[Wikipedia-l] Re: Valentine's day!

[Sabine Cretella]

>> Not to spoil your fun, but unlike Christmas there is a much more
>> international greeting for the same holiday (Valentine's Day) that is
>> much less likely to alienate or offend others.
>>
so this would be worth a note, don't you think so?

>> There is no way to say "Happy valentine's day" in O'odham
>> (Pima/Papago) or Piipaash (Maricopa) or Xalychidoma (Halichidhoma)
>> without sounding extremely strange and perhaps overly religious - it
>> is definitely non-traditional and not all speakers of these languages
>> (well, at least O'odham) know what it is.
>
And also this should then be inserted - with a note (also in English is 
ok) that there is no consideration for S. Valentine - this is part of 
culture - and of course it should be part of one or more wikipedia 
articles (and linked).

>
> Indeed. It's a cultural thing -- even in Europe, I'm not sure how we'd 
> say it in Welsh as our equivalent is St Dwynwen's Day (25th January). 
> We had plenty of our own saints and had no need to import Roman ones!

And here I would add the wish for St. Dwynwens's Day + a note that it is 
on 25th January, has a similar sense, but an own meaning - linked to 
wikipedia articles :-)

So maybe also many others now know what the sense of all those wishes 
is: to say: here it is different :-)

Ciao, Sabine

.... still finishing a never ending job ... sigh ...