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minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoDo people actually wish each other Gesundheit outside of Germany?
minus-squarethemoken@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 month agoVery common here in the US as an alternative to “bless you”.
minus-squareperishthethought@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoMy US parents both have German parents. So yep, we do.
minus-squareladicius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoYes, of course. We Germans don’t suddenly stop that habit when we are traveling abroad.
minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIngl, I saw this one coming, but sometimes you gotta let things happen
minus-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThe violence of the German language goes well with a violent sneeze.
minus-squarelimelight79@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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.
Do people actually wish each other Gesundheit outside of Germany?
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
No, I say “Goes in tight”
The violence of the German language goes well with a violent sneeze.
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.