Talk:Gesundheit
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Gesundheit is also used in Australia. It was imported to South Australia through the Evangelical Lutheran refugees who fled the established Lutheran church in the east of Germany. These Silesian immigrants spoke their own language until the 2 world wars caused a dramatic decline in the use of German in Australia. Gesundheit was used until recent times by the majority English speaking population. It's uage seems now to have declined. Other common German words include many terms for food (Mettwurst, Jägerwurst, Bienenstick and the annual Schützenfest).
Daren Potts dpotts@hotmail.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.226.248.141 (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Not used for toasts
The article says: "Also, in Germany it is a common phrase used before giving a toast." This is not the case and never was. Must be a confusion with roman languages (sante, salut, ...). I removed the sentence. --80.219.124.74 13:40, 20 April 2006 (UTC) (German)
