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How does etiquette prescribe a Frenchman to behave if his interlocutor sneezes?

In most languages, the response to a sneeze is a wish for health, long life, or, as in English, the phrase "bless you". In Japan and Korea, it is not customary to wish for anything, and the person who sneezed must apologize. The most difficult etiquette when sneezing exists among the French. When a person sneezes, he needs to say: "à tes souhaits" ("may your wishes come true"), when sneezing again, someone can add: "à tes amours" ("love you"), and if a person sneezes a third time, he himself can say in response: "que les tiennes durent toujours", which means "and yours may last forever."

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