<Li> Netherlands: "Lach eens naar het vogeltje" ("Smile at the little bird"). The English word "cheese" is also often used . </Li> <Li> Nigeria: Many photographers prompt the subjects of their photographs to say "cheese" at the count of three </Li> <Li> Russia: The English word "cheese", or sometimes the Russian word "сыр" (pronounced seer) which means "cheese". Also "Скажи изюм" (pronounced Skazhi izyum), meaning "Say raisins" (used as the title of a 1983 novel by Vasily Aksyonov . </Li> <Li> Serbia: "птичица" ("Little bird") </Li>

Where did the saying say cheese come from