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Hofmaimaier feddit.org NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-01-22
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UnfortunateShort lemmy.world UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
#2 · Quote Reply

Do people actually wish each other Gesundheit outside of Germany?
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themoken startrek.website themoken@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-09-01
#3 · Quote Reply
UnfortunateShort wrote:
Do people actually wish each other Gesundheit outside of Germany?

Very common here in the US as an alternative to "bless you".
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AFK BRB Chocolate (CA version) lemmy.ca AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-10
#4 · Quote Reply

I opened this comic but didn't realize I hadn't scrolled all the way down, so the last panel was hidden. I kept rereading it and scanning everything in every panel trying to figure out the joke.
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SubArcticTundra lemmy.ml SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-03
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply

@Hofmaimaier@feddit.org , zeig uns dein Hof
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Hofmaimaier feddit.org NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-01-22
#6 · Quote Reply
SubArcticTundra wrote:
@Hofmaimaier@feddit.org , zeig uns dein Hof

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perishthethought piefed.social perishthethought@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-07
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themoken wrote:
Very common here in the US as an alternative to "bless you".

My US parents both have German parents. So yep, we do.
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ladicius lemmy.world ladicius@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-16
#8 · Quote Reply
UnfortunateShort wrote:
Do people actually wish each other Gesundheit outside of Germany?

Yes, of course. We Germans don't suddenly stop that habit when we are traveling abroad.
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froh42 lemmy.world froh42@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#9 · Quote Reply
Hofmaimaier wrote:

Servus, grüner August, Du schmeckst mia so gut.
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Vincent feddit.nl Vincent@feddit.nl
Joined: 2023-06-12
#10 · Quote Reply
UnfortunateShort wrote:
Do people actually wish each other Gesundheit outside of Germany?

The violence of the German language goes well with a violent sneeze.
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UnfortunateShort lemmy.world UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
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ladicius wrote:
Yes, of course. We Germans don't suddenly stop that habit when we are traveling abroad.

Ingl, I saw this one coming, but sometimes you gotta let things happen
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tetris11 feddit.uk tetris11@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-02-17
#12 · Quote Reply
AFK BRB Chocolate (CA version) wrote:
I opened this comic but didn't realize I hadn't scrolled all the way down, so the last panel was hidden. I kept rereading it and scanning everything in every panel trying to figure out the joke.

2:1 aspect ratio gang unite!
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Hofmaimaier feddit.org NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-01-22
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froh42 wrote:
Servus, grüner August, Du schmeckst mia so gut.

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limelight79 lemmy.world limelight79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-04
#14 · Quote Reply
UnfortunateShort wrote:
Do people actually wish each other Gesundheit outside of Germany?

I use it here in the US, and everyone I've used it on knows what it means. Or at least figured it out quickly.
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