Birthday Party - The Second Coming

[wiseheart]

As you all know by now, LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But some of us still had most of the comments in our inbox and decided to reconstruct the original party as well as we can, because we had great fun and the discussions were wonderful.

However, to avoid the same mishap occurring to us, we've decided to open up a second entry for further comments while working on rebuilding the original. We still have two days left, and we won't allow LJ to crash our party!

The original entry had 1328 comments, on 6 pages. The reconstructed party has now 500+ (all reposted within one day and a few new ones added), having reached Page 7 already.

Let's see what else can we come up with. New guests are welcome to share the fun. :)

Comments

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Yes, please! Those look delicious. Have I mentioned the Swedish tradition of 'seven types of biscuits/cakes'? (We use the same word for cakes and biscuits: kaka.) The idea is that for a good coffee and cakes type party you should have seven different sorts of sweet things to offer people, and enough of them that everybody can have one of each.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

That is a great tradition! :)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

We do like our sweet baked goods! There is even a verb in Swedish that means having coffee/tea/cordial/(generally non-alcoholic) beverage-of-your-choice and something small to eat with it: fika that I never have found a satisfactory translation into any other language for. It can also be a noun, describing the act of spending time with friends/family while eating/drinking in this fashion.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

that is a great word (and so much meaning in such a short word)! Untranslatable words as fascinating :)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

It is one of the truly rewarding things about learning different languages: having new words that you didn't even know could exist before. I find it says something very interesting about the way people think.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh my God! No, I won't tell you what that word means in Hungarian! Rest assured, though it's nothing edible. *keels over*

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I shall try to remember not to say it to Hungarians, not that I am even sure I have met any apart from you and your Mother.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Sounds an excellent idea :)