beach
Talking in the sunlit square.
Next to me in the car
I see her sitting there.
At night she dreams me
and in the morning the sun does not rise.
My life is as thin as the wind
And I am done with counting stars.
She is gone, she is gone.
I am her sad music, and I play on, and on, and on.
(Roger McGough)
Thursday, January 17, 2008
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Monday, December 31, 2007
Play
“The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Greg's Random thought of the day
'The reason we're so busy is that we're working more than ever refining things we don't need into yet more seductive packages'
Friday, December 14, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Greg's Custom quote of the day
Real loss only occurs when you lose something that you love more than yourself.
Monday, December 10, 2007
The End of the Day
In all its raucous impudence
Life writhes, cavorts in pallid light,
With little cause or consequence;
And when, with darkling skies, the night
Casts over all its sensuous balm,
Quells hunger's pangs and, in like wise,
Quells shame beneath its pall of calm,
"Aha, at last!" the Poet sighs.
"My mind, my bones, yearn, clamoring
For sweet repose unburdening.
Heart full of dire, funeral thought,
I will lie out; your folds will cling
About me: veils of shadow wrought,
O darkness, cool and comforting!"
Charles Baudelaire
In all its raucous impudence
Life writhes, cavorts in pallid light,
With little cause or consequence;
And when, with darkling skies, the night
Casts over all its sensuous balm,
Quells hunger's pangs and, in like wise,
Quells shame beneath its pall of calm,
"Aha, at last!" the Poet sighs.
"My mind, my bones, yearn, clamoring
For sweet repose unburdening.
Heart full of dire, funeral thought,
I will lie out; your folds will cling
About me: veils of shadow wrought,
O darkness, cool and comforting!"
Charles Baudelaire
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
how to say hello in different languages
how to say hello in different languages
1. Armenian- Barev or Bavarien ches
2. english - Hello (formal), Hi (informal), What's up? (very informal - slang)
3. French – Salut (informal, silent "T"), Bonjour (formal, 'n' is a nasal vowel), Bonsoir (good evening, 'n' is a nasal vowel), Bonne Nuit (good night). There is also "Ca Va", but this is moreso used as "How are you?"
4. Bahamas – Hello (formal), Hi and heyello (informal), What you sayin Buyh (very informal - slang)
5. German – Hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal) pronounced Gu-ten (like goo)-tan Tag like Prague, Tag (very informal). The G in "Tag" is pronounced like Tah-ckh. The A makes an Ah-sound. _
6. Guamanian- Hafa Adai(hello/what's up?), Hafa??(informal), Howzzit bro/ bran/prim/che'lu?(informal), Sup(informal)and all other Hello's in english work.
7. Bavarian and Austrian German – Grüß Gott (Gruess Gott), Servus (informal, also means "goodbye", pronounced zair-voos)
8. Northern German – Moin Moin
9. Spanish – Hola (pronounced without the H sound, ola), Que Onda (South America)(very informal, like What's up, pronounced Ke Onduh)–, Que Hay, (also) Que pasa (Spain, informal); Buenos Días (good morning), Buenas Tardes (afternoon and early evening), Buenas Noches (late evening and night). These three forms can be made informal by saying 'Buenas'.
10. Slovak – Dobrý bodyeny] (formal), ahoj [ahoy], čau [chow] and dobri (informal)
11. Welsh – North Wales = Shwmai (Pronounced shoe-my) Optional throughout Wales = Twll Din Pob Saes (Pronounced - too-ll dean pobe saees)
12. Tsonga (south Africa) – Minjhani (when greeting adult people)– Kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or below your age)
13. Japanese – Ohayou gozaimasu (O-HA-YOH GO-ZA-EE-MAS); Konnichi wa (KOHN-NI-CHEE-wa) (Daytime or Afternoon); Konban Wa (KOHN-BAHN-Wa)(Evening); Moshi Moshi (MO-SHE MO-SHE) (When answering the phone); Doumo (DO-MO) (Informal way of greeting, but means countless other things as well, only use when context makes sense)
14. Italian – Ciao (informal), Salve, Buon giorno (Morning, formal), Buon pomeriggio (Afternoon, formal), Buona sera (Evening, formal)
15. Swedish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal)
16. Arabic-based languages – As-salaam-aleykum (Peace be on you) or Marhabah (Hello)
17. Arabic – Sabbah-el-Khair (Good morning) Masaa-el-Khair (good evening); note that (Kh) is pronounced from the back of the throat. Marhaba (Hello!)
18. Persian – Salaam or Do-rood (see note above - Salaam is an abbreviation, the full version is As-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
19. Hindi – Namaste (pronounced Na-mus-thei), kaise hain (a little formal), kaise ho (more informal, familiar)
20. Korean – Ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal), Ahn nyeong (informal. Can also be used as "Goodbye")
21. Dutch – Hoi (very informal), Hallo (informal), Goedendag (formal)
22. Russian– Pree-vyet (informal), Zdravstvuyte (formal, pronounce: ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
23. Romanian is Buna (bu-nhuh)
24. Chinese, Mandarin – Ni hao (pronounced knee how)
25. Chinese, Cantonese – Nei Ho
26. Hebrew – Shalom (which means hello, goodbye and peace) Hi (informal)
27. Norwegian – Hei (Hi), Hallo (Hello), Heisan(Hi there), Halloisen (very informal)
28. Portuguese – "Oi", "Boas", "Olá" or "Alô" (informal), Bom dia (good morning), Boa tarde (good afternoon), Boa Noite (good evening)
29. Danish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal), God aften (evening - formal), Hejsa (very informal).
30. Burmese – Mingalarbar
31. Turkish – Merhaba (Formal) Naber? (Informal)
32. Lithuanian – Laba diena (formal) Labas, Sveikas (informal male) Sveika (female) Sveiki (plural)
33. Tagalog (Philippines) – Mabuhay (Welcome);Kumusta Ka (How are you); Magandang Umaga (Good Morning); Magandang Hapon (Good Afternoon); Magandang Gabi (Good Evening/Good Night)
34. Esperanto – Saluton
35. Telugu – Namaskaram
36. Tamil – Vanakkam
37. Swahili – Jambo
38. Sinhala – A`yubowan (Aa-yu-bo-wan) means "long live"
39. Lingala – Mbote
40. Indonesian – Selamat Pagi (Good Morning), Selamat Siang (Good Afternoon), Selamat Malam (Good Evening)
41. Nepali – Namaskar, Namaste, K cha (informal), kasto cha
42. Polish – Dzień dobry (formal), Cześć (informal)
43. Hawaiian – Aloha
44. Local Hawaiian Pidgin – 'Sup braddah!
45. Thai – Sawa dee-ka (if you're a girl)/ Sawa dee-krap (if you're a guy)
46. Hungarian, Magyar – Jo napot [yoh (as in the word "oh") naput](Good-day, formal), Szervusz [Sairvoose] (informal)
47. Czech – Dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), Dobrý den (formal), Ahoj (informal)
48. Ukranian – Dobriy ranuke (formal)- Good Morning, Dobriy deyn (formal) - Good Afternoon, Dobriy vechir (formal)- Good Evening, Pryvit (informal)
49. Latvian – Labdien, sveiki, chau (informal sound like in Italian)
50. Finnish – Hyvää päivää (formal) - Moi / Hei (Informal) - Moro (Tamperensis)
51. Greek – Yia sou (Ya-soo) (informal), yia sas (formal)
52. Icelandic – Góðan dag (formal), Hæ (informal)
53. Malayalam – Namaskkaram
54. Urdu – Adaab
55. Telugu – Baagunnara (how are you) (formal)
56. Chichewa – Moni Bambo! (to man) / Moni Mayi! (to woman)
57. Oshikwanyama – Wa uhala po, Meme? (to woman) / Wa uhala po, Tate? (to man) (response: ee) Nawa tuu? (response: ee) (formal) Ongaipi? (how is it? - informal)
58. Nahuatl – Niltze, Hao
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60. Croatian – Boke (informal), dobro Jutro (Good Morning), Dobar dan (Day), Dobra Većer (evening), Laku Noć (Good Night)
61. Navajo – Ya'at'eeh. (Hello!)
62. Maltese – Merħba (welcome), Bonġu (Good Morning), Bonswa (or) Il-lejl it-tajjeb (Good Evening)
63. Congo – Mambo
64. Jibberish – Huthegelluthego, H-idiguh-el l-idiguh-o (hello,formal), H-diguh-i(hi, informal), H-idiguh-ow a-diguh-re y-idigah-ou? (how are you?)Jibberish
65. Senegal – Salamaleikum (see 11.)
66. German-speaking parts of Switzerland – Grüzi! (Grew-tsi)
67. Scanian – Haja (universal), Hallå (informal), Go'da (formal), Go'maren (morning greeting), Go'aften (evening greeting)
68. Luxembourgish – Moïen (MOY-en)
69. Samoan – Talofa (Formal), Malo (informal)
70. Tongan – Malo e leilei
71. Tahitian – Ia Orana
72. Tetum (Timor - Leste)– Bondia (Good Morning), Botarde (Good Afternoon), Bonite (Good Evening)
73. Maori – Kia ora
74. Romanian – Salut; Buna dimineata/ziua/seara (respectful good morning/day/evning); Buna (usually for girls)
75. Gujrathi – Kem Che
76. Marathi – Namaskar
77. Surfer – 'tsup?
78. South African English – Hoezit (Howzit) (Informal Greeting)
79. Lao – Sabaidee (sa-bai-dee)
80. Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) – Kwe Kwe (Gway gway)
81. Serbian – Zdravo (informal), dobro jutro (Good morning), Dobar dan (Good afternoon, also used as a formal greeting), dobro veče (pronounced as "dobro vetche", means Good evening), Laku Noć (Good Night)
82. Kannada — Namaskara
83. Mongolia – Sain baina uu? SA-YEN BAYA-NU(Formal); Sain uu? SAY-NU(Informal); Ugluunii mend (Good morning, pronounced as 'oglony mend', 'o'sound like 'old'); Udriin mend (Good afternoon, pronounced as 'odriin mend', again 'o'sound like 'old'); Oroin mend (Good evening, pronounced as 'oroin mend', but here 'o' sound like 'orc')
84. Slovenian — živjo (informal(ž sounds like zh); dobro jutro (good morning); dober dan (good afternoon); dober večer (good evening (č sounds like ch in chips)
85. Gaeilge — Dia Duit (informal(Pronounced Gee ah Ditch) Literal Translation God be with you.
86. Kurdish — Tsoni(hi,hello) Roj Bas("Good Day") (ROHZJ BAHSH)
87. Bengali — Namaskar, Salamwalaikum (see 14)
88. Igbo — Nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo; Nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)
89. Zulu- sawubona
90. Northen Shoto- dumelang
91. Yiddish-Sholem Aleikhem (may peace be unto you), Borokhim Aboyem, or "Gut Morgn" (good morning,), "gutn ovnt" (good evening), "Gutn Tog" (Good day) and on the Sabbath "gut Shabbos".,
92. Basque – Kaixo (Hello, Hi, pron. Kai-show), Egun on (Good morning, pron. egg-un own) Gau on (Good night, pron. gow own)
93. Pig Latin - Eyhay (informal), Ellohay (formal), Hatsway puay? (Whats up?)
94. Texan - Howdy (informal)
95. Canada - Hello, eh?
96. Vietnamese - Xin Chào
97. Bulgarian -Zdraveite , Zdrasti(informal)
98. Georgian - Gamardjoba
Hindustani- Namaste (hello)
1. Armenian- Barev or Bavarien ches
2. english - Hello (formal), Hi (informal), What's up? (very informal - slang)
3. French – Salut (informal, silent "T"), Bonjour (formal, 'n' is a nasal vowel), Bonsoir (good evening, 'n' is a nasal vowel), Bonne Nuit (good night). There is also "Ca Va", but this is moreso used as "How are you?"
4. Bahamas – Hello (formal), Hi and heyello (informal), What you sayin Buyh (very informal - slang)
5. German – Hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal) pronounced Gu-ten (like goo)-tan Tag like Prague, Tag (very informal). The G in "Tag" is pronounced like Tah-ckh. The A makes an Ah-sound. _
6. Guamanian- Hafa Adai(hello/what's up?), Hafa??(informal), Howzzit bro/ bran/prim/che'lu?(informal), Sup(informal)and all other Hello's in english work.
7. Bavarian and Austrian German – Grüß Gott (Gruess Gott), Servus (informal, also means "goodbye", pronounced zair-voos)
8. Northern German – Moin Moin
9. Spanish – Hola (pronounced without the H sound, ola), Que Onda (South America)(very informal, like What's up, pronounced Ke Onduh)–, Que Hay, (also) Que pasa (Spain, informal); Buenos Días (good morning), Buenas Tardes (afternoon and early evening), Buenas Noches (late evening and night). These three forms can be made informal by saying 'Buenas'.
10. Slovak – Dobrý bodyeny] (formal), ahoj [ahoy], čau [chow] and dobri (informal)
11. Welsh – North Wales = Shwmai (Pronounced shoe-my) Optional throughout Wales = Twll Din Pob Saes (Pronounced - too-ll dean pobe saees)
12. Tsonga (south Africa) – Minjhani (when greeting adult people)– Kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or below your age)
13. Japanese – Ohayou gozaimasu (O-HA-YOH GO-ZA-EE-MAS); Konnichi wa (KOHN-NI-CHEE-wa) (Daytime or Afternoon); Konban Wa (KOHN-BAHN-Wa)(Evening); Moshi Moshi (MO-SHE MO-SHE) (When answering the phone); Doumo (DO-MO) (Informal way of greeting, but means countless other things as well, only use when context makes sense)
14. Italian – Ciao (informal), Salve, Buon giorno (Morning, formal), Buon pomeriggio (Afternoon, formal), Buona sera (Evening, formal)
15. Swedish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal)
16. Arabic-based languages – As-salaam-aleykum (Peace be on you) or Marhabah (Hello)
17. Arabic – Sabbah-el-Khair (Good morning) Masaa-el-Khair (good evening); note that (Kh) is pronounced from the back of the throat. Marhaba (Hello!)
18. Persian – Salaam or Do-rood (see note above - Salaam is an abbreviation, the full version is As-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
19. Hindi – Namaste (pronounced Na-mus-thei), kaise hain (a little formal), kaise ho (more informal, familiar)
20. Korean – Ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal), Ahn nyeong (informal. Can also be used as "Goodbye")
21. Dutch – Hoi (very informal), Hallo (informal), Goedendag (formal)
22. Russian– Pree-vyet (informal), Zdravstvuyte (formal, pronounce: ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
23. Romanian is Buna (bu-nhuh)
24. Chinese, Mandarin – Ni hao (pronounced knee how)
25. Chinese, Cantonese – Nei Ho
26. Hebrew – Shalom (which means hello, goodbye and peace) Hi (informal)
27. Norwegian – Hei (Hi), Hallo (Hello), Heisan(Hi there), Halloisen (very informal)
28. Portuguese – "Oi", "Boas", "Olá" or "Alô" (informal), Bom dia (good morning), Boa tarde (good afternoon), Boa Noite (good evening)
29. Danish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal), God aften (evening - formal), Hejsa (very informal).
30. Burmese – Mingalarbar
31. Turkish – Merhaba (Formal) Naber? (Informal)
32. Lithuanian – Laba diena (formal) Labas, Sveikas (informal male) Sveika (female) Sveiki (plural)
33. Tagalog (Philippines) – Mabuhay (Welcome);Kumusta Ka (How are you); Magandang Umaga (Good Morning); Magandang Hapon (Good Afternoon); Magandang Gabi (Good Evening/Good Night)
34. Esperanto – Saluton
35. Telugu – Namaskaram
36. Tamil – Vanakkam
37. Swahili – Jambo
38. Sinhala – A`yubowan (Aa-yu-bo-wan) means "long live"
39. Lingala – Mbote
40. Indonesian – Selamat Pagi (Good Morning), Selamat Siang (Good Afternoon), Selamat Malam (Good Evening)
41. Nepali – Namaskar, Namaste, K cha (informal), kasto cha
42. Polish – Dzień dobry (formal), Cześć (informal)
43. Hawaiian – Aloha
44. Local Hawaiian Pidgin – 'Sup braddah!
45. Thai – Sawa dee-ka (if you're a girl)/ Sawa dee-krap (if you're a guy)
46. Hungarian, Magyar – Jo napot [yoh (as in the word "oh") naput](Good-day, formal), Szervusz [Sairvoose] (informal)
47. Czech – Dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), Dobrý den (formal), Ahoj (informal)
48. Ukranian – Dobriy ranuke (formal)- Good Morning, Dobriy deyn (formal) - Good Afternoon, Dobriy vechir (formal)- Good Evening, Pryvit (informal)
49. Latvian – Labdien, sveiki, chau (informal sound like in Italian)
50. Finnish – Hyvää päivää (formal) - Moi / Hei (Informal) - Moro (Tamperensis)
51. Greek – Yia sou (Ya-soo) (informal), yia sas (formal)
52. Icelandic – Góðan dag (formal), Hæ (informal)
53. Malayalam – Namaskkaram
54. Urdu – Adaab
55. Telugu – Baagunnara (how are you) (formal)
56. Chichewa – Moni Bambo! (to man) / Moni Mayi! (to woman)
57. Oshikwanyama – Wa uhala po, Meme? (to woman) / Wa uhala po, Tate? (to man) (response: ee) Nawa tuu? (response: ee) (formal) Ongaipi? (how is it? - informal)
58. Nahuatl – Niltze, Hao
59. Hacker/1337 – |-|3||0 or |-|1
60. Croatian – Boke (informal), dobro Jutro (Good Morning), Dobar dan (Day), Dobra Većer (evening), Laku Noć (Good Night)
61. Navajo – Ya'at'eeh. (Hello!)
62. Maltese – Merħba (welcome), Bonġu (Good Morning), Bonswa (or) Il-lejl it-tajjeb (Good Evening)
63. Congo – Mambo
64. Jibberish – Huthegelluthego, H-idiguh-el l-idiguh-o (hello,formal), H-diguh-i(hi, informal), H-idiguh-ow a-diguh-re y-idigah-ou? (how are you?)Jibberish
65. Senegal – Salamaleikum (see 11.)
66. German-speaking parts of Switzerland – Grüzi! (Grew-tsi)
67. Scanian – Haja (universal), Hallå (informal), Go'da (formal), Go'maren (morning greeting), Go'aften (evening greeting)
68. Luxembourgish – Moïen (MOY-en)
69. Samoan – Talofa (Formal), Malo (informal)
70. Tongan – Malo e leilei
71. Tahitian – Ia Orana
72. Tetum (Timor - Leste)– Bondia (Good Morning), Botarde (Good Afternoon), Bonite (Good Evening)
73. Maori – Kia ora
74. Romanian – Salut; Buna dimineata/ziua/seara (respectful good morning/day/evning); Buna (usually for girls)
75. Gujrathi – Kem Che
76. Marathi – Namaskar
77. Surfer – 'tsup?
78. South African English – Hoezit (Howzit) (Informal Greeting)
79. Lao – Sabaidee (sa-bai-dee)
80. Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) – Kwe Kwe (Gway gway)
81. Serbian – Zdravo (informal), dobro jutro (Good morning), Dobar dan (Good afternoon, also used as a formal greeting), dobro veče (pronounced as "dobro vetche", means Good evening), Laku Noć (Good Night)
82. Kannada — Namaskara
83. Mongolia – Sain baina uu? SA-YEN BAYA-NU(Formal); Sain uu? SAY-NU(Informal); Ugluunii mend (Good morning, pronounced as 'oglony mend', 'o'sound like 'old'); Udriin mend (Good afternoon, pronounced as 'odriin mend', again 'o'sound like 'old'); Oroin mend (Good evening, pronounced as 'oroin mend', but here 'o' sound like 'orc')
84. Slovenian — živjo (informal(ž sounds like zh); dobro jutro (good morning); dober dan (good afternoon); dober večer (good evening (č sounds like ch in chips)
85. Gaeilge — Dia Duit (informal(Pronounced Gee ah Ditch) Literal Translation God be with you.
86. Kurdish — Tsoni(hi,hello) Roj Bas("Good Day") (ROHZJ BAHSH)
87. Bengali — Namaskar, Salamwalaikum (see 14)
88. Igbo — Nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo; Nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)
89. Zulu- sawubona
90. Northen Shoto- dumelang
91. Yiddish-Sholem Aleikhem (may peace be unto you), Borokhim Aboyem, or "Gut Morgn" (good morning,), "gutn ovnt" (good evening), "Gutn Tog" (Good day) and on the Sabbath "gut Shabbos".,
92. Basque – Kaixo (Hello, Hi, pron. Kai-show), Egun on (Good morning, pron. egg-un own) Gau on (Good night, pron. gow own)
93. Pig Latin - Eyhay (informal), Ellohay (formal), Hatsway puay? (Whats up?)
94. Texan - Howdy (informal)
95. Canada - Hello, eh?
96. Vietnamese - Xin Chào
97. Bulgarian -Zdraveite , Zdrasti(informal)
98. Georgian - Gamardjoba
Hindustani- Namaste (hello)
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