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“Achoo” and “God bless you” Posted by on Aug 20, 2013

Sneezing is something we all do, but apparently we don’t all make the same sounds when we sneeze, and some people (Deaf people) don’t make any specific sound at all! In English when a person sneezes they say “achooo” (which could also be spelled: ‘hachoo’ or ‘achew’). I always thought this was an instinctual…

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