"What's the weather like at you?" or "by you" ?

[nq:1]Hello, can somebody help me with this (see subject)? Also I wanted to know. If I wanted to know, what ... Or should I better ask: "How does it look like at you (or by you)?" Many Thanks! Best regards, Michael[/nq]
What's the weather like where you are.
"How's by you" is an informal way of greeting a friend.

[nq:2]Hello, can somebody help me with this (see subject)? Also ... "How does it look like at you (or by you)?"[/nq]
[nq:1]What's the weather like where you are. "How's by you" is an informal way of greeting a friend.[/nq]
Ray, don't you think that this last expression is a regional informal usage, with a touch of humor? I associate it with a "mutual" knowledge of a Yiddish manner, or an "

[nq:2]Hello, can somebody help me with this (see subject)?[/nq]
"What's the weather like by you?" is a casual regionalism in US English, meaning "What's the weather like where you are at?" It's not really correct, but in some areas it's acceptable.
[nq:2]Also I wanted to know. If I wanted to know, ... "How does it look like at you (or by you)?"[/nq]
I don't think that either of those w

[nq:1]Hello, can somebody help me with this (see subject)? Also I wanted to know. If I wanted to know, what ... Or should I better ask: "How does it look like at you (or by you)?" Many Thanks! Best regards, Michael[/nq]
I'd stick at "What's the weather like?". It's unlikely that the other party will leap to any other conclusion than that you mean the weather in his/her vicinity! Similarly, "Wh

[nq:1]If I wanted to know, what has happend to my dialogue partner in the last time, can I ask this question: "What's the matter at you?" Or should I better ask: "How does it look like at you (or by you)?"==[/nq]
Neither. Current English usage is : What's the matter with you?

hth

Francis Cameron

[nq:2]What's the weather like where you are. "How's by you" is an informal way of greeting a friend.[/nq]
[nq:1]Ray, don't you think that this last expression is a regional informal usage, with a touch of humor? I associate it with a "mutual" knowledge of a Yiddish manner, or an "in group" kind of thing. As usual, YMMV.[/nq]
No , should ?.
I'm not of a Yiddish background and I live in

[nq:1]No , should ?. I'm not of a Yiddish background and I live in highly Catholic area.[/nq]
As a greeting, "How's by you?" would probably be received with astonishment and barely-guessed comprehension across either Pond. I'm not at all sure I've ever heard it before.

Mike.

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[nq:2]Ray, don't you think that this last expression is a ... or an "in group" kind of thing. As usual, YMMV.[/nq]
[nq:1]No , should ?. I'm not of a Yiddish background and I live in highly Catholic area.[/nq]
Well, regional, then.
"Come by us for dinner." There are quite a number of uses of "by" meaning "to" or "near", or "at your place", and I may have stretched it a bit to say Yiddis

[nq:2]time, can I ask this question: "What's the matter at ... "How does it look like at you (or by you)?"[/nq]
[nq:1]== Neither. Current English usage is : What's the matter with you?[/nq]
Really? I rather thought it was 'wassup' (with a descending inflection rather than the normal jocular rising interrogative, of course).

[nq:2]No , should ?. I'm not of a Yiddish background and I live in highly Catholic area.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, regional, then. "Come by us for dinner." There are quite a number of uses of "by" meaning "to" or ... few "by" uses. "Do you have TV by you?" for example.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -[/nq]
Ignorant Englishman at large but I thought the idiom of the Milwaukee area was more i