but only once....

It is really extra funny because at the point I see your post you have a post number of 666! Congratulations.

I also would get

“Speak roughly to your little boy
and beat him when he sneezes!
he only does it to annoy,
because he knows it teases!”

I guess I usually say bless you or nothing. I do recall being in a meeting in Germany and some one sneezed and I said Gesundheit. They grinned and looked at each other. None of them had said anything.

My family gets the joke.

I get the reference!

... the correct answer is "Danke schön." (pronounced dahn-ka shuhn) - thank you

The correct answer to that is "Bitte schön." (pronounced bit-te shuhn) - you're welcome

...friends and family and I will always offer a Bless You! after a rather hardy sneeze. If my friends are of my own persuasion I tell them to not sneeze on the food.

but sometimes I say "bless you"

If it's particularly bad, I say "Cover your damn mouth!"

Maybe it's a regional thing.

This is Southern California, after all.

We were taught to say, "Bless you". But I heard "Gesundheit" from friends.

When my husband sneezes, I don't say anything because he sneezes for like 15 minutes. I usually just say, "Thank God that's over with". Then, he starts sneezing again. Then, I respond, "I spoke too soon."

“Nostrovia” is an English mispronunciation of the Russian word “Na Zdorovie”. Outside of Russia, Na Zdorovie is commonly known as a drinking toast. Na Zdorovie (Naz-dro-vyeh) means “You are welcome”. Nostrovia is modern slang for “let's get drunk” and “let's drink”

Most of my friends and family say 'Bless you.'

And then wipe off the remnants.

Pronounced egg-ah-sheg-ah-druh.

Hungarian for "bless you".

And who I️ hang out with I️ Usually ask “Did you pee yourself?”

Because you scared the cat.

... but usually I say nothing. My apartment mates both say "bless you."


-- Mal

EDIT ADD: I was just corrected by my coworker. On the second sneeze I say, "Again."

we agreed that it's silly that it's polite to say something when someone sneezes yet impolite to say something when someone makes other bodily noises.

so we generally say nothing.

sometimes i forget and still say gesundheit.

....sniffling. Very nerve wracking. That's when I yell at him, "get a Kleenex and blow your nose, for God's sake!" Another point of annoyance, he doesn't always cover his mouth. Why? Because he "doesn't want to get it on my hand". So it's OK to share with the rest of the room?!

Other times I say, "well, there's the butter, where's the bread!"

But people seem to say "bless you" more these days.

Being nonreligious, I prefer Gezundheit.