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Lumps
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quote:
Originally posted by Lira
^^^^^ It's not mine


Sure it's not - you just want to come up here and mack our women.

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quote:
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Sure it's not - you just want to come up here and mack our women.



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what do you do - short for - what do you do for a living (americans are very lazy and like to shorten stuff :P)

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Lira
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Is it still usual to say "how do you do" instead of "nice to meet you" in formal occasions or it's plain old-fashioned?
quote:
Originally posted by Aristronica
what do you do - short for - what do you do for a living (americans are very lazy and like to shorten stuff :P)

hehe


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Lira
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quote:
Originally posted by Nou
Its not used in formal speech that much... like maybe EXTREME formal speech, but a very nice "nice to meet you" is more common.

Hello works pretty much the same tho.

Thank you


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Kimchi for Pris!!!!!!!!!

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Lira
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quote:
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Kimchi for Pris!!!!!!!!!




True... I just need a couple of weeks to find her


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joey tribbiani: "how you doin?"


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Re: Quick question to North Americans

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
Is "how do you do!" equivalent, in any way, to "nice to meet you!"? I've seen it in an "English for Foreigners" book (made in US) and I had never ever seen/heard this before.

Any thoughts/examples/explanation? The book doesn't say a word about
it.

edit: (Just realised I made a mistake, hehe)


if you say "how do you do?" that calls for a punch in the nuts. Say "whats' up?" or "Waasssss sappening!!!"

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yeah us country folk usualy just say "Howd-eh" and tip our cap.


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