- How did gesundheit work its way into common American usage?
From Wikipedia: In German, Gesundheit ( [to your] "Health") is said after a sneeze This is sometimes used in the United States The expression arrived in America with early German immigrants, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch, and doubtless passed into local English usage in areas with substantial German-speaking populations 1 The expression is first widely attested in American English as of
- Looking for the God Bless You of Hiccups
FWIW :-) Saint Walburga, a Benedictine nun and healer in the 8th century, is the patron saint of coughing, and a hiccup is (at least etymologically) a kind of cough So perhaps you could invoke her name? Walburga! Sort of like Gesundheit!
- Origin and usage of safe and sound - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It is the ancient and still used meaning of sound of free from injury, healthy that is used in the common saying "safe and sound": Sound: " free from special defect or injury," c 1200, from Old English gesund "sound, safe, having the organs and faculties complete and in perfect action," from Proto-Germanic *sunda-, from Germanic root *swen-to- "healthy, strong" Safe and sound: Out of danger
- What should I call someone addicted to mobile appliances?
Nowadays we can see many people using their mobile phone all day long They are always busy with it and don’t care about the things going around them, whether for social networking like Facebook and
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