Kiss, Kiss!

July 6th is National Kissing Day in the United Kingdom.This holiday has recently been adopted worldwide making July the 6th the International Kissing Day or World Kiss Day.

Swedish: puss

Finnish:Suukko/Pusu
Icelandic: Koss
Italian : bacio
French : baiser
Spanish : beso
Catalan : bes
German : Kuss
Dutch : Kus
Czech: polibek
Hebrew: נשיקה (neshika)

Japanese:亲 qin
Latin: osculum
Portuguese: beijo.
Arabic: bosa بوسة
Turkish-öpücük
Latvian-skuupsts
Russian-поцелуй
Greek: “fili”. Φιλί
pòg in Scottish and Irish Gaelic.
Persian: Bouseh بوسه
Kurdish: Mach ماچ
Filipino: Halik
In Korean there are two ways to say it:
뽀뽀 (Ppo-ppo): usually a little kiss, or a kiss on the cheek
키스 (ki-su): a romantic kiss.
Chinese characters: 亲吻,吻,亲
Slovenian: poljub
Armenian: համբյուր – hambyur
Romanian:pupic
Malay: ciuman.
Tamil: mutham

Hindi: Chumma or Chumban
Malayalam:Umma
Gujarati: Pappi (pup-pee)
Urdu/Hindi: Chummha (choom-maa)/Bosaa
Farsi:Moch
Welsh: Sws y Ceffyl

Latvian: kiss = 1) skūpsts (very intimate) 2) buča

The idea behind the International Kissing Day is that many people may have forgotten the simple pleasures associated with kissing for kissing’s sake, as opposed to kissing as mere social formality or prelude to other activities. Kissing can be an enjoyable experience in and of itself. It is an expression and experience of intimacy. International Kissing Day is not as commercialised as Valentine’s Day.

Source: Wikipedia

Me and Mr O’Connor, smooching on our wedding day…

The Kiss/Der Kuss, Klimt

Tamara de Lempicka Printemps

Thanks for reading – sending you lots of kisses! xxx

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