Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: starnuto

Ciao a tutti...
Come si risponde ad uno starnuto?
Ossia, qual č l'equivalente dell'italiano "salute!"?
Grazie,
Andrea

 Ossia, qual è l'equivalente dell'italiano "salute!"?
Potrebbe essere "bless you"
Ciao
Christian
--
Pancakes make people happy

 Ossia, qual è l'equivalente dell'italiano "salute!"?
Bless you!
Ciao
Fabio

 Potrebbe essere "bless you"
< La frase completa è comunque "God bless you "
Yours
Sal

 < La frase completa è comunque "God bless you "
Per uno starnuto?
Ciao, FB

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Grazie a tutti...
Ciao

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< Uno volta quando starnutivi ti cadevano i bubboni della peste e voleva
dire che non saresti morto .
Yours
Salvatore Santangelo

dire che non saresti morto .
Ok, ma oggi se uno starnutisce gli si dice "bless you", e non "god
bless you", o mi sbaglio?
Sebastiano
-- 
Your brain at this moment is composed of brigades of tiny Bolivian
soldiers. They are tired and muddy from their long march through the
night. There are holes in their boots and they are hungry. They need
to be fed. They need the Bolivian Marching Powder.

 Per economia della lingua e per un malinteso senso del fucking politically
correct .
Forse non si vuole discriminare le altre religioni .
Yours
Sal

Forse non si vuole discriminare le altre religioni .
Forse, boh. Quant'è che si dice "bless you", invece di "god bless
you"? Non è che mi interessi sapere il numero di anni, ma giusto
capire se un "god bless you" detto dopo uno starnuto suoni arcaico
oppure suoni solamente fuori posto.
Se io avessi sentito "god bless you" come "salute" avrei pensato ad
una battuta, o comunque ad un qualcosa detto con ironia. Oppure ad un
errore.
Se invece si usava ed oggi è solo un arcaismo, allora ovviamente
potrebbe non esserci alcuna battuta o ironia in corso, ma una semplice
scelta di vocaboli un po' antiquata.
Rimane il fatto che non l'ho mai sentito. :)
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 < La frase completa è comunque "God bless you "
That was probably the original expression, but I don't think anyone says
it in modern English.
The Brits say "bless you", and the Americans say "Gesundheit".
-- 
Mary

the Americans say "Gesundheit".
Wow! This I didin't know :))
It's funny to find a German word used in another language :)) (exept for
philophycal contexts of course)
At least not so common!!
Thanks a lot!
Ric.

The Brits say "bless you", and the Americans say "Gesundheit".
AFAIK Americans say "bless you" too. I don't know if it's more common
"bless you" or "gesundheit", though.
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 the Americans say "Gesundheit".
Che praticamente vuol dire... salute! :)
-- 
Enrico C
"Why are you so antsy today? Sit down and relax!"
antsy: restless, impatient and tired of waiting

philophycal contexts of course)
Or food. :)
Words like pretzel, zwieback, noodle (nudel), smearcase (schmierkäse),
sauerkraut, schnitzel, frankfurter, wienerwurst, hamburger,
delicatessen (the word "deli" comes from this one), and so on.
And other words as well:
kindergarden, to hex (hexen), semester*, seminar*, christmas tree,
fresh, loafer (Landläufer), nix (nichts), wunderkind, oktoberfest,
weltanschauung, zeitgeist, festschrift, wanderlust (wandern+lust),
etc.
* semester and seminar come from latin, semestris and seminarium, but
they got into American English through the German language.
Other words come from Pennsylvania dutch, which is not Dutch, but a
variation of German.
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 variation of German.
A questo argomento è dedicato uno degli specialoni in più puntate del
fantomatico Venturi:
http://snipurl.com/451v
Ciao, FB

 "bless you" or "gesundheit", though.
The former?
Bye, FB

 The former?
Lo sospetto anch'io.
Il Picchi ha anche gesundheit ma traduce "salute!" solo con bless you.
-- 
Enrico C
"Stop yanking me, okay?"
yank (1): bother; harass (c) Dave's ESL Cafe Slang


I think it's bless you 9 times out of 10.  That other word, which I will not
attempt to write, is usually used in a joking manner.  Maybe "joking" is not
the correct word, but I think you get the idea.  I've never used it.
bye
Ari

fantomatico Venturi:
Tutto salvato sul mio HD. :)
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the correct word, but I think you get the idea.  I've never used it.
And that explains why I never heard it. I knew it, I knew the meaning,
but I've never heard it. Or I don't remember hearing it. :)
Gesundheit is the word I would expect being used, for example, in a
sitcom. ^_^
Guy1: You know, it's pretty cold out there.
Guy2: C'mon, queenie, get off you ass and do something!
Guy1: Ok, ok. Let's go. Hey, you called me queenie?
Guy2: Yeah, sweetheart. (he opens the door and a chilly wind comes
through). That's it. Winter! Marvellous.
Guy1: Yeah, freezing my ass off, y'know. (he sneezes three times).
Guy2: Gesundheit, gesundheit, gesundheit.
Guy1: Sometimes you are just scary. You always think about food! I
told you! Eating ten pretzel from a vendor on the street is not
healty! You've been turned into one of ze Germans!
Guy2: You ignorant. Gesundheit means "bless you".
Guy1: Omygod! I didn't think that pretzels could be THAT powerful!
You've been turned into a german clergyman. In disguise!
Guy2: Yeah, and you have the brains of a German shepherd!
Guy1: Mama mia! You are already quoting German sayings! (pause) I am
not in your flock. You have NO flock. There are not sheep in
Manhattan.
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 sitcom. ^_^
That must be it; I've never been to the States, and I've always heard
American actors use "gesundheit" in TV programmes, so I assumed all
Americans used it.
-- 
Mary