Wordnik.com: Gesundheit!: Comments

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:21:41 +0000

You may indeed. Thanks!

Comment by ofravens, about 1 year ago

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:45:55 +0000

May I suggest hadeharia?

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:25:42 +0000

Bilby, I can hear you. ;->

Rolig, thanks for those suggestions--added. We might as well include two of my favorite place names. :-)

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:47:14 +0000

I'm way out of your league, both of you. I just blumbled into this (ахуеть) while random-wording, thought it would suit Gesundheit! Appreciate your enlightening comments.

Comment by rolig, about 1 year ago

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:52:25 +0000

Thanks, Mia!

Comment by mialuthien, about 1 year ago

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:22:17 +0000

My knowledge of Russian grammar has deteriorated over the years, but I hear it spoken around me every day. I am quite certain that there is some degree of naughtiness involved in ахуеть (охуеть), and while I wouldn't consider it offensive, I wouldn't use it in "polite" society either. That said, I like this word, especially if it is said with typical Russian emphasis :)

Comment by rolig, about 1 year ago

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:24:16 +0000

Reesetee, my contribution to this wonderful list would be: kerfuffle (which admittedly is more of a pre-sneeze sound) and, if proper names are permitted, Schenectady and Poughkeepsie (with hats off to Dick Van Dyke).

Comment by rolig, about 1 year ago

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:20:55 +0000

Mia and Bilby, I've been out of touch from everyday colloquial Russian for about 15 years, so ахуеть is new to me (though I am very familiar with хуй!). Could one of you tell me how it is used? Is it really related to хуй or is it perhaps derived from the verb ахать/ахнуть ("to exclaim 'ach!'"), e.g. аховать (which is not in my dictionary, but if it did exist, it would be conjugated ахую, ахуешь, ахует ... ахуют - with only an accidental relationship with хуй)? Or is it a hybrid of the two?

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:32:21 +0000

You're right, but we don't have to tell reesetee!

Comment by mialuthien, about 1 year ago

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:41:23 +0000

Perhaps you should have also provided a translation of that word – 'хуй' in ахуеть is a taboo word for a male reproductive organ, even though ахуеть is just an exclamation indicting a surprised wonderment). But you probably already knew all that! :)

You've put ideas in my head. Now, whenever I hear a Russian person saying ахуеть, I'll be tempted to respond with "будьте здоровы!" (bless you).

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:07:21 +0000

How about [ахуеть]? It's a Russian verb whose pronunciation sounds like a-HOO-yet.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:47:46 +0000

Classics! How could I miss those?

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:13:51 +0000

Issue! Tissue!

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:22:41 +0000

*katzenjammer!*

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:16:40 +0000

You're right, bilby--opening the list to all manner of German words would be like locking a person with a cat allergy into a room full of felines. It just isn't sporting.

That said, I'll take bergschrund, since I like the definition. (Also because I don't want chained_bear to come stomping through again.... :-P) But that's it! No more German sneeze-words! Enough!

Er...well, for now.

Comment by ofravens, about 1 year ago

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:39:47 +0000

bilby -- This is true, but what if we (and by we, I clearly mean reesetee, ahem) limit the inclusion of German words to those that actually have an accompanying definition in English? Of which bergschrund, delightfully, is one? Or not. Just a suggestion. :)

Comment by gangerh, about 1 year ago

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:12:02 +0000

The sweet toothache fairy suggested 'zahnschmerzen'. A Teutonic toothache, apparently.

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:59:03 +0000

No fair, almost all German words sound like sneezes ;-)

Comment by ofravens, about 1 year ago

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:40:06 +0000

Yep, me again: bergschrund!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:10:41 +0000

Heehee! Thanks, all!

You know, czar doesn't sound nearly as much like a sneeze as tsar. *pondering*

Comment by pterodactyl, about 1 year ago

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:51:42 +0000

I'm desperately trying to keep my giggling at the sub-audible level. It isn't working very well.

"Tsar", perhaps? If you pronounce the "ts", it's a short sharp sneeze.

Comment by ofravens, about 1 year ago

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:28:26 +0000

I thought of another one! Crevasse, maybe?

(Oh my god I can't even type that word without giggling. SO JUVENILE.)

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:32:03 +0000

Added! Thanks, ofravens.

Comment by ofravens, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:03:13 +0000

May I humbly suggest the addition of ennui? With the emphasis on the second syllable, in particular?

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:36:19 +0000

Kittens?? Unausgesetzt!

Excuse me; I'm allergic to cats.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:42:50 +0000

Yay! Yay! *running in fields of daisies, with kittens* Thanks reesetee!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:20:55 +0000

*SIGH*

Okay, okay. Added.

*Additional, even more histrionic SIGH*

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:09:24 +0000

Fine! *stomps off*

Next time I sneeze (she called from far away where she stomped to), I'm going to SAY unausgesetzt. So there!

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:57:52 +0000

Good grief! Are you sure that isn't a real sneeze?

Actually, I think I may forgo that one, c_b. I was trying for English words that sound like a sneeze--though admittedly, pshchtskrekhlkhdmkhrt breaks that rule with a flourish. :-)

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:20:15 +0000

unausgesetzt?

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:06:04 +0000

Yes! How could I have missed it! Thanks, harvey. And I hope you don't really have a chainsaw. ;-)

Comment by harveythechainsaw, over 2 years ago

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:39:34 +0000

I was sure you would have kazoo! It is a gesundheit word that is also onomatopoeic.

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:42:01 +0000

Thanks, guys. Segue is an odd one, to be sure, but I actually know someone who sounds like that, believe it or not. ;-)

Comment by seanahan, over 2 years ago

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:21:39 +0000

I agree with most of these, except for segue...

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:19:48 +0000

This is one of the most creative lists out there. --Escutcheon!-- Oh, excuse me please...