Gesundheit!

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May I suggest hadeharia?

Bilby, I can hear you. ;->

Rolig, thanks for those suggestions--added. We might as well include two of my favorite place names. :-)

I'm way out of your league, both of you. I just blumbled into this (ахуеть) while random-wording, thought it would suit Gesundheit! Appreciate your enlightening comments.

Thanks, Mia!

My knowledge of Russian grammar has deteriorated over the years, but I hear it spoken around me every day. I am quite certain that there is some degree of naughtiness involved in ахуеть (охуеть), and while I wouldn't consider it offensive, I wouldn't use it in "polite" society either. That said, I like this word, especially if it is said with typical Russian emphasis :)

Reesetee, my contribution to this wonderful list would be: kerfuffle (which admittedly is more of a pre-sneeze sound) and, if proper names are permitted, Schenectady and Poughkeepsie (with hats off to Dick Van Dyke).

Mia and Bilby, I've been out of touch from everyday colloquial Russian for about 15 years, so ахуеть is new to me (though I am very familiar with хуй!). Could one of you tell me how it is used? Is it really related to хуй or is it perhaps derived from the verb ахать/ахнуть ("to exclaim 'ach!'"), e.g. аховать (which is not in my dictionary, but if it did exist, it would be conjugated ахую, ахуешь, ахует ... ахуют - with only an accidental relationship with хуй)? Or is it a hybrid of the two?

You're right, but we don't have to tell reesetee!

Perhaps you should have also provided a translation of that word – 'хуй' in ахуеть is a taboo word for a male reproductive organ, even though ахуеть is just an exclamation indicting a surprised wonderment). But you probably already knew all that! :)

You've put ideas in my head. Now, whenever I hear a Russian person saying ахуеть, I'll be tempted to respond with "будьте здоровы!" (bless you).

How about ахуеть? It's a Russian verb whose pronunciation sounds like a-HOO-yet.

Classics! How could I miss those?

Issue! Tissue!

*katzenjammer!*

You're right, bilby--opening the list to all manner of German words would be like locking a person with a cat allergy into a room full of felines. It just isn't sporting.

That said, I'll take bergschrund, since I like the definition. (Also because I don't want chained_bear to come stomping through again.... :-P) But that's it! No more German sneeze-words! Enough!

Er...well, for now.

bilby -- This is true, but what if we (and by we, I clearly mean reesetee, ahem) limit the inclusion of German words to those that actually have an accompanying definition in English? Of which bergschrund, delightfully, is one? Or not. Just a suggestion. :)

The sweet toothache fairy suggested 'zahnschmerzen'. A Teutonic toothache, apparently.

No fair, almost all German words sound like sneezes ;-)

Yep, me again: bergschrund!

Heehee! Thanks, all!

You know, czar doesn't sound nearly as much like a sneeze as tsar. *pondering*

I'm desperately trying to keep my giggling at the sub-audible level. It isn't working very well.

"Tsar", perhaps? If you pronounce the "ts", it's a short sharp sneeze.

I thought of another one! Crevasse, maybe?

(Oh my god I can't even type that word without giggling. SO JUVENILE.)

Added! Thanks, ofravens.

May I humbly suggest the addition of ennui? With the emphasis on the second syllable, in particular?

Kittens?? Unausgesetzt!

Excuse me; I'm allergic to cats.

Yay! Yay! *running in fields of daisies, with kittens* Thanks reesetee!

*SIGH*

Okay, okay. Added.

*Additional, even more histrionic SIGH*

Fine! *stomps off*

Next time I sneeze (she called from far away where she stomped to), I'm going to SAY unausgesetzt. So there!

Good grief! Are you sure that isn't a real sneeze?

Actually, I think I may forgo that one, c_b. I was trying for English words that sound like a sneeze--though admittedly, pshchtskrekhlkhdmkhrt breaks that rule with a flourish. :-)

unausgesetzt?

Yes! How could I have missed it! Thanks, harvey. And I hope you don't really have a chainsaw. ;-)

I was sure you would have kazoo! It is a gesundheit word that is also onomatopoeic.

Thanks, guys. Segue is an odd one, to be sure, but I actually know someone who sounds like that, believe it or not. ;-)

I agree with most of these, except for segue...

This is one of the most creative lists out there. --Escutcheon!-- Oh, excuse me please...