Comments on: One Thousand Ways to Say Hello

By: Abi

Abi — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:00:18 +0000

Ta very much (thanks in English slang ;) )

By: ralph

ralph — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:41:28 +0000

Very nice way to receive a warm welcome…

In the Netherlands we say : Goede avond :) (good evening)

By: Abi

Abi — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:56:49 +0000

Wow – that project in Melk sounds interesting. Perhaps we should start a list here of all the ways we know how to say hello…

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:26:55 +0000

This is so cool! I know several different ways of saying hello but it would be neat to see it all over the ground like this. I agree that it would be funny to see everyone walking around staring at the floor :)

By: soultravelers3

soultravelers3 — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:05:05 +0000

Cool!

When we were in Melk, Austria we interviewed an artist who was doing a someone related project with tiles among the cobblestones that were in Morse code poem that could be seen from Google earth.

By: Abi

Abi — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:02:34 +0000

It’s also quite cool to look up and see other people wandering around the square staring at the floor, playing the same game!

Thanks also for Monna’s note about Buenas Tardes – saying it translates as Good Afternoon rather than Good Evening. I’ve polled my Spanish friends, who say it can mean either!

Good “some time after lunch but before we go to bed” to you all!

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:38:22 +0000

The last picture is a great picture but it is even better knowing what they are. I would love to go around, like Amy said, and see how many languages we could figure out!

By: TheWordWire

TheWordWire — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:27:00 +0000

Just the reminder that there are so many ways to say hello makes the world seem like a smaller place. Greetings this Friday — thanks for sharing this great piece.

By: Amy @ The Q Family

Amy @ The Q Family — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:01:25 +0000

That’s so cool! It will be a fun evening out trying to find all the languages we know.

By: Monna McD

Monna McD — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:28:33 +0000

This is such a cool exhibit and I love that it’s in a public space. It feels like Christmas!