April 22, 2014
"Simon Says" recognized by many cultures
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taken from wikipedia
- Arabic: for example, "الجنرال عمل كده" ("General commanded", Egypt) or "قال المعلّم" ("The teacher says", Lebanon) and "سلمان يقول" ("Salman says", Iraq)
- Bengali: "নেতা বলেছেন" (The leader says)
- Cantonese: "老師話" ("The teacher says")
- Danish: "Simon siger"
- Dutch: "Commando" (the Dutch noun for "command"), or "Jantje zegt" ("Johnny says") in Flemish parts of Belgium
- Finnish: "Kapteeni käskee" ("The captain commands")
- French: "Jacques a dit" ("James said"), or "Jean dit" ("John says") in Québec
- German: "Kommando Pimperle" (or with similar rules "Alle Vögel fliegen hoch")
- Hebrew: "המלך אמר", "הרצל אמר" or "עודד אמר" ("Herzl says", "the King says" (thought to be king Solomon) or "Oded says" (Referencing Oded Menashe)
- Hungarian: "Simon mondja"
- Icelandic: "Símon segir"
- Irish: "Deir Ó Grádaigh" ("O'Grady says")
- Italian: "Il ballo di Simone" ("Simon's dance")
- Japanese: "船長さんの命令" ('Senchosan no meirei', "Ship Captain's orders")
- Korean: "시몬 가라사대" ("Simon says")
- Norwegian: "Kongen befaler" ("The king commands")
- Polish: "Szymon mówi"
- Portuguese: "O rei manda" ("the king orders"), or "O mestre mandou" ("The master ordered") in Brazilian Portuguese
- Romanian: "Răzvan spune" ("Răzvan says")
- Spanish: "Simón dice"
- Turkish: "Yakup der ki".