The British greeting all right

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Been up to

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much. Been up to much. Another informal

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way to ask how are you is all right. All

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right. This is very British. We're going

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to talk about responding in more detail

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in a moment, but the response to all

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right can simply be all right. It can be

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a greeting similar to hi. All right. All

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right. What's up can also be used as an

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informal greeting with people you know

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well, and you'll often hear it

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pronounced what's up. It can be

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shortened to sup. Asking what's up can

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also be interpreted as what's wrong when

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not used as a greeting. For example,

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what's up? You don't look your usual

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self. Now, on the other end of the

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spectrum in terms of formality, we

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have how do you do now? This is very

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formal and quite old-fashioned. It's

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actually a greeting and we use it when

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we meet someone for the first time. You

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can respond with the same words. I'm

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Lucy Simkins. How do you do? How do you

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do? I'm Mark Wright. Note that you're

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not very likely to hear this in everyday

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conversation anymore. Okay, now we've

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covered a lot of ways to ask how are

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you. Let's talk about how to respond to

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how are