Friendly service greetings

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how's your day been, or how's your day going?

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Now, in American, this is used more in customer service

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positions, they always want you to have a great day.

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I just remember going to America being surprised

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at how many people wanted me to have a great day.

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After everything it was, have a great day,

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you have a great day.

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It was like, okay, I will try and have a great day,

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thank you.

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No one's ever told me to a great day so many times before.

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But in British culture, we mean it more when we say it

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because we say it with less frequency.

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And number 15, I must say I'm not a huge fan of this one.

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This is all right, or are you all right?

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This again is another one we don't really expect

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an answer from, it's just hey, how are you?

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Yeah, I'm fine, you all right?

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It's very casual.

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Right, let's move on to formal ways to say how are you.

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A very formal way is, how do you do?

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Hello, how do you do?

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And you would normally say this when you're greeting someone

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or meeting someone that you don't know so well.

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How do you do, how do you do?

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Normally said while shaking a hand

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and we don't necessarily expect a response

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in the UK from this one.

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We would normally just repeat, how do you do.

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The next one is, are you well?

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And posh British people just love to use the word well.

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Are you well?