Nat'l Anthem in Scotch, Yiddish, Polish, Sign, Samoan & BushSpeak

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Scotch:
O am faic sibh gu moch an am bristeadh an tràth'
A ni dh'fhàg sinn fo uaill 'n am dol fodha na gréine,
Le chuid rionnagan soills' 'us na sgrìoban breac bàn
Thar an daighnich bho 'n àird troimh gach gàbhadh 'us éiginn?
'S gach ional-càtha 's gach fuaim bh' anns an iarmailt mu'n cuairt
Thug dhuinn dearbhadh troimh 'n oidhch' gu robh bhratach sin suas;
O! am bheil fathast a' bhratach air bheil breacadh nan reult
Os cionn dachaidh sluagh saor 'us àit' còmhnuidh nan treun?

Yiddish:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/28/171912/480

Gwiazdzisty Sztandar
O, czy widzisz Ty - wczesny swit spedza mrok.
Sztandar, co duma nas napawal przy zorz sklonie
I czarem swych barw, gwiazd, gdy go przez wa_ strzegl wzrok,
Lsnia, chociaz krwawy boj nikl w wieczora oslonie?
Przez cala noc ryk dzial, i blysk rakiet wiesc slal,
ze jeszcze ten nasz pelen sily znak stal.
O, czy gwiazdzisty sztandar powiewa jak wprzod,
Kedy wzrosl wolny kraj, gdzie wzniosl dom dzielny lud?

Polish:
O, niech tak bedzie wciaz, gdy stanie wolny lud,
By uchronic swoj kraj od zniszczen wojny, glodu!
Niech z niebios laska kraj triumf swieci przez trud,
Niechaj slawi te Moc, ktora Stra__ Narodu.
W proch pasc musi nasz wrog.
Bo prawa bronim drog.
To haslo tkwi w nas:
"Wiara! Z nami wciaz Bog!"
O, niech gwiazdzisty sztandar powiewa jak wprzod,
Kady wzrosl wolny kraj, gdzie wzniosl dom dzielny lud.

There is this version in American Sign Language:
http://www.ml.csi.cuny.edu/lab/asl/banner/

The Samoan version of the American anthem, for use in American Samoa:
Aue! se'i e vaai, le malama o ataata mai
Na sisi a'e ma le mimita, i le sesega mai o le vaveao
O ai e ona tosi ma fetu, o alu a'e i taimi vevesi tu
I luga o 'Olo mata'utia, ma loto toa tausa'afia
O Roketi mumu fa'aafi, o pomu ma fana ma aloi afi
E fa'amaonia i le po atoa, le fu'a o lo'o tu maninoa
Aue! ia tumau le fe'ilafi mai, ma agiagia pea
I eleele o Sa'olotoga, ma Nofoaga o le au totoa

Bushspeak anthem

Look. Can't you see?
Um, in the morning, uh, light.
That thing we saluted
Last night.

It's got red and white things,
And other white pointy things.
And that doesn't, um, scan,
But scanning is hard work.

But there's bombs.
Nukular bombs.
And that's good.

Doesn't that banner with the stars still wave over us?
Over the land of the free, where freedom is on the march.
And the home of good folks like us.
But no terrrists.

via:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/28/171912/480
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/29/143146/836

[DanCa]

1. The chimpy one made my IQ drop by about five points.

You really shoulda put a warning on it :evilgrin:

[Coastie for Truth]

2. I went to a Rust Belt Urban Inner City School

--a real "Shot and a Beer" - "Joe Six Pack" - "Smoke Stack" town - where all the Grandparents were Immigrants (if not the parents).

And for our assemblies - we did sing "The Star Spangled Banner" - first in English - then in a variety of languages. We kids - and our immigrant parents, grandparents thought it was neat.

My Grand father - who was an ESL teacher for the Union - used to say you weren't literate unless you read, rote, spoke, and understood at least six languages.