Friday, November 29, 2013

PUZZLE

Solution to the previous puzzle:  

Here is a riddle for you; please give the three words suggested in the riddle.

I am a word of meanings three.
Three ways of spelling me there be.
The first is an odour, a smell if you will.
The second some money, but not in a bill.
The third is past tense, a method of passing things on or around.
Can you tell me now, what these words are, that have the same sound?

scent, cent, and sent.

New Puzzle:

Try to identify the languages of these seasonal greetings:


1. Gesëende Kersfees
2. Boas Festas
3. Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rock
4. Glaedelig Jul
5. Felice Navidad
6. Hyvää Joulua
7. Joyeux Noel
8. Froehliche Weihnachten
9. Kala Christouyenna
10. Mele Kalikimaka
11. Merry Christmas, Bada Din Mubarak
12. Nollaig Shona Dhuit
13. Bono Natale
14. Shinnen omedeto
15. Kuwa na Krismasi njema
16. Sung Tan Chuk Ha
17. Linksmu Kaledu
18. Feliz Navidad
19. Natale hilare
20. Maligayang Pasko
21. Wesolych Swiat Bozego
22. Narodzenia
23. Feliz Natal, Gajan Kristnaskon
24. Srozhdestovm Kristovim
25. Suksun Wan Christmas
26. Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
27. Nadolig Llawen

5 comments:

Doris177 said...

7. French
8. German
10. Hawaiian
13. Italian
18. Spanish
22. Polish

Unknown said...

1.African
2.Portugese
3.Dutch
4.Danish
5.Spanish
6.Finnish
7.French
8.German
9.Greek
10.Hawaiian
11.Indian
12.Irish
13. Italian
14.Japanese
15.Swahili
16.Korean
17.Lithuanian
18.Spanish
19.Latin
20.Filipino
21.Polish
22.Polish
23.Esperanto
24.Ukranian
25.Thai
26.Thai
27.Welsh

CurtisP155 said...

1. African
2. Portuguese
3. Slovakian
4. Danish
5. Spanish
6. Finnish
7. French
8. Germans
9. Haitian
10. Hawaiian
11. Hindu
12. Irish
13. Italian
14. Japanese
15. Swahili
16. Korean
17. Lithuanian
18. Spanish
19. Basque
20. Filipino
21. Polish
22. Polish
23. Romanian
24. Slovenian
25. Thai
26. Vietnamese
27. Welsh
And I never used the internet to find the translation. :)

Michael said...

Wow, great effort!

Michael said...

Ah, the joys of ambiguity. Are you saying you didn't use *any* resources to come up with your translations, Curtis, or just not the internet?

And if you didn't need any other resources, is there a reason you know all of these greetings?