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I wonder if it's an Australian thing for the response to "how ya goin'?" to be "how ya goin'?".
by voltagex_ 8y ago
I wonder if it's an Australian thing for the response to "how ya goin'?" to be "how ya goin'?".
- toomanybeersies 8y agoI've always considered the standard reply to be "yeah nah, not too bad, yourself?". I think that it's possibly more Kiwi than Australian though.
- derefr 8y agoAs well, the South African “howzit”, which from my observation isn’t even actually a question but just invites the other person to say what they wanted to say.
- n4r9 8y agoIn the south of England we have "alright?". The only valid answer is "alright?.
- davnicwil 8y ago"Alright" I think is used all over England, maybe even the UK, it's not specific to the south :-)
- justsomedude43 8y agoYeah I find that annoying. It means nothing and is just a waste of everyone's time, much like: "How are you?" "Not bad, yourself?" "Good, so I have this problem..." "Hey, how was your weekend?" "Not bad actually, you?" "Yeah not bad" I mean, you clearly have no interest in other person's life, so why have stupid, dull, pointless greetings like that?
- westoncb 8y agoWe also have this in certain corners of the U.S.: A: "'sup [man]?" B: "'sup?" (It's also stated only has like a half-question or less—the usual question lilt is deemphasized.)
- matt-snider 8y agoIn Germany, people say "Na?" or "Na du?" to which the other person usually responds the same. It's not easy to translate but I think it's quite similar to the greetings mentioned above. Literally it's something like: Well? You? (and not 'well' in the sense of goodness, but rather questioning) It's an interesting greeting and as a foreigner seemed very odd at first.
- voltagex_ 8y agoWhich part/s of Germany did you hear that in?
- matt-snider 8y agoSeveral areas, but mostly Northern Germany. It's also quite common in movies/TVs, so I think it's quite widespread.