Say 'I love you' in 40 obscure tongues. Just tap them into an SMS and let Cupid's arrow fly! (Source: Schott's Original Miscellany, Ben Schott, Bloomsbury 2002)
| »Afrikaans | Ek het jou lief |
| “Arabic | Ohne-buk |
| “Burmese | Nin ko nga chitde; Chit pa de |
| “Cantonese | Ngor oi ley |
| “Catalan | T'estimo |
| “Chewa | Noi makokonda |
| “Dutch | Ik hou van je |
| “Esperanto | Mi amas vin |
| “Finnish | Minä rakastan sinua |
| “French | Je t'aime |
| “Gaelic | Tha gradh agam ort |
| “German | Ich liebe dich |
| “Ancient Greek | Se erotao |
| “Gujarati | Maney tamari satey pyar che |
| “Hawaiian | Aloha I'a au oe; Aloha au la o'e |
| “Hebrew | Ani ohev otach |
| “Hindi | Mai tumaha pyar karta hu |
| “Italian | Ti amo |
| “Japanese | Aishite imasu |
| “Kurdish | Khoshim awée |
| “Latin | Te amo |
| “Lithuanian | As tave myliu |
| “Persian/Farsi | Mahn dousett dasam; Ushegheh-tam |
| “Polish | Kocham |
| “Portugese | Eu te amo |
| “Romanian | Te iubesc |
| “Russian | Ya tebya lyublyu |
| “Serbo-Croatian | Volim te; Ljubim te |
| “Shona | Ndinoluda |
| “Spanish | Te amo |
| “Swedish | Jag älskar dig |
| “Swiss German | I Chaa di Gärn |
| “Tagalog | Iniibig kita: Mahal kita |
| “Thai | Phom Rak Khun |
| “Tsonga | na ku rhandza |
| “Tswana | Keyagorata |
| “Turkish | Seni seviyorum |
| “Urdu | Mi-an aap say piyar karta hun |
| “Welsh | 'Rwy'n dy garu di |
| “Yiddish | Ikh hob dikh lib |
| “Zulu | Ngiya kuthanda |
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