# What are these "people sounds" in other languages?

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**Created:** [August 18, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-people-sounds-in-other-languages/550622 "2010-08-18T15:29:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-people-sounds-in-other-languages/550622/41 "2010-08-25T10:48:37Z")

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> [@matt\_mcl](#):
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> On the subject of sneezes, has anyone noticed that a lot of the words you say after a sneeze sound sort of like a sneeze themselves? Bless you, gesundheit, à tes souhaits, jesús, and so forth. The sound and sense compatibility is so strong that when I was a little kid I thought that “à tes souhaits” was actually the verb for “to sneeze” (j’atessoue, tu atessoues,…)

Wow, that’s a very cool observation! I think you might have something there. If you have any linguist acquaintance, why not collaborate on a scholarly study and article?

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