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minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·2 days agoI love saying “Gesundheit” instead of that cultish “Bless you” nonsense.
minus-squareSunschein@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoWell, I know just enough German to tell you that I’ve got some bad news for you… Edit: good news, everyone, I’m a dumbass
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days agoGesundheit is short for “Ich wünsche dir gute Gesundheit” (i wish you good health). No bad news there.
minus-squareSunschein@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agowait really? Crap, my bad. I guess about 1/3 of all the German I thought I knew was wrong.
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoAnd I speak it fluently enough to know it means “wish you good health” as someone else has mentioned.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoIs it lupus? Oh god, it’s lupus, isn’t it?
minus-squareSunschein@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoNah, lupus in German just means lupus
minus-squarePope-King Joe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIt’s been my go-to since I was a lad.
I love saying “Gesundheit” instead of that cultish “Bless you” nonsense.
Well, I know just enough German to tell you that I’ve got some bad news for you…
Edit: good news, everyone, I’m a dumbass
Gesundheit is short for “Ich wünsche dir gute Gesundheit” (i wish you good health). No bad news there.
wait really? Crap, my bad. I guess about 1/3 of all the German I thought I knew was wrong.
And I speak it fluently enough to know it means “wish you good health” as someone else has mentioned.
Is it lupus? Oh god, it’s lupus, isn’t it?
Nah, lupus in German just means lupus
It’s been my go-to since I was a lad.