Apsu!
What exactly did I do with the above title? Did I sneeze or did I sneeze? Same thing, some might say. Of course not. Isn't it time, since circumstances demand it, to learn the difference? Well, the letter a wins. The violent involuntary exhalation that produces copious droplets and the characteristic sound that accompanies allergies, colds or even more dangerous viruses is called in official Greek 'ptarmos', and with the related corruption 'sneezing'.
Obviously it has nothing to do with the heel (or heel) of our foot, which transmits practically no disease (unless it is... Achilles, in which case it is a risk factor for the person who has it, but not for others). The heel is technically used by footballers, so the 'heel' is what we popularly call a 'heel kick' (a kick with the back of the foot).
The term is found in the Psalms ("my eschion artus emeγάλinon eme pternismon", Psalm 40:10) in the sense of a treacherous blow, while in hymns of Holy Week it is used in reference to Judas. The mistake is even made by experts (a recent brochure of the Hellenic Lung Society refers to 'pterneuma'). So if you are one of those who sneeze, good health! Let the others see to it that they are corrected.
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