Esperanza Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 I was taking a course in South America and have some obs from my instructor, A. A is in her late forties, but looks about ten years younger. She has long dark, curly hair and large brown eyes. She is beautiful and has a great personality.In the first obs, she was standing near me when she turned and, covering with both hands, sneezed, “Eshuh! Eshuh!” I said “salud,” and there was a pause and she sneezed again, “Eshuh!” and then thanked me.A couple of days later, she was sitting across from me at a table and was about to send a text message, when covering with one hand, she sneezed “Eshuh! Eshuh! Eshuh!” I said “salud” and she sort of smiled, tossed her hair and said something in Spanish that I didn’t quite catch. (My Spanish is not that great!)Another day, she was telling me something and pacing up and down. She started to sneeze but continued pacing! She sneezed into both her hands: “Eshuh! Eshuh! Eshuh… Hu-SHUH!” She made a mock sad face at me and when I said “salud,” she smiled again.One time, she was talking to another girl on my course and me. She suddenly stepped away from us and turned around, and covering with both hands, sneezed “Eshuh! Eshuh! Eshuh!” Then she kind of made a cute, surprised squeal, before sneezing again “Eh-SHUH!” She turned back to us, gave an embarrassed giggle, and said “Perdon!” before continuing with the conversation.Another time, I heard her sneezing from the next room, “Eshuh! Eshuh! Eshuh!”For the last obs, we were in a gallery. She was looking at something across the room from me. She had her back to me, but I could see she covered with both hands as she sneezed, “Eshuh! Eshuh! Eshuh!” Link to comment
army-girl Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 ... I'm probably gonna be late for stopping here to check my PMs and randomly read posts BUT, since I only had the time to read one, I'm glad it was this one meow! good way to start the day! thanks for sharing Also, you blessing in Spanish reminded me that a friend once told me that for one sneeze you say Salud, for too Salud y dinero and for three sneezes Salud y dinero y amor ^.^= just a thought that came to mind (since your instructor seems to sneeze in threes at times). It also lead to me looking up this page about blessing and sneezing 'roud the world *boink*... eep! I better go... I'm late! Link to comment
Lamborghini Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 A lovely obs. Thank you.Lamborghini Link to comment
Mr Sneezy Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 A regular and multiple sneezer? This lady is worth keeping an eye on. Link to comment
allabs Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 WOW a minimum of 3 sneezes and a quad thrown in cant beat that Link to comment
Esperanza Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Thanks for your comments! I am glad you liked the obs!... I'm probably gonna be late for stopping here to check my PMs and randomly read posts BUT, since I only had the time to read one, I'm glad it was this one meow! good way to start the day! thanks for sharing Also, you blessing in Spanish reminded me that a friend once told me that for one sneeze you say Salud, for too Salud y dinero and for three sneezes Salud y dinero y amor ^.^= just a thought that came to mind (since your instructor seems to sneeze in threes at times). It also lead to me looking up this page about blessing and sneezing 'roud the world *boink*... eep! I better go... I'm late!Very cool website, army-girl! Even though looking it up might possibly have made you late, I think it is a great find! And I should definitely keep the “salud y dinero y amor” custom in mind for the next time I see her! Link to comment
atchoum Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 What was it I was saying a couple of months ago about Latin Americans being particularly frequent sneezers? Here we have another nice example of this, though this doesn't seem to be those very fast "catlike" sneezes. Thanks for the obs! Link to comment
army-girl Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Very cool website, army-girl! Even though looking it up might possibly have made you late, I think it is a great find! And I should definitely keep the “salud y dinero y amor” custom in mind for the next time I see her! Tell me how she takes it we'll make a true Spaniard of you! Link to comment
Esperanza Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 What was it I was saying a couple of months ago about Latin Americans being particularly frequent sneezers? Here we have another nice example of this, though this doesn't seem to be those very fast "catlike" sneezes. Thanks for the obs!No, they weren’t catlike but they were frequent The first obs happened within about an hour of meeting her, so that was a nice start to the course!Very cool website, army-girl! Even though looking it up might possibly have made you late, I think it is a great find! And I should definitely keep the “salud y dinero y amor” custom in mind for the next time I see her! Tell me how she takes it we'll make a true Spaniard of you!I'm back home now but am planning to go out there again, hopefully soon, so will let you know then! Link to comment
Islander Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Lucky you. A teacher who is a triple sneezer. I would have loved to have a class every day with someone like that. Link to comment
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