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Good Manners
DIR By: Truman Overby
Date: May 17, 2018, 9:53 am
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Is it okay to say "Bless you" to an atheist who sneezes? ???
;D
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Re: Good Manners
DIR By: the lost minion
Date: May 17, 2018, 10:10 am
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Here you aren't supposed to say anything. Just pretend you
didn't hear it. Strange rules but that's how it is.
Besides, shouldn't you refrain from anything of religious
connotation in general, not only when people sneeze? Maybe refer
to a "Higher Power"? That's cool stuff, by the way. A force that
isn't God; maybe Nature, maybe Mother Earth?
Witchcraft 2. The great come-back of paganism.
BTW, some people believe that sustainable development is a new
pagan religion deliberately crafted by the high and mighty to
make us all slaves to the New Pagan Order. I shit you not, sir.
But look at me, here I go again, talking about politics in the
Cultural Miscellanea section.
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Re: Good Manners
DIR By: Truman Overby
Date: May 17, 2018, 10:25 am
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Bless you, Grzybek.
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Re: Good Manners
DIR By: the lost minion
Date: May 17, 2018, 12:13 pm
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You're just impossible, Jerry.
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Re: Good Manners
DIR By: Allie
Date: May 17, 2018, 12:35 pm
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Now that's a question!
Thank you!
Unfortunately, I can't give a definite an answer... I'll
meditate on the subject.
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In Brazilian Portuguese, we just say "saúde", which means
"health", so there isn't any religious connotation.
It's not like that in Portugal and, actually, there's an article
on Italki about it (yes, you've just read what you think you
have):
HTML https://www.italki.com/article/296/Respond-To-A-Sneeze-(In-Portuguese)
@Grzybek/Lost Minion/Whatever
So you just ignore those weird actions our bodies perform?
Clever!
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Re: Good Manners
DIR By: the lost minion
Date: May 17, 2018, 12:42 pm
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Well, we're told to. But I always point my finger at the person
who just sneezed and say "better clean your nose, snot-boy". I'm
just being honest. Who could hold that against me?
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Re: Good Manners
DIR By: Alharacas
Date: May 18, 2018, 1:26 am
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German sneezing etiquette has changed over the course of my
life. When I was a child, people used to say Gesundheit!
(health).
However, as it's a custom dating back to the times of the
bubonic plague, it's not a nicely meant "Hope you get better
soon", but instead the fervent wish "Hopefully, I won't get as
ill as you".
Therefore, you're not supposed to point your finger at the
sneezer's lack of good health anymore. Instead, the sneezer is
supposed to apologize - presumably for inconsiderately polluting
the air with their germs.
@Lost Minion - Bavarians wouldn't be able to swear anymore if
they had to stop saying things with a religious connotation.
Herrgottseiten! Kruzifixalleluja!
Also, the Spanish custom of saying Jesús! (after hearing
somebody sneeze) would disappear.
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Re: Good Manners
DIR By: Chizuko hanji
Date: May 18, 2018, 9:55 am
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"Bless you" is one of the words I don't get used to. If you say
it to me, I don't feel anything, but if you want to say it, go
head. It's no problem, but I often forget to answer "Thank you".
In Japan, when you sneeze, you can say, "Excuse me" "Sorry".
Then if you want, you can add, "I have a cold. Come closer. I'll
give you."
Comparing to that, ”Bless you" is such a kind word!
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Re: Good Manners
DIR By: Coligno
Date: May 18, 2018, 1:51 pm
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In Irish one thing you can say when someone sneezes is
"deiseal", which perhaps goes back to Pagan times. It literally
means "in the right-hand direction" (i.e. turning towards the
right or south) and so is equivalent to "clockwise" or "sunwise"
-- it is an ancient belief that moving in this direction brings
good fortune, while turning leftwards or anticlockwise brings
misfortune.
Then the Christians turned up and started saying "Dia leat"
("God [be] with you") to sneezers.
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Re: Good Manners
DIR By: the lost minion
Date: May 18, 2018, 2:54 pm
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OK. I admit people do say "bless you" in Poland. Only it's more
like "Gesundheit". It's "na zdrowie" and it means more or less
"let it make you be/become healthy". You can only make a toast
with this phrase.
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