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minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 days agoDo people actually wish each other Gesundheit outside of Germany?
minus-squarelimelight79@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoI use it here in the US, and everyone I’ve used it on knows what it means. Or at least figured it out quickly.
minus-squarethemoken@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up28·2 days agoVery common here in the US as an alternative to “bless you”.
minus-squareperishthethought@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoMy US parents both have German parents. So yep, we do.
minus-squareladicius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoYes, of course. We Germans don’t suddenly stop that habit when we are traveling abroad.
minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIngl, I saw this one coming, but sometimes you gotta let things happen
minus-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoThe violence of the German language goes well with a violent sneeze.
Do people actually wish each other Gesundheit outside of Germany?
I use it here in the US, and everyone I’ve used it on knows what it means. Or at least figured it out quickly.
Very common here in the US as an alternative to “bless you”.
My US parents both have German parents. So yep, we do.
Yes, of course. We Germans don’t suddenly stop that habit when we are traveling abroad.
Ingl, I saw this one coming, but sometimes you gotta let things happen
The violence of the German language goes well with a violent sneeze.
No, I say “Goes in tight”