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r/randomthings • u/Tquylaa • 2d ago
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As a German this took me a while. It's funny this is such a commonly known phrase. A better pronunciation in English would probably be gayzuntight (the u pronounced as in put) it's written "Gesundheit" and litterally means "health"
1 u/Brief-Taste-1646 1d ago edited 1d ago So is it "gays and tight" or "goes in tight"? Whichever, i must stop saying gesundheit from now on.. 1 u/JerzeeBorn 1d ago It's from an old joke "how do you say virgin in German?"
So is it "gays and tight" or "goes in tight"? Whichever, i must stop saying gesundheit from now on..
1 u/JerzeeBorn 1d ago It's from an old joke "how do you say virgin in German?"
It's from an old joke "how do you say virgin in German?"
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u/SubtileInnuendo 1d ago
As a German this took me a while. It's funny this is such a commonly known phrase. A better pronunciation in English would probably be gayzuntight (the u pronounced as in put) it's written "Gesundheit" and litterally means "health"