CHEERS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR--Kristin Conard is an editor at Matador Nights [http://matadornetwork.com/] as well as a writing instructor in California.

She recently penned an article on how to say “Cheers” in 50 languages.  Here’s a few you might try on those special 2013 events:

Dutch: Proost  [Prohst]

Japanese: Kanpai [kan-pie]

Polish: Na zdrowie  [Naz-droh-vee-ay]

Spanish: Salud [Sah-lud]

Swedish: Skal [Skawl]

Vietnamese: Do [Jou]

Yiddish: Sei gesund   [Say geh-sund]

Hebrew: [L’chaim]

Greek: [Yamas]

German: Prost  [Prohst]

French:  Sante [Sahn tay]

Chinese/Mandarin: gan bei [gan-bay]