tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post8080960471879686873..comments2023-12-06T19:46:26.522-05:00Comments on The Greenbelt: Happy Halloween!The Ridger, FCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-2445649693642483662011-10-31T08:17:30.300-04:002011-10-31T08:17:30.300-04:00No, you're certainly not alone - I know plenty...No, you're certainly not alone - I know plenty of non-Americans who feel exactly the same way. On my Welsh mailing list someone once asked how to say "Happy Halloween" and the answer came back very quickly:<br /><br />I suppose it would be 'Nos Galangaeaf Da' or 'Nos Galangaeaf Llawen' on analogy with 'Happy New Year' or 'Merry Christmas'. But no Welshman would ever say this! Halloween's a terrible time!The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-42808718194909067422011-10-31T04:39:25.352-04:002011-10-31T04:39:25.352-04:00And a happy Hallowe'en to you, too!
I am asto...And a happy Hallowe'en to you, too!<br /><br />I am astonishingly ancient, and the brain is too worn down and slow to keep anywhere near in step with social trends, and anyway the whole Hallowe'en hoohah is a relative newcomer to Britain in its present form, but, but ... but am I alone in finding it odd to expect that Hallowe'en should be a happy experience? Being wished happiness is always welcome, of course, but it strikes me that what I want today above all else is safe survival.Pickynoreply@blogger.com