Chapter 21 "Cheers!"

One of the things that complexes you when you travel is, how are you going to relate to someone when you don't even speak their language?? Well 70% of all communication is non-verbal so I thought that no matter where I go, I'm only behind 30%.

Instead of learning "hello" or "my name is" I decided to learn something a lot more practical. . . . CHEERS! I mean, the second you say hello or my name is, the other person will naturally assume that you will follow it with a sentence or a question. Well that sucks, all i know is hello.
The instant that you cheers someone, it always brings on an emotion of a good feeling. A time remembered, though the time may be hard to remember, of when you we're last enjoying yourself. It could be a christmas, a wedding, a dinner out with the woman, or maybe just a big piss up at your local with all your buddies. Either way, people love it and respond with a smile.

Here is what I've compiled so far from people I've met so far. First will be the country, then the word (my guess on how its spelt) , and finally my guess on how to say it phonetically correct. Feel free to add or correct me in any of them.

Southern Australia / Cheers big ears / Cheers big ears (damn them and their rhyming slang, lol)
Canada / CHEERS! / CHEERS! (plain and simple)
Eastern Canada / Sociable / Sociable
French Canada / Vive Le Quebec Libre / Veev le kay-beck lee-bra (standing for "long live the free province of Quebec)
Finland / Kippis / Kee - Pesh
Italy / Salut / Sa - Loo
Israel / La Hi-Yum / La Hi-yum (pronounce the H with a sound like your hacking a loogey)
Germany / Prolst / Pro - tsh
Greece / (who knows how to spell anything in greek) / Ya - Sou
Nederlands / Gelukkig Nieuwjaar / (still dunno how to say it,lol)
Scotland / AI! You know it! / Could just be my personal experience, but that's what we yelled!
Sweden / Skal / Skal

Well I raise my glass to you all, one to remember and one to forget. . . . CHEERS!

MArsha B