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Thursday, June 12, 2003

Happy Birthday to You, the

Happy Birthday to You, the four-line ditty was written as a classroom greeting in 1893 by two Louisville teachers, Mildred J. Hill, an authority on Negro spirituals, and Dr. Patty Smith Hill, professor emeritus of education at Columbia University. The melody of the song Happy Birthday to You was composed by Mildred J. Hill, a schoolteacher born in Louisville, KY, on June 27, 1859. The song was first published in 1893, with the lyrics written by her sister, Patty Smith Hill, as "Good Morning To All." Happy Birthday to You was copyrighted in 1935 and renewed in 1963. The song was apparently written in 1893, but first copyrighted in 1935 after a lawsuit. In 1988, Birch Tree Group, Ltd. sold the rights of the song to Warner Communications for an estimated $25 million. In the 80s, the song Happy Birthday to You was believed to generate about $1 million in royalties annually. With Auld Lang Syne and For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, it is among the three most popular songs in the English language. Happy Birthday to You continues to bring in approximately 2 million dollars in licensing revenue each year, at least as of 1996 accounting, according to Warner Chappell and a Forbes magazine article.

I think we should all learn something new every day.

Happy Birthday EL... I love you! Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag! Urime ditelindjen! Gueter geburtsdaa! Melkam lidet! Eid milaad saeed! or Kul sana wa inta/i tayeb/a! Taredartzet shnorhavor! or Tsenund shnorhavor! Eida 'moladukh Hawee Brikha! Ois guade winsch i dia zum Gbuadsdog! Suma Urupnaya Cchuru Uromankja! Ad gununuz mubarek! Ad gunun mubarek! Zorionak! Ungil el cherellem! Shuvo Jonmodin! Maogmang Pagkamundag! Hapi betde! or Yumi celebretem de blong bon blong yu! Parabens a voce! or Parabens e muitas Deiz-ha-bloaz laouen deoc'h! Chestit Rojden Den! Som owie nek mein aryouk yrinyu! Per molts anys! or Bon aniversari! or Moltes Felicitats! Biba Kumplianos! Sun Yat Fai Lok! San Ni Kuai Lo! Sang Ngit Fai Lok! qu ni sheng er kuai le San ruit kua lok! Se Jit khuai lak! NA ZHSHS Sretan Rodendan! Vsechno nejlepsi k Tvym narozeninam!! Tillykke med fodselsdagen! Ne gelukkege verjoardach! Ne geleukkege verjoardoag! Fellisiteert! Gelukkige verjaardag! or Prettige verjaardag! Fan herte lokwinske! Proficiat! or Perfisia! Ne geleukkege verjeurdoag! Gefeliciteard met oen'n verjoardag! Hartelijk gefeliciteerd! or Van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag! Happy Birthday! Felichan Naskightagon! Palju onne sunnipaevaks! Zorionak zure urtebetetze egunean! Tillukku vid fodingardegnum! Tavalodet Mobarak! Hyvaa syntymapaivaa! Bonne Fete! Joyeux Anniversaire! Lokkiche jierdei! Lá breithe mhaith agat! Co` latha breith sona dhuibh! Ledicia no teu cumpreanos! Gilotcav dabadebis dges! Allis Guedi zu dim Fescht! Ois Guade zu Deim Geburdstog! Allet Jute ooch zum Jeburtstach! or Ick wuensch da allet Jute zum Jeburtstach! Es Muentschi zum Geburri! Ewllews Gewtew zewm Gewbewrtstewg. Mew! Allmecht! Iich wuensch Dir aan guuadn Gebuardsdooch! Haerzliche Glueckwuensche zum Geburtstag! Haezzlische Glickwunsch zem Gebordsdach! Ick wuensch Di allns Gode ton Geburtsdach! Ich gratelier Dir aach zum Geburtstag! Allet Gute zum Gebuatstach! Alles Gudde for dei Gebordsdaach! Herzlischen Gliggwunsch zum Geburdsdaach! Aelles Guade zom Gebordzdag! Ois Guade zum Geburdsdog! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Eytyxismena Genethlia! or Chronia Pola! Inuuinni pilluarit! Fielsteerd mit joen verjoardag! Janma Divas Mubarak! Saal Mubarak! Vy-Apave Nde Arambotyre! Hau`oli la hanau! Yom Huledet Same'ach! Masadya gid nga adlaw sa imo pagkatawo! Janam Din ki badhai! or Janam Din ki shubkamnaayein! Boldog szuletesnapot! or Isten eltessen! Til hamingju med afmaelisdaginn! Selamat Ulang Tahun! La-breithe mhaith agat! or Co` latha breith sona dhut! Or Breithla Shona Dhuit! Buon Compleanno! Bun Cumpleani! At faz tent avguri ad bon cumplean! Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu! Slamet Ulang Taunmoe! Bouon Anniversaithe! Huttida Habba Subashayagalu! Mayap a Kebaitan Voharvod Mubarak Chuy! Tughan kuninmen! Quchjaj qoSlIj! Saeng il chuk ha ham ni da! Rojbun a te piroz be! Tulgan kunum menen! Fortuna dies natalis! Daudz laimes dzimsanas diena! Sveikinu su gimtadieniu! or Geriausi linkejimaigimtadienio progal Nkwagaliza amazalibwa go amalungi! Vill Gleck fir daei Geburtsdaag! Sreken roden den! Pirannal Aasamsakal! or Janmadinasamsakal! Selamat Hari Jadi! Nifrahlek ghal gheluq sninek! Kia huritau ki a koe! Wadhdiwasachya Shubhechha! mo swet u en bonlaniverser! Leleng ambai pa mbeng ku taipet i! Torson odriin mend hurgee! bil hoozho bi'dizhchi-neeji' 'aneilkaah! Ick gratuleer di scheun! Janma dhin ko Subha kamana! Gratulerer med dagen! Janmadina Abhinandan! Masha Pabien I hopi aña mas! Padayish rawaz day unbaraksha! Tavalodet Mobarak! Maligayang kaarawan sa iyo! Wszystkiego Najlepszego! or Wszystkiego najlepszego zokazji urodzin! wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin Parabens pelo seu aniversario! or Parabenspara voce! or Parabens e muitas felicidades! Feliz Aniversario! or Parabens! Janam din diyan wadhayian! Janam ghaanth ri badhai, khoob jeeyo! La Multi Ani! Feneligiz Cunumplegeanagonos! S dniom razhdjenia! or Pazdravliayu s dniom razhdjenia! Lihkos Riegadanbeaivvis! Manuia lou aso fanau! Ravihi janmadinam aacharati! Achent'annos! Achent'annos! Vill Glück zum Geburri! Srecan Rodjendan! Vsetko najlepsie k narodeninam! Vse najboljse za rojstni dan! Masego motsatsing la psalo! Feliz Cumpleaños! Suba Upan dinayak vewa! Wilujeng Tepang Taun! Mi fresteri ju! Hongera! or Heri ya Siku kuu! Grattis pa fodelsedagen! Tahnyotho or brigo! Maligayang Bati Sa Iyong Kaarawan! San leaz quiet lo! Piranda naal vaazhthukkal! Janmadina subha kankshalu! Puttina Roju Shubakanksalu! Suk San Wan Keut! Droonkher Tashi Delek! Putudina dina saukhya! Dogum gunun kutlu olsun! Mnohiya lita! or Z dnem narodjennia! Janam Din Mubarak Saalgirah Mubarak! Chuc Mung Sinh Nhat! Malipayong adlaw nga natawhan! Penblwydd Hapus i Chi! Imini emandi kuwe! A Freilekhn Gebortstog! Eku Ojobi! Ilanga elimndandi kuwe!
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 on  06/12  at  09:20 AM

Happy Birthday EL! Have a great celebration!

Susan  on  06/12  at  10:01 AM

Happy Birthday EL!
How many different languages was that?

EL  on  06/12  at  10:58 AM

160

LIsa  on  06/12  at  12:21 PM

Happy Day, EL. Hope you have a great one (and I expect Clayton will make sure of that!).

Tareq  on  06/12  at  01:39 PM

Just wanted to intrude here one more time to wish EL a very happy birthday! May your new year be full of nothing BUT good health, lots of happiness, and good fortune, onto you and yours! May you live to be a 100! Have a good one...Tareq

irfan  on  06/12  at  03:18 PM

Happy birthday EL!

EL  on  06/13  at  11:55 AM

Thanks everyone!

J. Byron  on  12/09  at  01:43 PM

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