NATIONAL GREETINGS
CUSTOMS IN MANY LANDS “HAVE YOU EATEN YOUR RICE? ’ The equivalent national greetings o| some other countries to the English ‘‘How do you do?” are interesting. Translated they are:— French.—“ How do you carry yourself?” German.—-“ How do you find yourself?” Swedish.—“ How can you?” Dutch. —“How do you fare?” Italian.—“ How do you stand?” Spanish.—“Go with God, senor.” Russian. —“How do you live on?” Egyptian.—“ How do you perspire?’’ Polish.—“ How do you have yourself?” Arabian.—“ Thank God, how are you?’ ’ Persian.—“ May thy shadow never grow less.” Chinese. —“How is your stomach? Have you eaten your rice?"
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19843, 18 May 1927, Page 2
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101NATIONAL GREETINGS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19843, 18 May 1927, Page 2
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