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submitted 2 months ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some of my favorites

Amharic - ይማርህ - May God forgive you

Makes it sound like sneezing is seen as a punishment

Kyrgyz - Ак чүч! - This may be based on an onomatopœia of the sound of a sneeze, like the English "Atchoo."

This is basically what my autistic son does, so it made me laugh

No explanation needed for these last two

Serbian - Pis Maco - Go away kitten

Silesian - Pyrsk! - Cheers