Anchor [Ben Alpert]: While people in North America are celebrating Valentines Day with cards, candy and kind words, Reveille Radio’s Marylee Williams reports that internationally different cultures are celebrating in their own way.
Reporter [Marylee Williams]: I love you. A common phrase used on Valentines Day — but in other countries the holiday is celebrated differently.
In German, t’aime” (Juh taaam) means I love you in French. Megan Lawrance, French graduate student, said in France the most common gift on Valentines day is chocolate.
Mechanical engineering junior, Rafael Murillo, said in Venezuela men will often hire a mariachi band to serenade his significant other.