Double kisses and double hugs are your bonus gift to make up for being late to wish you.

Can you say happy late birthday. It follows that when you put the word belated before birthday you are implying that it is the birthday that came later than expected. Hope you had a great birthday. Happy belated birthday means the same as happy late birthday Still because so many people switch the order especially in the United States you can expect to see lots of belated birthday greetings even if your birthday arrives right on time.

But being the loyal friend that I am heres a belated birthday wish just for you. However its a great example of the difference between colloquial usage and logicalformal usage. 108 Happy belated birthday to someone who gives us a million reasons to smile every day.

Paul Brians However most people arent too pedantic and it is quite acceptable to use either phrasing. People will still be happy if you are late then never to congratulate a birthday. If you had to accept a bribe to forgive someone what would it be.

Theres a very good reason why this birthday wish is late. Lately Ive been thinking a lot about you. Technically the latter phrase belated happy birthday is more grammatically correct because it is your wishes that are late not the birthday.

109 Happy belated birthday. Dont worry I didnt miss your birthday I just wanted to be fashionably late. So the correct way to say it is Belated happy birthday.

Its the happy birthday wish thats late not the birthday itself. It is not correct to say Happy belated birthday or Happy late birthday even though these phrases are very common. Although it is logical and better formal English to say belated wishes for a happy birthday in reality thats not what youre going to hear.