Language – Spelling – Phonetic Pronunciation
Afrikaans Gesondheid Ge-sund-hate
Albanian Gëzuar Geh-zoo-ah
Arabic (Egypt) فى صحتك: (literally good luck) Fe sahetek
Armenian (Western) Կէնաձդ Genatzt Azerbaijani Nuş olsun Nush ohlsun
Bosnian Živjeli Zhee-vi-lee
Bulgarian Наздраве Naz-dra-vey
Burmese Aung myin par say Au-ng my-in par say
Catalan Salut Sah-lut
Chamorro (Guam) Biba Bih-bah
Chinese (Mandarin) 干杯
gān bēi Gan bay
ELV and his super-sleuthing staff have just learned that the James Beard Foundation is returning to Las Vegas, after a three year absence, to announce the Finalists for its 2012 Restaurant Awards.
ELV note: You’ll have to scroll to the 32:47 minute mark (counting backwards from the top of the show) of the Block 3 video of today’s (12.09.11) morning newscast (whew….) to see ELV highlighting some of the best Strip deals for this New Year’s Eve in the pontificating, educating, intoxicating, illuminating and resonating tones for which he is known.