The answer of "how do you do?" is "how do you do?"

>the answer of "how do you do?" is "how do you do?"

what do the brits mean by this?

>fuck you
>fuck you too

??

Do they really do this?

>aloha

>be american
>greeted by getting shot

No. The greeting is pointing a gun. A shot is a farewell.

No you say goodbye by exchanging Mcdonalds coupons

We use "you alright" as a greeting yes

Can't do this here. We will stop and tell you how we are doing.

>Good morning and good evening are greetings
>good day is only used in parting

what did they mean by this?

>belgian girl comes here to work
>walk past her saying "hows it going"?"
>she stops walking and answers the question, then asks me, thinking i actually wanted a conversation

same

Because dont give a fuck how the person is, we just want to be polite

good lord that sounds absolutely awful

>he doesn't greet in old norse
ey up

whats the point

Well, just say hello instead of greeting someone as if you're asking a question.

>as if you're asking a question.
lol like others care how you're doing

>ciao = hello & goodbye

>hi!
>ciao!
>ok bye
>ciao!
>what?!
>ciao!
>oh hi!
>ciao!
>hello

W H Y ?
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OK I'll give you two number sevens for a number five.

It's true in French

>Ça va ? (How are you ?)
>Ça va. Ça va ? (I'm good. How are you ?)
>Ça va, ça va... (i'm good, I'm good...)

>ciao

absolutely cute

>he doesn't greet in old norse
>OOGA BOOGA OOGA?
>OOGA BOOGA! /bashes club

>not using the same thing for greeting and reply & goodbye and reply
ishygddt

4x "cześć".

No it's not. If you're greeted with 'how do you do' the typical response is 'I'm very well thank you, and how are you?'

So don't phrase it like a question. You see it as being friendly but in truth it's one of the things I hate the most about Americans.

>"alright then mate?"

Besides, 'how do you do' is an expression exclusive to the upper class and middle class try hards. Nobody uses it otherwise

then what does normal people say?

alri?

And if you are not well?

it's considered impolite to burden people with your troubles
'how are you?'

You lie.

You only open up to close friends or family, and only then if you're really struggling.

"How are you?" Is a reply neutral phrase. We only use it for a greeting. No need to reply. We don't care about your life.

H O U D O E
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Makes sense to me.

What does "how do you do?" mean in the first place?
how do I do what?

this, lol.

It's a polite way of saying "how are you doing?".

Nobody phrases it like that anymore except old people. We say "y'alright?" or "alright mate".

Sometimes it's even just a nod, or 'Alright'/'Aight'

Especially down here in the run down areas by London.

Dis.

kek Can confirm. I've always found it rather funny how people would tell me in detail what they'd been doing after asking a simple "Hur går det?" in Sverigetråden

we always answer "it's all good" then you keep the conversation going whatever you want

Legit question: I this only if said word by word or does this apply to "how are you doing?" as well? Like if I get a call and the guy goes like "Hello, how are you doing?" Am I supposed to say the same or actually answer on how it is going?

Just say "Fine. You?"
For fucking's sake, nobody actually cares about how you're feeling

fuck's*
Oops

Of course not, but still I'd like to know if the god damn brits are trying to troll me or if it's just casual small talk. Since I've been told this I have highest paranoia about it.

THEN STOP ARTICULATING IT AS A QUESTION IT'S BLOODY RETARDED.

it means "genki desu ka?"

Finns confirmed as more autistic than Krauts

That's different. "It goes?" "It goes."
Makes sense (not in English)

If they stop walking, they want to talk. If they just greet you and walk past you, they did it out of politeness and don't want to talk

Is it really that hard?

>Irish
>equivalent of hello means "God be with you"
>response means "God and Mary be with you"

Yeah the thing is, we northerners don't want to talk. You don't do small talk here and it's sawn as creepy and intrusive. Especially if you don't know the person.

Except 'how's it going?' is a common greeting in English.

> how's it going?
> comment va-t-il?

> it's going well
> ce va bien.

'Goodbye' is a shortening of 'God be with ye'.

Did you fuck her?

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>continentals are so autistic that they can't grasp the idea of a casual greting

But what if I care? How do ask your grandpa if he is good?

>The island sheepfucker can't into grammar with his own language

...

Maybe anglos just don't care

True, I meant it doesn't make sense the way I phrased it

You don't answer questions with questions.

But it's not small talk, it's just a greeting
It's like saying "Good morning" or "Good evening."
What the hell is wrong with you guys

You're literally saying "How" as in question "are you" if anything it just shows that you idiots can't into language.

wait what? you ask how we are doing we will respond with how we are doing.

>say something
>don't mean it
>what the hell is wrong with you

>every aspect of a language should be interpreted literally
'K then

Cool.

God be with ye lad.

> autism cannot do rhetorical questions
Colour me surprised.

We use situational clues and other important parts of human interaction that contenental autists can't figure out

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