Date:  Thu, 30 Mar 1995 08:49:05 -0500

From:  BARBARA HILL HUDSON <BHHUDSON[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GROVE.IUP.EDU>

Subject: Re: Gesundheit!



Growing up in New Jersey in an African American family from Florida, I used the

term interchangeably with God Bless You. I do recall that as children when we

pronounced the word, we'd placed an explosive accent on the second syllable so

that the sounded like a sneeze.



bhhudson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]grove.iup.edu