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minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·14 days agoI love saying “Gesundheit” instead of that cultish “Bless you” nonsense.
minus-squareSunschein@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-214 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-up16·14 days agoGesundheit is short for “Ich wünsche dir gute Gesundheit” (i wish you good health). No bad news there.
minus-squareSunschein@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agowait really? Crap, my bad. I guess about 1/3 of all the German I thought I knew was wrong.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 days agoIs it lupus? Oh god, it’s lupus, isn’t it?
minus-squareSunschein@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 days agoNah, lupus in German just means lupus
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-214 days agoAnd I speak it fluently enough to know it means “wish you good health” as someone else has mentioned.
minus-squarePope-King Joe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 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.
Is it lupus? Oh god, it’s lupus, isn’t it?
Nah, lupus in German just means lupus
And I speak it fluently enough to know it means “wish you good health” as someone else has mentioned.
It’s been my go-to since I was a lad.