Learn English – Is “Happy born day” grammatically correct
grammar
I have seen some people writing:
I wish you a happy born day/date.
And I felt it is wrong but wanted to cross check.
Best Answer
It is an emerging alternative phrase for birthday.
The more widely recognized expression is happy birthday.
Several references to the term found via Google search suggest it is common among "Black people", apparently African-Americans or in the hip-hop subculture.
It is not redundant because "many" and "more" do not mean the same thing. It is simply longer. "More" and "longer" or "better" for example is not grammatically correct because they both serve the same meaning, but many and more do not mean the same thing.
"More happy" is not grammatically incorrect, but the "many more" refers to "returns" not "happy"
Best Answer
It is an emerging alternative phrase for birthday.
The more widely recognized expression is happy birthday.
Several references to the term found via Google search suggest it is common among "Black people", apparently African-Americans or in the hip-hop subculture.
See, for example:
https://www.google.com.tw/search?q=born+day&oq=born+day&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i59j0l2j69i60j69i61.17679j0j4&client=ms-android-samsung&sourceid=chrome-mobile&espv=1&ie=UTF-8#facrc=_
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/happy-born-day