Why do we say "cheers" when we clink glasses? The word cheer comes from the Latin word for face or countenance and originally referred to any facial expression, cheerful or otherwise. Over time, though, it came to mean gladness a...
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I should know this, but I don't. Why do we say "Cheers" when we toast? (I know why we clink glasses, though!) ... Naturally, since they were pouring from glass to glass, there was a "clinking". Really, we clink glasses to show we are happy to be with those that we are sharing the wine, and we are toasting to trust and health.
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This mixing also symbolised the “mingling” of the people involved. Over the years, the wooden cups were replaced by glasses, so we now just clink softly symbolically ... Why do people chink and then drink and say "cheers!" or some other translation of the same meaning of the word?
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Wine Question: How Did The Custom Of Saying Cheers Before Having Drinks Originate? The custom of saying cheers followed by the clinking of glasses is an age old one. It is a social ritual observed especially ... The custom of saying cheers followed by the clinking of glasses is an age old one. It is a social ritual...
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Cheersjax.com - where friends meet and have fun. Drink and dance. Bands weekly and karaoke. Pool tables and other video games. ... Why Do We Say ‘Cheers’ When We Clink Glasses?;; Q: Why do we say "cheers" when we clink glasses? The word cheer comes from the Latin word for face or countenance and originally referred to...
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Why do we clink glasses when we say 'cheers' (or 'skol' or 'good health' etc)? ... There is a trick or lateral-thinking answer which will make you say "Doh!..", and then several very clever non-trick mathematical answers, submitted by readers, to whom I am very grateful.
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February 25, 2009 09:53 PM EST -- Why do we clink glasses when we say 'cheers' (or 'skol' or 'good health' etc)? In ancient Greece, poisoning was a common method of dealing with one's enemies, so the precautionary . . . more...
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AHMEDABAD: Seeking to press for an end to prohibition, a group of persons who like to clink their glasses and say 'cheers' plans to take out a 'Malt March' which they feel is akin to Mahatma Gandhi's historic Salt March.
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usually used when one sneezes but I guess that would work, then you say; "que les tiennes durent toujours" -may yours last always.. cheers is usually 'tchin-tchin' which is like the sound of glasses 'clinking' together. ... But back then, the clink wasn’t really a clink – drinking vessels were rarely made of glass,
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