VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoWhat old thing surprisingly still exists?message-squaremessage-square163linkfedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down10
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minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 hours agoBless you is such a weird way to respond to a sneeze though. Fitting for the clusterfuck the english langaige is tbh.
minus-squareclag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 hours agoFrom ancient Rome when they thought sneezing was an omen and may dislodge and expel the soul from the body (Pliny the Elder, Suetonius, Homer).
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoSure feels like that sometimes.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoStill weird that english uses it. Most other languages I k ow just say something about your health.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoSeinfeld suggested: “You’re soooo good looking!”
Bless you is such a weird way to respond to a sneeze though. Fitting for the clusterfuck the english langaige is tbh.
From ancient Rome when they thought sneezing was an omen and may dislodge and expel the soul from the body (Pliny the Elder, Suetonius, Homer).
Sure feels like that sometimes.
Still weird that english uses it. Most other languages I k ow just say something about your health.
Seinfeld suggested: “You’re soooo good looking!”