{"id":1577,"date":"2016-10-21T09:50:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T09:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/superior-english.com\/?p=1577"},"modified":"2016-10-21T09:53:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T09:53:14","slug":"gesundheit-and-the-dracula-sneeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/2016\/10\/21\/gesundheit-and-the-dracula-sneeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Gesundheit and the Dracula sneeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1595\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/2016\/10\/21\/gesundheit-and-the-dracula-sneeze\/sneeze1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/superior-english.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sneeze1.jpg?fit=1968%2C2056&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1968,2056\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sneeze1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/superior-english.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sneeze1.jpg?fit=712%2C744&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1595\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/superior-english.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sneeze1.jpg?resize=287%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"sneeze1\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" \/>Die dunkle Jahreszeit ist wieder da und mit ihr die Erk\u00e4ltungszeit:\u00a0Und passend zum &#8222;oktoberlichen&#8220; Thema Halloween und Dunkelheit, bringe ich euch\u00a0heute ein interessantes englisches W\u00f6rtchen bei: <em><strong>The\u00a0Dracula sneeze<\/strong>&#8212;<\/em>habt ihr schon jetzt ein Bild vor\u00a0Augen?<\/p>\n<p>Der Begriff<em> Dracula sneeze\u00a0<\/em>wurde 2009 zum kreativsten Wort des Jahres von der American Dialect Society auserkoren. Und das aus gutem Grund. Let&#8217;s define it, shall we?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dracula sneeze<\/strong>, n.: <em>the act of\u00a0covering one&#8217;s mouth with the crook of one&#8217;s elbow when sneezing, seen as similar to popular portrayals of the vampire Dracula, in which he hides the lower half of his face with a cape<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This blog post\u00a0from Scientific American\u00a0does a great job explaining the Dracula sneeze with an extra dose of history:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/absolutely-maybe\/the-winter-sneeze-hand-tissue-or-dracula-style-gesundheit\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/absolutely-maybe\/the-winter-sneeze-hand-tissue-or-dracula-style-gesundheit\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wer wusste, dass das bescheidene Taschentuch ein so geschichtstr\u00e4chtiger Alltagsgegenstand ist? (Between you and me, I&#8217;ve always thought cloth\u00a0handkerchiefs\u00a0were disgusting.) For those who don&#8217;t want to read the entire post, allow me to summarize: The American CDC recommends sneezing into a piece of tissue when possible (which you should discard afterward) but if you don&#8217;t have a piece of tissue handy, they suggest sneezing onto your upper sleeve or into the crook of your elbow\u00a0to help <strong>prevent the spread of germs<\/strong>. Ab in den Ellbogen damit (aber wirklich nur wenn man keine Tempos dabei hat, siehe Video)!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"712\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cQOSh6GLa_w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wer den Link folgte bzw. sich das Video angeschaut haben, wird in beiden F\u00e4llen das Wort <em><strong>Gesundheit!<\/strong> <\/em>aufgefallen sein. Kam das als eine \u00dcberraschung? Tats\u00e4chlich: If you&#8217;re in the States and you hear an<em><strong> &#8222;Achoo!&#8220;<\/strong><\/em>, chances are that the American response will be <strong>&#8222;<\/strong><em><strong>Gesundheit!&#8220; \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>just about as often as\u00a0it&#8217;ll be<em><strong>\u00a0&#8222;Bless you!&#8220; <\/strong><\/em>Believe it or not:\u00a0<em>Kindergarten<\/em>\u00a0ist schon lange nicht das einzige Wort, was wir\u00a0aus dem Deutschen &#8222;eingeenglischt&#8220; haben <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/gesundheit\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/gesundheit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So happy sneezing! And\u00a0<strong><em>Gesundheit!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die dunkle Jahreszeit ist wieder da und mit ihr die Erk\u00e4ltungszeit:\u00a0Und passend zum &#8222;oktoberlichen&#8220; Thema Halloween und Dunkelheit, bringe ich euch\u00a0heute ein interessantes englisches W\u00f6rtchen bei: The\u00a0Dracula sneeze&#8212;habt ihr schon jetzt ein Bild vor\u00a0Augen? Der Begriff Dracula sneeze\u00a0wurde 2009 zum kreativsten Wort des Jahres von der American Dialect Society auserkoren. Und das aus gutem Grund. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/2016\/10\/21\/gesundheit-and-the-dracula-sneeze\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gesundheit and the Dracula sneeze<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","no-featured-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1L3QY-pr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1653,"href":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions\/1653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}