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The expression "it doesn't faze me" is quite common in my experiences to mean that something doesn't bother you.
On my most recent trip to England, I noticed that everyone kept asking me "are you alright?". I don't recall being asked this question so commonly on previous trips. At first I kept thinking do I look like something is wrong with me like I'm jetlagged or ill? Then I realized it was just another way of saying "how are you?". In America we would not ask a question like that unless you thought that everything wasn't all right so I found it to be slightly irritating. |
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"Are you alright?" as an alternative for "How (are) you doing?" would sound bizarre to me also.
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Yeah... took me years to get to grips with the W Midlands/Black Country/Birmingham "alright" as "hello" instead of wanting a comment on one's health etc...
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I'm still trying to get used to restaurant servers who say "How's it tasting?" rather than "Everything okay?"
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etc.: DE=usw. (und so weiter) PL=itd. (i tak dalej) e.g.: DE=z.B. (zum Beispiel) PL=np. (na przykład) where I can positively prove the use of lat. abbreviations is in case of footnotes in German when you want to avoid repetition of a footnotes content and say ibid or l.c. instead. |
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A phrase I always notice on US TV is "shot to death",
whereas I've only ever heard "shot dead" on Irish/British TV. i.e. "The intruder was shot dead by the police" There have been a couple of articles over the past year where people visiting Ireland have expressed amusement/irritation at our tendency to say "How are you", or "How's it going" in place of hello, and most often not expecting/listening to the response. Last edited by rtype; 07-14-2011 at 08:11 AM. |
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In South Africa, it is common to say "Howzit", yet another contraction in the same vein as "Howdy". Again, the speaker is not really expecting an in depth response regarding your health - it's just another way of saying hello. The usual response is "Howzit" right back.
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Regarding the dived - dove controversy, is that like hanged - hung? As I understand, hanged is like "hanged by the neck until dead" whereas hung is like "well endowed"! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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