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Hrsanei Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

What do you kow?

Hi.
Have you ever come across the expression what do you know? as a form of greeting?
I have heard several Americans used it, but I don't know if it is common in America or not?
I have heard the question what's up used in the same way.

Example;

A. What's up?/ What do you know?
B. I am doing fine and yourself?
A. I am pretty good.

Thank you for your comments
Cheers
Hamid
  

Top answer

hrsanei Have you ever come across the expression what do you know? as a form of greeting? No.

— CalifJim

  • hrsanei Have you ever come across the expression what do you know?
  • as a form of greeting?
  • No.
  • I don't believe I've ever heard it used as a greeting.
  • Is it something that the very young have invented as a new expression?
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hrsaneiHave you ever come across the expression what do you know? as a form of greeting?
No. I don't believe I've ever heard it used as a greeting. Is it something that the very young have invented as a new expression?
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Hi Hamid(I never knew this)

Hsraeni: I have heard the question what's up used in the same way.
No wonder. As CJ said, it is very popular among the teens. We(I am a teen) greet each other by saying this. I call up my friend and start the conversation by saying:
Hey, What's up?

Another instance:
Suppose we are talk
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I've never heard "what do you know?" used as a greeting.
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Hi.
I live in Laramie, Wyoming.
That's very interesting, something that is very common in one state, is not used in the rest.
Here, people say what do you know as often as saying how are you?
I have asked this from many of my American friends, and their answers were identical. What do you know means exactly the same as how are you?

When I had fi
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I've never heard it to replace "how are you?" But I've encountered it if a person is very surprised to see someone else. "Well, what do you know?" "Look who's here."
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(Well) what do you know!



informal

something you say when you are surprised by a piece of information. This phrase is often used humorously to mean the opposite

E.g.
So they're getting married, are they? Well, what do you know!

Well, wh
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hrsaneiI have asked this from many of my American friends, and their answers were identical. What do you know means exactly the same as how are you?
This is the first I've heard of it. It appears to be a regionalism. Wyoming, you say? I suppose if I lived there I'd get used to it.
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Thank you very much for your comments.
Actually I was in a birthday party in which there were people from all over the US.
I asked most of them this issue, and they hadn't heard of it either. But it was very common for people who were originally from Wyoming.
They said it is very old but it is still common.
I think it is very regional.
The other thing is that, here people use
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Hi again Hamid

The other thing is that, here people use you bet more than you are welcome in response to thank you. I wonder if this phrase is regional too.
I really don't think so. It is used everywhere, it is common and familiar. 'You bet' or 'you betcha' is a more informal way to say 'you are welcome'. The speake
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