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 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6188 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 20 08 October 2010 at 2:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
Strangely enough we say "Gesundheit!" in the US, too. Edited by newyorkeric on 10 October 2010 at 2:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5656 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 20 08 October 2010 at 4:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
Oh, I didn't know this! Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5376 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 11 of 20 11 October 2010 at 9:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In English, the sound is "atchoo!" and the response is either "(God) bless you!" or, as mentioned, "Gesundheit!". As a non-religious person I prefer the latter, though I've tried to start a custom between my friends of rating the sneeze on a scale of 1 to 10 instead. Edited by Levi on 11 October 2010 at 9:27pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| nebojats Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5005 days ago 89 posts - 120 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Thai Studies: French, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Italian | Message 12 of 20 20 October 2010 at 9:05am | IP Logged | |||||
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I think this is the perfect opportunity to share that in Thailand, no one says anything after somebody sneezes! I've been in a rural area for almost two years and have finally gotten used to it. After having people wish me health or blessing or good vibes my whole life, it felt pretty off-putting when people would just ignore my monster sneeze. I am firmly for the sympathetic responses to sneezing, in all their linguistic forms!
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| fielle Diglot Groupie Japan maliora.com Joined 5079 days ago 53 posts - 69 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German | Message 13 of 20 20 October 2010 at 9:13am | IP Logged | |||||
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In Japan people also don't respond to sneezes. Actually, if I sneeze enough some people ask me if I'm cold (not if I have a cold, mind you!)
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| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6188 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 14 of 20 20 October 2010 at 2:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
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They don't say it in Singapore either. But here people also don't greet you, hold doors open for you, etc.
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| Johnnysd Diglot Newbie Norway johnnysd.deviantart. Joined 5426 days ago 18 posts - 33 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: German, Italian, Korean, French | Message 15 of 20 20 October 2010 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In Norway we say "Prosit", which, when translated, means something like "May it be of use", and the sound of the sneeze is "Atsjo".
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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6391 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 16 of 20 20 October 2010 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Yeah, southern China also no "bless you". I guess it's a European thing? It supposedly comes from the old superstition of the soul leaving the body, right?
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