This has been in my wallpaper & random image collection for a while. Unfortunately I forgot the name but I remember that they are tiny in real size, just a millimeter or so. Maybe somebody recognizes them?
This has been in my wallpaper & random image collection for a while. Unfortunately I forgot the name but I remember that they are tiny in real size, just a millimeter or so. Maybe somebody recognizes them?
Wohlsein*
(“Gesundheit” can be misinterpreted as implying your health isn’t good, and is therefore generally considered bad luck to say to someone when they sneeze —or, so I was told repeatedly in Frankfurt, Köln, Berlin, etc.)
It’s regional. You’d likely get some funny looks if you said “Wohlsein” anywhere in the north or north-west of Germany.
(Pretty sure “Gesundheit” is also the standard in Köln, but it’s been a few years since I last visited my family in the region.)
Yep, that tracks. I was only visiting Köln and Berlin, though that was with a few friends local to Frankfurt. 🤓
Yes. The literal translation is “health”, which is also awkward. But in US English, this is a common response to a sneeze, basically the equivalent of “bless you” which is also a response to a sneeze.
Yes, and in the US, half-assed and plain stupid sayings exist, often lifted from other cultures but completely malformed and inane in doing so. Ergo, “in US English” is a shit argument. 🥲