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Originally Posted by OxBlood
Oh that reminds me of one thing I always wanted to ask you guys. Correct me if Iīm wrong but a standart greeting in the US is "how do you do", right? Do you expect an honest answer to that or is it just a greeting that you answer to in a specific way?
Cause I heard that the "common American" is suprised if someone answers in a negative way...donīt know if itīs true though, hence the question. I love these little differences about different people, makes life interesting  |
It's a pretty common greeting along with "How is it going?" or "What's up?" or "How's it hanging?"
Most of the time the same greeting is returned without an answer to the question such as:
Me: What's up?
Ox: What's up?
or
Me: What's cracking?
Ox: Not a lot. What's cracking with you?
Me: Same old stuff.
The movie Gran Torino has a really great breakdown of how it goes.