Hello everyone 😆 When we take a picture in Japan, Japanese people say "Hi cheese". 📸✨That makes for a natural smile. Why is it cheese? 🤔How about in your country? But perhaps we don't say it these

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Hello everyone 😆 When we take a picture in Japan, Japanese people say "Hi cheese". 📸✨That makes for a natural smile. Why is it cheese? 🤔How about in your country? But perhaps we don't say it these days. 😅It feels old to me. 😩But I wonder why it makes me smile.🙌✨

Jun 8, 2021 12:17 AM

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In Brazil we usually say "X" that is pronounced like "chees" Thats because of the sound of the "e" that makes you naturally smile I guess 🧐

June 8, 2021

It is the long ee sound that forces a smile. Your mouth has to be in a near smile to make the sound. Cheese is still sometimes used, but some people have fun with it and make up different words ending with a long ee. It could be puppies for example. Of course, the stranger the word, the more likely it is that people will laugh instead.

June 8, 2021

In Italy we used to say cheese too. However, nowadays no one does it anymore I agree with you, I think that it’s because of the expression of the mouth while pronouncing this word. ☺️

June 8, 2021

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