"What's your hobby?"

I would not say the first one

SpocikI would not say the first one

Nor would I: it sometimes refer to prefered sexual activities.

On the other hand, would you really ask someone if they had a hobby at all the first time you met them?

I can't remember actually ever asking anyone what their hobby was the time I met them in real life!

If a 'normal' person, rather than an English teacher/student was suddenly asked the question 'What's your hobby?' then they'd probably be more likely to respond 'Why?'

If the two of you have a shared context, you could say ...

As you wait in line with someone you have started chatting with: What sort of things do you usually enjoy doing when you're not standing in line for two hours to buy concert tickets?

In the break room at lunch with a new collague: What sort of things to you enjoy doing when not waiting your turn for the micrwave in the lu

which would you not say?

The context of the meeting would better determine what I would say, but I wouldn't say these.

What you say when you first meet someone depends on your ***, their ***, your age, their age, your status in the relationship, their status in the relationship, and so on. In any case, in the U.S., I cannot think of a single time in my life when I ha

If you want to find out this sort of information it's more natural to say something like

(if you are in a work situation) So, what do you like doing when you are not working....

Thanks love! I found here some quite interesting cultural points: (a) You rarely use "hobby" in the first place, (b) You rarely ask what others enjoy doing in a first meeting, (c) "What are you into" can be interpreted as sexual.

As for (c), what sort of sexual answers can you get from it? If you are too shy to answer it directly, please say yes or no. Is it for instance, "Missionary s--l

I don't think people would really take it as an enquiry about their sexual interests if you just said it out of the blue to them.

They might if you make some jokey eye-brow lifts or something at the same time...but you'd probably just get a jokey response back.

They'd only take it as a serious question about the sexual preferences in you are already a situation where you are tal

Suppose we are already in that situation.

• "What are you into?"

I think I was taught that when the possible option is limited, "which" is chosen over "what." Because "the types of ***" are limited in number, at most 50 kinds, I think "which" should be used.

• "Which are you into?"

Do you agree?