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minus-squareunitedwithme@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up97·1 个月前A 5-day, 40 hour work week “standard” Somebody saying “bless you” to someone else who sneezes The president
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-21 个月前Bless you is such a weird way to respond to a sneeze though. Fitting for the clusterfuck the english language is tbh.
minus-squareclag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 个月前From ancient Rome when they thought sneezing was an omen and may dislodge and expel the soul from the body (Pliny the Elder, Suetonius, Homer).
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 个月前Sure feels like that sometimes.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 个月前Still weird that english uses it. Most other languages I k ow just say something about your health.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 个月前We know know sneezing can wake the small elf living in your stomach. According to RFK.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 个月前In Germany we say (literally) “Health” as in “Get better”
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 个月前Love the joke from (probably not actually) nazi times “Heil Hitler!” “Seh ich aus wie ein Arzt?” Or " Heil ihn selbst!" In english: “Heil Hitler” “do i look like a doctor?” Or “heal him yourself”
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 个月前The english language has a lot of religious language hidden away in expressions For example, goodbye is just a shortening of “god be with ye”
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 个月前Seinfeld suggested: “You’re soooo good looking!”
A 5-day, 40 hour work week “standard”
Somebody saying “bless you” to someone else who sneezes
The president
Bless you is such a weird way to respond to a sneeze though. Fitting for the clusterfuck the english language is tbh.
From ancient Rome when they thought sneezing was an omen and may dislodge and expel the soul from the body (Pliny the Elder, Suetonius, Homer).
Sure feels like that sometimes.
Still weird that english uses it. Most other languages I k ow just say something about your health.
We know know sneezing can wake the small elf living in your stomach. According to RFK.
In Germany we say (literally) “Health” as in “Get better”
Love the joke from (probably not actually) nazi times
“Heil Hitler!” “Seh ich aus wie ein Arzt?” Or " Heil ihn selbst!"
In english: “Heil Hitler” “do i look like a doctor?” Or “heal him yourself”
Love it
I know. We do the same
The english language has a lot of religious language hidden away in expressions
For example, goodbye is just a shortening of “god be with ye”
Seinfeld suggested: “You’re soooo good looking!”
“langaige”