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Hi there, in 904 at the beginning of the episode when joey is flirting with the girl in central perk, gunther interferes with joey's flirtation by clearing his throat...and then Joey says "Gesundheit"... now my question as I'm from Germany... Is it usual to say the German word "Gesundheit" when someone has to sneeze or to clear one's throat ? thanks in advance... vivi

not so much anymore but it's always been up there with god bless you

"Vivienne Ruhm" wrote in message news:aosm0k$eso$00$[email]...

What does 'gesundheit' mean anyway? Is it pronounced as it is spelled?

I believe it means "Health" I used to always say Gesundheit , I was in a silly religion that told me it was 'wrong' to say "bless you" to someone when they sneezed... I always say it now though, but when I was in that religion, I used to compromise and say "Gesundheit" when I heard someone sneeze... Please correct me if I'm wrong tho! Deena L

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It means "good health" Gesundheit When I was a child I thought people were saying "kesund tight" lol Alot of people still say it. MM

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"Amit" schrieb:

"Gesundheit" means "health", a short form of "I wish you health" or as common in the US "God bless you!" when someone sneezes.

It is pronounced "Ge-s�nd-heit!" (pronounce the "sund")

I think you "stole" a lot of words from our language, don't you? ;-) Like "angst", "kaputt", "kindergarten"?!

Read more here, it's interesting! http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa020401a.htm

Bye from Germany Wiebke

Yes.. it�s true.. .they "stole" a lot of german words. But did you know that there was once (centuries ago -- not during the Third Reich ) a voting about the language that should be spoken officially in America and that german was just missing a single vote ?

Wiebke Timm schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: aotlad$1cs$04$[email]...

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This is a myth. See the write-up here:

http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/german.htm

Belphoebe

Wiebke Timm wrote in message news:...

I don't think it's realing "stealing". In effect, German-speaking people who moved to English speaking countries brought their language with them, and donated some words to the English language by common useage.

Of course, it's not restricted to the German language. There are plenty of words where the origin must have been known initially, which with time have become so much apart of the English language that we don't ever think about how they are actually "foreign" words.

Then, every so often something happens and you do suddenly realize that the word isn't "English".

Michael

In article , blackm00 @cam.org says...

another reason it can't technically be called "stealing" is the fact is that both german and english have their roots in the same sets of germanic dialects.

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<George B. Eldredge>; "Jr." schrieb:

You are both right. Let's say a lot of words in the USA are "borrowed", brought from the old continent to the new US and mixed, because the USA is a big melting pot.

But: In Europa esp. in Germany we did the same today! We often say "cool" "easy" "downloaden" "song" ...

Joey "Gesundheit!" really makes me smile. :-)

Sure, like "rendez-vous" or "kindergarten."

Well, seeing as it's big in the States, I always thought it came from Yiddish, rather than German !!

Lauren

"Wiebke Timm" wrote in message news:aotlad$1cs$04$[email]...

"Lauren" wrote in message news:3db32a9f$0$1291$[email]...

That was my understanding.

Belphoebe

"Wiebke Timm" wrote in message news:aotlad$1cs$04$[email]...

Much like telefone and komputer, eh?

"David Buehrle" schrieb:

Not really... :-)

Telefon is classic Greek and computer Latin! :-D

I just wondered if the soccer tabeles (like Joey and Chandler got one) are really called "Fussball"-tables in the US, because this is a german word, too. @Belphoebe: By the way, I think Yiddish is some kind of mix of german, dutch and english.

<< I just wondered if the soccer tabeles (like <<Joey and Chandler got one) are <<really called "Fussball"-tables in the <<US, because this is a german word, too. <<@Belphoebe: By the way, I think Yiddish is <<some kind of mix of german, dutch <<and english.

I think it might depend on where in the US. I grew up in California where this game was called "table hockey." But, I live in NYC now and this game is called "Fussball". Is this Yiddish? Because there are many Yiddish expressions that are quite commonplace in certain regions of the US. I say many of them myself. And I'm 100% shiksa.

Figgs

Figgers wrote:

isn't table hockey and air hockey the same game?

no, AFAIK this is just a german word, i'm austrian BTW, we use some to much yiddish words, too. depends on the region.

what's that?

i'm a malaysian, and i don't know what it's called, not at all! I actually thought it was a table tennis table!

Yes, but it's usually spelled "foosball." I imagine the game's name came from the German term. http://www.foosball.com/

It is called "Baby-Foot" here in France

have a good day

bye

Joe