kiitos

In numerous languages, just in case English doesn't work. ne hvala * Croatian nej tak * Danish nee dank u * Dutch ei kiitos * Finnish non merci * French nein danke * German no grazie * Italian no grazie * Norwegian não obrigado * Portuguese nu multumesc * Romanian no, gracias * Spanish and when all else fails, try ... no, thank you * English

Janice Taylor: The Best Ever Thanksgiving Survival Guide 2008

I thanked the taxi driver by saying kiitos ( "Thank you") as I got out, carefully making the i twice as long as the o, which is what I thought was correct.

Language Log 2009

The way to say kiitos correctly - and I rehearsed this in my head - is to imagine five very short but equally spaced timing units for the word, with the

Language Log 2009

Book fairs or festivals, those wonderful holidays in Conventionland all have to come to an end, and before you know it you're on a plane out of there, or worse, in the departure lounge of that hub airport -- Schiphol or Heathrow -- listening to all the Glaswegian accents of those around you, and all you have left is that automatic ouai when someone asks you a question, or kiitos when the barman gives you your change.

Famous in Finland, Fixture in France Hal Duncan 2009

Book fairs or festivals, those wonderful holidays in Conventionland all have to come to an end, and before you know it you're on a plane out of there, or worse, in the departure lounge of that hub airport -- Schiphol or Heathrow -- listening to all the Glaswegian accents of those around you, and all you have left is that automatic ouai when someone asks you a question, or kiitos when the barman gives you your change.

Archive 2009-11-01 Hal Duncan 2009