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When Americans say "how are you?", think about how often there is no interest whatsoever in the reply, or, how often the reply is not truthful.
by EB-Barrington 6y ago
When Americans say "how are you?", think about how often there is no interest whatsoever in the reply, or, how often the reply is not truthful.
- jogjayr 6y agoI was 2 months into my first job in the US when I worked out that my manager used "How are you?" as a greeting, no different from "Hello". No answer was actually expected. It felt odd not to answer a question asked of me, but I'm used to it now.