Like A Duck to Ask [email protected] • 10 months agoEuropeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?message-square599fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down127
arrow-up1238arrow-down1message-squareEuropeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?Like A Duck to Ask [email protected] • 10 months agomessage-square599fedilink
minus-square@ButWhatDoesItAllMeanlink9•10 months agoDon’t some British do this as well, with “you all right?”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoYes. The correct answer is “Not too bad, you?” and after they’ve also not answered truthfully the conversation may begin.
minus-square@Draghettalink4•10 months agoSo do the Irish, with their “hey haysegoyen” Took me weeks to figure out I wasn’t supposed to answer
minus-squarebravesirrbn ☑️cakelinkfedilink2•10 months agoIrish greetings are the best. My fav is “What’s the story?”
minus-square@[email protected]MlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoLol. First time someone asked me this in the UK, I replied with “Is that a question I’m actually supposed to answer, or just a different kind of hello?” The look on their face was classic.
minus-square@Daefsdedalink2•10 months agoBritish people are excluded, they drive on the right side /s (I am not familiar with this btw)
Don’t some British do this as well, with “you all right?”
Yes. The correct answer is “Not too bad, you?” and after they’ve also not answered truthfully the conversation may begin.
So do the Irish, with their “hey haysegoyen”
Took me weeks to figure out I wasn’t supposed to answer
Irish greetings are the best. My fav is “What’s the story?”
Lol. First time someone asked me this in the UK, I replied with “Is that a question I’m actually supposed to answer, or just a different kind of hello?” The look on their face was classic.
British people are excluded, they drive on the right side /s
(I am not familiar with this btw)