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eda

Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 379 Location: Ankara/Turkey
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:44 am Post subject: Why do we say "BLESS YOU" after someone sneezed? |
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According to one story ,the saying started with St. Gregory...
Guess why it had started???
I am waiting for your creative guesses  _________________ invasion is so succexy so succexy. |
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RedRose

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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who is St. Gregory? |
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eda

Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 379 Location: Ankara/Turkey
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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i dont know in details but he was a pope.a catholic one.. _________________ invasion is so succexy so succexy. |
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RedRose

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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here in China. nobody would tell bless you when people sneeze. but we have a superstitious saying: if a puppy sneezes, then the weather will get unclouded. therefore, when a person sneezes, we would like to make joke with him/her. and we would say: thank you, it seems that we will have a perfect weather!  |
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eda

Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 379 Location: Ankara/Turkey
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:24 am Post subject: |
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[quote="RedRose"]here in China. nobody would tell [b]bless you[/b] when people sneeze. but we have a superstitious saying: if a puppy sneezes, then the weather will get unclouded. therefore, when a person sneezes, we would like to make joke with him/her. and we would say: thank you, it seems that we will have a perfect weather! [/quote]
ha very nice story:) _________________ invasion is so succexy so succexy. |
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Michelle 1203
Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 86
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Here in Japan nobody would tell you 'Bless You' when people sneeze.
Americans are using this word a lot. I hear this very often. It is their costum to say 'Bless you'. But for me when I sneeze I like people saying 'bless you' to me. it makes me relieve |
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arabian_rose
Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 7
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:34 am Post subject: |
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well we as muslims say god bless u to the person who sneezes because our prophet muhammad told us to do say u know it`s polite and even the sneezer would reply god bless us and u! _________________ it is who you are that makes you what you are! |
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RedRose

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2735 Location: GuangZhou, China
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:53 am Post subject: |
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when Muslims say "god bless you" , actually that means Salam! |
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admiral

Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 546
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:20 am Post subject: |
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yeah, that means salam alaikum! _________________ If I say "I love you" to someone, then I also have to say "I love inside you everyone else. I love the whole world because of you. I also love myself inside you" |
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Cristi
Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 223 Location: Costa Rica
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:37 am Post subject: |
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In spanish, or at least in my coutry, we say "�Salud!" which means health. It seems to me that the most logic explanation for this is that the person who tells it to you wants you to be healthy.
And with the "bless you"-thing that might be because the christians think that if 'God blesses you' you'll be healthy and away from danger, I guess. I'm not sure, though... since I'm not christian. But I can tell you my own hypothesis.
Bye!  _________________ �PURA VIDA! Carpe Diem
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear."
Mark Twain. |
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eda

Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 379 Location: Ankara/Turkey
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:42 am Post subject: |
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now i am telling you the story of it...
As i told before according to one story , the saying started with st. Gregory,who used to say it during a terrible plague.the plague was a dreadful disease transmitted by rats and there was no cure for it.The first sympton of this fatal disease was a sneeze.So if any one started sneezing during the time of a plague,it was almost certain that you would die.......
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Bob S.

Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 1767 Location: So. Cal
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:55 am Post subject: |
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If you prefer, you can say gesundheit. I don't know about the U.K., but in the U.S., because of its immigration background, most people know it as an option to say after someone sneezes. |
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Cristi
Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 223 Location: Costa Rica
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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And what is the pronunciation, Bob? _________________ �PURA VIDA! Carpe Diem
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear."
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VMVM
Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 23
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Cristi wrote: |
And what is the pronunciation, Bob? |
Hi Criti!
In spanish seria como se lee "gasuntai"
You can look it up www.webster.com _________________ VMVM |
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Bob S.

Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 1767 Location: So. Cal
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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Stellara can give you a proper answer, but I've usually heard it as:
geh-ZOONt'-height |
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