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re: The American custom of asking ‘How are you?’
Posted on 5/9/19 at 9:57 pm to northshorebamaman
Posted on 5/9/19 at 9:57 pm to northshorebamaman
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When I was stationed in Germany we had to take a class about the basics of German culture. Our instructor (a German lady) cautioned us not to ask because people would actually tell you how they were feeling. Never tested it out though so IDK for sure.
Germans are a weird culture. Thinking it through, I never really asked a German this (I probably did but no memory of their response), but man are they a fun bunch to get drunk with. Outside of Americans, most of my friends in China were Germans. They like a dark sense of humor and sarcasm at large. If you asked how they were, chances are they’d smart off.
Russians would just think you’ve gone insane looking at the world as anything but bleak. I had friends from all over Europe and Asia, but I never got along with a Russian. Just a cold bunch of humorless assholes.
This post was edited on 5/9/19 at 10:01 pm
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Posted on 5/9/19 at 9:58 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Reminds me of a joke:
Two finns walk in to bar and order beers. After getting their drinks, one of the finns turns to the other and says "So how's your family?" The other finn looks at him and says "Are you here to drink, or are you here to talk?"
Reminds me of one too.
You know what the two drunks told Jesus?
“You keep dropping that cross they are going to kick you out of this parade.”
Posted on 5/9/19 at 9:58 pm to deeprig9
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deeprig9
Have an upvote
Posted on 5/9/19 at 10:00 pm to OMLandshark
Surprising bc my father said the Russians were usually pretty cool. He interacted with a lot of foreigners in the 1970s-1990s.
Posted on 5/9/19 at 10:03 pm to biglego
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Surprising bc my father said the Russians were usually pretty cool. He interacted with a lot of foreigners in the 1970s-1990s.
I don’t know any of my friends over there that were friends of Russians. They were always cold to Westerners at large and didn’t like Asians either.
Weirdly, my some of my Asian friends got along with Pakistanis. However, Pakistanis and Americans couldn’t be in the same room in Beijing. It was definitely the country in relatively large numbers that hated us the most, and it always erupted into shite talking. You can’t have Pakistanis and Americans in the same restaurant since it tended to get out of control quickly.
Posted on 5/9/19 at 10:06 pm to weagle99
I tell everybody to frick off
Then I ask how they’re doing
Then I ask how they’re doing
Posted on 5/9/19 at 10:39 pm to weagle99
Como esta?
Posted on 5/9/19 at 10:47 pm to weagle99
The English have taught their children polite manners for centuries. The classic way of introducing yourself or greeting another is to ask, "How do you do?"
Get it? "How do you do?" When a chick hears that from you in a fake English accent, she will get moist. Believe me, I know.
Get it? "How do you do?" When a chick hears that from you in a fake English accent, she will get moist. Believe me, I know.
Posted on 5/9/19 at 11:30 pm to cable
¿Qué tal?
Posted on 5/10/19 at 12:47 am to weagle99
When they ask me " How are you?"
I say" Where Yat"
I say" Where Yat"
Posted on 5/10/19 at 12:48 am to weagle99
Genki?
Comment ca va?
It's not an American custom... It's not even unique to the English language.
Comment ca va?
It's not an American custom... It's not even unique to the English language.
This post was edited on 5/10/19 at 12:50 am
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:24 am to weagle99
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I think Americans are the only ones who regularly ask each other ‘How are you?’ at the start of a conversation.
Brazilians say the same thing.
"Tudo Bem?" or "Tudo Bom?"
And like us they often answer with the same phrase.
So we say: "How you doing?" Answer: "Hey, good, how you doing?"
They say: " Tudo Bem?" Answer: " Oi, Tudo Bom, Tudo Bem?."
This post was edited on 5/10/19 at 1:31 am
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:49 am to CelticDog
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How's by you? (My people say)
Or just... By you?
Bayou what now?
Posted on 5/10/19 at 1:51 am to weagle99
Man frick the haters and downvoters. This was the post for me, buddy.
If a mfer axe me how I’m doing, I say fine. I don’t axe them. They dgaf anyway.
If a mfer axe me how I’m doing, I say fine. I don’t axe them. They dgaf anyway.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 2:08 am to weagle99
«Ça va?» «Ça va. Ça va?» «Ça va.» is a legitimate conversation in France that is just asking and answering the question “how are you?”
“How’re things?/How’s things?/What’s the craic?” is the only way I’ve ever been greeted by an Irishman.
“¿Que tal?” is an opener in Spanish that has only ever garnered the response “bien” for me, and it just means “how are you?” “Fine.”
“How’s it going?” might be the most common opening phrase I get from British people.
This is like those “only in (X state) can (Y thing) happen” ideas that happen across the entire US.
“How’re things?/How’s things?/What’s the craic?” is the only way I’ve ever been greeted by an Irishman.
“¿Que tal?” is an opener in Spanish that has only ever garnered the response “bien” for me, and it just means “how are you?” “Fine.”
“How’s it going?” might be the most common opening phrase I get from British people.
This is like those “only in (X state) can (Y thing) happen” ideas that happen across the entire US.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 2:49 am to weagle99
I once said to myself that if we knew how much time and breath we waste on this it would be staggering.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 3:07 am to weagle99
I started listening to the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking. That about to be my new response.
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