User:Pedrose
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List of the entries that I started:
I have noticeably contributed to the entries:
- La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle (Paris Metro) (picture of the metro station)
- Homo antecessor (Latest news)
- List of delicacies (Spain)
- Breakfast (In Spain)
- Benoit Paul Émile Clapeyron (Adding reference)
- microwave oven (Maillard reaction)
- sneeze (Onomatopeia)
- History of Paris (Decadent cuisine at the siege of Paris)
- Stokes shift (fluorescence)
- Gas discharge lamp (cleanup of the entry)
- Microscope (drawing of how a microscope works)
- Marguerite Perey (enlarging)
- Almucantar (solar almucantar)
- Family name (in Spain)
- Henry Cavendish (Measurement of G?)
- Beer-Lambert law (in the atmosphere)
- Oxygen (applications)
- Chorizo (about the meats used)
- Paella (about the types of beans used)
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (description of the Mémoires)
- capacitor (capacitor in series and in parallel)
My sandbox:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A1099721
Language Sneeze term Sneeze response Bembe (Congo) Cube Kuma (be well) Danish Atjuu (pronounced "a" as in "hat", "tj" as "ch" in "rich", and "uu" as "oo" in "Boo!") Prosit1 English achu (the "a" is pronounced as the "u" in "mug") Bless you Gesundheit2 (pronounced Ge'zoond-hait - where the 'oo' is like 'hood' and is likewise short but has the emphasis) atisshoo Finnish Atsuu (pronounced 'ts' like 'ch' in 'rich', 'uu' like word 'you') Terveydeksi (meaning 'to your health', claimed to be unpronouncable by English speakers) French Atchoum (pronounced 'Atchoom') à tes souhaits (pronounced 'ah-teh-sou-ai') à vos souhaits (pronounced 'ah-voh-sou-ai', with "a" like in "pal" and "ai" like in "mermaid") If someone sneezes a second time just after you said 'à tes souhaits', you say 'à tes amours' (pronounced atezamoor) German hatschi (pronounced 'ha-chee' where the 'ch' is the same as in 'rich') Gesundheit (pronounced Ge'zoond-hait - where the 'oo' is like 'hood' and is likewise short but has the emphasis) If you really want to mock up the sneezer, you may also respond by asking the group: 'jemand verletzt oder verschüttet?' (pronounced "yaemund fer'letst oder fer'shüttet?" 3 meaning 'anybody injured or buried under debris?') Hebrew hapchee (the is "a" is pronounced as the "u" in "mug") livriut (correctly pronounced LI-VRI-UT, usually mispronounced LA-BRI-UT) Japannese Hakuchon there is no standard response, however it is common to quote the old saying about sneezing if you hear someone sneeze: ‘sneeze once, someone’s talking about you. sneeze twice, someone’s talking about you and it’s not good. sneeze three times, you’re catching a cold.’ Malagasy ? velona (alive) Mende (Sierra Leone) ? biseh (Thank you) Swahili ? kuwa (meaning 'health, grow up') Swedish Atjo (tj is pronounced like ch in 'rich') Prosit Atjooo (if it's a big one) Tonga4 ? It is quite common for someone to say jokingly, after a sneeze, ‘Ikai ke nofo noa mua!’ – literally, ‘Not to be nothing , alas.’
