Being a second generation Swedish American I am very familiar with the word "skoal". When I visited relatives in Sweden we were told that whenever we were served wine or any other such beverage the custom was to look at everyone at the table and raise your glass to them and say skoal. Only after each person acknowledge everyone else was it polite to take a drink.
Unfortunately my father was an alcoholic and I heard the word skoal many times in my young days. Regrettably he only taught me only one thing in Swedish. It was: "Mein skoal dein skoal alla valla flicka skoal." Translated it means "I drink you drink all the pretty girls drink." When I met my cousins in Vinslov Sweden for the first time I said that and they burst into a hearty Swedish laughter. It is great to be bilingual. Ken Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire, WI 54701 (Home) 715-839-8470 ( Cell ) 715-210-1556 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mayberryreflections.com _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
