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Re:I’m a very slow thinker (2016) by derefr on Sunday August 05, 2018 @09:56PM (#17694661)
As well, the South African “howzit”, which from my observation isn’t even actually a question but just invites the other person to say what they wanted to say.
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Re:I’m a very slow thinker (2016) by n4r9 on Sunday August 05, 2018 @11:13PM (#17694887)
In the south of England we have "alright?". The only valid answer is "alright?.
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Re:I’m a very slow thinker (2016) by davnicwil on Monday August 06, 2018 @03:14AM (#17695708)
"Alright" I think is used all over England, maybe even the UK, it's not specific to the south :-)
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Re:I’m a very slow thinker (2016) by justsomedude43 on Monday August 06, 2018 @08:39AM (#17697063)
Yeah I find that annoying. It means nothing and is just a waste of everyone's time, much like:

"How are you?" "Not bad, yourself?" "Good, so I have this problem..."

"Hey, how was your weekend?" "Not bad actually, you?" "Yeah not bad"

I mean, you clearly have no interest in other person's life, so why have stupid, dull, pointless greetings like that?

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