Why “I’m fine” sounds unnatural

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help you

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so how are you I'm fine boring oh and

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also nobody says that nobody says I'm

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fine thanks how are you it's something

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that you learn in textbooks and we never

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use it and there are so many alternative

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better ways to answer the question also

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while we're talking about this nobody

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says how do you do how do you do I'm

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fine thanks how are you

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come on that's how textbooks speak not

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how real native speakers speak now the

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question how are you how are you how are

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you this question gives you an

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opportunity to make the other person

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smile at least in my opinion I think the

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answer really sets the tone for the rest

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of the conversation if you give a

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negative answer the conversation is

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quite negative if you give a really Oh

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beat energetic fun funny answer you can

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really set the tone for a nice positive

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conversation and even make the other

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person smile before you've even really

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started talking with that in mind I'm

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going to tell