Like A Duck@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 年前Europeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?message-squaremessage-square598fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down127
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minus-squareButWhatDoesItAllMeanlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 年前Don’t some British do this as well, with “you all right?”
minus-squaremerridew@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 年前Yes. The correct answer is “Not too bad, you?” and after they’ve also not answered truthfully the conversation may begin.
minus-squareDraghettalinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前So do the Irish, with their “hey haysegoyen” Took me weeks to figure out I wasn’t supposed to answer
minus-squarebravesirrbn ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前Irish greetings are the best. My fav is “What’s the story?”
minus-squareBluetreefrog@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前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.
minus-squareDaefsdedalinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前British 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)