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Blow my candle

Published on Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Today it’s my birthday! Yay for me! How old I am? I have now reached the age of 32, but still feel very young (most of the time).

If you’re one of those kind souls that now feel an urge to congratulate me, I’d be more than happy to accept your comment! Please write Happy Birthday in your own language so we can all learn something from this…

So, blow my candle! (English isn’t my first language, so please excuse me if there’s anything wrong in that sentence… :-P)

Posted in Personal/life | 47 comments

47 comments

Maarten Leewis
August 31st, 2006 at 11:04

For a wise man who still wants to learn… (some Dutch)

Van harte gefeliciteerd!
Phil Sherry
August 31st, 2006 at 11:05

Happy Birthday, you aging queen!
zooey
August 31st, 2006 at 11:07

Daudz laimes dzimÅ¡anas dienÄ, Robert!

(it’s in Latvian)
Teddy
August 31st, 2006 at 11:08

Har den Ã¤ran Robert!
Kalle
August 31st, 2006 at 11:15

Jag sÃ¤ger som Teddy, Grattis!
Ãrni Gunnar
August 31st, 2006 at 11:21

Til hamingju meÃ° afmÃ¦liÃ° (Icelandic)
Stefan
August 31st, 2006 at 12:01

Grattis pÃ¥ fÃ¶delsedagen!
Thijs
August 31st, 2006 at 12:05

Gelukkige verjaardag!
ramin
August 31st, 2006 at 12:20

HyvÃ¤Ã¤ syntymÃ¤pÃ¤ivÃ¤Ã¤!

There goes, in Finnish.
Stephen Hill
August 31st, 2006 at 12:42

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Box
August 31st, 2006 at 13:01

Grattis pÃ¥ fÃ¶delsedagen!
bza
August 31st, 2006 at 13:09

Gratulerer med dagen!
Thomas Peklak
August 31st, 2006 at 13:18

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!!! (German)
or
Ois Guade zum Gebuadstog!!! (Austrian dialect)
Dado
August 31st, 2006 at 13:26

Happy birthday!
Stephen Chanaysk
August 31st, 2006 at 14:57

Wow, we share a birthday. I turned 40 today. I remember 32, it seemed like fun. As to feeling young, don’t worry, you’ll still feel young when your 30s come to an end.

And BTW, Happy Birthday!
Anders Ã…hlund
August 31st, 2006 at 14:57

Grattis pÃ¥ fÃ¶delsedagen Robert!
Chris
August 31st, 2006 at 14:57

Herzlichen GlÃ¼ckwunsch zum Geburtstag! (Also German)
Stuart
August 31st, 2006 at 15:53

Happy Birthday!

or alternatively

Parabens Robert! (Portuguese)
John Labriola
August 31st, 2006 at 16:28

Happy Birthday! Feliz Cumple! Buon Compleano! and however else you can say it…
Steve Williams
August 31st, 2006 at 18:55

Happy Birthday Robert, or as we say in Wales:

‘Penblwydd Hapus’
web
August 31st, 2006 at 19:14

Happy B-Day — or as Yoda would say

“to you, happy birthday”
Shane Shepherd
August 31st, 2006 at 19:24

Happy Birthday!

footnote: Just so we’re clear, I won’t be “blowing your candle” now, or ever.
Roger Johansson
August 31st, 2006 at 20:57

Grattis pÃ¥ fÃ¶delsedagen!
Robert Nyman - author
August 31st, 2006 at 21:47

Thank you very much, everyone! I appreciate it!

Stephen Chanaysk,

Happy Birthday to you too!
Edward Clarke
August 31st, 2006 at 21:53

Happy birthday and good health to you!
Emil StenstrÃ¶m
August 31st, 2006 at 22:11

<style class=”happy”>
#birthday { counter-increment: div; }
</style>
Emil StenstrÃ¶m
August 31st, 2006 at 22:14

Ok, that was a pretty interesting effect seems to be a bug in your comments, I’ll mail you the details.
Robert Nyman - author
August 31st, 2006 at 22:21

Edward, Emil,

Thank you!

Emil,

I fixed your comment. It’s something built-in in WordPress that transforms certain characters in the comments to HTML code, I don’t really know how to change it (suggestions are welcome).
SilentWarrior
August 31st, 2006 at 23:01

Alles gueti zum Geburtstag! (Swiss German)

I wish you and your family only the best for the next year and I hope you’ll still be blogging in one year.
Jonathan
September 1st, 2006 at 0:42

<?php
  function sendBirthdayWish($name) {
    echo “Happy birthday, $name!”;
  }
  sendBirthdayWish(”Robert”);
?>
SÃ©bastien Guillon
September 1st, 2006 at 4:20

Here it is in French, a most heartfelt:

Joyeux Anniversaire Robert !
Jens Wedin
September 1st, 2006 at 8:11

Grattis mannen, du Ã¤r ju lika ung som mig
Michael Odden
September 1st, 2006 at 8:25

Gratulerer med dagen pÃ¥ etterskudd
Jeena Paradies
September 1st, 2006 at 12:21

Wszystkiego najlepszego w dniu urodzin!

(Polish )
Borilio
September 1st, 2006 at 12:36

Ð¡ Ð´Ð½ÐµÐ¼ Ñ€Ð¾Ð¶Ð´ÐµÐ½ÑŒÑ!
Robert Nyman - author
September 1st, 2006 at 12:39

Thank you everyone!
You make me so happy!
Frederic
September 1st, 2006 at 13:38

No idea how to wish happy birthday in zulu.

for other language, please take a look on this page:
http://www.freelang.net/expressions/birthday.html

Most of all languages

But happy birthday
Reine Larsson
September 1st, 2006 at 14:37

Grattis Robert!
Robert Nyman - author
September 1st, 2006 at 17:01

Frederic, Reine,

Thank you!
Paul Groves
September 1st, 2006 at 20:57

Dear Robert,

La La La - I still am 29 - la la la - lol lol lol!

Happy birthday - keep writing!
Robert Nyman - author
September 1st, 2006 at 21:03

Paul,

Yeah, yeah, good for you…
Manuel Catez
September 1st, 2006 at 22:19

Here it is in french again, but in a slightly different form :

Bon anniversaire Robert
Robert Nyman - author
September 1st, 2006 at 23:31

Manuel,

Merci!
Jeroen Mulder
September 3rd, 2006 at 21:03

Slap me for being late to the party, but I hope you had a brilliant birthday! Saved some cake for me, right?
Robert Nyman - author
September 3rd, 2006 at 21:50

Jeroen,

Thank you, it was great!
But no cake for late people!
josue salazar
September 19th, 2006 at 1:14

FelÃz CumpleaÃ±os! (spanish)
Robert Nyman - author
September 19th, 2006 at 10:47

josue,

Thanks!

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