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19 mos - , South Australia . It
Congratulations To ‘rowan on winning the Nobel prize
in Medicine and also for being the most confusing
person to sing happy birthday to.
Nobel Prize winner Tu Yemen helped by ancient
Chinese remedy - BBC: News
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User avatar #1 - watermeloncyborgs (10/08/2015) [-]
I wonder how people sing happy birthday to her.
"Happy birthday to you...?"
User avatar #21 to #1 - LaNoirChat (10/09/2015) [-]
theres a chinese version for happy birthday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6bwjOFRJwM
User avatar #48 to #21 - theannoyingFJguy (10/09/2015) [-]
that is the most scarring thing i've ever seen
#63 to #48 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
imagine it in g major
User avatar #69 to #63 - theannoyingFJguy (10/09/2015) [-]
Who am I, beethoven
#67 to #21 - floran (10/09/2015) [-]
and then we have this asshole
please don't do this people
#64 to #21 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
Happy birthday in Chinese still doesn't mention the name.
User avatar #70 to #64 - LaNoirChat (10/10/2015) [-]
chinese people don't sing in english
User avatar #4 to #1 - dbykamlyat (10/08/2015) [-]
Just keep at it like a pop song i guess
User avatar #6 to #1 - lenytunes (10/08/2015) [-]
"Happy birthday to Tu Youyou, happy birthday to you"
User avatar #8 to #6 - psykobear (10/08/2015) [-]
People usually don't recite the last name during the song.

"Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to Tu,
Happy Birthday to you."
User avatar #30 to #8 - lordofbumcrack (10/09/2015) [-]
actually her first name would be Youyou, in chinese the surname comes before the first name, and it remains so even when converted to the alphabet.

i can tell that her first name is Youyou because in chinese, surnames are one-syllable and given names are normally two-syllable.
User avatar #52 to #30 - psykobear (10/09/2015) [-]
IWasNotAwareOfThat.gif

So, addendum (It actually gets easier to say):
"Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to Youyou,
Happy Birthday to you."
User avatar #33 to #30 - deutschblut (10/09/2015) [-]
屠呦呦

BTW-How can an evil Chinese Communist plotting the doom of America receive a Nobel Peace Prize? Then again, Yasser Arafat received one as well. Hitler was also nominated.

It seems you cannot believe everything you hear on jreish news...
User avatar #40 to #33 - robertolee (10/09/2015) [-]
It isn't the peace prize, its the nobel prize for medicine.
User avatar #43 to #40 - deutschblut (10/09/2015) [-]
You get thumbs for vigilance, by the way...
User avatar #42 to #40 - deutschblut (10/09/2015) [-]
Sorry, I stand corrected. You are right. (see, Germans are not "always right")

Still related I gather?

You know, I do not think I have ever heard of the Nobel Medical Prize...
User avatar #46 to #42 - mion (10/09/2015) [-]
They have one for pretty much any sciences (including parts of humanities) as well as stuff for society, i.e. peace and **** .
User avatar #44 to #42 - robertolee (10/09/2015) [-]
They have prizes for alot, including medical, mathematics, physics, biology, technology, peace prize etc
User avatar #45 to #30 - niggastolemyname (10/09/2015) [-]
except the walnut americans here would still use her first name
User avatar #57 to #8 - lenytunes (10/09/2015) [-]
Lol yeah I guess, I just saw Youyou and I couldn't let the opportunity slip because "His palms are sweaty, knee's weak..."
#34 to #1 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
Happy birthday, Congratulations! Happy Birthday, With salutations. Happy birthday and may your sky stay blue... Happy birthday to you.
User avatar #32 to #1 - eiaisqzbsesb (10/09/2015) [-]
Happy birthday to you...
Happy birthday to you...
Happy birthday dear To Youyou...
Happy birthday to you!
#9 to #1 - captnpl (10/08/2015) [-]
Zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè tú yōuyōu
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
User avatar #26 to #9 - Jenisist (10/09/2015) [-]
祝你生日快乐
祝你生日快乐
祝你生日快乐屠呦呦
祝你生日快乐

Just adding the characters~
User avatar #12 to #9 - barakakaka (10/08/2015) [-]
Να ζήσεις Tu Youyou
και χρόνια πολλά
μεγάλη να γίνεις με άσπρα μαλλιά
παντού να σκορπίζεις της γνώσης το φώς
και όλοι να λένε να μία σοφός.

Live tu youyou
and many years
grow old with white hair
everywhere spread knowledge's light
and everyone may say there is the wise
congrats, you now know the Greek Happy birthday song.
#22 to #9 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
wouldnt it be
Zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
zhù tú yōuyōu shēngrì kuàilè
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
#3 - evilhomer (10/08/2015) [-]
**evilhomer used "*roll picture*"**
**evilhomer rolled image**
Fun fact: Tu in Lithuanian also means "you"
So in Lithuanian it would sound like Tu TuTu which in English would be "You YouYou"
User avatar #66 to #3 - rejakted (10/09/2015) [-]
What if we replace it with Tu Tu Ruuuuuuuuu~? Mayushi desu
User avatar #11 to #3 - manza (10/08/2015) [-]
Same in Spanish :o Although it's spelled with an accent "Tú".
User avatar #14 to #3 - createdjustnow ONLINE (10/08/2015) [-]
why would you change the way you say her last name? it wold still be youyou
#17 - theblobber (10/09/2015) [-]
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to tu youyou
happy birthday to you
#38 to #17 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
CHA CHA CHA
#19 to #17 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
The third line should be "Happy birthday dear Tu Youyou
User avatar #23 to #19 - traveltech (10/09/2015) [-]
I've heard it both ways
#35 to #23 - punkeryo (10/09/2015) [-]
hope you get it
#62 to #35 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
Click to show spoiler
+1
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User avatar #16 - Ruspanic (10/09/2015) [-]
Buzzkill:
Youyou is pronounced like yo-yo
#39 to #16 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
like it would sound different when spoken in english by them. Foneticaly it could be "yoe-ah" but it could even well be yo
#24 - arolexion (10/09/2015) [-]
So what did she do? What medicine and for what i mean..
#28 to #24 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
#29 to #28 - locke (10/09/2015) [-]
apperently she studied ancient chinese texts regarding medicine and found a plant that could be distilled into a medicine to fight malaria.
#68 to #29 - arolexion (10/09/2015) [-]
That's awesome, she well damn deserves it!
User avatar #65 to #29 - lapsushominum ONLINE (10/09/2015) [-]
That's actually pretty damn cool. Thanks
#37 - oversoul (10/09/2015) [-]
in italian "tu" means "you".

so pratically, her name means "you youyou"
User avatar #41 to #37 - anoxz (10/09/2015) [-]
Et tu ?
User avatar #49 to #41 - minorian (10/09/2015) [-]
Brute?
#47 to #41 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
you too?
User avatar #51 to #37 - herparderpington (10/09/2015) [-]
Same for portuguese
User avatar #53 to #37 - arziben (10/09/2015) [-]
Yeah but you wouldn't sing in both english and italian at the same time.
#10 - anon (10/08/2015) [-]
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday, dear Tu,
Happy birthday to you.
User avatar #15 to #10 - Ruspanic (10/09/2015) [-]
Tu is her surname
#31 to #15 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
DON'T WE ALL CALL OTHER BY SURNAME?

LIKE...

FRY FROM FUTURAMA, INSTEAD OF PHILIP.
User avatar #7 - lastkage (10/08/2015) [-]
Ancient chinese secret eeeeh
#58 - anon (10/09/2015) [-]
Tu Meme
User avatar #27 - spooooce ONLINE (10/09/2015) [-]
Well if we're all talking about singing 'Happy Birthday' ... and you speak Māori ...
The Māori word for **** is 'Tūtae (two-ty)
If you are named/nicknamed Ty, singing happy birthday to you will make me laugh
'Happy birthday to Ty (Tūtae)' = 'Happy birthday, *****
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3p9vhe_Xbo - For anyone interested in how 'Happy Birthday' is sung in Māori.
User avatar #61 - aejann (10/09/2015) [-]
In Chinese, "You" rhymes with "go" and "low". It's not pronounced with the long 'u'.
#60 - abominationz (10/09/2015) [-]
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Tu Youyou, Happy Birthday to you.
#59 - gafasipo (10/09/2015) [-]
In Portuguese "Tu" means "you" too. In case it wasn't confusing enough.
User avatar #55 - scorcho (10/09/2015) [-]
Here's to you, tu youyou!
#54 - computadora (10/09/2015) [-]
this made me laugh a little
User avatar #36 - marcusaurelius (10/09/2015) [-]
She went to my College University of Texas at Dallas
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