Why “How are you?” feels repetitive

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- Hello everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy.

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Hey, how are you?

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Yeah, I'm good thanks.

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How are you?

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Yeah, great, how are you?

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Good, how are you?

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How are you drives me insane.

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It's so boring, it's so overused,

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it's just this automatic filler phrase

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that we use to acknowledge people nonchalantly.

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It needs to go.

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It sounds so insincere, how are you?

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I'm not actually expecting an answer.

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That's something I said in my

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50 Weird and Confusing Facts About Britain

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and British Culture video.

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How are you is a question

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that we don't really expect an answer to.

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So, in this video I'm gonna give you loads of alternatives

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to how are you.

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I've broken them down into three sections.

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I'm gonna give you casual how are you alternatives

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for friends and family, formal ones for work situations

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and emails, and then also some fun ones

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which you can choose if you use or not.

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So this video is going to be perfect

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for improving your vocabulary,

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but if you want to improve your listening