A silver anniversary is a great excuse for a big, blow-out celebration. Pour your favorite beer, cut yourself a slice of cake, and join us admiring the presents: a collection of amusements from some of our favorite beer scribes. Have fun, and Happy Birthday!
Beer Around the World
When traveling internationally, there’s a school of thought that it’s the utmost in rudeness not to learn—and use—at least a few words in the language of the country in which one is traveling. “Yes,” “No,” “Thank-you” and “Please” should be at the top of that list. For the intrepid beer loving traveler, a most indispensable phrase is: “One beer, please.” Here is that phrase translated into 25 languages.
- Gregg “Berlitz” Glaser
1. Chinese Cantonese: Ng goi bei gee bear jou
Chinese Mandarin: Ching gai wor e ping pea jou
2. Czech/Slovak: Jedno pivo prosím
3. Danish: En øl tak
4. Dutch: Een bier alstublieft
Flemish: Een pintje alstublief
Afrikaans: Een bier asseblief
5. Finnish: Yksi olut, kiitos!
6. French: Une bière, s’il vous plait
7. Gaelic: Pionta beoir abhain led do thuil
8. German: Ein Bier bitte
9. Greek: Mia beera parakalo
10. Hindi: Ek beer deejiya
11. Hungarian: Egy sört kérek
12. Icelandic: Einn bjór takk
13. Italian: Una birra, per favore
14. Japanese: Birru o ippon kudasai
15. Korean: Magjoo hanna Juse-yo
16. Latin: Unam cerevisiam si placet
17. Norwegian: En øl takk
18. Polish: Jedno piwo prosze
19. Portugese: Uma cerveja por favor
20. Russian: Odno pivo pozhaluista
21. Spanish: Una cerveza por favor
22. Swahili: Pombe moja tafadhali
23. Swedish: En öl tak
24. Tagalog: Isang beer nga
25. Thai: Khor Beer Neung Khoud, Krup (Ka, if spoken by a woman)
