there are many ways to say greet someone...some goes.." hey, hi "..some goes.. " yo! what's up? " some goes..." hello, how are you? " and there are many many many more of greeting someone...
recently, have been talking a lot to my boss who is an american based in australia..basically, every other day, my phone will ring and his name will be flashing on my caller ID...and every time the phone rang..my heart will miss a beat..because recieving a call from him either means i've done something wrong or there's more work to do..but of course most of the time it's the latter..hahahaha!
anyway, this boss of mine..he always go..." hey, what's up? " or " hey, how's it going? "...and everytime..i have NO idea how to reply him...and so everytime...when he said.." what's up? " i will go...." eh nothing? " haha...so lame right??? then when he goes...." hey, how's it going? " i will just go..." i guess good? " seriously, i feeeeeeel so stupid and lame...can someone tell me what should i say????
i think the next time...when my boss called..i shall use the same greetings and see how and what does he answer..then i would know what to say... hahahaha! seriously, i dont know why...although i've watched many american shows and all...none of them greet each other the way my boss greets me...*shrugs*
recently, have been talking a lot to my boss who is an american based in australia..basically, every other day, my phone will ring and his name will be flashing on my caller ID...and every time the phone rang..my heart will miss a beat..because recieving a call from him either means i've done something wrong or there's more work to do..but of course most of the time it's the latter..hahahaha!
anyway, this boss of mine..he always go..." hey, what's up? " or " hey, how's it going? "...and everytime..i have NO idea how to reply him...and so everytime...when he said.." what's up? " i will go...." eh nothing? " haha...so lame right??? then when he goes...." hey, how's it going? " i will just go..." i guess good? " seriously, i feeeeeeel so stupid and lame...can someone tell me what should i say????
i think the next time...when my boss called..i shall use the same greetings and see how and what does he answer..then i would know what to say... hahahaha! seriously, i dont know why...although i've watched many american shows and all...none of them greet each other the way my boss greets me...*shrugs*
5 comments:
Well I did struggle with this issue when I first arrived in the U-S-A ...
So the correct way to reply would be
Qn: What's Up?
Ans: Not much
Qn: How's it going?
Ans: Pretty good
This is the usual "street" replies and common replies I observed with the darn pple here ...
Hope this helps :)
DL
Ya same here! Even buying coffee from Starbucks in Las Vegas they will ask "Hi! How are you?".. Good God.. I don't even know you.. Shall I tell him about how cold the freaking weather is? *laughs. I will reply a stupid "i'm fine!" Bish.. as if he cares rite? so lame. Only after a few days of observation i realised the correct response is "Good! And how are you?" without really caring what their replies are.
- Corey
i'd probably answer:
"Pretty well, pretty busy! How about you?" :D
dee
DL: haha! thanks! now...i asked him before he can ask me...haha!
Corey: tell me about it..like as if they care if i'm good or bad...hahaha!
Dee: yup..tha's a pretty good answer!
piece of cake yo' when he says hey what's up? you reply with 'hey yourself you SOAB" And when he says how's it's going? just reply 'great' or 'FINE!' ......followed by mutherfarker.... thats so gonna make his day
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